Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture was 15.24 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico is 15.24 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico peaked at 16.69 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.19 %, in 2004.
That places Puerto Rico 152nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.61 % | — |
| 2001 | 2.5 % | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 2.45 % | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 2.33 % | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 2.19 % | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 4.49 % | +105.0% |
| 2006 | 6.33 % | +41.0% |
| 2007 | 7.53 % | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 9.85 % | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 10.04 % | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.27 % | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 10.35 % | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 10.36 % | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 10.52 % | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 10.68 % | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 10.78 % | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 11.73 % | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 12.69 % | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 13.71 % | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 14.84 % | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 16.69 % | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 15.34 % | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 15.15 % | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 15.24 % | +0.6% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 15.24 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 23.09 %, 66% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 15.24 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.05 %, 84% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +105.0% | 2.19 % | 4.49 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.03 % | 2.19 % | 10.04 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.59 % | 10.27 % | 14.84 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.61 % | 15.15 % | 16.69 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 149 Cyprus 16.4 % compare
- 150 Mexico 15.96 % compare
- 151 Belize 15.25 % compare
- 153 Saint Lucia 14.26 % compare
- 154 El Salvador 13.88 % compare
- 155 Seychelles 13.35 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Puerto Rico was 15.24 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 16.69 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.19 % in 2004.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture?
- Puerto Rico ranks 152nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. 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.