FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Somalia

Somalia: FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment was 82.19 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
82.19 %
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
27th
of 145 countries
All-time high
90.18 %
in 2000
All-time low
73.84 %
in 2019
Years of data
24
2000–2023

FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Somalia, 2000–2023

0204060801002000201120232000: 90.2 %2001: 89.8 %2002: 89.5 %2003: 89.2 %2004: 88.9 %2005: 88.5 %2006: 88.2 %2007: 87.8 %2008: 87.5 %2009: 87.2 %2010: 86.8 %2011: 86.5 %2012: 86.1 %2013: 85.4 %2014: 85.1 %2015: 84.5 %2016: 84.1 %2017: 83.2 %2018: 82.8 %2019: 73.8 %2020: 82.8 %2021: 82.6 %2022: 82.5 %2023: 82.2 %

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

Analysis

In 2023, fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Somalia stood at 82.19 %.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Somalia peaked at 90.18 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 73.84 %, in 2019.

Somalia ranks 27th of 145 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Value in Somalia, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 90.18 %
2001 89.85 % -0.4%
2002 89.54 % -0.3%
2003 89.21 % -0.4%
2004 88.87 % -0.4%
2005 88.46 % -0.5%
2006 88.15 % -0.4%
2007 87.75 % -0.5%
2008 87.49 % -0.3%
2009 87.24 % -0.3%
2010 86.85 % -0.4%
2011 86.53 % -0.4%
2012 86.14 % -0.5%
2013 85.42 % -0.8%
2014 85.1 % -0.4%
2015 84.51 % -0.7%
2016 84.1 % -0.5%
2017 83.19 % -1.1%
2018 82.85 % -0.4%
2019 73.84 % -10.9%
2020 82.78 % +12.1%
2021 82.59 % -0.2%
2022 82.47 % -0.1%
2023 82.19 % -0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 88.67 % 87.24 % 90.18 % 10
2010s 83.85 % 73.84 % 86.85 % 10
2020s 82.51 % 82.19 % 82.78 % 4

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 24 Vanuatu 84.55 % compare
  2. 25 Ethiopia 84.54 % compare
  3. 26 Madagascar 82.98 % compare
  4. 28 Chad 81.48 % compare
  5. 29 Burkina Faso 80.93 % compare
  6. 30 Guinea-Bissau 80.55 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Somalia?
Fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment in Somalia was 82.19 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 90.18 % in 2000.
What is the lowest fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 73.84 % in 2019.
How does Somalia rank for fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment?
Somalia ranks 27th out of 145 countries with data for 2023.
Is fao model — share of agricultural employment in total afs employment rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Somalia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
193 places, 4,451 data points, 2000–2023
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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.