Mauritania - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 21.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 38.32 in 1991, while its lowest value was 21.94 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 38.32
1992 38.10
1993 37.86
1994 37.64
1995 37.36
1996 37.02
1997 36.67
1998 36.30
1999 35.72
2000 35.23
2001 34.57
2002 33.86
2003 33.17
2004 32.44
2005 31.78
2006 31.15
2007 30.43
2008 29.75
2009 28.96
2010 28.35
2011 27.62
2012 26.85
2013 26.17
2014 25.40
2015 24.65
2016 24.01
2017 23.28
2018 22.63
2019 21.94

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 34.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.31 in 1991, while its lowest value was 34.85 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 44.31
1992 44.25
1993 44.04
1994 44.16
1995 43.75
1996 43.47
1997 43.65
1998 43.45
1999 43.17
2000 43.44
2001 43.41
2002 43.17
2003 42.52
2004 41.99
2005 41.17
2006 39.87
2007 39.86
2008 39.71
2009 39.54
2010 39.16
2011 38.68
2012 38.18
2013 37.70
2014 37.21
2015 36.65
2016 36.36
2017 35.89
2018 35.53
2019 34.85

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Mauritania was 30.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 42.59 in 1991, while its lowest value was 30.83 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 42.59
1992 42.48
1993 42.26
1994 42.26
1995 41.90
1996 41.60
1997 41.61
1998 41.37
1999 41.00
2000 41.04
2001 40.82
2002 40.45
2003 39.79
2004 39.19
2005 38.41
2006 37.32
2007 37.07
2008 36.75
2009 36.40
2010 35.94
2011 35.37
2012 34.77
2013 34.21
2014 33.61
2015 32.97
2016 32.55
2017 31.98
2018 31.52
2019 30.83

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity