Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Western Europe
Western Europe: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm was 16.32 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Western Europe, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 16.32 % for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Western Europe peaked at 17.2 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.12 %, in 2007.
Western Europe ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 off-farm in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.96 % | — |
| 2001 | 9.6 % | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 9.72 % | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 9.38 % | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.14 % | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 8.48 % | -23.9% |
| 2006 | 7.68 % | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 6.12 % | -20.3% |
| 2008 | 10.78 % | +76.1% |
| 2009 | 11.26 % | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 11.3 % | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 10.3 % | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 11.2 % | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 11.1 % | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 10.58 % | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 11.02 % | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 12.26 % | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 12.34 % | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 13.08 % | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 12.34 % | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 15.96 % | +29.3% |
| 2021 | 17.2 % | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 15.3 % | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 16.32 % | +6.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +76.1% | 6.12 % | 10.78 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.41 % | 6.12 % | 11.26 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.55 % | 10.3 % | 13.08 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.2 % | 15.3 % | 17.2 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 3 Türkiye 41.31 % compare
- 3 United Arab Emirates 83.28 % compare
- 4 Pakistan 83.04 % compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.64 % compare
- 5 Bangladesh 81.97 % compare
- 6 Algeria 78.57 % compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo -0.28 % compare
- 7 Palestine 78.16 % compare
- 8 Afghanistan 75.69 % compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania -4.41 % compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova -6.54 % compare
- 9 Sudan 72.71 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Western Europe?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm in Western Europe was 16.32 % 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.12 % in 2007.
- How does Western Europe rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Western Europe ranks 6th 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 Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.