Myanmar - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 42.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.29 in 1991, while its lowest value was 42.44 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 63.29
1992 62.27
1993 62.43
1994 62.29
1995 60.02
1996 58.33
1997 56.30
1998 55.70
1999 55.60
2000 54.68
2001 54.49
2002 53.77
2003 52.64
2004 52.03
2005 51.67
2006 51.07
2007 51.02
2008 50.50
2009 50.23
2010 50.40
2011 50.15
2012 50.13
2013 50.16
2014 50.27
2015 50.12
2016 47.89
2017 45.52
2018 42.58
2019 42.44

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 53.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 75.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 51.97 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 75.33
1992 74.32
1993 73.90
1994 73.62
1995 71.76
1996 70.38
1997 68.78
1998 68.19
1999 67.53
2000 66.00
2001 65.04
2002 63.54
2003 61.71
2004 60.43
2005 59.38
2006 58.11
2007 57.39
2008 56.36
2009 55.51
2010 55.12
2011 54.71
2012 54.37
2013 54.01
2014 53.58
2015 52.81
2016 53.50
2017 54.07
2018 51.97
2019 53.21

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Myanmar was 48.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 70.05 in 1991, while its lowest value was 48.17 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 70.05
1992 69.06
1993 68.89
1994 68.68
1995 66.65
1996 65.14
1997 63.35
1998 62.76
1999 62.35
2000 61.10
2001 60.49
2002 59.34
2003 57.83
2004 56.85
2005 56.10
2006 55.13
2007 54.70
2008 53.89
2009 53.29
2010 53.14
2011 52.80
2012 52.60
2013 52.40
2014 52.20
2015 51.69
2016 51.20
2017 50.62
2018 48.17
2019 48.85

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity