Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Nepal
Nepal: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 56.99 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Nepal, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 56.99 % for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Nepal peaked at 56.99 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38.7 %, in 2000.
That places Nepal 4th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.7 % | — |
| 2001 | 39.22 % | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 39.6 % | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 40.23 % | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 40.73 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 41.6 % | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 42.39 % | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 43.37 % | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 44.17 % | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 45.11 % | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 46.13 % | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 46.9 % | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 47.96 % | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 48.93 % | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 49.87 % | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 50.83 % | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 51.58 % | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 49.46 % | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 52.66 % | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 52.63 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 52.27 % | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 52.63 % | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 52.81 % | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 56.99 % | +7.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 56.99 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 43.08 %, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 56.99 % is above the median for South Asia, which is 39.49 %, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.51 % | 38.7 % | 45.11 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.7 % | 46.13 % | 52.66 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.68 % | 52.27 % | 56.99 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.92 % compare
- 1 Gambia 68.11 % compare
- 2 Bahamas 61.87 % compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 54.81 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.47 % compare
- 3 Mozambique 57.59 % compare
- 4 Melanesia 53.42 % compare
- 5 Angola 56.59 % compare
- 6 Viet Nam 52.87 % compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 55.98 % compare
- 7 Cambodia 55.63 % compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 51.32 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Nepal?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Nepal was 56.99 % 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 56.99 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.7 % in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Nepal ranks 4th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.