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SDG 05 - Gender Equality
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

Limited ownership and secure land rights in agricultural land with notable gender gaps.

Ownership and secure land rights are critical for promoting equitable, sustainable agricultural development, incentivizing farmers to invest in raising productivity and unlocking access to finance as collateral. Women, in particular, play a key role throughout the agricultural value chain, from cultivating family plots to preparing and distributing food within households.

Data from 49 countries reveals a widespread lack of secure land rights for both men and women in agricultural households, with women being less likely to own land than men in most countries. In nearly 80 percent of these countries, less than half of women have secure land rights, and men are often at least twice as likely to own land.

Highlights
Elearning
SDG Indicator 5.a.1 - Equal tenure rights for women on agricultural land
01/11/2019

This course focuses on 

E-learning courses on SDG indicators (with digital badge certification)
01/05/2023

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

Strengthening capacity of country institutions to monitor and report on SDG Indicator 5.a.1

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...

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

Virtual Training on Data Disaggregation and Small Area Estimation for SDG Indicators (18-24 April 2023)
18/04/2023 - 26/04/2023

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 Seminar on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using EHCVM surveys
08/09/2022

FAO held a webinar on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using the Enquête harmonisée sur les conditions de vie des ménages (EHCVM)...

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...

Bangkok (Thailand)

Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics and SDG Indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2
10/12/2018 - 13/12/2018

On the 10-13 December 2018, a capacity development workshop on gender and land-related data was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was co-organized...