South Asia - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 56.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 77.03 in 1991, while its lowest value was 56.95 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 77.03
1992 76.92
1993 76.53
1994 76.20
1995 75.89
1996 75.42
1997 75.20
1998 74.91
1999 74.65
2000 74.31
2001 73.69
2002 73.03
2003 72.28
2004 71.55
2005 70.84
2006 70.15
2007 69.71
2008 69.22
2009 68.28
2010 67.58
2011 65.12
2012 62.61
2013 62.17
2014 61.47
2015 60.80
2016 60.28
2017 58.91
2018 57.86
2019 56.95

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 37.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 57.89 in 1991, while its lowest value was 37.49 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 57.89
1992 57.54
1993 57.12
1994 56.62
1995 56.06
1996 55.44
1997 55.21
1998 54.86
1999 54.20
2000 53.72
2001 52.97
2002 52.23
2003 51.13
2004 49.96
2005 48.97
2006 47.97
2007 47.19
2008 46.91
2009 46.03
2010 45.24
2011 43.79
2012 42.25
2013 41.66
2014 41.10
2015 40.37
2016 39.89
2017 38.97
2018 38.19
2019 37.49

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in South Asia was 41.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.55 in 1991, while its lowest value was 41.85 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.

See also:

Year Value
1991 62.55
1992 62.26
1993 61.87
1994 61.43
1995 60.92
1996 60.35
1997 60.17
1998 59.86
1999 59.29
2000 58.88
2001 58.18
2002 57.50
2003 56.52
2004 55.50
2005 54.61
2006 53.59
2007 52.79
2008 52.36
2009 51.38
2010 50.53
2011 48.72
2012 46.83
2013 46.26
2014 45.67
2015 44.95
2016 44.44
2017 43.44
2018 42.58
2019 41.85

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity