Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Tonga
Tonga: Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm was 82.58 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Tonga, 2016–2023
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 Tonga stood at 82.58 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
That places Tonga 1st out of 157 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 82.77 % | — |
| 2017 | 78.41 % | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 65.57 % | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 73.49 % | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 77.63 % | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 80.49 % | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 81.43 % | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 82.58 % | +1.4% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 82.58 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 46.91 %, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 82.58 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49.48 %, 1.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75.06 % | 65.57 % | 82.77 % | 4 |
| 2020s | 80.53 % | 77.63 % | 82.58 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 1 Polynesia 78.2 % compare
- 2 China, mainland 75.26 % compare
- 2 Melanesia 63.53 % compare
- 3 Benin 73.84 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.88 % compare
- 4 Côte d'Ivoire 62.3 % compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 62.01 % compare
- 4 Sierra Leone 73.31 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tonga
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1857 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,154 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4224 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7884 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 18.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 18.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Tonga?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm in Tonga was 82.58 % 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 82.77 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.57 % in 2018.
- How does Tonga rank for share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: employment in off-farm rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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 — Female — 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.