Iran - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 18.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 33.59 in 2005, while its lowest value was 17.04 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 17.83
1992 17.75
1993 17.93
1994 17.66
1995 17.04
1996 17.14
1997 18.80
1998 19.93
1999 21.90
2000 23.87
2001 25.65
2002 27.74
2003 29.85
2004 31.76
2005 33.59
2006 30.87
2007 33.07
2008 30.69
2009 30.50
2010 27.96
2011 27.18
2012 24.96
2013 23.23
2014 21.82
2015 22.82
2016 21.97
2017 21.33
2018 19.69
2019 18.79

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 17.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.76 in 2017.

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 25.67
1992 25.45
1993 25.27
1994 25.07
1995 24.85
1996 24.34
1997 24.55
1998 24.74
1999 24.66
2000 24.49
2001 24.27
2002 23.91
2003 23.47
2004 23.10
2005 22.71
2006 21.43
2007 20.55
2008 19.35
2009 18.83
2010 17.47
2011 17.22
2012 17.30
2013 17.38
2014 17.23
2015 17.15
2016 17.17
2017 16.76
2018 17.25
2019 17.06

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Iran was 17.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 24.96 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.37 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 24.96
1992 24.71
1993 24.54
1994 24.29
1995 23.99
1996 23.51
1997 23.85
1998 24.12
1999 24.29
2000 24.40
2001 24.47
2002 24.50
2003 24.53
2004 24.65
2005 24.75
2006 23.18
2007 22.81
2008 21.21
2009 20.86
2010 19.22
2011 18.81
2012 18.49
2013 18.24
2014 17.89
2015 18.03
2016 17.98
2017 17.58
2018 17.69
2019 17.37

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity