FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value by country
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What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 82.58 % in Tonga; the lowest is 4.66 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.89 %, and the mean is 47.04 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Polynesia (up 168.9%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 57.2%).
FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 82.58 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 1 | Polynesia | 78.2 % | 2023 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 74.63 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 2 | Melanesia | 63.53 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 73.84 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 62.88 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 73.81 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.3 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 62.01 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Togo | 71.52 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 5 | Timor-Leste | 61.71 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 69.85 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 61.18 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | Liberia | 69.73 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 7 | Micronesia | 60.1 % | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 68.86 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 9 | Angola | 68.2 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Cabo Verde | 53.74 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Gambia | 67.85 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 52.2 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.44 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50.14 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 63.7 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 63.32 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 62.57 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Türkiye | 29.35 % | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 15 | Cambodia | 62.17 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 18.1 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 16 | Namibia | 62.09 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 17 | El Salvador | 61.11 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Chad | 59.55 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Bhutan | 58.73 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 20 | Mozambique | 58.52 % | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 57.93 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 57.06 % | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 23 | Senegal | 56.82 % | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 56.18 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Thailand | 56.11 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 54.8 % | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 27 | Lesotho | 54.33 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 54.22 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Zambia | 54.07 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 30 | Uganda | 53.82 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 52.96 % | 2023 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 32 | Mali | 52.95 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 33 | Honduras | 52.61 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 52.55 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 51.78 % | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 51.69 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 37 | Estonia | 51.62 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 38 | Lithuania | 51.22 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Belarus | 50.76 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 40 | Somalia | 50.66 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 41 | Czechia | 50.54 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 50.49 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Slovakia | 50.08 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 50.07 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 49.84 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 46 | Jamaica | 49.75 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 49.43 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 48 | Ecuador | 49.04 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 49 | Comoros | 49.03 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 50 | Vanuatu | 48.79 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 48.64 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 52 | Armenia | 48.48 % | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 53 | Latvia | 48.01 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 54 | Mauritania | 47.97 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 55 | Poland | 47.95 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 56 | Croatia | 47.92 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 56 | Eswatini | 47.92 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 58 | Georgia | 47.91 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 47.87 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Myanmar | 47.85 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 61 | Grenada | 47.51 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 62 | Ukraine | 47.31 % | 2021 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 47.3 % | 2023 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 64 | Slovenia | 47.2 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 47.19 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 66 | Serbia | 47.03 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 67 | Hungary | 46.95 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 68 | Australia and New Zealand | 46.85 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.79 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 70 | Colombia | 46.48 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 71 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46.44 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 72 | Albania | 46.39 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 73 | Australia | 46.19 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 74 | Rwanda | 45.89 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Philippines | 45.8 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 76 | Guyana | 45.43 % | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 77 | Austria | 45.37 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 78 | South Africa | 45.21 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 79 | Spain | 44.98 % | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 80 | Germany | 43.51 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 43.38 % | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 82 | Nepal | 43.34 % | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 83 | Canada | 43.31 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 84 | Denmark | 43.3 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 85 | Chile | 43.06 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 86 | Suriname | 42.86 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 42.64 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 88 | Panama | 42.56 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 89 | Norway | 42.1 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 90 | Ireland | 41.71 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 91 | Seychelles | 41.53 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 92 | Brazil | 41.29 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 93 | Cyprus | 41.15 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 94 | Mauritius | 41.12 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 95 | France | 40.75 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 96 | Italy | 40.69 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 97 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 40.66 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 98 | Samoa | 40.48 % | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 99 | Switzerland | 40.3 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 40.23 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 39.76 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 102 | Fiji | 39.42 % | 2022 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.8 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 104 | Uruguay | 38.6 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 105 | Congo | 37.55 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 106 | Belgium | 36.39 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 107 | Iceland | 36.04 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 108 | Israel | 35.05 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 109 | Sweden | 34.27 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 110 | Maldives | 34.05 % | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 33.87 % | 2022 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 31.5 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 113 | Burundi | 27.76 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 114 | Malta | 21.86 % | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 21.15 % | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 116 | India | 20.8 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 117 | Tunisia | 19.45 % | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 118 | Lebanon | 13.98 % | 2022 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 119 | Sudan | 13.64 % | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 120 | Palestine, State of | 10.92 % | 2022 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 9.02 % | 2023 | down 57.2% | rising |
| 122 | Pakistan | 8.48 % | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 8.36 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 124 | Egypt | 7.23 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 125 | Jordan | 4.66 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 71.38 %
- Western Africa 67.4 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 64.03 %
- Eastern Africa 60.26 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 59.64 %
- Africa 59.09 %
- Middle Africa 57.1 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 54.1 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 53.71 %
- South-Eastern Asia 52.82 %
- Oceania 51.83 %
- Central America 48.54 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 47.2 %
- Eastern Europe 47.57 %
- Asia 40.5 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 47.49 %
- Southern Africa 47.1 %
- South America 47.05 %
- Americas 46.82 %
- World 45.61 %
- United States of America 45.46 %
- Caribbean 45.38 %
- Northern Europe 45.32 %
- Europe 45.15 %
- Northern America 45.15 %
- European Union (27) 44.19 %
- Southern Europe 43.47 %
- Western Europe 41.84 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 39.39 %
- Central Asia 34.7 %
- Western Asia 26.09 %
- Southern Asia 17.86 %
- Northern Africa 12.22 %
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.