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World Development Indicators: Agriculture and rural development (part 2 of 2)
6 World Development Indicators on agriculture and rural development, annual, from 1960 where the World Bank has them, for all reporting economies and aggregates. Includes: Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate); Rural population; Rural population growth (annual %).
Definitions and method
Compiled by the World Bank in World Development Indicators from official national and international sources, listed against each indicator by the World Bank. Some series come from third parties, so their own terms may apply beyond the World Bank's CC BY 4.0: check the source named for the indicator before redistributing. Sources in this set include: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN); Comtrade database, United Nations (UN); World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO). Cells with no value are not stored.
| Indicator | Code | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS | — |
| Rural population | SP.RUR.TOTL | — |
| Rural population growth (annual %) | SP.RUR.TOTL.ZG | — |
| Rural population (% of total population) | SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS | — |
| Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) | TM.VAL.AGRI.ZS.UN | — |
| Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) | TX.VAL.AGRI.ZS.UN | — |