Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Malawi
Malawi: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 53.64 % in 2023. ▬ Flat
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Malawi, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 53.64 % for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Malawi peaked at 54.17 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 52.66 %, in 2020.
Malawi ranks 12th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.95 % | — |
| 2001 | 53.94 % | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 54.02 % | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 54 % | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 53.97 % | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 54.17 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 53.94 % | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 53.73 % | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 53.62 % | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 53.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 53.09 % | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 52.74 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 52.82 % | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 52.94 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 52.7 % | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 52.83 % | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 52.83 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 52.81 % | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 52.95 % | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 53.31 % | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 52.66 % | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 53.46 % | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 53.58 % | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 53.64 % | +0.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 53.64 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 49.79 %, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 53.64 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.76 %, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.86 % | 53.3 % | 54.17 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.9 % | 52.7 % | 53.31 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.34 % | 52.66 % | 53.64 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 9 Timor-Leste 49.8 % compare
- 9 Togo 55.15 % compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 54.94 % compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48.87 % compare
- 11 Burundi 54.07 % compare
- 13 Benin 53.44 % compare
- 13 Kenya 53.44 % compare
- 14 Micronesia 39.53 % compare
- 15 Namibia 53.28 % compare
- 15 Türkiye 35.13 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Malawi?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Malawi was 53.64 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 54.17 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.66 % in 2020.
- How does Malawi rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Malawi ranks 12th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malawi 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: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — 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.