Lao PDR - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 63.54 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.63 in 1991, while its lowest value was 63.54 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 90.63
1992 90.45
1993 90.16
1994 89.87
1995 89.37
1996 88.64
1997 87.87
1998 86.98
1999 86.29
2000 85.42
2001 84.51
2002 83.64
2003 82.61
2004 81.38
2005 80.19
2006 79.31
2007 77.82
2008 76.31
2009 75.01
2010 73.58
2011 72.47
2012 71.31
2013 70.01
2014 68.83
2015 67.74
2016 66.84
2017 65.75
2018 64.63
2019 63.54

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 59.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 83.00 in 1991, while its lowest value was 59.42 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 83.00
1992 82.84
1993 82.51
1994 82.03
1995 81.43
1996 80.68
1997 80.29
1998 79.54
1999 78.91
2000 78.28
2001 77.54
2002 76.91
2003 76.07
2004 75.14
2005 74.15
2006 73.58
2007 72.23
2008 71.22
2009 70.26
2010 69.32
2011 68.15
2012 66.80
2013 65.57
2014 64.63
2015 63.49
2016 62.66
2017 61.49
2018 60.19
2019 59.42

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lao PDR was 61.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.82 in 1991, while its lowest value was 61.44 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 86.82
1992 86.65
1993 86.34
1994 85.96
1995 85.41
1996 84.67
1997 84.10
1998 83.28
1999 82.62
2000 81.87
2001 81.05
2002 80.30
2003 79.37
2004 78.30
2005 77.21
2006 76.48
2007 75.06
2008 73.79
2009 72.66
2010 71.46
2011 70.31
2012 69.04
2013 67.77
2014 66.70
2015 65.58
2016 64.71
2017 63.58
2018 62.37
2019 61.44

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity