Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Central America
Central America: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 66.2 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Central America, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Central America recorded 66.2 % 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 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Central America peaked at 71.82 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, 66.2 %, in 2023.
That places Central America 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.88 % | — |
| 2001 | 71.48 % | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 71.68 % | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 71.21 % | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 71.71 % | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 71.82 % | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 69.69 % | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 70.31 % | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 70.07 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 70.47 % | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 70.9 % | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 71.32 % | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 70 % | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 70.21 % | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 70.4 % | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 70.23 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 69.36 % | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 69.45 % | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 69.05 % | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 68.69 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 68.58 % | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 67.55 % | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 67.08 % | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 66.2 % | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.93 % | 69.69 % | 71.82 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.96 % | 68.69 % | 71.32 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.35 % | 66.2 % | 68.58 % | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Central America?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Central America was 66.2 % 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 71.82 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.2 % in 2023.
- How does Central America rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Central America ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America 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.