Benin - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 29.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.38 in 1991, while its lowest value was 29.76 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 44.38
1992 44.25
1993 44.07
1994 44.11
1995 43.93
1996 43.58
1997 43.25
1998 42.91
1999 42.50
2000 42.05
2001 41.54
2002 40.91
2003 40.53
2004 39.85
2005 39.45
2006 38.88
2007 38.28
2008 37.74
2009 37.27
2010 36.86
2011 36.12
2012 35.40
2013 34.57
2014 33.76
2015 33.17
2016 32.32
2017 31.48
2018 30.63
2019 29.76

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 46.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 55.63 in 1991, while its lowest value was 46.49 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 55.63
1992 55.53
1993 55.48
1994 54.88
1995 54.75
1996 54.71
1997 54.51
1998 54.43
1999 54.14
2000 53.81
2001 53.48
2002 53.30
2003 52.99
2004 52.88
2005 52.71
2006 52.49
2007 52.09
2008 51.74
2009 51.50
2010 51.20
2011 50.81
2012 50.35
2013 49.66
2014 49.06
2015 48.69
2016 48.54
2017 47.95
2018 47.25
2019 46.49

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Benin was 38.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 50.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 38.27 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 50.90
1992 50.80
1993 50.64
1994 50.26
1995 50.06
1996 49.83
1997 49.51
1998 49.25
1999 48.85
2000 48.39
2001 47.91
2002 47.46
2003 47.07
2004 46.65
2005 46.32
2006 45.88
2007 45.34
2008 44.85
2009 44.45
2010 44.07
2011 43.61
2012 43.03
2013 42.27
2014 41.56
2015 41.08
2016 40.59
2017 39.87
2018 39.08
2019 38.27

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity