Agricultural sector's employment share in Guyana 2021

In 2021, the employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in Guyana increased by 0.9 percentage points since 2020. In total, the share amounted to 13.08 percent in 2021. This increase was preceded by a declining share.

Employment in agriculture is the share of individuals working in agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing in order to produce a good or service for profit or pay from the total employed. The data covers people working in a certain period, or not working as a result of being temporarily absent from a job, or in a working-time arrangement.
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Employment in the agricultural sector in Guyana from 2012 to 2021, as share of total employment

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2021	13.08%
2020	12.22%
2019	15.3%
2018	15.91%
2017	18.51%
2016	18.76%
2015	18.75%
2014	18.72%
2013	18.71%
2012	19.16%

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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Guyana

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Special properties

*As of September

Supplementary notes

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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