Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Zambia
Zambia: Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in was -0.4 % in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Zambia, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zambia recorded -0.4 % for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in 2023.
That represents a change of down 225.0% on the previous year and up 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Zambia peaked at 1.91 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, -4.23 %, in 2000.
That places Zambia 145th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -4.23 % | — |
| 2001 | -3.75 % | -11.3% |
| 2002 | -3.15 % | -16.0% |
| 2003 | -2.89 % | -8.3% |
| 2004 | -2.42 % | -16.3% |
| 2005 | -2.43 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | -1.83 % | -24.7% |
| 2007 | -1.47 % | -19.7% |
| 2008 | -0.85 % | -42.2% |
| 2009 | -0.89 % | +4.7% |
| 2010 | -1.27 % | +42.7% |
| 2011 | -1.06 % | -16.5% |
| 2012 | -1.17 % | +10.4% |
| 2013 | -1.09 % | -6.8% |
| 2014 | -0.95 % | -12.8% |
| 2015 | -3.06 % | +222.1% |
| 2016 | -2.47 % | -19.3% |
| 2017 | -0.67 % | -72.9% |
| 2018 | -1.27 % | +89.6% |
| 2019 | 1.91 % | -250.4% |
| 2020 | 1.58 % | -17.3% |
| 2021 | -0.11 % | -107.0% |
| 2022 | 0.32 % | -390.9% |
| 2023 | -0.4 % | -225.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's -0.4 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13.84 %. (40 countries reporting)
- Zambia's -0.4 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.48 %. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in in Zambia 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 | +390.9% | -0.11 % | 0.32 % |
| 2019 | +250.4% | -1.27 % | 1.91 % |
| 2023 | -225.0% | 0.32 % | -0.4 % |
| 2015 | -222.1% | -0.95 % | -3.06 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.39 % | -4.23 % | -0.85 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.11 % | -3.06 % | 1.91 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3475 % | -0.4 % | 1.58 % | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Zambia?
- Gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in in Zambia was -0.4 % 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.91 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.23 % in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in?
- Zambia ranks 145th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gender gap in share of employment in industry: total employment in rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.