Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Belize
Belize: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 84.75 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Belize, 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 Belize stood at 84.75 %. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.9% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Belize peaked at 84.75 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72.66 %, in 2019.
Belize ranks 16th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80.08 % | — |
| 2001 | 79.8 % | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 79.75 % | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 80.24 % | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 81.26 % | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 81.11 % | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 80.48 % | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 79.91 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 79.67 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 80.08 % | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 79.61 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 79.04 % | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 78.94 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 78.26 % | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 78.08 % | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 77.98 % | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 77.94 % | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 76.57 % | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 76.09 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 72.66 % | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 74.36 % | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 73.01 % | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 73.12 % | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 84.75 % | +15.9% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 84.75 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 62.72 %, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belize's 84.75 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 67.98 %, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.24 % | 79.67 % | 81.26 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.52 % | 72.66 % | 79.61 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.31 % | 73.01 % | 84.75 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 48.68 % compare
- 13 Saint Lucia 85.74 % compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 84.92 % compare
- 14 Viet Nam 47.13 % compare
- 15 Puerto Rico 84.76 % compare
- 16 Melanesia 46.58 % compare
- 17 Bahrain 84.65 % compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 45.53 % compare
- 18 Cuba 83.39 % compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 45.19 % compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.08 % compare
- 19 French Polynesia 82 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Belize?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Belize was 84.75 % 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 84.75 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.66 % in 2019.
- How does Belize rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Belize ranks 16th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.