Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia

South-eastern Asia: Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by was 28.09 % in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
28.09 %
Change on year
down 4.8%
Rank
6th
of 26 groups
All-time high
47.91 %
in 2000
All-time low
28.09 %
in 2023
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia, 2000–2023

010203040502000201120232000: 47.9 %2001: 46.7 %2002: 46.3 %2003: 46.3 %2004: 44.5 %2005: 44 %2006: 42.4 %2007: 41.6 %2008: 41 %2009: 40.5 %2010: 39.9 %2011: 39.4 %2012: 38.5 %2013: 37.6 %2014: 36.2 %2015: 34.9 %2016: 33.4 %2017: 32.6 %2018: 31.6 %2019: 30.6 %2020: 30.2 %2021: 29.3 %2022: 29.5 %2023: 28.1 %

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

Analysis

In 2023, share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia stood at 28.09 %. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia peaked at 47.91 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.09 %, in 2023.

South-eastern Asia ranks 6th of 26 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 in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture in South-eastern Asia, 2000 to 2023.
Year % Change
2000 47.91 %
2001 46.69 % -2.5%
2002 46.33 % -0.8%
2003 46.29 % -0.1%
2004 44.49 % -3.9%
2005 43.96 % -1.2%
2006 42.39 % -3.6%
2007 41.59 % -1.9%
2008 41.01 % -1.4%
2009 40.54 % -1.1%
2010 39.86 % -1.7%
2011 39.36 % -1.3%
2012 38.49 % -2.2%
2013 37.64 % -2.2%
2014 36.17 % -3.9%
2015 34.88 % -3.6%
2016 33.43 % -4.2%
2017 32.62 % -2.4%
2018 31.62 % -3.1%
2019 30.6 % -3.2%
2020 30.19 % -1.3%
2021 29.26 % -3.1%
2022 29.51 % +0.9%
2023 28.09 % -4.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 44.12 % 40.54 % 47.91 % 10
2010s 35.47 % 30.6 % 39.86 % 10
2020s 29.26 % 28.09 % 30.19 % 4

Countries ranked near South-eastern Asia

  1. 3 Chad 71.93 % compare
  2. 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 59.52 % compare
  3. 4 Madagascar 69.89 % compare
  4. 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 54.49 % compare
  5. 5 Uganda 65.89 % compare
  6. 6 Guinea-Bissau 62.21 % compare
  7. 6 Timor-Leste 48.39 % compare
  8. 7 Ethiopia 62.17 % compare
  9. 7 Melanesia 37.65 % compare
  10. 8 Mali 62.08 % compare
  11. 9 Eritrea 56.36 % compare
  12. 9 Viet Nam 26.98 % compare

See the full ranking of 185 places →

More agriculture & rural data for South-eastern Asia

All data for South-eastern Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia?
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia was 28.09 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by recorded in South-eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 47.91 % in 2000.
What is the lowest share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by recorded in South-eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 28.09 % in 2023.
How does South-eastern Asia rank for share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by?
South-eastern Asia ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
Is share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by rising or falling in South-eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South-eastern Asia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employment-in-agrifood-systems-out-of-total-employment-by-subindustry-and-sex/south-eastern-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-employment-in-agrifood-systems-out-of-total-employment-by-subindustry-and-sex/south-eastern-asia/">Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by in South-eastern Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
185 places, 4,285 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.