Average hourly earnings of employees in agriculture (2021 base period) — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National by country
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...
What the numbers show
Average hourly earnings of employees in agriculture (2021 base period) — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 21.99 USD_PPP/cap in Switzerland; the lowest is 0 USD_PPP/cap in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 4 USD_PPP/cap, and the mean is 5.16 USD_PPP/cap.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 198.7%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 100.0%).
Average hourly earnings of employees in agriculture (2021 base): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 21.99 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 7.41 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 187.2% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 21.89 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.51 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.52 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 198.7% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 3.69 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 4 | France | 14 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 3.64 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.33 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.27 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Portugal | 10.3 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 9.2 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 6.74 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 6.6 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 6.48 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 6.08 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 6 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 5.6 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 5.09 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 122.3% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 4.92 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mongolia | 4.86 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 4.64 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 4.32 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 4.22 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 20 | Mauritius | 4.12 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 4.1 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 4.03 USD_PPP/cap | 2018 | up 102.5% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 3.97 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 3.87 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 3.67 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 3.04 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 27 | Armenia | 2.72 USD_PPP/cap | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 2.71 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 29 | Bhutan | 2.68 USD_PPP/cap | 2022 | — | rising |
| 30 | Botswana | 2.15 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 31 | Cambodia | 2.05 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 1.94 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 33 | India | 1.72 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 1.68 USD_PPP/cap | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 35 | Pakistan | 1.47 USD_PPP/cap | 2021 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 1.46 USD_PPP/cap | 2014 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 1.37 USD_PPP/cap | 2007 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Myanmar | 1.27 USD_PPP/cap | 2020 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 1.1 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 40 | Uganda | 0.96 USD_PPP/cap | 2021 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 0.73 USD_PPP/cap | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 42 | Mali | 0.33 USD_PPP/cap | 2018 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 0 USD_PPP/cap | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 23.64 USD_PPP/cap
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.