Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Suriname
Suriname: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture was 32.7 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture in Suriname, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 32.7 % for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Suriname peaked at 32.7 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.22 %, in 2000.
Suriname ranks 80th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.22 % | — |
| 2001 | 17.45 % | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 18.87 % | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 18.13 % | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 18.74 % | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 18.69 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 19.04 % | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 19.34 % | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 19.42 % | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 20.46 % | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 21.75 % | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 22.98 % | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 24.83 % | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 26.36 % | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 27.02 % | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 27.28 % | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 28.52 % | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 28.94 % | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 29.24 % | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 30.16 % | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 30.44 % | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 31.66 % | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 32.48 % | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 32.7 % | +0.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 32.7 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.04 %, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 32.7 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.05 %, 1.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.74 % | 17.22 % | 20.46 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.71 % | 21.75 % | 30.16 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.82 % | 30.44 % | 32.7 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Suriname?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture in Suriname was 32.7 % 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.22 % in 2000.
- How does Suriname rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture?
- Suriname ranks 80th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in agriculture rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.