Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems 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
137
Highest
37,225 1000 No
China, mainland
Lowest
1.04 1000 No
Suriname
Median
214.23 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
3,931
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 37,225 1000 No in China, mainland; the lowest is 1.04 1000 No in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 214.23 1000 No, and the mean is 1,375 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35,793.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 7,290.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 53.2%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, mainland | 37,225 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 2 | Nigeria | 25,044 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 19,078 1000 No | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 5,619 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 16,848 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 5,429 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.5% | flat |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,680 1000 No | 2023 | up 143.6% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 5,180 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 4,916 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,015 1000 No | 2023 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 4,684 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 892.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Philippines | 4,202 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 656.51 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 4,026 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 10 | Melanesia | 488.83 1000 No | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 2,326 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 247.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 2,257 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 53.7 1000 No | 2023 | up 161.2% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 2,027 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 7.39 1000 No | 2023 | up 7,290.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Kenya | 2,003 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 5.7 1000 No | 2023 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 1,978 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 1,778 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Angola | 1,410 1000 No | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 1,401 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 1,230 1000 No | 2023 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 1,225 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 21 | Cambodia | 1,219 1000 No | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 1,203 1000 No | 2023 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 1,184 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 24 | Italy | 1,165 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 25 | Canada | 1,162 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 26 | Ukraine | 1,147 1000 No | 2021 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 27 | Benin | 1,142 1000 No | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 1,134 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,055 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 30 | France | 955.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 8.39 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 915.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 913.34 1000 No | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 33 | Australia and New Zealand | 874.16 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 34 | Mali | 825.53 1000 No | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 764.97 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 752.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 745.69 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 710.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 693.92 1000 No | 2023 | up 418.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Australia | 648.88 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 630.98 1000 No | 2023 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 42 | Zambia | 601.94 1000 No | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 43 | Chad | 591.92 1000 No | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 550.75 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 510.84 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 484.49 1000 No | 2023 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 482.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 477.05 1000 No | 2023 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 49 | Honduras | 445.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 443.11 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 428.8 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 330.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 53 | Rwanda | 327.93 1000 No | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 54 | Egypt | 320.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 318.19 1000 No | 2022 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 311.33 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 57 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 306.01 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 58 | Belarus | 295.92 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 278.21 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.0% | falling |
| 60 | Czechia | 249.4 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 226.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 62 | Serbia | 214.23 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 63 | Sudan | 200.43 1000 No | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 199.56 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 65 | Liberia | 189.49 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 181.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 164.91 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 140.79 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 132.31 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 131.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 127.96 1000 No | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 72 | Switzerland | 121.82 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 73 | Gambia | 117.46 1000 No | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 74 | Jamaica | 111.87 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 75 | Mauritania | 104.1 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 103.34 1000 No | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 102.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 101.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 79 | Burundi | 101.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 80 | Croatia | 96.02 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 82 | Georgia | 93.28 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 83 | Namibia | 93.21 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 84 | Denmark | 90.65 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 85 | Somalia | 90.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 86 | Sweden | 89.88 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 87 | Tunisia | 89.44 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 88 | Israel | 86.11 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 89 | Slovakia | 84.87 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 83.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 91 | Armenia | 82.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 78.93 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 93 | Lithuania | 77.4 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 94 | Uruguay | 75.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 95 | Norway | 74.37 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 49.63 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 97 | Slovenia | 44.62 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 98 | Botswana | 43.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 40.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 34.88 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 101 | Estonia | 33.65 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 102 | Congo | 33.22 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 33.2 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 33.14 1000 No | 2022 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 105 | Lesotho | 32.28 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 106 | Fiji | 30.83 1000 No | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 107 | Guyana | 30.39 1000 No | 2022 | up 52.6% | falling |
| 108 | Cyprus | 29.53 1000 No | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 109 | Eswatini | 26.14 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 110 | Mauritius | 24.73 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 111 | Lebanon | 24.02 1000 No | 2022 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 112 | Palestine, State of | 13.57 1000 No | 2022 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 12.71 1000 No | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 114 | Maldives | 11.94 1000 No | 2019 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.91 1000 No | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 116 | Jordan | 9.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 117 | Iceland | 7.68 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 5.53 1000 No | 2022 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Malta | 5.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 120 | Tonga | 4.97 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 4.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 4.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 3.75 1000 No | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 124 | Seychelles | 1.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 125 | Grenada | 1.57 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Suriname | 1.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 210,712 1000 No
- Asia 107,701 1000 No
- Africa 56,009 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 25,856 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 54,904 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 43,587 1000 No
- Middle Africa 4,059 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 38,952 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 36,426 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,315 1000 No
- Western Africa 35,185 1000 No
- Americas 30,357 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 21,986 1000 No
- Southern Asia 20,541 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 19,986 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 15,351 1000 No
- Europe 15,269 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 14,701 1000 No
- South America 14,329 1000 No
- European Union (27) 8,659 1000 No
- Northern America 8,371 1000 No
- United States of America 7,210 1000 No
- Central America 7,178 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 7,096 1000 No
- Southern Europe 3,597 1000 No
- Western Asia 2,958 1000 No
- Western Europe 2,894 1000 No
- Northern Europe 1,683 1000 No
- Central Asia 1,662 1000 No
- Oceania 1,376 1000 No
- Northern Africa 1,104 1000 No
- Southern Africa 959.7 1000 No
- Caribbean 478.75 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.