Nicaragua - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 8.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 11.76 in 1991, while its lowest value was 6.25 in 2008.

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 11.76
1992 11.56
1993 11.33
1994 11.08
1995 10.92
1996 10.81
1997 10.61
1998 10.45
1999 10.18
2000 10.12
2001 9.83
2002 9.65
2003 9.69
2004 10.18
2005 8.11
2006 8.37
2007 8.53
2008 6.25
2009 6.45
2010 7.04
2011 7.73
2012 8.23
2013 8.78
2014 9.31
2015 9.00
2016 8.70
2017 8.50
2018 8.35
2019 8.23

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 44.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 45.26 in 1991, while its lowest value was 40.74 in 2005.

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 45.26
1992 45.05
1993 44.85
1994 44.43
1995 44.03
1996 43.73
1997 43.35
1998 43.05
1999 42.19
2000 42.13
2001 41.74
2002 41.80
2003 41.57
2004 41.15
2005 40.74
2006 41.62
2007 42.20
2008 41.17
2009 41.92
2010 42.90
2011 43.86
2012 44.06
2013 44.50
2014 44.92
2015 44.59
2016 43.99
2017 43.54
2018 44.06
2019 44.65

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nicaragua was 30.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.78 in 1991, while its lowest value was 28.16 in 2008.

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 34.78
1992 34.76
1993 34.72
1994 34.50
1995 34.26
1996 33.99
1997 33.49
1998 33.05
1999 32.15
2000 31.85
2001 31.23
2002 30.93
2003 30.53
2004 30.31
2005 28.89
2006 29.16
2007 29.61
2008 28.16
2009 28.66
2010 29.47
2011 30.27
2012 30.51
2013 30.88
2014 31.44
2015 30.98
2016 30.37
2017 29.92
2018 30.33
2019 30.60

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity