ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Palestine
Palestine: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total was 3.33 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Palestine, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Palestine stood at 3.33 %.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Palestine peaked at 8.82 % in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.2 %, in 2017.
Palestine ranks 96th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.22 % | — |
| 2001 | 7.68 % | +138.5% |
| 2002 | 8.82 % | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 4.94 % | -44.0% |
| 2004 | 5.29 % | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 5.46 % | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 5.59 % | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 4.85 % | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 4.81 % | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 3.66 % | -23.9% |
| 2010 | 3.09 % | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 3.34 % | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 5.01 % | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 4.79 % | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 5.28 % | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 5 % | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 3.37 % | -32.6% |
| 2017 | 2.2 % | -34.7% |
| 2018 | 3.29 % | +49.5% |
| 2019 | 3.51 % | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 4.5 % | +28.2% |
| 2021 | 6.46 % | +43.6% |
| 2022 | 4.07 % | -37.0% |
| 2024 | 3.72 % | -8.6% |
| 2025 | 3.33 % | -10.5% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 3.33 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24.06 %, 14% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 3.33 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12.55 %, 27% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total in Palestine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +138.5% | 3.22 % | 7.68 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.43 % | 3.22 % | 8.82 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.89 % | 2.2 % | 5.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.42 % | 3.33 % | 6.46 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 93 El Salvador 7.55 % compare
- 94 Egypt 6.34 % compare
- 95 Bangladesh 6.21 % compare
- 97 Jordan 2.14 % 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 ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Palestine?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total in Palestine was 3.33 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 8.82 % in 2002.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2 % in 2017.
- How does Palestine rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total?
- Palestine ranks 96th out of 97 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of female employees in total rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total employees in agriculture — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.