Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male was 0.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.5%
Change on year
up 47.3%
World rank
26th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2006
All-time low
0.4%
in 2015
Years of data
18
1992–2016

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1992–2016

00.20.40.61992200420161992: 0.432 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1993: 0.442 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1994: 0.452 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1995: 0.45 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1996: 0.456 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1997: 0.449 % of male workers in the agricultural sector1998: 0.475 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.531 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.694 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.591 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2009: 0.642 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2010: 0.578 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2011: 0.637 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2012: 0.476 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2013: 0.466 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2014: 0.53 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2015: 0.373 % of male workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.549 % of male workers in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male workers in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

In 2016, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 0.5%.

The figure is up 47.3% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 0.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 26th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector) in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1992 to 2016.
Year % of male workers in the agricultural sector Change
1992 0.4%
1993 0.4% +2.3%
1994 0.5% +2.2%
1995 0.4% -0.4%
1996 0.5% +1.3%
1997 0.4% -1.5%
1998 0.5% +5.9%
2005 0.5% +11.8%
2006 0.7% +30.7%
2008 0.6% -14.9%
2009 0.6% +8.7%
2010 0.6% -9.9%
2011 0.6% +10.1%
2012 0.5% -25.2%
2013 0.5% -2.2%
2014 0.5% +13.7%
2015 0.4% -29.6%
2016 0.5% +47.3%

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 0.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 0.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5%, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 7
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 4
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 7

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 23 Puerto Rico 0.6% compare
  2. 24 Denmark 0.6% compare
  3. 25 Italy 0.5% compare
  4. 27 Lithuania 0.5% compare
  5. 28 Germany 0.5% compare
  6. 29 Mexico 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 90 places →

More reference data data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 0.5% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2006.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 26th out of 90 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Statizoid. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-agriculture-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-workers-in-the/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-agriculture-aged-15-64-male-percent-of-male-workers-in-the/united-kingdom/">Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of male workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,258 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed