Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value was 84,484 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2023, employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value in Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 84,484 1000 No.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 85,230 1000 No in 2022 and was at its lowest, 70,156 1000 No, in 2000.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 13th of 30 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70,156 1000 No | — |
| 2001 | 72,144 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 72,874 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 74,334 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 76,930 1000 No | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 78,243 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 78,662 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 77,194 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 77,243 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 77,573 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 77,683 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 77,700 1000 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 77,961 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 78,166 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 78,355 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 79,326 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 80,459 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 82,408 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 83,741 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 84,262 1000 No | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 78,457 1000 No | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 83,165 1000 No | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 85,230 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 84,484 1000 No | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75,535 1000 No | 70,156 1000 No | 78,662 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,006 1000 No | 77,683 1000 No | 84,262 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,834 1000 No | 78,457 1000 No | 85,230 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,244 1000 No compare
- 10 Philippines 20,032 1000 No compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,807 1000 No compare
- 11 Mexico 17,266 1000 No compare
- 12 Uganda 16,090 1000 No compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,458 1000 No compare
- 13 Kenya 14,291 1000 No compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 375.84 1000 No compare
- 14 Myanmar 13,616 1000 No compare
- 14 Polynesia 34.24 1000 No compare
- 15 Madagascar 13,157 1000 No compare
- 15 Micronesia 23.48 1000 No compare
- 16 Mozambique 11,193 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America and the Caribbean
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 39,094 1000 No (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 7.12 % (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 16.69 % (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 12.72 % (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 9,098 1000 No (2025)
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 29,996 1000 No (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,861 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,409 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.8 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value in Latin America and the Caribbean was 84,484 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 85,230 1000 No in 2022.
- What is the lowest employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,156 1000 No in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 13th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: total — value rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.