Employment in agriculture | Ethiopia PDR

The employment in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing in the economy of Ethiopia PDR in 2023 amounted to 62.37 % of total employed. In 2022, the value was  62.79%. It has been falling in this country for already 18 years in a row. Over the entire period of ILOSTAT data since 1991, this indicator has decreased in 1.25 times. The lowest percent of employees in agricultural activities was recorded in 2023, when it was 62.37. The maximum was in 1992, when agri-sector employment share in Ethiopia PDR reached 78.20 % of total employment. 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.