Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in was 30.8 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern Asia, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 30.8 % for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Asia peaked at 43.3 % in 2013 and was at its lowest, 30.8 %, in 2023.
That places Southern Asia 5th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41.44 % | — |
| 2001 | 41.2 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 41.04 % | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 40.62 % | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 40.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 40.16 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 40.78 % | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 41.16 % | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 41.54 % | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 41.92 % | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 41.96 % | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 42.54 % | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 43.06 % | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 43.3 % | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 42.94 % | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 42.46 % | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 42.14 % | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 42 % | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 41.94 % | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 40.36 % | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 39.76 % | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 35.8 % | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 32.64 % | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 30.8 % | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.02 % | 40.16 % | 41.92 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.27 % | 40.36 % | 43.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.75 % | 30.8 % | 39.76 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 2 United Arab Emirates 85.88 % compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 78.47 % compare
- 3 Algeria 82.67 % compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 67.47 % compare
- 3 Caribbean 40.88 % compare
- 4 Yemen 82.46 % compare
- 4 Polynesia 32.48 % compare
- 5 Afghanistan 81.65 % compare
- 5 Türkiye 29.73 % compare
- 6 Lebanon 77.76 % compare
- 6 Micronesia 20.94 % compare
- 7 Cabo Verde 25.89 % compare
- 7 Palestine 73.9 % compare
- 8 Oman 73.87 % compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Asia?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Southern Asia was 30.8 % 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3 % in 2013.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.8 % in 2023.
- How does Southern Asia rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in?
- Southern Asia ranks 5th 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 Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.