electricsheepafrica/Africa-Employment-in-agriculture-male-percentage-of-male-employment-modeled-ILO-estimate

Africa Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) Dataset

Overview

This dataset contains employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ilo estimate) data for African countries from the World Bank.

Data Details

• Indicator Code: SL.AGR.EMPL.MA.ZS
• Description: Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Geographic Coverage: 53 African countries
• Time Period: 1991-2023
• Data Points: 1,748 observations
• Coverage: 49.80% of possible country-year combinations

File Formats

Main Dataset (sl_agr_empl_ma_zs_africa.csv)

• Rows: 54 countries
• Columns: 65 years (1960-2024)
• Structure: Countries as rows, years as columns
• Missing Value Treatment: Interpolation → Forward Fill → Backward Fill
• Use Case: Cross-sectional analysis, heatmaps, correlation analysis

Data Quality

Coverage Statistics

• Total Observations: 1,748
• Possible Observations: 3,510
• Coverage Rate: 49.80%

Countries with No Data

1 countries have no observations: Seychelles

Usage Examples

Python

import pandas as pd

# Load main dataset
df = pd.read_csv('sl_agr_empl_ma_zs_africa.csv', index_col=[0, 1])

R

# Load main dataset
df <- read.csv('sl_agr_empl_ma_zs_africa.csv', row.names=c(1,2))

Source

World Bank Open Data - Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

• Original File: API_SL.AGR.EMPL.MA.ZS_DS2_en_excel_v2_20505.xls
• Processed: 2025-08-24

License

This dataset is derived from World Bank Open Data and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.