Tanzania - Employment in agriculture

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

Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 66.71 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 87.65 in 1991, while its lowest value was 66.71 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 87.65
1992 87.61
1993 87.54
1994 87.45
1995 87.27
1996 87.05
1997 86.84
1998 86.59
1999 86.19
2000 85.70
2001 84.94
2002 83.49
2003 81.91
2004 80.09
2005 78.23
2006 76.12
2007 75.77
2008 75.19
2009 74.59
2010 74.02
2011 73.33
2012 72.57
2013 71.75
2014 70.88
2015 70.00
2016 69.12
2017 68.16
2018 67.45
2019 66.71

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

Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 63.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 81.84 in 1992, while its lowest value was 63.61 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 81.83
1992 81.84
1993 81.83
1994 81.82
1995 81.78
1996 81.67
1997 81.51
1998 81.20
1999 80.80
2000 80.35
2001 79.71
2002 77.78
2003 75.72
2004 73.49
2005 70.97
2006 68.35
2007 67.82
2008 67.56
2009 67.32
2010 66.92
2011 66.42
2012 66.25
2013 65.86
2014 65.45
2015 65.17
2016 64.79
2017 64.45
2018 64.03
2019 63.61

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

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Tanzania was 65.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 84.67 in 1991, while its lowest value was 65.09 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 84.67
1992 84.65
1993 84.62
1994 84.57
1995 84.47
1996 84.31
1997 84.13
1998 83.85
1999 83.46
2000 82.99
2001 82.29
2002 80.60
2003 78.77
2004 76.75
2005 74.55
2006 72.18
2007 71.75
2008 71.33
2009 70.90
2010 70.39
2011 69.77
2012 69.30
2013 68.69
2014 68.05
2015 67.48
2016 66.86
2017 66.23
2018 65.67
2019 65.09

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity