South Sudan - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 73.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.46 in 1991, while its lowest value was 73.16 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 81.46
1992 81.32
1993 81.15
1994 80.98
1995 80.83
1996 80.68
1997 80.54
1998 80.39
1999 80.23
2000 80.04
2001 79.79
2002 79.52
2003 79.25
2004 78.95
2005 78.68
2006 78.41
2007 78.12
2008 77.82
2009 77.53
2010 77.09
2011 76.86
2012 76.41
2013 75.28
2014 75.34
2015 75.67
2016 75.16
2017 74.76
2018 73.71
2019 73.16

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 48.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 54.60 in 1991, while its lowest value was 47.75 in 2014.

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 54.60
1992 54.27
1993 53.92
1994 53.70
1995 53.43
1996 53.20
1997 52.89
1998 52.82
1999 52.83
2000 52.64
2001 52.36
2002 52.03
2003 51.61
2004 51.40
2005 51.03
2006 50.52
2007 49.92
2008 49.53
2009 49.82
2010 49.59
2011 49.29
2012 49.21
2013 47.88
2014 47.75
2015 48.79
2016 49.32
2017 49.30
2018 48.63
2019 48.24

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Sudan was 60.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 67.46 in 1991, while its lowest value was 60.38 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 67.46
1992 67.21
1993 66.95
1994 66.75
1995 66.51
1996 66.31
1997 66.06
1998 65.94
1999 65.85
2000 65.66
2001 65.39
2002 65.10
2003 64.76
2004 64.53
2005 64.23
2006 63.85
2007 63.41
2008 63.08
2009 63.09
2010 62.78
2011 62.53
2012 62.29
2013 61.05
2014 61.08
2015 61.79
2016 61.84
2017 61.66
2018 60.84
2019 60.38

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity