Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment was 28.97 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Bangladesh, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Bangladesh is 28.97 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 627.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Bangladesh peaked at 31.18 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.98 %, in 2013.
Bangladesh ranks 1st of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17.09 % | — |
| 2010 | 27.43 % | +60.5% |
| 2013 | 3.98 % | -85.5% |
| 2017 | 11.38 % | +185.9% |
| 2022 | 31.18 % | +174.0% |
| 2023 | 29.15 % | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 28.97 % | -0.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 28.97 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.2 %, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.09 % | 17.09 % | 17.09 % | 1 |
| 2010s | 14.26 % | 3.98 % | 27.43 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 29.77 % | 28.97 % | 31.18 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 15.9 % compare
- 1 Timor-Leste 10.19 % compare
- 2 Egypt 27.94 % compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 8.33 % compare
- 3 Pakistan 25.06 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 7.13 % compare
- 4 Bhutan 22.71 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.09 % compare
More economy & growth data for Bangladesh
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 6.09 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 7 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 10.10 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0.0575 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.85 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 44.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 10.51 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 33.5 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Bangladesh?
- Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Bangladesh was 28.97 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 31.18 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.98 % in 2013.
- How does Bangladesh rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment?
- Bangladesh ranks 1st out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 627.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. 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.