Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Benin
Benin: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 46.56 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Benin, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 46.56 % 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Benin peaked at 54 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 46.56 %, in 2023.
That places Benin 161st 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54 % | — |
| 2001 | 53.37 % | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 52.95 % | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 52.61 % | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 52.51 % | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 51.93 % | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 51.63 % | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 51.09 % | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 50.77 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 50.54 % | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 50.07 % | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 49.89 % | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 50.99 % | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 51.78 % | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 51.31 % | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 50.6 % | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 49.97 % | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 49.27 % | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 48.75 % | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 47.99 % | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 47.87 % | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 47.2 % | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 46.99 % | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 46.56 % | -0.9% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 46.56 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56.92 %, 82% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 46.56 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 51.24 %, 91% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.14 % | 50.54 % | 54 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.06 % | 47.99 % | 51.78 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.16 % | 46.56 % | 47.87 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Benin?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Benin was 46.56 % 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 54 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.56 % in 2023.
- How does Benin rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Benin ranks 161st out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.