Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Spain

Spain: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 55.02 % in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
55.02 %
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
60th
of 157 countries
All-time high
60.62 %
in 2000
All-time low
52.59 %
in 2007
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Spain, 2000–2023

02040602000201120232000: 60.6 %2001: 60.3 %2002: 58.6 %2003: 57.1 %2004: 57.6 %2005: 55.7 %2006: 53.9 %2007: 52.6 %2008: 53.9 %2009: 54.7 %2010: 56.3 %2011: 56.6 %2012: 57.2 %2013: 58 %2014: 59.1 %2015: 57.9 %2016: 57.1 %2017: 56.6 %2018: 56.9 %2019: 56.5 %2020: 57.5 %2021: 56.7 %2022: 56.5 %2023: 55 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Spain recorded 55.02 % for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in 2023.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Spain peaked at 60.62 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 52.59 %, in 2007.

That places Spain 60th out of 157 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Spain, year by year

Annual values for 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 in Spain, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 60.62 %
2001 60.29 % -0.5%
2002 58.56 % -2.9%
2003 57.1 % -2.5%
2004 57.64 % +0.9%
2005 55.72 % -3.3%
2006 53.94 % -3.2%
2007 52.59 % -2.5%
2008 53.88 % +2.5%
2009 54.72 % +1.6%
2010 56.31 % +2.9%
2011 56.56 % +0.4%
2012 57.22 % +1.2%
2013 57.96 % +1.3%
2014 59.08 % +1.9%
2015 57.88 % -2.0%
2016 57.13 % -1.3%
2017 56.63 % -0.9%
2018 56.87 % +0.4%
2019 56.55 % -0.6%
2020 57.49 % +1.7%
2021 56.71 % -1.4%
2022 56.49 % -0.4%
2023 55.02 % -2.6%

Spain compared with similar countries

  • Spain's 55.02 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 56.69 %, 97% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
  • Spain's 55.02 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 53.41 %, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 56.51 % 52.59 % 60.62 % 10
2010s 57.22 % 56.31 % 59.08 % 10
2020s 56.43 % 55.02 % 57.49 % 4

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 57 Nepal 56.66 % compare
  2. 58 Dominican Republic 56.62 % compare
  3. 59 Germany 56.49 % compare
  4. 61 South Africa 54.79 % compare
  5. 62 Austria 54.63 % compare
  6. 63 Guyana 54.57 % compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Spain

All data for Spain →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Spain?
Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Spain was 55.02 % 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 60.62 % in 2000.
What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 52.59 % in 2007.
How does Spain rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
Spain ranks 60th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Spain 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Spain. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employment-by-sex-in-industry-employment-in-off-farm-agrifood-systems-value-male/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employment-by-sex-in-industry-employment-in-off-farm-agrifood-systems-value-male/spain/">Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Spain</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
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
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
206 places, 4,710 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.