Botswana - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 15.28 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 20.09 in 2009, while its lowest value was 10.27 in 1995.

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 10.74
1992 10.56
1993 10.52
1994 10.57
1995 10.27
1996 10.36
1997 11.78
1998 13.00
1999 15.12
2000 17.26
2001 15.60
2002 14.00
2003 12.50
2004 13.78
2005 15.10
2006 16.32
2007 17.50
2008 18.74
2009 20.09
2010 19.62
2011 19.15
2012 18.72
2013 18.32
2014 17.82
2015 17.29
2016 16.78
2017 16.28
2018 15.78
2019 15.28

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 23.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.13 in 2009, while its lowest value was 18.50 in 1996.

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 19.52
1992 19.33
1993 19.32
1994 19.27
1995 18.88
1996 18.50
1997 22.10
1998 26.39
1999 24.25
2000 22.09
2001 24.21
2002 26.06
2003 28.06
2004 28.48
2005 28.73
2006 28.81
2007 28.81
2008 28.93
2009 29.13
2010 28.56
2011 28.03
2012 27.60
2013 26.71
2014 26.14
2015 25.94
2016 25.37
2017 24.92
2018 24.39
2019 23.94

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Botswana was 19.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.09 in 2009, while its lowest value was 15.07 in 1996.

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 15.90
1992 15.70
1993 15.66
1994 15.60
1995 15.26
1996 15.07
1997 17.76
1998 20.73
1999 20.32
2000 19.96
2001 20.49
2002 20.82
2003 21.22
2004 21.96
2005 22.66
2006 23.22
2007 23.77
2008 24.39
2009 25.09
2010 24.59
2011 24.06
2012 23.57
2013 22.86
2014 22.29
2015 21.90
2016 21.36
2017 20.88
2018 20.37
2019 19.90

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity