Agricultural sector's employment share in the Dominican Republic 2022

The employment in the agricultural sector as share of total employment in the Dominican Republic decreased by 0.3 percentage points (-3.75 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. Therefore, 2022 marks the lowest share during the observed period.
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 the Dominican Republic from 2013 to 2022, as share of total employment

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2022	7.71%
2021	8.01%
2020	8.95%
2019	8.79%
2018	9.33%
2017	9.58%
2016	8.93%
2015	9.72%
2014	11.26%
2013	11.08%

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Dominican Republic

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

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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