Afghanistan - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 64.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 79.64 in 2001, while its lowest value was 64.96 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 76.38
1992 76.41
1993 76.76
1994 76.34
1995 76.65
1996 77.05
1997 77.41
1998 77.75
1999 78.19
2000 78.79
2001 79.64
2002 78.72
2003 78.39
2004 78.96
2005 78.09
2006 77.64
2007 76.38
2008 76.16
2009 74.22
2010 72.90
2011 72.41
2012 70.95
2013 69.99
2014 69.18
2015 68.60
2016 67.56
2017 66.22
2018 65.77
2019 64.96

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 36.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 64.02 in 2001, while its lowest value was 36.60 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 61.12
1992 61.40
1993 62.24
1994 62.37
1995 62.16
1996 62.55
1997 62.86
1998 63.08
1999 63.31
2000 63.65
2001 64.02
2002 61.97
2003 61.15
2004 60.51
2005 59.30
2006 58.39
2007 57.29
2008 56.36
2009 53.89
2010 51.39
2011 50.20
2012 47.81
2013 45.88
2014 44.09
2015 42.30
2016 40.66
2017 38.36
2018 37.26
2019 36.60

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Afghanistan was 42.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 66.29 in 2001, while its lowest value was 42.50 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 63.43
1992 63.65
1993 64.41
1994 64.44
1995 64.30
1996 64.68
1997 64.98
1998 65.20
1999 65.46
2000 65.84
2001 66.29
2002 64.42
2003 63.70
2004 63.27
2005 62.15
2006 61.28
2007 60.14
2008 59.29
2009 56.89
2010 54.58
2011 53.56
2012 51.40
2013 49.82
2014 48.41
2015 47.07
2016 45.81
2017 43.99
2018 43.13
2019 42.50

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity