Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value — Male — 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
152
Highest
214,142 1000 No
India
Lowest
0.5 1000 No
United States Virgin Islands
Median
581.66 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 — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 214,142 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.5 1000 No in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 581.66 1000 No, and the mean is 4,882 1000 No.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 5,228.4%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 78.6%).
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 214,142 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 2 | China, mainland | 115,092 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 3 | Indonesia | 42,408 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 4 | Nigeria | 35,719 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,651 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 29,964 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 11,381 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 25,604 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,991 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 22,222 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6,179 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 14,296 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 12,893 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,503 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 11,401 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,477 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 11,233 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,435 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 8,854 1000 No | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 1,145 1000 No | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 8,688 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 188.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 7,669 1000 No | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 22.66 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 6,654 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 14.2 1000 No | 2023 | up 959.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Madagascar | 6,534 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 5,199 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 4,764 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 4,683 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 4,500 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 4,365 1000 No | 2022 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 4,157 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 23 | Mali | 4,032 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 3,880 1000 No | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ghana | 3,556 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 26 | Caribbean | 3,208 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 26 | Chad | 2,949 1000 No | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 2,924 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 2,696 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 29 | Guatemala | 2,554 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 2,523 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 21.89 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 2,510 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 32 | Burundi | 2,463 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cambodia | 2,437 1000 No | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 2,420 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Italy | 2,341 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 36 | Spain | 2,064 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 1,987 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 38 | Benin | 1,920 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 39 | France | 1,897 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 40 | Germany | 1,889 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 41 | Yemen | 1,856 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 1,806 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 43 | Senegal | 1,756 1000 No | 2023 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 1,699 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 1,579 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 1,510 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 1,447 1000 No | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,436 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 49 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,299 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 50 | Honduras | 1,226 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 1,099 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 52 | Chile | 1,079 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 53 | Australia | 957.9 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 54 | Togo | 948.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 933.35 1000 No | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 827.96 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 775.47 1000 No | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 58 | Nepal | 769.04 1000 No | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 59 | Tunisia | 738.87 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 60 | Greece | 716.53 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 61 | Iraq | 680.59 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 654.6 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 641.46 1000 No | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 618.29 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 605.76 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 598.84 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 67 | Liberia | 589.65 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 68 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 573.67 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 69 | Serbia | 554.94 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 549.93 1000 No | 2023 | up 282.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 501.08 1000 No | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | Eritrea | 445.45 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 73 | Congo | 427.31 1000 No | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 74 | Portugal | 420.47 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 75 | Hungary | 411.2 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 76 | Panama | 408.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 401.08 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 78 | Georgia | 391.82 1000 No | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritania | 361.13 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 80 | Czechia | 359.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 333.95 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 82 | Albania | 317.1 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 83 | Austria | 304.09 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 84 | Mongolia | 303.35 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 287.28 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 86 | Belgium | 284.58 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 87 | Jordan | 280.72 1000 No | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 278.05 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 89 | Switzerland | 256.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 90 | Ireland | 250.39 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 91 | Armenia | 249.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 92 | Sweden | 244.4 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 93 | Uruguay | 230.44 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 214.68 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 206.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 96 | Lesotho | 192.03 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 97 | Israel | 186.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 98 | Finland | 179.19 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 99 | Botswana | 167.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 100 | Denmark | 165.76 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 101 | Namibia | 164.97 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 102 | Norway | 157.36 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 103 | Croatia | 155.8 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 146.93 1000 No | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 105 | Singapore | 136.94 1000 No | 2023 | up 5,228.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Lithuania | 121.57 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 107 | Gambia | 121.14 1000 No | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 108 | Bhutan | 112.27 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 109 | Latvia | 92.02 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 90.31 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 89.45 1000 No | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 85.49 1000 No | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 75.01 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 114 | Comoros | 69.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 115 | Palestine, State of | 59.32 1000 No | 2023 | down 55.6% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritius | 57.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 117 | Cyprus | 57.1 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 118 | Eswatini | 55.77 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 119 | Lebanon | 51.07 1000 No | 2023 | down 78.6% | flat |
| 120 | Estonia | 45.77 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 30.15 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 122 | Guyana | 28.79 1000 No | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 123 | Maldives | 24.89 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 124 | Malta | 21.09 1000 No | 2023 | up 66.9% | falling |
| 125 | Iceland | 20.22 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 127 | Samoa | 12.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 128 | Suriname | 12.57 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 11.56 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 7.56 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 7.48 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 132 | Tonga | 7.27 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.7% | flat |
| 133 | Grenada | 5.05 1000 No | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Seychelles | 3.8 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.34 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 1.8 1000 No | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 1.48 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 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 804,339 1000 No
- Asia 528,558 1000 No
- Southern Asia 283,716 1000 No
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 149,819 1000 No
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 216,196 1000 No
- Middle Africa 21,272 1000 No
- Africa 177,750 1000 No
- Sub-Saharan Africa 161,158 1000 No
- Eastern Asia 127,282 1000 No
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 109,244 1000 No
- South-eastern Asia 94,311 1000 No
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 5,247 1000 No
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 77,300 1000 No
- Eastern Africa 73,968 1000 No
- Americas 65,835 1000 No
- Western Africa 63,760 1000 No
- Latin America and the Caribbean 53,593 1000 No
- South America 32,666 1000 No
- Europe 29,715 1000 No
- Central America 17,719 1000 No
- Chagai 1.36 1000 No
- Northern Africa 16,592 1000 No
- European Union (27) 16,244 1000 No
- Western Asia 16,132 1000 No
- Eastern Europe 14,756 1000 No
- Northern America 12,242 1000 No
- United States of America 10,543 1000 No
- Central Asia 7,116 1000 No
- Southern Europe 7,032 1000 No
- Western Europe 5,213 1000 No
- Northern Europe 2,714 1000 No
- Oceania 2,481 1000 No
- Southern Africa 2,159 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.