Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Somalia

Somalia: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in was 34.84 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
34.84 %
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
94th
of 174 countries
All-time high
35.81 %
in 2017
All-time low
30.38 %
in 2002
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Somalia, 2000–2023

0102030402000201120232000: 30.7 %2001: 30.8 %2002: 30.4 %2003: 30.6 %2004: 30.9 %2005: 31.4 %2006: 32.1 %2007: 33 %2008: 33.1 %2009: 33 %2010: 32.9 %2011: 33.5 %2012: 33.7 %2013: 34.3 %2014: 35.2 %2015: 35.6 %2016: 35.6 %2017: 35.8 %2018: 35.5 %2019: 35.3 %2020: 35.3 %2021: 34.1 %2022: 35.1 %2023: 34.8 %

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Somalia is 34.84 %, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Somalia peaked at 35.81 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 30.38 %, in 2002.

That places Somalia 94th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in in Somalia, 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 Somalia, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 30.73 %
2001 30.83 % +0.3%
2002 30.38 % -1.5%
2003 30.58 % +0.7%
2004 30.89 % +1.0%
2005 31.4 % +1.7%
2006 32.08 % +2.2%
2007 32.95 % +2.7%
2008 33.06 % +0.3%
2009 33.01 % -0.2%
2010 32.93 % -0.2%
2011 33.5 % +1.7%
2012 33.68 % +0.5%
2013 34.29 % +1.8%
2014 35.21 % +2.7%
2015 35.61 % +1.1%
2016 35.61 % +0.0%
2017 35.81 % +0.6%
2018 35.54 % -0.8%
2019 35.27 % -0.8%
2020 35.31 % +0.1%
2021 34.13 % -3.3%
2022 35.15 % +3.0%
2023 34.84 % -0.9%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 34.84 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.76 %, 19.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 34.84 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6.72 %, 5.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31.59 % 30.38 % 33.06 % 10
2010s 34.74 % 32.93 % 35.81 % 10
2020s 34.86 % 34.13 % 35.31 % 4

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 91 Gabon 36.25 % compare
  2. 92 South Africa 35.79 % compare
  3. 93 Germany 34.9 % compare
  4. 95 Suriname 34.59 % compare
  5. 96 Croatia 34.54 % compare
  6. 97 Australia 34.24 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Somalia?
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in in Somalia was 34.84 % 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 Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 35.81 % in 2017.
What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 30.38 % in 2002.
How does Somalia rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in?
Somalia ranks 94th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia 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.