Libya: number of employees in agriculture by gender

Around 325,000 people were employed in Libya's agricultural sector in 2019. The majority of these were men, comprising over 225,000 workers. In contrast, women added up to 100,000 agricultural workers that year. Over the observed time span, the number of male workers in the agricultural sector was always higher than that of female workers.

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

Characteristic	Male	Female
2019	225	100
2018	228	101
2017	233	101
2016	240	100
2015	241	103
2014	240	109
2013	237	116
2012	235	122
2011	233	127
2010	229	128

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April 2022

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Region

Libya

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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