Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Samoa
Samoa: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 20.62 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Samoa, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 20.62 % for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Samoa peaked at 30.64 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 20.62 %, in 2023.
That places Samoa 149th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.64 % | — |
| 2001 | 30.42 % | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 29.84 % | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 29.18 % | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 28.62 % | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 27.75 % | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 27.07 % | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 26.48 % | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 25.61 % | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 24.81 % | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 23.76 % | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 22.82 % | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 24.95 % | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 24.23 % | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 24.06 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 23.58 % | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 23.11 % | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 23.17 % | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 23.83 % | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 24.51 % | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 25.52 % | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 26.77 % | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 27.76 % | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 20.62 % | -25.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 20.62 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.28 %, 55% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 20.62 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 44.09 %, 47% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -25.7% | 27.76 % | 20.62 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.04 % | 24.81 % | 30.64 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.8 % | 22.82 % | 24.95 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.17 % | 20.62 % | 27.76 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Samoa?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Samoa was 20.62 % 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 30.64 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.62 % in 2023.
- How does Samoa rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Samoa ranks 149th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.