FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total in Western Africa
Western Africa: FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total was 43.37 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total in Western Africa, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 43.37 % for fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total in Western Africa peaked at 43.37 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.4 %, in 2020.
That places Western Africa 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 29.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 30.45 % | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 31.33 % | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 31.91 % | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 31.59 % | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 32.6 % | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 32.51 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 33.34 % | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 33.96 % | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 34.16 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 35.11 % | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 34.24 % | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 34.38 % | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 36.39 % | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 34.99 % | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 35.13 % | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 36.07 % | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 36.83 % | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 36.29 % | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 32.06 % | -11.7% |
| 2020 | 27.4 % | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 28.95 % | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 41.99 % | +45.0% |
| 2023 | 43.37 % | +3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +45.0% | 28.95 % | 41.99 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.17 % | 29.9 % | 34.16 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.15 % | 32.06 % | 36.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.43 % | 27.4 % | 43.37 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 37.37 % compare
- 1 Nigeria 54.39 % compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 39.8 % compare
- 2 El Salvador 43.41 % compare
- 2 Melanesia 23.43 % compare
- 3 Sierra Leone 41.42 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 20.75 % compare
- 4 Honduras 41.01 % compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 19.79 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total in Western Africa?
- Fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total in Western Africa was 43.37 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43.37 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4 % in 2020.
- How does Western Africa rank for fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total?
- Western Africa ranks 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is fao model — share of non-agricultural afs employment in total rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total employment — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.