Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Brazil

Brazil: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in was 35 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
35 %
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
47th
of 174 countries
All-time high
37.83 %
in 2016
All-time low
31.54 %
in 2005
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Brazil, 2000–2023

0102030402000201120232000: 37.8 %2001: 33.4 %2002: 32 %2003: 32.9 %2004: 33.8 %2005: 31.5 %2006: 31.8 %2007: 31.8 %2008: 32.5 %2009: 34.9 %2010: 34.5 %2011: 35.3 %2012: 36.3 %2013: 36.1 %2014: 34.7 %2015: 34.7 %2016: 37.8 %2017: 36.1 %2018: 35.5 %2019: 34.8 %2020: 36.1 %2021: 35.9 %2022: 34 %2023: 35 %

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

Analysis

In 2023, gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Brazil stood at 35 %.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Brazil peaked at 37.83 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 31.54 %, in 2005.

Brazil ranks 47th of 174 countries on this measure, 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: Total employment in in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems in Brazil, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 37.82 %
2001 33.41 % -11.7%
2002 32.02 % -4.2%
2003 32.9 % +2.7%
2004 33.84 % +2.9%
2005 31.54 % -6.8%
2006 31.78 % +0.8%
2007 31.75 % -0.1%
2008 32.53 % +2.5%
2009 34.89 % +7.3%
2010 34.53 % -1.0%
2011 35.3 % +2.2%
2012 36.28 % +2.8%
2013 36.13 % -0.4%
2014 34.68 % -4.0%
2015 34.74 % +0.2%
2016 37.83 % +8.9%
2017 36.06 % -4.7%
2018 35.52 % -1.5%
2019 34.78 % -2.1%
2020 36.13 % +3.9%
2021 35.93 % -0.6%
2022 34.04 % -5.3%
2023 35 % +2.8%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 35 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.43 %, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 35 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 35.95 %, 97% of the median. (30 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 33.25 % 31.54 % 37.82 % 10
2010s 35.59 % 34.53 % 37.83 % 10
2020s 35.27 % 34.04 % 36.13 % 4

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 44 Dominican Republic 36.91 % compare
  2. 45 Sri Lanka 36.66 % compare
  3. 46 Ireland 36.21 % compare
  4. 48 Iceland 34.95 % compare
  5. 49 Costa Rica 34.5 % compare
  6. 50 Panama 34.13 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Brazil?
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Brazil was 35 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 37.83 % in 2016.
What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 31.54 % in 2005.
How does Brazil rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in?
Brazil ranks 47th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil 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: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 5,335 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.