Namibia - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 20.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 52.13 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.93 in 2016.

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 52.13
1992 50.74
1993 48.62
1994 45.77
1995 43.70
1996 41.56
1997 39.38
1998 36.06
1999 32.69
2000 29.22
2001 28.59
2002 27.41
2003 26.34
2004 25.34
2005 25.27
2006 25.56
2007 25.99
2008 26.39
2009 26.45
2010 26.44
2011 26.54
2012 26.60
2013 30.84
2014 30.30
2015 23.78
2016 17.93
2017 19.46
2018 21.07
2019 20.10

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 23.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 44.93 in 1991, while its lowest value was 21.99 in 2016.

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 44.93
1992 43.04
1993 42.27
1994 41.82
1995 40.40
1996 39.08
1997 37.75
1998 36.17
1999 34.57
2000 33.00
2001 33.28
2002 33.60
2003 33.79
2004 33.79
2005 33.48
2006 32.45
2007 31.44
2008 30.68
2009 30.33
2010 29.59
2011 28.78
2012 28.05
2013 31.92
2014 28.41
2015 25.11
2016 21.99
2017 23.15
2018 24.12
2019 23.62

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Namibia was 21.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 48.28 in 1991, while its lowest value was 20.07 in 2016.

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 48.28
1992 46.58
1993 45.19
1994 43.62
1995 41.90
1996 40.21
1997 38.49
1998 36.12
1999 33.71
2000 31.28
2001 31.14
2002 30.79
2003 30.41
2004 29.97
2005 29.74
2006 29.29
2007 28.92
2008 28.68
2009 28.52
2010 28.11
2011 27.73
2012 27.37
2013 31.39
2014 29.32
2015 24.48
2016 20.07
2017 21.35
2018 22.59
2019 21.85

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity