Papua New Guinea - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Papua New Guinea was 60.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 78.77 in 1991, while its lowest value was 60.14 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 78.77
1992 78.70
1993 78.58
1994 78.36
1995 78.17
1996 77.75
1997 77.42
1998 77.02
1999 77.10
2000 77.47
2001 76.72
2002 76.33
2003 75.85
2004 75.08
2005 74.51
2006 73.74
2007 72.67
2008 72.03
2009 70.89
2010 69.71
2011 68.54
2012 67.22
2013 66.15
2014 65.61
2015 64.27
2016 63.34
2017 62.40
2018 61.31
2019 60.14

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Papua New Guinea was 52.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 69.33 in 2000, while its lowest value was 52.33 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 69.13
1992 68.77
1993 68.34
1994 68.14
1995 68.48
1996 67.76
1997 68.09
1998 68.36
1999 68.67
2000 69.33
2001 68.96
2002 68.85
2003 68.55
2004 67.95
2005 67.32
2006 66.47
2007 65.26
2008 65.14
2009 63.71
2010 61.34
2011 60.71
2012 59.28
2013 58.39
2014 57.28
2015 55.50
2016 54.82
2017 54.06
2018 53.48
2019 52.33

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Papua New Guinea was 56.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.85 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.15 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 73.85
1992 73.63
1993 73.36
1994 73.16
1995 73.24
1996 72.67
1997 72.68
1998 72.61
1999 72.81
2000 73.32
2001 72.77
2002 72.51
2003 72.12
2004 71.44
2005 70.83
2006 70.02
2007 68.87
2008 68.50
2009 67.21
2010 65.43
2011 64.55
2012 63.17
2013 62.19
2014 61.36
2015 59.80
2016 59.00
2017 58.15
2018 57.32
2019 56.15

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity