Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm was -20.52 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Eastern Africa, 2000–2023
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 off-farm in Eastern Africa is -20.52 %, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 52.7% on the previous year and down 96.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Eastern Africa peaked at -6.68 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, -20.52 %, in 2023.
Eastern Africa ranks 27th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 off-farm in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -9.54 % | — |
| 2001 | -10.04 % | +5.2% |
| 2002 | -8.68 % | -13.5% |
| 2003 | -8.76 % | +0.9% |
| 2004 | -7.34 % | -16.2% |
| 2005 | -12.26 % | +67.0% |
| 2006 | -10.58 % | -13.7% |
| 2007 | -11.84 % | +11.9% |
| 2008 | -12.9 % | +9.0% |
| 2009 | -11.88 % | -7.9% |
| 2010 | -13.42 % | +13.0% |
| 2011 | -8.68 % | -35.3% |
| 2012 | -9.46 % | +9.0% |
| 2013 | -10.44 % | +10.4% |
| 2014 | -11.04 % | +5.7% |
| 2015 | -10.66 % | -3.4% |
| 2016 | -11.62 % | +9.0% |
| 2017 | -10.76 % | -7.4% |
| 2018 | -9.98 % | -7.2% |
| 2019 | -10.24 % | +2.6% |
| 2020 | -9.86 % | -3.7% |
| 2021 | -6.68 % | -32.3% |
| 2022 | -13.44 % | +101.2% |
| 2023 | -20.52 % | +52.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Eastern 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 | -101.2% | -6.68 % | -13.44 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -10.38 % | -12.9 % | -7.34 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -10.63 % | -13.42 % | -8.68 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -12.62 % | -20.52 % | -6.68 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Eastern Africa?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Eastern Africa was -20.52 % 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 off-farm recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was -6.68 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -20.52 % in 2023.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Eastern Africa ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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 off-farm agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. 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.