Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)

Indicator id: employment_agriculture_share · Unit: % · Coverage: 1991-2024

Share of total employment in the agriculture sector, as defined by the ISIC classification (modelled ILO estimate).

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Modelled ILO estimate; includes a large share of subsistence and smallholder farming in Nepal, not only commercial agriculture.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 2.3 -- Double agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers
Topic: Agriculture & Rural Development, Social Protection & Labor
Themes: rural, food, economy

Also known as

"agricultural employment", "share working in agriculture", "farm employment", "who works in farming"

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