Brazil - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 4.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 11.35 in 2002, while its lowest value was 4.02 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.

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Year Value
1991 9.62
1992 10.12
1993 9.99
1994 9.40
1995 9.49
1996 8.26
1997 8.35
1998 8.22
1999 8.69
2000 9.70
2001 10.87
2002 11.35
2003 10.99
2004 11.09
2005 11.09
2006 10.18
2007 9.22
2008 8.46
2009 7.59
2010 7.00
2011 6.45
2012 5.88
2013 5.64
2014 5.18
2015 5.02
2016 4.73
2017 4.26
2018 4.14
2019 4.02

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 12.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.83 in 1992, while its lowest value was 12.81 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.

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Year Value
1991 24.73
1992 24.83
1993 24.43
1994 23.96
1995 23.21
1996 22.24
1997 21.82
1998 20.94
1999 21.58
2000 20.76
2001 20.05
2002 20.00
2003 20.51
2004 21.28
2005 20.48
2006 19.43
2007 18.51
2008 17.63
2009 17.56
2010 16.59
2011 15.82
2012 15.42
2013 15.08
2014 14.02
2015 13.95
2016 14.05
2017 13.28
2018 13.06
2019 12.81

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Brazil was 9.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.75 in 1992, while its lowest value was 9.08 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 19.64
1992 19.75
1993 19.31
1994 18.69
1995 18.14
1996 17.10
1997 16.85
1998 16.20
1999 16.69
2000 16.49
2001 16.42
2002 16.53
2003 16.68
2004 17.14
2005 16.62
2006 15.62
2007 14.68
2008 13.85
2009 13.43
2010 12.66
2011 11.99
2012 11.47
2013 11.17
2014 10.34
2015 10.20
2016 10.14
2017 9.46
2018 9.26
2019 9.08

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity