FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS 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
100 %
Cuba
Lowest
0.68 %
Singapore
Median
48.19 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,347
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Cuba; the lowest is 0.68 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.19 %, and the mean is 50.98 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 147.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 824.2%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 99.3%).
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Eritrea | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100 % | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 1 | Guam | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % | 2023 | up 241.4% | rising |
| 1 | Iraq | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100 % | 2023 | up 422.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Maldives | 100 % | 2023 | up 824.2% | volatile |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Nepal | 100 % | 2023 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 100 % | 2023 | up 49.9% | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100 % | 2023 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 1 | Yemen | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 100 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 92.96 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 81.98 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 79.36 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 71.31 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 10 | Melanesia | 62.77 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 12 | Türkiye | 57.47 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 55.98 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.78 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 14 | Polynesia | 50.7 % | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 45.31 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 42.57 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 17 | Micronesia | 20.35 % | 2023 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 19 | Cabo Verde | 34.91 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 20 | Burundi | 96.51 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 94.14 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 22 | Congo | 91.67 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Pakistan | 90.52 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 24 | Mozambique | 88.52 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 86.53 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 26 | India | 85.05 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 84.18 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 83.87 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 29 | Sudan | 82.28 % | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 81.11 % | 2021 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 31 | Rwanda | 80.93 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 79.23 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 78.84 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 34 | Egypt | 78.23 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 35 | Georgia | 77.23 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 36 | Comoros | 76.57 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 76.27 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 38 | Zambia | 76.21 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.12 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 40 | Chad | 75.51 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 41 | Somalia | 74.79 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 42 | Liberia | 73.92 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 43 | Kenya | 73.78 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 72.13 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 45 | Bhutan | 71.03 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 70.99 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 47 | Mali | 70.8 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 48 | Armenia | 69.43 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 49 | Albania | 68.88 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 50 | Lesotho | 66.17 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 66.11 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 52 | Myanmar | 63.93 % | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 60.49 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 54 | Cambodia | 60.09 % | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 57.94 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 57 | Gambia | 54.59 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.53 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 58 | Serbia | 54.53 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 52.09 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 50.81 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 62 | Tunisia | 50.7 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 63 | Namibia | 50.45 % | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritania | 49.58 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 65 | Thailand | 49.3 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Benin | 48.19 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 67 | Ukraine | 47.05 % | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 68 | Ghana | 46.99 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 69 | Palestine, State of | 46.52 % | 2022 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 70 | Togo | 45.9 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 43.52 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 72 | Senegal | 43.37 % | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 73 | Peru | 43.26 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 41.14 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 75 | Botswana | 40.45 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 76 | Poland | 40.21 % | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 77 | Greece | 38.37 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 37.97 % | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 35.71 % | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 80 | Eswatini | 35.4 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 81 | Belarus | 35.03 % | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 82 | Jamaica | 34.92 % | 2023 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 83 | Panama | 34.05 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 84 | Nigeria | 33.53 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 85 | Guatemala | 33.18 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 32.63 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 87 | Tonga | 29.5 % | 2023 | down 70.5% | falling |
| 88 | South Africa | 28.71 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 89 | Uruguay | 28.05 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 90 | Slovenia | 25.75 % | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritius | 25.02 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 92 | Lithuania | 23.78 % | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 93 | Austria | 23.22 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 94 | Grenada | 22.89 % | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 22.88 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 22.66 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 97 | Colombia | 22.29 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 21.41 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 99 | Iceland | 21.17 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 100 | Brazil | 21.12 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 101 | Republic of Korea | 20.98 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 20.68 % | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 103 | Hungary | 20.4 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 104 | Chile | 20.38 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 19.94 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 106 | France | 19.39 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 107 | Sweden | 18.66 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 18.51 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 109 | Finland | 17.8 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 16.92 % | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 16.88 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 112 | Jordan | 16.09 % | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 113 | Italy | 15.98 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 114 | Japan | 15.53 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 115 | Australia and New Zealand | 15.15 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 115 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 15.15 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 117 | Czechia | 14 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 118 | Honduras | 13.67 % | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 119 | Denmark | 13.48 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 120 | Australia | 13.23 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 121 | Portugal | 13.21 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 13.18 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 123 | Germany | 12.55 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 124 | Spain | 12.15 % | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 11.49 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 126 | Seychelles | 11.48 % | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 127 | Estonia | 10.8 % | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 128 | Belgium | 10.35 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 129 | Cyprus | 8.98 % | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 130 | Israel | 8.25 % | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 7.56 % | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 132 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.4 % | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 133 | Malta | 7.11 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.72 % | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 135 | Canada | 6.66 % | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 2.29 % | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Singapore | 0.68 % | 2023 | down 99.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 100 %
- Southern Asia 86.31 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 80.3 %
- Eastern Africa 79.87 %
- Middle Africa 83.35 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 78.67 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 76.25 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 80.89 %
- Northern Africa 68.03 %
- Africa 66.45 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 66.42 %
- Asia 69.52 %
- Caribbean 64.44 %
- World 63.92 %
- Eastern Asia 62.67 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 62.39 %
- Central Asia 61.56 %
- Western Asia 56.87 %
- South-Eastern Asia 48.3 %
- Western Africa 45.56 %
- Oceania 41.79 %
- Eastern Europe 35.01 %
- Southern Africa 34.69 %
- South America 30.09 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 28.83 %
- Europe 27.78 %
- Southern Europe 26.27 %
- Americas 24.31 %
- European Union (27) 21.73 %
- Central America 20.67 %
- Western Europe 16.2 %
- Northern Europe 11.04 %
- United States of America 9.58 %
- Northern America 9.18 %
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.