Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia
Australia: Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in was 84.34 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia stood at 84.34 %.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia peaked at 85.04 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 54.45 %, in 2005.
Australia ranks 8th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 58.07 % | — |
| 2002 | 56.86 % | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 56.93 % | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 54.7 % | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 54.45 % | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 63.6 % | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 66.48 % | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 68.89 % | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 62.74 % | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 63.68 % | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 65.72 % | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 64.35 % | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 67.27 % | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 71.84 % | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 60.65 % | -15.6% |
| 2016 | 58.57 % | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 64.99 % | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 82.8 % | +27.4% |
| 2019 | 81.38 % | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 80.29 % | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 81.58 % | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 85.04 % | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 83.94 % | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 84.34 % | +0.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 84.34 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 80.64 %, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Australia's 84.34 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.39 %, 3.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.3 % | 54.45 % | 68.89 % | 9 |
| 2010s | 68.12 % | 58.57 % | 82.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.04 % | 80.29 % | 85.04 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.64 % compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90.37 % compare
- 6 South Africa 88.18 % compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 4 % compare
- 7 Barbados 87.04 % compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 3.75 % compare
- 8 Portugal 84.34 % compare
- 10 Cyprus 82.83 % compare
- 11 Seychelles 82.82 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia?
- Share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in in Australia was 84.34 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 85.04 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.45 % in 2005.
- How does Australia rank for share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of employees in [industry] out of total employment in rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Female — 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.