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DEFINITION
Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.
Labor Statistics > Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Rwanda :
95.9 %
1989
# 2
Laos :
89.3 %
1995
# 3
Yemen :
87.8 %
1999
# 4
Tanzania :
84 %
2001
# 5
Madagascar :
79.3 %
2002
# 6
Zambia :
78 %
1998
# 7
Uganda :
77.3 %
2003
# 8
Ethiopia :
70 %
1999
# 9
Cameroon :
68.4 %
1990
# 10
Pakistan :
64.6 %
2002
# 11
Morocco :
63 %
2005
# 12
Vietnam :
60 %
2004
# 13
Cambodia :
59.2 %
2004
# 14
Bangladesh :
58.6 %
2003
# 15
Syria :
58.1 %
2002
# 16
Georgia :
57.2 %
2005
# 17
Kyrgyzstan :
54.8 %
2001
# 18
Turkey :
51.6 %
2005
# 19
Ghana :
50.3 %
2000
# 20
Indonesia :
45.2 %
2005
# 21
Lesotho :
45.1 %
1997
# 22
Thailand :
40.7 %
2005
# 23
Moldova :
40.3 %
2005
# 24
Sri Lanka :
40 %
2003
# 25
Egypt :
39 %
2003
# 26
Mongolia :
37.6 %
2004
= 27
Azerbaijan :
37.4 %
2005
= 27
Haiti :
37.4 %
1999
# 29
Iran :
34.2 %
2005
# 30
Romania :
33 %
2005
# 31
Kazakhstan :
32 %
2004
# 32
Namibia :
29.1 %
2000
# 33
Philippines :
24.8 %
2005
# 34
Algeria :
22.3 %
2004
# 35
Paraguay :
20 %
2003
# 36
Macedonia, Republic of :
19.2 %
2005
# 37
Croatia :
18.9 %
2005
# 38
Botswana :
18.6 %
2004
# 39
Guatemala :
18.1 %
2002
# 40
Ukraine :
16.8 %
2003
# 41
Poland :
16.6 %
2005
# 42
Guyana :
16.3 %
1997
# 43
Brazil :
16 %
2004
# 44
Kenya :
15.7 %
1999
# 45
Greece :
13.9 %
2005
# 46
Dominica :
13.7 %
1997
# 47
Portugal :
13.4 %
2003
# 48
Honduras :
13.1 %
2005
# 49
Lithuania :
11.4 %
2005
# 50
Malaysia :
11 %
2003
# 51
Nicaragua :
10.4 %
2003
# 52
Cuba :
10.1 %
2004
# 53
Grenada :
9.7 %
1998
# 54
Slovenia :
9 %
2005
= 55
Korea, South :
8.9 %
2005
= 55
Mauritius :
8.9 %
2005
# 57
Saint Lucia :
8.6 %
2003
# 58
Jamaica :
8.5 %
2005
# 59
Colombia :
8.4 %
2005
# 60
Latvia :
8.1 %
2005
# 61
Russia :
8 %
2005
# 62
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7.6 %
2001
# 63
South Africa :
7.4 %
2003
# 64
Bulgaria :
6.8 %
2005
# 65
Belize :
6.4 %
1999
# 66
Chile :
5.8 %
2005
# 67
Austria :
5.6 %
2005
= 68
Oman :
5.4 %
2000
= 68
Maldives :
5.4 %
2000
= 70
Mexico :
5 %
2005
= 70
New Zealand :
5 %
2005
# 72
Costa Rica :
4.8 %
2005
# 73
Japan :
4.5 %
2005
= 74
Ecuador :
4.3 %
2005
= 74
Panama :
4.3 %
2005
# 76
New Caledonia :
4.1 %
1996
# 77
Cyprus :
3.7 %
2004
# 78
Spain :
3.6 %
2005
= 79
Iceland :
3.5 %
2002
= 79
Estonia :
3.5 %
2005
= 81
Bolivia :
3.4 %
2000
= 81
El Salvador :
3.4 %
2004
# 83
Italy :
3.3 %
2005
= 84
Finland :
2.9 %
2005
= 84
Luxembourg :
2.9 %
1990
= 84
Switzerland :
2.9 %
2004
= 87
Czech Republic :
2.8 %
2005
= 87
France :
2.8 %
2004
# 89
Hungary :
2.7 %
2005
# 90
Slovakia :
2.6 %
2005
= 91
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.5 %
1991
= 91
Australia :
2.5 %
2005
= 91
Barbados :
2.5 %
2004
# 94
Venezuela :
2.3 %
2003
# 95
Jordan :
2.1 %
2003
= 96
Trinidad and Tobago :
2 %
2002
= 96
Netherlands :
2 %
2005
= 98
Nigeria :
1.9 %
1995
= 98
Dominican Republic :
1.9 %
2002
# 100
Suriname :
1.8 %
1999
# 101
Germany :
1.7 %
2005
= 102
Canada :
1.6 %
2005
= 102
Norway :
1.6 %
2005
= 102
Denmark :
1.6 %
2005
= 105
Eritrea :
1.5 %
1984
= 105
Uruguay :
1.5 %
2005
# 107
Belgium :
1.4 %
2004
# 108
Ireland :
1.3 %
2005
# 109
Sweden :
0.9 %
2005
= 110
Israel :
0.8 %
2004
= 110
United States :
0.8 %
2005
# 112
United Kingdom :
0.7 %
2005
= 113
Argentina :
0.6 %
2005
= 113
Malta :
0.6 %
2004
= 113
Saudi Arabia :
0.6 %
2002
# 116
Man, Isle of :
0.5 %
2001
# 117
Puerto Rico :
0.4 %
2005
= 118
Bermuda :
0.3 %
1996
= 118
Aruba :
0.3 %
1997
= 118
Bahamas, The :
0.3 %
2005
= 118
Brunei :
0.3 %
2001
= 118
San Marino :
0.3 %
2004
= 123
Netherlands Antilles :
0.2 %
2000
= 123
Singapore :
0.2 %
2004
= 123
Macau :
0.2 %
2005
= 123
Hong Kong :
0.2 %
2005
= 123
Peru :
0.2 %
2005
= 123
Djibouti :
0.2 %
1991
= 129
Qatar :
0.1 %
2004
= 129
United Arab Emirates :
0.1 %
2000
Weighted average:
18.2 %
DEFINITION: Employees are people who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece rates, or pay in kind. Agriculture corresponds to division 1 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories A and B (ISIC revision 3) and includes hunting, forestry, and fishing.
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