FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
Countries reporting
151
Highest
98.38 %
Chad
Lowest
0.39 %
Puerto Rico
Median
30.62 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,376
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female — Value is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 98.38 % in Chad; the lowest is 0.39 % in Puerto Rico.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.62 %, and the mean is 37.72 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 252.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 11,870.0%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 81.7%).
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 98.38 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 84.72 % | 2023 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 82.53 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 2 | Burundi | 96.15 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 84.56 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 92.27 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 91.83 % | 2021 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 89.62 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 73.52 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 88.32 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 68.97 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 7 | Madagascar | 87.4 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 65.08 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 86.45 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 8 | Melanesia | 62.94 % | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 82.93 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 58.03 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 10 | Nigeria | 81.83 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 47.15 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 81.58 % | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 12 | Zambia | 81.4 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 12 | Türkiye | 35.47 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 13 | Gambia | 80.46 % | 2023 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 31.43 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 78.77 % | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 78.71 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 15 | Micronesia | 19.32 % | 2023 | up 1,470.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Angola | 78.36 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 13.49 % | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 17 | Bhutan | 75.76 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 18 | Togo | 75.73 % | 2023 | up 62.7% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 75.34 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 20 | Kenya | 74.28 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 74.02 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 22 | India | 72.83 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 23 | Benin | 72.46 % | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 71.7 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 69.33 % | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 15.25 % | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 67.81 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 67.37 % | 2023 | up 70.8% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 67.28 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 29 | Ghana | 63.81 % | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 63.06 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 62.13 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Liberia | 61.96 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 33 | Ecuador | 60.18 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 60.13 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 35 | Thailand | 59.56 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 36 | Sudan | 59.3 % | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 59.18 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 38 | Eritrea | 58.99 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 39 | Albania | 57.29 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 40 | Guatemala | 55.51 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 55.39 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 42 | Georgia | 53.44 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 43 | Armenia | 50.06 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 44 | Tonga | 49.49 % | 2023 | up 283.1% | volatile |
| 45 | El Salvador | 49.04 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 46 | Honduras | 47.51 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.93 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 48 | Somalia | 46.42 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 49 | Yemen | 46.17 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 45.87 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 51 | Comoros | 45.38 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 44.48 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 44.18 % | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 54 | Namibia | 43.52 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 55 | Mongolia | 43.32 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 56 | Congo | 41.94 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.47 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 58 | Nepal | 37.56 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 36.43 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 60 | Fiji | 36.25 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Serbia | 32.63 % | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 62 | Colombia | 31.7 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 63 | Mexico | 31.41 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 64 | Lesotho | 30.86 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 65 | Ukraine | 30.62 % | 2021 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 30.1 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 29.88 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 29.35 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 26.94 % | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 26.16 % | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 24.29 % | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 72 | Belarus | 23.82 % | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 73 | Republic of Korea | 22.63 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 21.7 % | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 75 | Botswana | 21.36 % | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 21.16 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 21.07 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | Poland | 20.51 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 79 | Tunisia | 19.94 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 80 | Brazil | 19.68 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 81 | Croatia | 18.86 % | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 82 | Samoa | 17.14 % | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 83 | Lithuania | 17.08 % | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 17.07 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 85 | Latvia | 17.03 % | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 16.92 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 87 | Portugal | 16.72 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 88 | Mauritius | 16.7 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 89 | South Africa | 16.3 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 90 | Italy | 15.76 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 91 | Japan | 15.71 % | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 92 | Chile | 15.66 % | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 15.25 % | 2023 | up 57.2% | flat |
| 94 | Slovenia | 15.09 % | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 95 | Hungary | 14.88 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine, State of | 14.76 % | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 97 | Australia and New Zealand | 14.41 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 98 | Canada | 14.3 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 14.18 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 100 | Czechia | 14.1 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 101 | Austria | 13.22 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 102 | Australia | 12.95 % | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 103 | Estonia | 12.72 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 104 | Singapore | 11.97 % | 2023 | up 11,870.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Cyprus | 11.68 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 106 | Ireland | 10.83 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 107 | Finland | 10.68 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 108 | Iceland | 10.25 % | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 109 | Grenada | 10.03 % | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 110 | Maldives | 9.99 % | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovakia | 9.67 % | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 112 | France | 9.51 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 113 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.99 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 114 | Seychelles | 8.56 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 115 | Denmark | 8.43 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 116 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.96 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 117 | Germany | 7.89 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 118 | Switzerland | 7.72 % | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 119 | Belgium | 7.58 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 120 | Norway | 7.37 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 121 | Suriname | 6.98 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 6.79 % | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 6.75 % | 2023 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 124 | Malta | 5.28 % | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Israel | 5.14 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 4.96 % | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.72 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 4.1 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 3.18 % | 2023 | up 2,550.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 3.13 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Jordan | 2.59 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 132 | Lebanon | 1.52 % | 2023 | down 81.7% | falling |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 1.16 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.85 % | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 135 | Guam | 0.71 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 136 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.43 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 0.39 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 80.28 %
- Western Africa 79.66 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 77.14 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 76.97 %
- Middle Africa 74.87 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 74.62 %
- Africa 74.59 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 72.56 %
- Southern Asia 72.29 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 71.18 %
- South-Eastern Asia 56.84 %
- Asia 45.91 %
- World 43.82 %
- Central Asia 36.11 %
- Central America 34.84 %
- Northern Africa 30.28 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 28.41 %
- Eastern Asia 29.7 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 29.63 %
- South America 28.92 %
- Chagai 1.1 %
- Western Asia 27.97 %
- Oceania 25.23 %
- Americas 22.17 %
- Southern Europe 19.74 %
- Southern Africa 18.9 %
- Caribbean 18.18 %
- Eastern Europe 17.67 %
- Europe 14.22 %
- European Union (27) 13.31 %
- Northern America 12.02 %
- United States of America 11.72 %
- Western Europe 8.71 %
- Northern Europe 8.39 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.