Indicator 5.a.1 - (a) Percentage of people with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land (out of total agricultural population), by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
This indicator is divided in two sub-indicators. Part (a) is an incidence measure. It measures how prevalent ownership or secure rights over agricultural land are in the reference population. Part (b) measures the share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land. Therefore it can be used to monitor the under-representation of women among the owners or holders of agricultural land. This is a de facto indicator which will measure progress towards SDG Target 5.a.
Target 5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws.
Indicator 5.a.1: Progress Assessment
Impact
Indicator 5.a.1 measures the extent of women’s disadvantages in ownership of and rights to agricultural land. Together with indicator 5.a.2, it provides a basis for policy measures aimed at securing equal opportunities and access to rights and resources.Key results
Gender equality in terms of agricultural land ownership is still far from achieved
In two-third of the countries with available data for 2009-2023, less than 50 percent of women and men have ownership or secure rights over agricultural land. In 43 of the 49 countries assessed, relatively fewer women own agricultural land compared to men, with the share of men with ownership at least twice that of women in almost half the countries.
In most countries, gender equality is yet to be achieved in ownership and secure rights over agricultural land. Indeed, women are in a clearly disadvantaged position compared to men, as their share among land owners is less than 50 percent in 42 countries. In addition, the share of men among landowners exceeds 70 percent in 6 countries. Even so, the share of women among landowners increased in 7 of 15 countries over the last decade, with marked improvements in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, demonstrating that although progress is slow, there is movement in the right direction.
Highlights
Elearning
SDG Indicator 5.a.1 - Equal tenure rights for women on agricultural land
01/11/2019
This course focuses on
Multimedia
SDG 5 – Indicators of women’s ownership of agricultural land and equal rights to land ownership
01/01/2019
An overview of SDG indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2, measuring women’s ownership of agricultural.
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators (2022)
01/09/2022
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators offers detailed analyses and trends on selected indicators for which...
Capacity development
National trainings on “SDG indicator 5.a.1 and its implementation in the Western Balkan countries”
03/04/2024 - 04/07/2024
From April to July 2024, FAO organized a series of national trainings on “SDG indicator 5.a.1 and its implementation in the Western Balkan countries”,...
Dissemination workshop of agriculture census results on SDG Indicator 5.a.1
09/11/2023
On November 9, FAO organized a workshop for the dissemination of agriculture census on SDG Indicator 5.a.1 in partnership with the National Statistics...
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Hybrid Event
Regional Roundtable "Empowerment of rural women and implementation of SDG indicator 5.a.1 in the Western Balkans"
05/10/2023 - 06/10/2023
This joint event will showcase the good practices and lessons learned from ten years of GIZ and FAO collaboration in the Western Balkans region with...
Workshop for Calculation and Validation of SDG Indicator 5.a.1 from Agriculture Census 2022 Data
22/09/2023 - 25/09/2023
On September 22 and 25, FAO organized a workshop for the computation and validation of SDG Indicator 5.a.1 from Agriculture Census 2022 data in partnership...
Hybrid Event
Launch of the "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2023" report
15/09/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO Office of Chief Statistician (OCS) launched the "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators...
Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in Zambia
19/06/2023 - 28/06/2023
The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organized a series of training sessions in June 2023 to assist the Zambia...
Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in The Gambia
02/05/2023 - 12/05/2023
The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organized a series of training sessions in May 2023 to assist the Gambia...
Virtual Event
Technical assistance in computing the SDG indicators 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 5.a.1 in Eswatini
11/04/2023 - 21/04/2023
The FAO Regional Office for Africa and the Office of the Chief Statistician organised a series of training sessions in April 2023 to assist the Central...
Virtual Event
Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for SDG Indicators (22-25 November 2022)
22/11/2022 - 25/11/2022
Organized by FAO's Office of Chief Statistician, the Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for SDG Indicators provided...
Virtual Event
Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for the SDGs (20-28 September 2022)
20/09/2022 - 28/09/2022
From 20 to 28 September 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Office of Chief Statistician organized a virtual training...
Virtual Event
Virtual Seminars on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using Demographic and Health Surveys
17/08/2022 - 22/08/2022
FAO held a series of webinars on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) on 17, 18 and 22 August...
Virtual Event
Capacitación virtual en la medición y reporte del indicador 5.a.1 (a y b) de los ODS
04/05/2021 - 05/05/2021
El objetivo general de esta formación virtual fue proveer a los funcionarios gubernamentales responsables del monitoreo Indicador 5.a.1 de los ODS “a)...
Virtual Event
Regional Capacity Development Workshop on Gender Statistics
17/11/2020 - 19/11/2020
The Regional Capacity Development Workshop drew on FAO's knowledge and experience in gender, agriculture, and statistics to provide in-depth...
Regional Workshop on Data Disaggregation for SDG Indicators
19/11/2019 - 21/11/2019
The workshop built on the work of the Inter-agency and expert group on SDG indicators, which focuses on ensuring that the Global Indicator Framework...
Chiba (Japan)
Regional Workshop on Farm Survey Based SDG Indicators (2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1, 5.a.1 and 12.3.1a)
21/10/2019 - 24/10/2019
The overall goal of the regional workshop was to provide government officials responsible for SDG monitoring with capacity development in methodology,...
Cairo (Egypt)
Regional Workshop on Farm Survey Based SDG Indicators (2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.4.1, 5.a.1 and 12.3.1a)
07/10/2019 - 10/10/2019
The overall goal of the regional workshop was to provide government officials responsible for SDG monitoring with capacity development in methodology,...
Baku (Azerbaijan)
National Workshop on SDG Indicator 5.a.1
27/06/2019 - 28/06/2019
The goal of this workshop organized by FAO was to bring together technical experts and statisticians to help with the methodology work for SDG Indicator...
Methodology
- Metadata
- Background paper
- Measuring Individuals’ Rights to Land. An Integrated Approach to Data Collection for SDG Indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1
Tier: II
Data
Related publications
External links
- SDG Report 2024
- Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2023
- UNSD Course on Asset Ownership from a Gender Perspective
- Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE)