FAO Model — Share of females 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
68.11 %
Gambia
Lowest
3.92 %
Jordan
Median
41.99 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,376
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 68.11 % in Gambia; the lowest is 3.92 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.99 %, and the mean is 39.56 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 816.9%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 45.9%).
FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 68.11 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 55.92 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 58.13 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 54.47 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 57.69 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 3 | Melanesia | 53.42 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 56.99 % | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 56.59 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 52.87 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 55.98 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 51.32 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Cambodia | 55.63 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.65 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 55.24 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 49.8 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.61 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Liberia | 55.2 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48.87 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Togo | 55.15 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.94 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 12 | Burundi | 54.07 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Benin | 53.44 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 53.44 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 13 | Micronesia | 39.53 % | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Türkiye | 35.13 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Namibia | 53.28 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Polynesia | 33.76 % | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 53.26 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 52.34 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 16.27 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 18 | Singapore | 51.97 % | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 19 | Armenia | 51.94 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 51.45 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Nigeria | 51.33 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 22 | Ghana | 51.21 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Albania | 51.16 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Georgia | 51.12 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 50.6 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 37.05 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 50.52 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 50.44 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.34 % | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 50.34 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Zambia | 50.2 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 31 | Peru | 49.65 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Eritrea | 49.62 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 49.59 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 34 | Tonga | 49.2 % | 2023 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Congo | 48.26 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 47.65 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 37 | Thailand | 47.26 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 46.04 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 39 | Serbia | 45.92 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 40 | Lithuania | 45.51 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.42 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | flat |
| 42 | Estonia | 45.18 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 43 | Chad | 45.04 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 44 | Czechia | 44.65 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 44.5 % | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 46 | Slovenia | 44.48 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 47 | Indonesia | 44.34 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 48 | Australia and New Zealand | 44.22 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 44.07 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 50 | El Salvador | 43.93 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 51 | Australia | 43.84 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 52 | Croatia | 43.72 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | 43.71 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 54 | Comoros | 43.7 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 43.67 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 43.66 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 57 | Poland | 43.52 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 58 | Mongolia | 43.43 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 59 | Belarus | 43.2 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 60 | Ukraine | 42.99 % | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 61 | Romania | 42.84 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 42.46 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 63 | Ecuador | 42.4 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 64 | Canada | 42.28 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 42.08 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 66 | Eswatini | 42.05 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.99 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 68 | Slovakia | 41.91 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 41.74 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 70 | Mali | 41.22 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 71 | Senegal | 41.1 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 72 | Latvia | 41.08 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 73 | Finland | 41.05 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 74 | Hungary | 40.91 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 75 | South Africa | 40.47 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 40.32 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 38.82 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 78 | Denmark | 38.73 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 79 | Greece | 38.65 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 80 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 38.6 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 81 | France | 38.45 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 82 | Jamaica | 38.2 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 83 | Switzerland | 37.65 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 84 | Italy | 37.2 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritania | 36.38 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Mauritius | 36.37 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 36.25 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 88 | Cyprus | 36.24 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 89 | Myanmar | 36.19 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 90 | Chile | 35.96 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 91 | Somalia | 35.8 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 92 | Philippines | 35.64 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 93 | Belgium | 35.56 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Mexico | 34.94 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 95 | India | 34.48 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 96 | Suriname | 34 % | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 97 | Israel | 33.53 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 98 | Seychelles | 33.43 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 99 | Colombia | 33.41 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 100 | Lesotho | 33.2 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 101 | Fiji | 33.05 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 32.93 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 32.75 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 104 | Iceland | 32.52 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 105 | Brazil | 32.5 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 106 | Ireland | 31.9 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 31.67 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 31.54 % | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 109 | Uruguay | 31.32 % | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 110 | Sweden | 31.14 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 111 | Guatemala | 30.6 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 112 | Pakistan | 30.22 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 113 | Botswana | 30.21 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 114 | Honduras | 29.6 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 29.54 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 28.77 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 24.31 % | 2021 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 118 | Guyana | 22.34 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.23 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 120 | Malta | 20.72 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 121 | Samoa | 20.62 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 122 | Sudan | 20.58 % | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 123 | Tunisia | 19.71 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 124 | Guam | 19.12 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 125 | Maldives | 19 % | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 18.64 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 18 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 128 | Cuba | 16.61 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 15.24 % | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 14.26 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 131 | Egypt | 14.25 % | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 132 | United States Virgin Islands | 13.13 % | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 133 | Palestine, State of | 13.05 % | 2022 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 11.12 % | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 135 | Yemen | 8.77 % | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 7.06 % | 2023 | up 816.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Jordan | 3.92 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 50.4 %
- Western Africa 50.26 %
- Eastern Africa 49.84 %
- Middle Africa 53.4 %
- Oceania 48.79 %
- Africa 48.47 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 48.21 %
- Eastern Asia 47.74 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 45.67 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 47.5 %
- South-Eastern Asia 44.41 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 44.16 %
- Asia 40.01 %
- United States of America 43.06 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 39.98 %
- Northern America 42.95 %
- Eastern Europe 42.53 %
- World 42.03 %
- Europe 41.57 %
- Chagai 22.52 %
- Northern Europe 41.07 %
- Southern Europe 40.96 %
- European Union (27) 40.51 %
- Southern Africa 40.5 %
- Western Europe 39.85 %
- South America 38.55 %
- Americas 37.86 %
- Central Asia 37.79 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 36.56 %
- Southern Asia 34.6 %
- Central America 33.8 %
- Caribbean 29.56 %
- Western Asia 29.02 %
- Northern Africa 17.23 %
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.