Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture — Value — Male — 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
152
Highest
149,984 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.5 1000 No
United States Virgin Islands
Median
292.69 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,373
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 149,984 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.5 1000 No in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 292.69 1000 No, and the mean is 3,440 1000 No.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 649.2%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 49.2%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 149,984 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 102,853 1000 No | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 3 | Indonesia | 25,179 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 24,394 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,197 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 20,630 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,104 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 16,694 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 7,816 1000 No | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 13,468 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,503 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 7,921 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 7,349 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,209 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Myanmar | 6,750 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,284 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 6,696 1000 No | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 878.24 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | Brazil | 6,577 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 12 | Melanesia | 864.07 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 5,880 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 155.35 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 14 | Madagascar | 5,696 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 21.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 15 | Kenya | 4,783 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 9.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 649.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 4,744 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 17 | Mozambique | 4,235 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 3,575 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 3,298 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 3,223 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 3,097 1000 No | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 22 | Colombia | 2,865 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 22 | Caribbean | 2,632 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 2,703 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 24 | Chad | 2,547 1000 No | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 2,512 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 2,468 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 27 | Burundi | 2,200 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 1,999 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 29 | Yemen | 1,856 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 1,760 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 14.67 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 1,695 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1,574 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 1,515 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 1,457 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 1,447 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 36 | Ukraine | 1,447 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 37 | Japan | 1,283 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 38 | Senegal | 1,229 1000 No | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 39 | Rwanda | 1,123 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 40 | Poland | 993.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 935.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 42 | Honduras | 825.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 43 | Nepal | 769.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 44 | Togo | 697.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 45 | Iraq | 680.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 657.24 1000 No | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 47 | Cuba | 654.6 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 651.51 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 49 | Italy | 642.81 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 632.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 623.29 1000 No | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 605.76 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 565.77 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 54 | Somalia | 553.65 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 55 | France | 507.83 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 56 | Liberia | 507.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 57 | Eritrea | 445.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 440.98 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 59 | Congo | 372.06 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 60 | Tunisia | 368.36 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 61 | Germany | 351.99 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 62 | El Salvador | 345.36 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 344.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia | 313.6 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 311.8 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 66 | Australia and New Zealand | 307.92 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 295 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 68 | Georgia | 290.39 1000 No | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 69 | Mauritania | 248.21 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 70 | Guinea-Bissau | 246.9 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 241.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 230.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 73 | Mongolia | 224.65 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 224.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 75 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 218.98 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 214.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 77 | Australia | 201.99 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 197.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 79 | Canada | 178.71 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 80 | Jamaica | 165.09 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 81 | Lesotho | 164.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 82 | Armenia | 161.95 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 83 | Hungary | 155.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 138.25 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 85 | Botswana | 128.88 1000 No | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 127.11 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 87 | Czechia | 115.44 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 88 | Uruguay | 110.21 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 89 | Ireland | 108.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 90 | Namibia | 108.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 91 | Portugal | 107.16 1000 No | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 102.55 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.38 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 94 | Solomon Islands | 90.31 1000 No | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 95 | Fiji | 89.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 96 | Bhutan | 88.94 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 85.77 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 84.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 76.21 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 100 | Finland | 74.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 101 | Sweden | 72.03 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 102 | Gambia | 65.47 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 103 | Slovakia | 62.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 104 | Palestine, State of | 59.32 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 105 | Comoros | 56.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 55.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 107 | Croatia | 51.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 51.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 109 | Lithuania | 47.85 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 110 | Denmark | 47.05 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 111 | Belgium | 38.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 38.29 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 33.67 1000 No | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 28.79 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 115 | Eswatini | 27.36 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 116 | Israel | 26.48 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 25.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 118 | Slovenia | 25.09 1000 No | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 119 | Maldives | 24.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 120 | Mauritius | 22.29 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 121 | Cyprus | 14.86 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 122 | Estonia | 14.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 123 | Samoa | 12.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 11.56 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 125 | Suriname | 11.17 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 7.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 127 | Iceland | 6.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 128 | Tonga | 6.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 130 | Grenada | 3.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Malta | 2.8 1000 No | 2023 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 2.11 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.95 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 1.8 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 1.71 1000 No | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 1.48 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 137 | Seychelles | 1.42 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 138 | Guam | 0.98 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 139 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.5 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 553,414 1000 No
- Asia 370,982 1000 No
- Southern Asia 189,270 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 120,640 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 159,895 1000 No
- Middle Africa 18,223 1000 No
- Africa 138,709 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 130,057 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 109,805 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 95,461 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 63,878 1000 No
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 4,114 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 63,799 1000 No
- South-eastern Asia 59,522 1000 No
- Western Africa 46,955 1000 No
- Americas 31,355 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 29,282 1000 No
- South America 16,541 1000 No
- Europe 11,165 1000 No
- Central America 10,110 1000 No
- Chagai 1.36 1000 No
- Northern Africa 8,652 1000 No
- Western Asia 8,396 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 6,937 1000 No
- European Union (27) 5,308 1000 No
- Central Asia 3,989 1000 No
- Southern Europe 2,355 1000 No
- Northern America 2,073 1000 No
- United States of America 1,894 1000 No
- Oceania 1,202 1000 No
- Western Europe 1,189 1000 No
- Southern Africa 1,081 1000 No
- Northern Europe 683.77 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.