Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm agrifood systems — Value — 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
147
Highest
81,006 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.05 1000 No
Naoero
Median
459.95 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,069
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 81,006 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.05 1000 No in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 459.95 1000 No, and the mean is 2,790 1000 No.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 6,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Naoero (down 75.0%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 81,006 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 49,464 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 36,370 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 9,184 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 36,306 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 14,500 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,134 1000 No | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 13,338 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,627 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 13,147 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 8 | Mexico | 10,269 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,780 1000 No | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 9,233 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,614 1000 No | 2023 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 9,174 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 10 | Melanesia | 769.49 1000 No | 2023 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 11 | Japan | 7,426 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 398.54 1000 No | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 5,871 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 87.02 1000 No | 2023 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 4,431 1000 No | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 12.3 1000 No | 2023 | up 6,050.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Colombia | 4,360 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 7.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 4,017 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 16 | Peru | 4,015 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 3,874 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 3,716 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 2,863 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 20 | Ghana | 2,832 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 2,724 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 22 | Germany | 2,721 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 23 | Canada | 2,682 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 2,424 1000 No | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 25 | France | 2,345 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 26 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,271 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 2,239 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 28 | Uganda | 2,107 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Angola | 2,067 1000 No | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Cambodia | 1,962 1000 No | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 15.61 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 1,908 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 32 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,866 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Ecuador | 1,862 1000 No | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 1,692 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 35 | Mali | 1,559 1000 No | 2023 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 1,547 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 37 | Benin | 1,546 1000 No | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 38 | Sudan | 1,469 1000 No | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 1,407 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 1,405 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 1,221 1000 No | 2023 | up 322.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Mozambique | 1,208 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 1,130 1000 No | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 1,120 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 45 | Zambia | 1,113 1000 No | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 1,053 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 47 | Chad | 993.96 1000 No | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 986.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 49 | Togo | 882.21 1000 No | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 846.06 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 51 | Yemen | 841.66 1000 No | 2018 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 836.07 1000 No | 2023 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 761.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 760.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 103.9% | rising |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 752.57 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 734.19 1000 No | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 57 | Rwanda | 714.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 58 | El Salvador | 701.73 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 699.73 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 60 | Iraq | 641.22 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 61 | Portugal | 624.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Belarus | 582.96 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 561.22 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 493.52 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 488.2 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 482.69 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 480.3 1000 No | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 459.95 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 455.57 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 424.98 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 71 | Austria | 399.62 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 395.27 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 73 | Belgium | 386.93 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 74 | Burundi | 364.39 1000 No | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 75 | Panama | 310.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 308.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 77 | Switzerland | 302.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 78 | Sweden | 262.26 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 79 | Israel | 245.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 244.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 81 | Jamaica | 224.83 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 82 | Albania | 222.75 1000 No | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 83 | Mauritania | 217.02 1000 No | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 84 | Denmark | 209.37 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 85 | Finland | 207.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 86 | Jordan | 205.87 1000 No | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 201.23 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 88 | Croatia | 200.38 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 89 | Uruguay | 195.83 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 90 | Georgia | 194.71 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 91 | Somalia | 177.97 1000 No | 2023 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 92 | Norway | 176.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 93 | Gambia | 173.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 91.5% | rising |
| 94 | Lebanon | 171.86 1000 No | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 95 | Armenia | 170.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 96 | Slovakia | 169.46 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 97 | Mongolia | 157.63 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 98 | Lithuania | 151.12 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 99 | Namibia | 150.11 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 100 | Palestine, State of | 124.25 1000 No | 2022 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 124.02 1000 No | 2023 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 102 | Latvia | 103.37 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 97.83 1000 No | 2022 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovenia | 94.55 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 105 | Congo | 88.48 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 86.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 107 | Eritrea | 83.11 1000 No | 2011 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 108 | Botswana | 81.37 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 109 | Fiji | 78.21 1000 No | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 110 | Cyprus | 71.78 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 111 | Guyana | 66.9 1000 No | 2022 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 112 | Estonia | 65.19 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 113 | Mauritius | 60.14 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 114 | Lesotho | 59.42 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 56.53 1000 No | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 54.56 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 117 | Maldives | 35.06 1000 No | 2019 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 118 | Comoros | 25.93 1000 No | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 119 | Malta | 23.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 56.3% | falling |
| 120 | Brunei Darussalam | 23.11 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 121 | Iceland | 21.32 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 122 | Kiribati | 12.3 1000 No | 2023 | up 209.0% | rising |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 10.18 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 10.1 1000 No | 2022 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Samoa | 9.27 1000 No | 2022 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 126 | Vanuatu | 8.9 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 127 | Tonga | 6.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 128 | Seychelles | 4.06 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 3.96 1000 No | 2020 | up 1,621.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Grenada | 3.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Suriname | 2.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Cook Islands | 0.97 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 133 | Palau | 0.89 1000 No | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 134 | Tuvalu | 0.27 1000 No | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 135 | Niue | 0.09 1000 No | 2022 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 136 | Naoero | 0.05 1000 No | 2021 | down 75.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 462,017 1000 No
- Asia 265,918 1000 No
- Southern Asia 114,987 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 54,777 1000 No
- Africa 94,788 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 92,468 1000 No
- Middle Africa 7,107 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 85,746 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 73,742 1000 No
- Americas 64,837 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,447 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 61,065 1000 No
- Western Africa 52,204 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 46,297 1000 No
- Europe 33,819 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 33,511 1000 No
- South America 30,455 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 28,374 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 24,397 1000 No
- European Union (27) 19,595 1000 No
- Northern America 18,540 1000 No
- United States of America 15,858 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 14,915 1000 No
- Central America 14,787 1000 No
- Western Asia 11,335 1000 No
- Northern Africa 9,042 1000 No
- Southern Europe 8,274 1000 No
- Western Europe 6,918 1000 No
- Central Asia 4,789 1000 No
- Northern Europe 3,712 1000 No
- Oceania 2,655 1000 No
- Southern Africa 2,038 1000 No
- Caribbean 1,055 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.