Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — 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
157
Highest
326,813 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.09 1000 No
Naoero
Median
825.87 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,454
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 326,813 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.09 1000 No in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 825.87 1000 No, and the mean is 8,137 1000 No.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 7,267.2%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 79.3%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 326,813 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 219,250 1000 No | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 3 | Indonesia | 76,188 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 73,397 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25,635 1000 No | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 46,130 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 24,147 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 6 | Pakistan | 42,941 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22,664 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 37,963 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9,251 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 21,618 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 9 | Brazil | 21,178 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7,380 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 20,032 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3,244 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 17,266 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,807 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 16,090 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 2,458 1000 No | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 14,291 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 375.84 1000 No | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 13,616 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 14 | Polynesia | 34.24 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 15 | Madagascar | 13,157 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 23.48 1000 No | 2023 | up 1,241.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 11,193 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 10,325 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 9,449 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 19 | Angola | 8,939 1000 No | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 8,256 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 7,806 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 7,289 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 6,859 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 5,927 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Korea | 5,552 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 26 | Sudan | 5,496 1000 No | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 27 | Cambodia | 5,493 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Chad | 5,366 1000 No | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 29 | Burundi | 5,363 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 5,040 1000 No | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 34.77 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 4,955 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 4,379 1000 No | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 4,123 1000 No | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 4,103 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 35 | Italy | 3,727 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 3,681 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 3,542 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 3,517 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 39 | Spain | 3,459 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 40 | Germany | 3,243 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 41 | Rwanda | 3,230 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 42 | France | 3,082 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 43 | Senegal | 2,982 1000 No | 2023 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 2,943 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 2,652 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 46 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,566 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,330 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 48 | Ukraine | 2,275 1000 No | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 49 | Togo | 2,115 1000 No | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 2,085 1000 No | 2023 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 51 | Yemen | 2,035 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 52 | Romania | 1,923 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 1,793 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 1,788 1000 No | 2023 | down 27.5% | flat |
| 55 | Honduras | 1,742 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 56 | Australia | 1,706 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 1,685 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 58 | Liberia | 1,525 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 59 | Iraq | 1,478 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 1,168 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 1,133 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 62 | El Salvador | 1,103 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Belarus | 1,054 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 1,053 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 65 | Serbia | 1,026 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 66 | Somalia | 999.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 934.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 68 | Tunisia | 920.29 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 69 | Eritrea | 884.12 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 863.71 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 71 | Congo | 825.87 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 801.55 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 73 | Cuba | 785.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 74 | Portugal | 779.2 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 75 | Hungary | 695.88 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 649.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 649.2 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 637.54 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 609.22 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 596.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 592.72 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 591.71 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Mauritania | 567.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 84 | China, Taiwan Province of | 546.49 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 540.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 86 | Mongolia | 536.25 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 87 | Armenia | 519.33 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 449.94 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 89 | Belgium | 441.62 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 415.69 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 411.71 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 92 | Gambia | 379.81 1000 No | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 93 | Ireland | 367.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 94 | Sweden | 354.9 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 353.1 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 335.52 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 97 | Finland | 304 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 292.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 99 | Lesotho | 287.46 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 100 | Singapore | 285.11 1000 No | 2023 | up 7,267.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Israel | 279.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 102 | Croatia | 276.86 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 103 | Denmark | 270.54 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 252.95 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 105 | Norway | 246.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 106 | Botswana | 239.52 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 107 | Bhutan | 226.91 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 108 | Lithuania | 223.12 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 109 | Solomon Islands | 179.14 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 156.19 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 139.75 1000 No | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 135.11 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 113 | Fiji | 133.62 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 124.15 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini | 96.24 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritius | 90.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 117 | Cyprus | 89.55 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 83.5 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 119 | Palestine, State of | 68.94 1000 No | 2023 | down 60.2% | rising |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 57.59 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 121 | Lebanon | 57.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 79.3% | flat |
| 122 | Guyana | 37.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 123 | Maldives | 30.73 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 124 | Iceland | 29.97 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 125 | Malta | 26.6 1000 No | 2023 | up 53.5% | falling |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 25.94 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 127 | Kiribati | 22.27 1000 No | 2023 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 128 | Suriname | 19.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 129 | Samoa | 16 1000 No | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 130 | Tonga | 14.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 13.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 13.27 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 8.81 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 134 | Grenada | 7.09 1000 No | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Seychelles | 5.73 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 2.2 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 2.1 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 139 | Palau | 1.43 1000 No | 2020 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 140 | Cook Islands | 1.27 1000 No | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Guam | 1.21 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 0.48 1000 No | 2022 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Niue | 0.17 1000 No | 2022 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 145 | Naoero | 0.09 1000 No | 2021 | down 70.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.39 million 1000 No
- Asia 883,127 1000 No
- Southern Asia 433,806 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 284,852 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 386,739 1000 No
- Middle Africa 45,645 1000 No
- Africa 344,435 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 324,392 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 244,594 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 210,428 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 169,658 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8,742 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 146,511 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 141,542 1000 No
- Western Africa 128,608 1000 No
- Americas 105,944 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 84,484 1000 No
- South America 53,162 1000 No
- Europe 50,856 1000 No
- European Union (27) 27,307 1000 No
- Chagai 1.75 1000 No
- Central America 26,768 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 25,674 1000 No
- Western Asia 23,630 1000 No
- Northern America 21,460 1000 No
- Northern Africa 20,043 1000 No
- United States of America 18,516 1000 No
- Southern Europe 11,911 1000 No
- Central Asia 11,440 1000 No
- Western Europe 8,667 1000 No
- Oceania 4,845 1000 No
- Northern Europe 4,605 1000 No
- Caribbean 4,554 1000 No
- Southern Africa 3,628 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.