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Table 5: Workforce in Agriculture

Source

Year

Per cent

Population Census

1977

30

Population Census

1987

12

Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

1996

40

Sources: Population Census 1977, as reported in World Demographic Survey (1988), United Nations Population Division; Population Census 1987, as reported in Annual Abstract of Statistics 1990, Central Statistical Organization, Government of Iraq; Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, authors' interview.