|
|
Agricultural Labor Force |
Manufac. Fertilizers |
Share of Agriculture |
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|
|
1980 |
1993 |
Consumption |
Irrigated Land |
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|
|
('000) |
% of Total LF |
('000) |
% of Total LF |
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|
|
1980-82 |
1990-92 |
% change |
1983 |
1993 |
1984 |
1994 |
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|
Caribbean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
|
Bahamas |
|
|
|
|
117 |
23 |
-80.0 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Barbados |
12 |
10.2 |
8 |
5.8 |
593 |
270 |
-54.5 |
|
|
6 |
4 |
|
Bermuda |
|
|
|
|
28 |
3 |
-88.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cuba |
827 |
23.7 |
850 |
18.0 |
56,368 |
39,807 |
-29.4 |
25 |
27 |
|
|
|
Dominica |
|
|
|
|
264 |
447 |
69.4 |
|
|
25 |
17 |
|
Dominican Rep. |
765 |
45.8 |
817 |
33.0 |
5,367 |
9,546 |
77.9 |
12 |
16 |
18 |
15 |
|
Guadeloupe |
|
|
|
|
799 |
760 |
-4.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Guyana |
66 |
26.7 |
66 |
21.2 |
1,015 |
1,327 |
30.7 |
25 |
26 |
20 |
30 |
|
Haiti |
1,720 |
69.9 |
1,848 |
61.8 |
360 |
270 |
-25.0 |
8 |
8 |
|
44 |
|
Jamaica |
296 |
31.4 |
328 |
25.7 |
1,618 |
2,203 |
36.2 |
15 |
16 |
7 |
8 |
|
Martinique |
|
|
|
|
1,245 |
2,113 |
69.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
St. Kitts & Nevis |
|
|
|
|
230 |
103 |
-55.4 |
|
|
13 |
5 |
|
St. Lucia |
|
|
|
|
118 |
624 |
427.3 |
|
|
8 |
9 |
|
St. Vincent/Grens. |
|
|
|
|
390 |
233 |
-40.2 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
40 |
10.2 |
33 |
6.9 |
639 |
892 |
39.6 |
18 |
18 |
2 |
3 |
|
Central America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belize |
|
|
|
|
151 |
543 |
259.8 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
17 |
|
Costa Rica |
238 |
30.8 |
251 |
22.0 |
7,263 |
11,792 |
62.4 |
14 |
23 |
24 |
15 |
|
El Salvador |
619 |
42.5 |
628 |
35.0 |
6,964 |
7,705 |
10.6 |
15 |
16 |
33 |
14 |
|
Guatemala |
1,118 |
56.8 |
1,435 |
49.5 |
8,789 |
14,400 |
63.8 |
5 |
7 |
|
25 |
|
Honduras |
651 |
60.5 |
952 |
53.2 |
2,704 |
2,984 |
10.3 |
5 |
5 |
19 |
17 |
|
Nicaragua |
386 |
46.5 |
418 |
34.7 |
4,597 |
3,537 |
-23.0 |
6 |
7 |
21 |
33 |
|
Panama |
209 |
31.8 |
219 |
23.2 |
2,937 |
3,178 |
8.2 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
|
South America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Argentina |
1,344 |
13.0 |
1,166 |
9.7 |
10,820 |
18,800 |
73.8 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
5 |
|
Bolivia |
814 |
46.5 |
1,015 |
40.0 |
420 |
888 |
111.7 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
|
|
Brazil |
13,784 |
31.2 |
13,189 |
22.6 |
322,746 |
332,779 |
3.1 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
|
Chile |
604 |
16.4 |
572 |
11.6 |
11,796 |
32,169 |
172.7 |
29 |
30 |
6 |
|
|
Colombia |
2,726 |
34.0 |
2,872 |
25.4 |
30,560 |
56,907 |
86.2 |
8 |
10 |
19 |
14 |
|
Ecuador |
940 |
38.5 |
1,006 |
28.1 |
7,168 |
8,928 |
24.6 |
21 |
18 |
12 |
12 |
|
French Guiana |
|
|
|
|
45 |
113 |
151.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Paraguay |
518 |
48.8 |
719 |
45.5 |
773 |
2,011 |
160.1 |
3 |
3 |
26 |
24 |
|
Peru |
2,152 |
40.0 |
2,523 |
33.1 |
11,441 |
9,375 |
-18.1 |
32 |
37 |
|
7 |
|
Suriname |
21 |
20.4 |
24 |
15.3 |
510 |
163 |
-68.0 |
78 |
88 |
8 |
24 |
|
Uruguay |
178 |
15.7 |
160 |
13.0 |
6,433 |
7,664 |
19.1 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
|
Venezuela |
793 |
16.0 |
732 |
9.8 |
18,000 |
38,910 |
116.2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Mexico |
7,913 |
36.6 |
8,962 |
28.1 |
154,114 |
166,587 |
8.1 |
20 |
24 |
7 |
8 |
|
United States |
3,800 |
3.5 |
2,600 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
11 |
11 |
3 |
|
Source: World Resources Database, 1994-1995; except fertilizer consumption (FAO, Agrostat/PC) and % of GDP (World Bank).
Irrigated land data are from World Resources Institute, World Resources 1996-1997.
Pesticide consumption data are scarce and therefore not included, although pesticides admittedly are an important input to monitor.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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