Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Senegal
Senegal: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 43.18 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Senegal, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Senegal stood at 43.18 %.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Senegal peaked at 66 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 38.88 %, in 2019.
That places Senegal 132nd out of 157 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 47.51 % | — |
| 2001 | 47.31 % | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 47.87 % | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 47.64 % | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 48.32 % | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 47.5 % | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 47.4 % | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 47 % | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 47.6 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 48.13 % | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 47.88 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 66 % | +37.8% |
| 2012 | 59.01 % | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 53.65 % | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 49.41 % | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 45.97 % | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 44.75 % | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 42.67 % | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 40.77 % | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 38.88 % | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 40.33 % | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 41.64 % | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 42.99 % | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 43.18 % | +0.4% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 43.18 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50.69 %, 85% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 43.18 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45.67 %, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +37.8% | 47.88 % | 66 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.63 % | 47 % | 48.32 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.9 % | 38.88 % | 66 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.03 % | 40.33 % | 43.18 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Senegal?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Senegal was 43.18 % 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 66 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.88 % in 2019.
- How does Senegal rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Senegal ranks 132nd out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.