Algeria: number of people employed in agriculture

Around 1.1 million people were employed in Algeria's agricultural sector in 2019. The number decreased compared to the previous year, following a declining trend observed from 2016 onwards. As of 2020, agricultural activities employed around 10 percent of the total working population in Algeria.

Number of people employed in the agricultural sector in Algeria from 2010 to 2019 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of people employed in thousands
2019	1,059
2018	1,076
2017	1,094
2016	1,110
2015	1,087
2014	1,091
2013	1,146
2012	1,098
2011	1,095
2010	1,184

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April 2022

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Region

Algeria

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Figures are estimates.

The source adds the following information:
"The employed comprise all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were in the following categories: a) paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work); or b) self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work)."

"Data are disaggregated by economic activity, which refers to the main activity of the establishment in which a person worked during the reference period."

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