COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2016
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2.3.2. Labor Productivity
To ensure sustainable economic development in every sector, efficient use of production
factors, especially labor, is of paramount importance. In order to boost the production of farms
in the world, agricultural labor productivity plays a foundational role. It is measured by the
ratio of total agricultural value added to the number of agricultural worker. Hence, it tells the
average performance of total labor employed in agriculture sector. Figure 16 shows the
agricultural labor productivity in the OIC and in the world during the period 1995 and 2013 by
using the real agricultural GDP at 2005 prices.
Figure 16. Labor Productivity in the OIC and World (Agr. GDP at 2005 constant prices)
Source: Calculated by using UNSTAT and FAOSTAT
When the figures that have been calculated according to this method are analyzed, it is
understood that the labor productivity is higher than the world average in the OIC in all
examined years. In 2013, average agricultural labor productivity of OIC Member Countries
reached to 1,674 US dollars/person, where it was 1,044 US dollars/person in 1995. Moreover,
parallel to land productivity, noteworthy rate of growth in OIC agricultural labor productivity
was observed during the 2005-2013 with almost 50 percent increase.
1.044
1.161
1.361
1.544 1.674
961 1.074
1.180 1.313
1.407
30
230
430
630
830
1030
1230
1430
1630
1830
1995 2000 2005 2010 2013
Dollar/labor
OIC Average Labor Productivity World Average Labor Productivity