Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Rwanda
Rwanda: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in was -10.7 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Rwanda, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Rwanda stood at -10.7 %.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Rwanda peaked at -0.57 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, -14.64 %, in 2018.
That places Rwanda 167th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -0.57 % | — |
| 2001 | -1.86 % | +226.3% |
| 2002 | -3.13 % | +68.3% |
| 2003 | -3.97 % | +26.8% |
| 2004 | -4.72 % | +18.9% |
| 2005 | -5.51 % | +16.7% |
| 2006 | -6.32 % | +14.7% |
| 2007 | -6.93 % | +9.7% |
| 2008 | -7.54 % | +8.8% |
| 2009 | -8.33 % | +10.5% |
| 2010 | -9.3 % | +11.6% |
| 2011 | -10.1 % | +8.6% |
| 2012 | -11.01 % | +9.0% |
| 2013 | -11.24 % | +2.1% |
| 2014 | -11.66 % | +3.7% |
| 2015 | -12.07 % | +3.5% |
| 2016 | -12.69 % | +5.1% |
| 2017 | -13.2 % | +4.0% |
| 2018 | -14.64 % | +10.9% |
| 2019 | -11.55 % | -21.1% |
| 2020 | -12.5 % | +8.2% |
| 2021 | -8.56 % | -31.5% |
| 2022 | -9.81 % | +14.6% |
| 2023 | -10.7 % | +9.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's -10.7 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.76 %. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's -10.7 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6.72 %. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Rwanda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -226.3% | -0.57 % | -1.86 % |
| 2002 | -68.3% | -1.86 % | -3.13 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -4.89 % | -8.33 % | -0.57 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -11.75 % | -14.64 % | -9.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.39 % | -12.5 % | -8.56 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Rwanda?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Rwanda was -10.7 % 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was -0.57 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was -14.64 % in 2018.
- How does Rwanda rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in?
- Rwanda ranks 167th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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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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.