Ireland - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ireland was 1.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 4.17 in 1991, while its lowest value was 1.21 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 4.17
1992 4.07
1993 3.98
1994 3.72
1995 3.61
1996 3.77
1997 3.50
1998 2.71
1999 2.45
2000 2.18
2001 1.89
2002 1.72
2003 1.81
2004 1.44
2005 1.30
2006 1.33
2007 1.55
2008 1.67
2009 1.72
2010 1.90
2011 1.66
2012 1.64
2013 1.70
2014 1.74
2015 1.60
2016 1.54
2017 1.56
2018 1.46
2019 1.21

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ireland was 7.18 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 19.01 in 1991, while its lowest value was 7.18 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 19.01
1992 18.77
1993 18.47
1994 17.88
1995 17.13
1996 15.94
1997 15.68
1998 13.35
1999 12.85
2000 11.91
2001 10.72
2002 10.83
2003 9.87
2004 9.93
2005 9.30
2006 8.94
2007 8.41
2008 8.15
2009 8.87
2010 9.09
2011 9.28
2012 9.41
2013 9.27
2014 8.57
2015 8.48
2016 8.47
2017 8.01
2018 7.57
2019 7.18

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Ireland was 4.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 13.85 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.43 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 13.85
1992 13.51
1993 13.13
1994 12.58
1995 12.01
1996 11.24
1997 10.91
1998 9.10
1999 8.64
2000 7.95
2001 7.11
2002 7.03
2003 6.50
2004 6.38
2005 5.91
2006 5.71
2007 5.44
2008 5.29
2009 5.59
2010 5.75
2011 5.73
2012 5.79
2013 5.78
2014 5.44
2015 5.34
2016 5.29
2017 5.05
2018 4.77
2019 4.43

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity