Labor > Agricultural workers > Male: Countries Compared
Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor
Countries with a high percentage of people employed in the agricultural sector are, generally speaking, poorer and less developed than those with a small percentage of agricultural workers. <p>In more industrialized societies, the agricultural industry tends to be more automated, with heavier reliance on machines and equipment than on human labor. <p>Also, in a poorer country, subsistence farming is a more legitimate alternative to low-wage labor than in a wealthier nation. Very few people in developed countries opt to pursue subsistence farming for economic reasons, though some do for cultural or social reasons. <p>Another factor in higher agricultural sector employment is the availability of cheap labor. Farm work is usually seasonal, with short periods of intense labor and long periods of waiting. It is easier and more economically sensible to find and use cheap, short-term labor in a poor country with low wages and high unemployment than in an industrialized nation with more plentiful employment alternatives.
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Proportion of employed males engaged in the agricultural sector. Employment by economic activity (%) (most recent year available between 1995 and 2001). Note: As a result of a number of limitations in the data, comparisons of labour statistics over time and across countries should be made with caution. For detailed notes on the data see ILO (2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; and 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002). The percentage shares of employment by economic activity may not sum to 100 because of rounding or the omission of activities not classified.
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Interesting observations about Labor > Agricultural workers > Male
- Chile ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst High income OECD countries in 2010.
- Romania ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst European Union in 2010.
- Italy ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2010.
- Thailand ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Emerging markets in 2010.
- Philippines ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Catholic countries in 2010.
- Ethiopia ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Christian countries in 2010.
- Turkey ranked second for agricultural workers > male amongst NATO countries in 2010.
- Sri Lanka ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2010.
- Honduras ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2010.
- Latvia ranked first for agricultural workers > male amongst Eurozone in 2010.
- All of the top 2 countries by agricultural workers > male are Hot countries.
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