Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — Female — 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
151
Highest
112,671 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.08 1000 No
United States Virgin Islands
Median
358.73 1000 No
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,402
What the numbers show
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 112,671 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.08 1000 No in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 358.73 1000 No, and the mean is 3,564 1000 No.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 11,386.0%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 83.6%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 112,671 1000 No | 2023 | up 45.1% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 104,159 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 37,677 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 33,780 1000 No | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,984 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 20,526 1000 No | 2023 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 12,766 1000 No | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 16,147 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12,673 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 12,976 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,748 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 10,217 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 9 | Uganda | 8,421 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,767 1000 No | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 7,637 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,372 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 7,138 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 11 | Melanesia | 1,313 1000 No | 2023 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 6,883 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,200 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 13 | Madagascar | 6,623 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 187.17 1000 No | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 6,496 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 11.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 6,033 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 9.28 1000 No | 2023 | up 2,342.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Angola | 5,058 1000 No | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 17 | Myanmar | 4,928 1000 No | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 18 | Japan | 4,766 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 19 | Peru | 4,099 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 20 | Ghana | 3,732 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 21 | Cambodia | 3,056 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 2,995 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | Burundi | 2,900 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 2,856 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 2,827 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 2,608 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 2,530 1000 No | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 28 | Chad | 2,417 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 2,297 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 2,203 1000 No | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 12.88 1000 No | 2023 | down 25.1% | flat |
| 31 | Ecuador | 1,857 1000 No | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 32 | Rwanda | 1,720 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 1,531 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 34 | Egypt | 1,472 1000 No | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 35 | Spain | 1,394 1000 No | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 36 | Italy | 1,386 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 37 | Germany | 1,354 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 38 | Canada | 1,244 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 39 | Senegal | 1,225 1000 No | 2023 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 40 | France | 1,185 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 41 | Togo | 1,166 1000 No | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 1,152 1000 No | 2023 | up 117.4% | rising |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 1,150 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 44 | Sudan | 1,131 1000 No | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,131 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 46 | Guatemala | 1,126 1000 No | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 1,122 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 1,073 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 49 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,030 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 1,019 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ukraine | 827.35 1000 No | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 52 | Romania | 823.59 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 53 | Australia | 747.82 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 54 | Liberia | 726.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 605.75 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 515.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | El Salvador | 484.46 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 471.14 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 59 | Belarus | 455.51 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 454.49 1000 No | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 61 | Greece | 451.38 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 446.97 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 63 | Eritrea | 438.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 409.73 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 65 | Congo | 398.55 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 362.63 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 360.65 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 358.73 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 69 | Somalia | 357.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 357.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 350.25 1000 No | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 72 | Albania | 332.1 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 73 | Czechia | 290 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 74 | Hungary | 284.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 75 | Armenia | 269.74 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 258.77 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 77 | Gambia | 258.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 78 | Austria | 236.15 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 79 | Mongolia | 232.89 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 209.24 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 81 | Mauritania | 206.47 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 82 | Panama | 200.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 195.33 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 188.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 181.42 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 86 | Yemen | 178.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 171.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.8% | flat |
| 88 | Belgium | 157.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 89 | Iraq | 155.9 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 90 | Switzerland | 155.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 91 | Singapore | 148.17 1000 No | 2023 | up 11,386.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 144.64 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 130.41 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 94 | Finland | 124.8 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 95 | Croatia | 121.05 1000 No | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 96 | Ireland | 117.27 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 97 | Bhutan | 114.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 98 | Sweden | 110.5 1000 No | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 99 | Slovakia | 106.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 100 | Uruguay | 105.07 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 101 | Denmark | 104.77 1000 No | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 101.55 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 103 | Lesotho | 95.43 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 104 | Israel | 93.85 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 105 | Norway | 89.46 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 88.83 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 107 | Botswana | 72.36 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 108 | Latvia | 64.17 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 109 | Slovenia | 60.1 1000 No | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 54.26 1000 No | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 111 | Comoros | 54.25 1000 No | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 112 | Fiji | 44.17 1000 No | 2023 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 41.78 1000 No | 2023 | up 3,664.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Eswatini | 40.47 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 115 | Estonia | 37.72 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 116 | Mauritius | 32.99 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 117 | Cyprus | 32.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 27.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.78 1000 No | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 120 | Jordan | 11.44 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 121 | Iceland | 9.75 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 122 | Palestine, State of | 9.63 1000 No | 2023 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 8.28 1000 No | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 124 | Tonga | 7.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 272.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 6.47 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Lebanon | 6.39 1000 No | 2023 | down 83.6% | rising |
| 127 | Maldives | 5.84 1000 No | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 5.8 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 129 | Malta | 5.51 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 130 | Samoa | 3.3 1000 No | 2023 | down 49.4% | flat |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 2.08 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 132 | Grenada | 2.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Seychelles | 1.91 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 1.26 1000 No | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.9 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0.62 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 0.4 1000 No | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 138 | Guam | 0.23 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 139 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.08 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 583,942 1000 No
- Asia 353,381 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 170,802 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 135,292 1000 No
- Africa 166,947 1000 No
- Middle Africa 24,373 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 163,492 1000 No
- Southern Asia 150,089 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 116,765 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 101,443 1000 No
- South-Eastern Asia 75,347 1000 No
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 3,495 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 73,016 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 64,641 1000 No
- Western Africa 64,634 1000 No
- Americas 40,109 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 30,891 1000 No
- Europe 21,142 1000 No
- South America 20,496 1000 No
- European Union (27) 11,063 1000 No
- Chagai 0.4 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 10,918 1000 No
- Northern America 9,218 1000 No
- Central America 9,049 1000 No
- United States of America 7,973 1000 No
- Western Asia 6,857 1000 No
- Southern Europe 4,878 1000 No
- Central Asia 4,323 1000 No
- Northern Africa 3,454 1000 No
- Western Europe 3,454 1000 No
- Oceania 2,364 1000 No
- Northern Europe 1,891 1000 No
- Southern Africa 1,469 1000 No
- Caribbean 1,346 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.