Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 63.44 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Latin America and the Caribbean, 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 Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 63.44 %.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 68.17 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 63.32 %, in 2022.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 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 Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.17 % | — |
| 2001 | 67.59 % | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 67.84 % | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 67.55 % | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 67.44 % | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 66.97 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 66.33 % | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 66.29 % | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 66.23 % | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 66.7 % | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 66.37 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 66.51 % | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 65.88 % | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 65.94 % | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 65.81 % | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 65.54 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 65.43 % | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 65.09 % | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 64.78 % | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 64.59 % | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 64.95 % | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 63.88 % | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 63.32 % | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 63.44 % | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.11 % | 66.23 % | 68.17 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.59 % | 64.59 % | 66.51 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.9 % | 63.32 % | 64.95 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 3 Algeria 91.33 % compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 83.73 % compare
- 3 Caribbean 70.44 % compare
- 4 Yemen 91.23 % compare
- 4 Polynesia 66.24 % compare
- 5 Afghanistan 90.83 % compare
- 5 Türkiye 64.87 % compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Latin America and the Caribbean was 63.44 % 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 Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 68.17 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.32 % in 2022.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean 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.