Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture 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...
Countries reporting
157
Highest
245,807 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.04 1000 No
Naoero
Median
401.02 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,429
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 245,807 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.04 1000 No in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 401.02 1000 No, and the mean is 5,553 1000 No.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 621.3%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 80.9%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 245,807 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 169,787 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 3 | Indonesia | 39,882 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 37,027 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20,885 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 32,792 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20,501 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 32,092 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 14,963 1000 No | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 28,441 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9,251 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 13,983 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 12,386 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,753 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 10,918 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,408 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 10,858 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 11 | Melanesia | 1,688 1000 No | 2023 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 10,417 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,631 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 9,985 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 288.83 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 9,900 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 14 | Polynesia | 26.95 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Brazil | 8,031 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 15 | Micronesia | 11.18 1000 No | 2023 | up 621.3% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 6,997 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 6,871 1000 No | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 5,895 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 19 | Mali | 5,300 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 20 | Burundi | 4,998 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 4,797 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 4,457 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 23 | Chad | 4,372 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | 4,241 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 25 | Sudan | 4,027 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 3,927 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 3,902 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 28 | Cambodia | 3,531 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 29 | Colombia | 3,446 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 3,267 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 19.16 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 2,577 1000 No | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 2,517 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 33 | Rwanda | 2,515 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 2,275 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 2,135 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 2,133 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 2,035 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 38 | Japan | 2,023 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 39 | Nepal | 1,788 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 40 | Senegal | 1,761 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 1,609 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 42 | Republic of Korea | 1,534 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 1,325 1000 No | 2023 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 44 | Togo | 1,233 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 1,231 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 1,053 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | Liberia | 1,045 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 959.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 49 | Romania | 936.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 895.66 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Eritrea | 884.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 864.33 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 53 | Iraq | 836.49 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 54 | Somalia | 821.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 785.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 56 | France | 737.6 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 57 | Congo | 737.39 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 735.18 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 59 | Georgia | 606.84 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 60 | Serbia | 570.52 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 61 | Chile | 564.42 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 62 | China, Taiwan Province of | 546.49 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Germany | 521.86 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 513.51 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 65 | Belarus | 471.39 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 468.17 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 67 | Australia and New Zealand | 464.03 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 68 | Tunisia | 460.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 438.74 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 70 | Albania | 426.46 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 401.02 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 72 | Mongolia | 378.62 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 371.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 74 | Mauritania | 350.58 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 349.24 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 76 | Australia | 300.94 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 77 | Panama | 298.33 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 78 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 295.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 287.77 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 80 | Canada | 261.65 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 81 | Lesotho | 228.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 82 | Jamaica | 225.11 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 214.46 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 84 | Hungary | 213.19 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 85 | Gambia | 206.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 202.98 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 197.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 181.75 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 179.14 1000 No | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 90 | Bhutan | 170.37 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 91 | Botswana | 158.15 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 92 | Czechia | 156.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 93 | Portugal | 154.56 1000 No | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 94 | Austria | 140.61 1000 No | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 95 | Uruguay | 139.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 96 | Fiji | 133.62 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 97 | Ireland | 123.55 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 109.4 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 103.51 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 100 | Comoros | 98.22 1000 No | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 101 | Finland | 96.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 92.65 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 103 | Jordan | 86.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 104 | Slovakia | 83.48 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 105 | Croatia | 76.47 1000 No | 2023 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 106 | Lithuania | 72 1000 No | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 107 | Norway | 70.19 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 108 | Palestine, State of | 68.94 1000 No | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 109 | Denmark | 61.17 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 57.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 111 | Belgium | 54.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 53.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 113 | Latvia | 52.82 1000 No | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 48.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 115 | Eswatini | 41.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 116 | Slovenia | 40.57 1000 No | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 117 | Guyana | 37.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 118 | Israel | 34.22 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 119 | Maldives | 30.73 1000 No | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mauritius | 30.54 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 18.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 122 | Cyprus | 17.78 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 123 | Suriname | 16.61 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 124 | Samoa | 16 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 13.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 126 | Kiribati | 9.97 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 8.81 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 128 | Iceland | 8.65 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 129 | Tonga | 8.3 1000 No | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 3.78 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Malta | 3.19 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 3.09 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.83 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 135 | Singapore | 2.72 1000 No | 2023 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 2.2 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 2.1 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 138 | Seychelles | 1.66 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 139 | Guam | 1.21 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 140 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 141 | Palau | 0.54 1000 No | 2020 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 142 | Cook Islands | 0.3 1000 No | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 0.21 1000 No | 2022 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Niue | 0.08 1000 No | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 145 | Naoero | 0.04 1000 No | 2021 | down 60.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 927,191 1000 No
- Asia 617,209 1000 No
- Southern Asia 318,819 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 230,076 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 294,271 1000 No
- Middle Africa 38,537 1000 No
- Africa 249,647 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 238,646 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 183,529 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 176,918 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 122,114 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6,295 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 113,168 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 95,916 1000 No
- Western Africa 76,404 1000 No
- Americas 41,107 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 38,187 1000 No
- South America 22,708 1000 No
- Europe 17,038 1000 No
- Western Asia 12,295 1000 No
- Chagai 1.75 1000 No
- Central America 11,980 1000 No
- Northern Africa 11,002 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 10,759 1000 No
- European Union (27) 7,712 1000 No
- Central Asia 6,651 1000 No
- Southern Europe 3,637 1000 No
- Caribbean 3,499 1000 No
- Northern America 2,919 1000 No
- United States of America 2,658 1000 No
- Oceania 2,190 1000 No
- Western Europe 1,749 1000 No
- Southern Africa 1,590 1000 No
- Northern Europe 892.54 1000 No
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.