Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Singapore
Singapore: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 48.03 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Singapore, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 48.03 % 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 0.9% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Singapore peaked at 78.47 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 48.03 %, in 2023.
Singapore ranks 157th of 174 countries on this measure, 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 78.47 % | — |
| 2001 | 77.57 % | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 76.87 % | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 75.51 % | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 74.38 % | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 73.36 % | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 72.4 % | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 72.63 % | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 71.29 % | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 71.02 % | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 69.52 % | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 68.34 % | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 67.39 % | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 66.55 % | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 65.49 % | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 63.95 % | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 62.79 % | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 61.55 % | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 60.1 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 58.94 % | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 55.54 % | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 48.5 % | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 48.46 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 48.03 % | -0.9% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 48.03 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 62.8 %, 76% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 48.03 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 55.91 %, 86% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.35 % | 71.02 % | 78.47 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.46 % | 58.94 % | 69.52 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.13 % | 48.03 % | 55.54 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More agriculture & rural data for Singapore
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0002 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 24.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
- Rural population 0.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Singapore?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Singapore was 48.03 % 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 78.47 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.03 % in 2023.
- How does Singapore rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Singapore ranks 157th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.