Lesotho - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 39.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 58.99 in 1991, while its lowest value was 39.83 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 58.99
1992 58.70
1993 58.37
1994 58.08
1995 57.75
1996 57.43
1997 57.03
1998 56.62
1999 56.16
2000 55.52
2001 54.56
2002 53.66
2003 53.02
2004 52.20
2005 51.56
2006 50.68
2007 49.97
2008 49.17
2009 48.44
2010 47.71
2011 46.83
2012 45.99
2013 45.10
2014 44.17
2015 43.18
2016 42.26
2017 41.55
2018 40.67
2019 39.83

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 47.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.10 in 1991, while its lowest value was 47.65 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 63.10
1992 62.81
1993 62.63
1994 62.32
1995 62.12
1996 61.75
1997 61.48
1998 61.34
1999 61.23
2000 60.67
2001 60.00
2002 59.52
2003 58.62
2004 57.99
2005 57.18
2006 56.27
2007 55.36
2008 54.26
2009 53.66
2010 53.19
2011 52.26
2012 51.25
2013 50.50
2014 49.88
2015 49.28
2016 48.48
2017 48.34
2018 48.09
2019 47.65

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Lesotho was 44.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 61.26 in 1991, while its lowest value was 44.30 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 61.26
1992 61.02
1993 60.83
1994 60.57
1995 60.34
1996 60.00
1997 59.66
1998 59.36
1999 59.07
2000 58.47
2001 57.66
2002 56.99
2003 56.21
2004 55.49
2005 54.76
2006 53.87
2007 53.04
2008 52.07
2009 51.42
2010 50.85
2011 49.96
2012 49.02
2013 48.21
2014 47.46
2015 46.69
2016 45.84
2017 45.43
2018 44.91
2019 44.30

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity