Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS in Palestine
Palestine: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS was 23.37 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS in Palestine, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs in Palestine is 23.37 %, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 45.0% on the previous year and down 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs in Palestine peaked at 47.6 % in 2013 and was at its lowest, 22.91 %, in 2004.
That places Palestine 5th out of 55 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.32 % | — |
| 2001 | 27.9 % | -25.2% |
| 2002 | 23.75 % | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 24.23 % | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 22.91 % | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 28.31 % | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 29.09 % | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 29.67 % | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 32.71 % | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 37.23 % | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 40.08 % | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 37.32 % | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 44.2 % | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 47.6 % | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 45.55 % | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 46.94 % | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 46.44 % | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 43.01 % | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 39.4 % | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 43.03 % | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 39.78 % | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 37.85 % | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 42.51 % | +12.3% |
| 2025 | 23.37 % | -45.0% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 23.37 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.77 %, 1.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 23.37 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20.52 %, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.31 % | 22.91 % | 37.32 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.36 % | 37.32 % | 47.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.88 % | 23.37 % | 42.51 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 2 Bangladesh 30.18 % compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.61 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.19 % compare
- 3 Honduras 28.37 % compare
- 4 Ecuador 24.59 % compare
- 4 Viet Nam -1.73 % compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -6.43 % compare
- 6 Pakistan 20.52 % compare
- 7 Guatemala 19.54 % compare
- 8 Argentina 17.27 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Palestine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs in Palestine?
- Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs in Palestine was 23.37 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 47.6 % in 2013.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.91 % in 2004.
- How does Palestine rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs?
- Palestine ranks 5th out of 55 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total afs rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS employment — 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.