Angola: Employment in agriculture

The latest value from 2022 is 56.32 percent, a decline from 56.71 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 23.00 percent, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for Angola from 1991 to 2022 is 45.6 percent. The minimum value, 36.16 percent, was reached in 2003 while the maximum of 57.6 percent was recorded in 2014. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

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).