Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 42.9 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Middle Africa, 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 off-farm in Middle Africa is 42.9 %, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Middle Africa peaked at 49.74 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 42.9 %, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.61 % | — |
| 2001 | 48.71 % | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 49.18 % | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 49.14 % | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 49.74 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 44.27 % | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 49.35 % | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 49 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 49.16 % | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 47.03 % | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 46.55 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 46.54 % | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 45.77 % | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 45.03 % | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 44.72 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 44.63 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 44.49 % | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 43.46 % | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 43.93 % | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 43.76 % | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 43.71 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 43.6 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 42.95 % | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 42.9 % | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.42 % | 44.27 % | 49.74 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.89 % | 43.46 % | 46.55 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.29 % | 42.9 % | 43.71 % | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Middle Africa?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Middle Africa was 42.9 % 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 off-farm recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 49.74 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.9 % in 2023.
- How does Middle Africa rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Middle Africa ranks 11th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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 off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural 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.