Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in was 19 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern 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: total employment in in Southern Africa is 19 %, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Africa peaked at 20.8 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.86 %, in 2006.
Southern Africa ranks 12th of 31 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 15.18 % | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 15.8 % | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 16.96 % | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 15.4 % | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 11.72 % | -23.9% |
| 2006 | 7.86 % | -32.9% |
| 2007 | 8.76 % | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 16.1 % | +83.8% |
| 2009 | 15.78 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 16.3 % | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 15.16 % | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 15.8 % | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 15.44 % | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 16.46 % | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 15.82 % | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 16.94 % | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 14.6 % | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 13.34 % | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 15.76 % | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 16.96 % | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 20.8 % | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 18.3 % | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 19 % | +3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +83.8% | 8.76 % | 16.1 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.11 % | 7.86 % | 17.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.56 % | 13.34 % | 16.94 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.77 % | 16.96 % | 20.8 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 9 United States Virgin Islands 73.75 % compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.26 % compare
- 10 Qatar 71.9 % compare
- 11 Kuwait 71.89 % compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 0.4 % compare
- 12 Egypt 71.5 % compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania -1.3 % compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -2.64 % compare
- 13 Saint Lucia 71.47 % compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 69.84 % compare
- 14 Viet Nam -5.73 % compare
- 15 Puerto Rico 69.52 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Africa?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Africa was 19 % 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.86 % in 2006.
- How does Southern Africa rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in?
- Southern Africa ranks 12th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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: 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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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.