Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Niger
Niger: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 48.84 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Niger, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Niger stood at 48.84 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Niger peaked at 49.13 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 42.01 %, in 2018.
Niger ranks 37th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.26 % | — |
| 2001 | 44.12 % | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 43.91 % | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 43.74 % | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 43.63 % | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 43.58 % | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 43.4 % | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 43.27 % | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 43.14 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 43 % | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 42.87 % | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 42.85 % | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 42.03 % | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 42.31 % | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 42.74 % | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 42.78 % | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 42.91 % | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 43.16 % | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 42.01 % | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 43.64 % | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 45.25 % | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 47.22 % | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 49.13 % | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 48.84 % | -0.6% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 48.84 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 49.79 %, 98% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 48.84 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.76 %, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.61 % | 43 % | 44.26 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.73 % | 42.01 % | 43.64 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.61 % | 45.25 % | 49.13 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 34 Eritrea 49.62 % compare
- 35 Solomon Islands 49.59 % compare
- 36 Tonga 49.2 % compare
- 38 Sao Tome and Principe 48.68 % compare
- 39 Sierra Leone 48.63 % compare
- 40 Cameroon 48.52 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Niger?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Niger was 48.84 % 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 49.13 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.01 % in 2018.
- How does Niger rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Niger ranks 37th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.