Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Western Africa
Western Africa: Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood was 49.74 % in 2023. ▬ Flat
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa stood at 49.74 %. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Western Africa peaked at 52.55 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 49.74 %, in 2023.
Western Africa ranks 30th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.09 % | — |
| 2001 | 51.97 % | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 51.87 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 51.73 % | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 52.17 % | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 51.84 % | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 51.96 % | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 51.01 % | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 50.97 % | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 51.02 % | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 50.74 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 51.03 % | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 51.15 % | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 51.24 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 51.11 % | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 51 % | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 51.14 % | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 50.96 % | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 51.46 % | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 52.55 % | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 52.13 % | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 51.34 % | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 51.12 % | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 49.74 % | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.66 % | 50.97 % | 52.17 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.24 % | 50.74 % | 52.55 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.08 % | 49.74 % | 52.13 % | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Western Africa?
- Share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood in Western Africa was 49.74 % 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 52.55 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.74 % in 2023.
- How does Western Africa rank for share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood?
- Western Africa ranks 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of employment by sex in industry: total employment in agrifood rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.