Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in United States of America

United States of America: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 56.94 % in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
56.94 %
Change on year
down 2.4%
Rank
20th
of 31 groups
All-time high
60.42 %
in 2004
All-time low
56.94 %
in 2023
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in United States of America, 2000–2023

02040602000201120232000: 58.6 %2001: 58.3 %2002: 58.8 %2003: 60.2 %2004: 60.4 %2005: 59.6 %2006: 59.4 %2007: 59 %2008: 58.9 %2009: 59.4 %2010: 59.7 %2011: 59.8 %2012: 59.4 %2013: 59.3 %2014: 58.9 %2015: 59.5 %2016: 59.3 %2017: 58.9 %2018: 58.1 %2019: 58.6 %2020: 59.6 %2021: 58.6 %2022: 58.4 %2023: 56.9 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

United States of America recorded 56.94 % 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 2.4% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in United States of America peaked at 60.42 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 56.94 %, in 2023.

That places United States of America 20th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for 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 in United States of America, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 58.61 %
2001 58.33 % -0.5%
2002 58.8 % +0.8%
2003 60.2 % +2.4%
2004 60.42 % +0.4%
2005 59.59 % -1.4%
2006 59.4 % -0.3%
2007 58.97 % -0.7%
2008 58.93 % -0.1%
2009 59.42 % +0.8%
2010 59.73 % +0.5%
2011 59.84 % +0.2%
2012 59.37 % -0.8%
2013 59.26 % -0.2%
2014 58.89 % -0.6%
2015 59.5 % +1.0%
2016 59.27 % -0.4%
2017 58.91 % -0.6%
2018 58.1 % -1.4%
2019 58.61 % +0.9%
2020 59.56 % +1.6%
2021 58.57 % -1.7%
2022 58.36 % -0.4%
2023 56.94 % -2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 59.27 % 58.33 % 60.42 % 10
2010s 59.15 % 58.1 % 59.84 % 10
2020s 58.36 % 56.94 % 59.56 % 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in United States of America?
Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in United States of America was 56.94 % 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 60.42 % in 2004.
What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 56.94 % in 2023.
How does United States of America rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
United States of America ranks 20th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this United States of 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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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
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 5,335 data points, 2000–2023
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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.