Liberia - Employment in agriculture

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 40.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.51 in 1994, while its lowest value was 40.33 in 2019.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 59.91
1992 60.57
1993 61.16
1994 61.51
1995 60.37
1996 59.75
1997 58.24
1998 56.94
1999 55.76
2000 54.13
2001 53.17
2002 52.26
2003 53.42
2004 52.98
2005 52.32
2006 51.36
2007 50.15
2008 49.20
2009 48.37
2010 47.46
2011 46.31
2012 45.14
2013 43.90
2014 43.33
2015 42.84
2016 42.12
2017 41.45
2018 40.94
2019 40.33

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 44.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.24 in 1995, while its lowest value was 44.46 in 2018.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 50.32
1992 51.01
1993 51.81
1994 52.62
1995 54.24
1996 54.12
1997 52.42
1998 51.79
1999 51.04
2000 50.00
2001 49.88
2002 49.52
2003 50.56
2004 49.88
2005 49.23
2006 48.63
2007 48.18
2008 47.85
2009 47.59
2010 47.18
2011 46.56
2012 45.93
2013 45.22
2014 45.02
2015 44.87
2016 45.22
2017 44.83
2018 44.46
2019 44.72

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Liberia was 42.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.13 in 1995, while its lowest value was 42.62 in 2019.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 54.82
1992 55.50
1993 56.22
1994 56.82
1995 57.13
1996 56.78
1997 55.17
1998 54.22
1999 53.27
2000 51.95
2001 51.43
2002 50.81
2003 51.91
2004 51.34
2005 50.68
2006 49.91
2007 49.11
2008 48.48
2009 47.96
2010 47.31
2011 46.44
2012 45.56
2013 44.60
2014 44.22
2015 43.91
2016 43.74
2017 43.22
2018 42.78
2019 42.62

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity