Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in was 4.87 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
4.87 %
Change on year
down 16.5%
Rank
12th
of 19 groups
All-time high
14.99 %
in 2000
All-time low
4.87 %
in 2023
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2023

57.51012.5152000201120232000: 15 %2001: 14.5 %2002: 13.8 %2003: 13.3 %2004: 13 %2005: 12.8 %2006: 12.8 %2007: 12.3 %2008: 11.9 %2009: 11.3 %2010: 10.6 %2011: 10.6 %2012: 11.2 %2013: 10.9 %2014: 10.1 %2015: 9.3 %2016: 8.8 %2017: 8.6 %2018: 7.9 %2019: 7.6 %2020: 7.3 %2021: 5.9 %2022: 5.8 %2023: 4.9 %

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

Analysis

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 4.87 % for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 55.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 14.99 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.87 %, in 2023.

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

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year

Annual values for Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 14.99 %
2001 14.48 % -3.4%
2002 13.84 % -4.4%
2003 13.29 % -4.0%
2004 13.02 % -2.0%
2005 12.77 % -1.9%
2006 12.83 % +0.5%
2007 12.32 % -4.0%
2008 11.95 % -3.0%
2009 11.33 % -5.2%
2010 10.56 % -6.8%
2011 10.55 % -0.1%
2012 11.18 % +6.0%
2013 10.92 % -2.3%
2014 10.09 % -7.6%
2015 9.27 % -8.1%
2016 8.79 % -5.2%
2017 8.59 % -2.3%
2018 7.92 % -7.8%
2019 7.59 % -4.2%
2020 7.29 % -4.0%
2021 5.92 % -18.8%
2022 5.83 % -1.5%
2023 4.87 % -16.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 13.08 % 11.33 % 14.99 % 10
2010s 9.55 % 7.59 % 11.18 % 10
2020s 5.98 % 4.87 % 7.29 % 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 4.87 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 14.99 % in 2000.
What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 4.87 % in 2023.
How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 12th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is down 55.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 5,306 data points, 2000–2023
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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.