FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Zambia

Zambia: FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value was 71.83 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
71.83 %
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
9th
of 145 countries
All-time high
86.39 %
in 2010
All-time low
70.22 %
in 2015
Years of data
14
2010–2023

FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Zambia, 2010–2023

0204060802010201620232010: 86.4 %2011: 82.9 %2012: 78.6 %2013: 78.4 %2014: 77.8 %2015: 70.2 %2016: 72.1 %2017: 74 %2018: 74.1 %2019: 73.7 %2020: 75 %2021: 73.8 %2022: 73.8 %2023: 71.8 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2023, fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Zambia stood at 71.83 %.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Zambia peaked at 86.39 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 70.22 %, in 2015.

Zambia ranks 9th of 145 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value in Zambia, 2010 to 2023.
Year % Change
2010 86.39 %
2011 82.94 % -4.0%
2012 78.62 % -5.2%
2013 78.37 % -0.3%
2014 77.83 % -0.7%
2015 70.22 % -9.8%
2016 72.13 % +2.7%
2017 74.04 % +2.6%
2018 74.06 % +0.0%
2019 73.71 % -0.5%
2020 75.05 % +1.8%
2021 73.79 % -1.7%
2022 73.82 % +0.0%
2023 71.83 % -2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 76.83 % 70.22 % 86.39 % 10
2020s 73.62 % 71.83 % 75.05 % 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Zambia?
Fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value in Zambia was 71.83 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 86.39 % in 2010.
What is the lowest fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 70.22 % in 2015.
How does Zambia rank for fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value?
Zambia ranks 9th out of 145 countries with data for 2023.
Is fao model — share of afs employment in total employment — value rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zambia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
193 places, 4,476 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.