1950

1970

1990

2000

2010
(estimate)

1. Agricultural Population in the World (1000)

1,621,927

2,001,885

2,465,015

2,601,722

2,667,219

2. Share of Agricultural Population of Developing Countries in the World (%)

81.39

90.28

94.50

96.09

97.12

3. Share of Female Labour force of Developing Countries in the World (%)

68.40

69.09

73.53

75.83

78.29

4. Female Agriculture Labour Force in the World (1000)

315,924

382,605

523,315

579,771

621,308

5. Share of Female Labour Force of Developing Countries in the World

82.17

89.86

95.43

97.01

97.98

6. Share of Female in Agriculture Labour Force in Total Agriculture Labour Force (%)

6.1 World

39.01

41.13

42.69

43.55

44.16

6.2 Developed

41.07

43.77

38.38

36.13

33.73

6.3 Developing

38.59

40.85

42.93

43.83

44.44

7. Share of Agriculture Labour Force in Total Labour Force (%)

89.56

84.21

75.97

70.62

65.21

8. Share of Female Labour Force in Total Agriculture Labour Force (%)

44.70

45.87

47.34

48.10

48.74