Somalia: Employment in agriculture

Somalia: Employment in agriculture, % of total employment

: For that indicator, we provide data for Somalia from 1991 to 2019. The average value for Somalia during that period was 83.99 percent with a minimum of 83.11 percent in 2019 and a maximum of 84.49 percent in 1997. The latest value from 2019 is 83.11 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 182 countries is 24.26 percent. 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).