Employment indicators 2000–2019

FAO

Employment indicators 2000–2019

Global and regional trends

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 36

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) FAOSTAT updates the employment indicators yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. This brief presents the latest data update for the period 2000-2019. According to the available data, employment in agriculture declined globally from 1 billion people in 2000 to 883 million in 2019. Yet, agriculture remains the second highest source of employment worldwide after the services sector with 26.7 percent of total employment.

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FAO. 2022. Employment indicators 2000–2019. Global and regional trends. FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs Series No. 36. Rome.

Language English

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