Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Thailand
Thailand: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 47.26 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Thailand, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Thailand is 47.26 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Thailand peaked at 47.67 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 44.2 %, in 2001.
Thailand ranks 46th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 45.19 % | — |
| 2001 | 44.2 % | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 44.54 % | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 44.59 % | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 44.83 % | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 45.81 % | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 46.11 % | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 46.99 % | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 46.95 % | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 46.71 % | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 47.17 % | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 47.67 % | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 47.6 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 47.06 % | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 47.03 % | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 47.11 % | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 47.13 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 46.57 % | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 46.78 % | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 46.79 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 46.73 % | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 46.76 % | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 47.06 % | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 47.26 % | +0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 47.26 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.28 %, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 47.26 % is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 44.09 %, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.59 % | 44.2 % | 46.99 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.09 % | 46.57 % | 47.67 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.95 % | 46.73 % | 47.26 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 43 Vanuatu 47.65 % compare
- 44 Burkina Faso 47.62 % compare
- 45 China, mainland 47.51 % compare
- 47 Portugal 46.04 % compare
- 48 Serbia 45.92 % compare
- 49 Montenegro 45.84 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Thailand?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Thailand was 47.26 % 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 47.67 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.2 % in 2001.
- How does Thailand rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Thailand ranks 46th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.