The participation of the agricultural sector in Brazil's total employment has been consistently decreasing since 2010. As of September 2019, the sector represented less than 9.3 percent of jobs in the country, down from a participation of more than 16 percent in 2010. The value added by the agricultural sector in 2018 represented 4.36 percent of Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP).
Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as share of total employment
The agricultural sector includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production.
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.
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World Bank. (October 28, 2019). Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as share of total employment [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076769/brazil-share-employment-agriculture/
World Bank. "Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as share of total employment." Chart. October 28, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076769/brazil-share-employment-agriculture/
World Bank. (2019). Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as share of total employment. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076769/brazil-share-employment-agriculture/
World Bank. "Employment in The Agricultural Sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as Share of Total Employment." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076769/brazil-share-employment-agriculture/
World Bank, Employment in the agricultural sector in Brazil from 2010 to 2019, as share of total employment Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076769/brazil-share-employment-agriculture/ (last visited January 29, 2020)
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