Nepal - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 74.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 90.39 in 1991, while its lowest value was 74.08 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 90.39
1992 90.12
1993 89.80
1994 89.25
1995 88.72
1996 88.02
1997 87.20
1998 86.38
1999 85.38
2000 84.63
2001 84.10
2002 83.65
2003 83.19
2004 82.73
2005 82.35
2006 82.03
2007 81.68
2008 81.15
2009 80.54
2010 79.83
2011 79.12
2012 78.44
2013 77.76
2014 76.95
2015 76.29
2016 75.89
2017 75.22
2018 74.62
2019 74.08

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 52.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 74.79 in 1991, while its lowest value was 52.11 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 74.79
1992 74.68
1993 74.40
1994 73.83
1995 73.14
1996 72.14
1997 70.86
1998 69.33
1999 67.43
2000 66.37
2001 65.56
2002 65.20
2003 64.52
2004 63.90
2005 63.38
2006 62.85
2007 62.36
2008 61.57
2009 61.01
2010 60.40
2011 59.71
2012 58.55
2013 57.40
2014 56.13
2015 55.21
2016 54.93
2017 53.79
2018 52.89
2019 52.11

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Nepal was 64.38 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 82.33 in 1991, while its lowest value was 64.38 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 82.33
1992 82.10
1993 81.75
1994 81.15
1995 80.52
1996 79.68
1997 78.66
1998 77.52
1999 76.11
2000 75.25
2001 74.59
2002 74.19
2003 73.61
2004 73.08
2005 72.64
2006 72.21
2007 71.78
2008 71.13
2009 70.61
2010 70.04
2011 69.54
2012 68.86
2013 68.24
2014 67.48
2015 66.93
2016 66.66
2017 65.81
2018 65.08
2019 64.38

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity