Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Americas
Americas: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 62.14 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Americas, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Americas recorded 62.14 % 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.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Americas peaked at 65.97 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 62.14 %, in 2023.
Americas ranks 9th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Americas, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 65.81 % | — |
| 2001 | 65.46 % | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 65.86 % | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 65.93 % | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 65.97 % | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 65.43 % | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 64.89 % | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 64.75 % | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 64.73 % | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.24 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 65.01 % | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 65.12 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 64.51 % | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 64.53 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64.38 % | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 64.26 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 64.13 % | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 63.79 % | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 63.41 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 63.3 % | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 63.87 % | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 62.81 % | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 62.33 % | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 62.14 % | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.41 % | 64.73 % | 65.97 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.24 % | 63.3 % | 65.12 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.79 % | 62.14 % | 63.87 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 6 Lebanon 88.88 % compare
- 6 Micronesia 60.47 % compare
- 7 Cabo Verde 62.95 % compare
- 7 Palestine 86.95 % compare
- 8 Oman 86.94 % compare
- 9 United States Virgin Islands 86.87 % compare
- 10 Kuwait 85.95 % compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 51.13 % compare
- 10 Qatar 85.95 % compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 50.2 % compare
- 12 Egypt 85.75 % compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 49.35 % compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2632 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.863 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5941 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Americas?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Americas was 62.14 % 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 65.97 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.14 % in 2023.
- How does Americas rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Americas ranks 9th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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 — Male — 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.