FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS 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...
What the numbers show
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS employment — Female — Value is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 97.71 % in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 3.49 % in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 57.09 %, and the mean is 55.47 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 252.1%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 73.6%).
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 97.71 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia | 79.65 % | 2023 | up 217.5% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 93.34 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 57.43 % | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 93.28 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 54.69 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 92.89 % | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Polynesia | 49.3 % | 2023 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 92.6 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 44.02 % | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 92.44 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 42.53 % | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 7 | Israel | 91.75 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Cyprus | 91.02 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 8 | Melanesia | 37.23 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 9 | Belgium | 89.65 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 89.2 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 28.69 % | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 11 | Seychelles | 88.52 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.64 % | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 88.51 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Spain | 87.85 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 13 | Cabo Verde | 65.09 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 18.02 % | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 87.45 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | Ireland | 86.82 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.04 % | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 86.79 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 86.77 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 86.52 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.22 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Honduras | 86.33 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 86 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 21 | Australia and New Zealand | 84.85 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 84.85 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 23 | Japan | 84.47 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 84.02 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Jordan | 83.91 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 83.12 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 83.08 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 82.2 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 29 | Mexico | 81.49 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Sweden | 81.34 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | France | 80.61 % | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 32 | Slovakia | 80.06 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 33 | Chile | 79.62 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 34 | Hungary | 79.6 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 35 | Croatia | 79.32 % | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 36 | Republic of Korea | 79.02 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 78.88 % | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 38 | Iceland | 78.83 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 39 | Switzerland | 78.59 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 39 | Guyana | 78.59 % | 2022 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 41 | Lebanon | 78.16 % | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 42 | Colombia | 77.71 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 43 | Latvia | 77.34 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 77.12 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 45 | Grenada | 77.11 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | 76.78 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 47 | Lithuania | 76.22 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 74.98 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 49 | Slovenia | 74.25 % | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 71.95 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 51 | South Africa | 71.29 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 52 | Tonga | 70.5 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 67.37 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 66.82 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 55 | Maldives | 66.51 % | 2019 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 56 | Nigeria | 66.47 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 65.95 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 58 | Jamaica | 65.08 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 59 | Belarus | 64.97 % | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 60 | Eswatini | 64.6 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 64.29 % | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 62 | Romania | 62.03 % | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 63 | Greece | 61.63 % | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 59.79 % | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 65 | Botswana | 59.55 % | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 58.86 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 67 | Peru | 56.74 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 68 | Senegal | 56.63 % | 2023 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 56.48 % | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 70 | Togo | 54.1 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 71 | Palestine, State of | 53.48 % | 2022 | up 252.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Ghana | 53.01 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 52.95 % | 2021 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 74 | Samoa | 52.25 % | 2022 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 51.81 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 76 | Thailand | 50.7 % | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritania | 50.42 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 78 | Namibia | 49.55 % | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 49.3 % | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 49.19 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | 47.91 % | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.47 % | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 45.47 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 84 | Gambia | 45.41 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 42.06 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 87 | Fiji | 40.92 % | 2022 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 88 | Cambodia | 39.91 % | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 39.51 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 36.07 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 33.89 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Lesotho | 33.83 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 93 | Albania | 31.12 % | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 94 | Armenia | 30.57 % | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 95 | Mali | 29.2 % | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 29.01 % | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 97 | Bhutan | 28.97 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 98 | Angola | 27.87 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 99 | Kenya | 26.22 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 100 | Liberia | 26.08 % | 2023 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 101 | Somalia | 25.21 % | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 102 | Chad | 24.49 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.88 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 104 | Zambia | 23.79 % | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 23.73 % | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 106 | Nepal | 23.69 % | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 107 | Comoros | 23.43 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 108 | Georgia | 22.77 % | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 109 | Egypt | 21.77 % | 2023 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 110 | Madagascar | 21.16 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 20.77 % | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 112 | Rwanda | 19.07 % | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 18.89 % | 2021 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 114 | Sudan | 17.72 % | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 115 | Suriname | 16.13 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 15.82 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | India | 14.95 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 118 | Uganda | 13.47 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mozambique | 11.48 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Pakistan | 9.48 % | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 8.33 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 7.03 % | 2022 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 5.99 % | 2022 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 5.86 % | 2023 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 125 | Burundi | 3.49 % | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 90.82 %
- United States of America 90.42 %
- Northern Europe 88.96 %
- Western Europe 83.8 %
- Central America 79.33 %
- European Union (27) 78.27 %
- Americas 75.69 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 37.61 %
- Southern Europe 73.73 %
- Europe 72.22 %
- Asia 30.48 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 71.17 %
- South America 69.91 %
- Southern Africa 65.31 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.11 %
- Eastern Europe 64.99 %
- Middle Africa 16.65 %
- Oceania 58.21 %
- Western Africa 54.44 %
- South-Eastern Asia 51.7 %
- Western Asia 43.13 %
- Central Asia 38.44 %
- Eastern Asia 37.33 %
- World 36.08 %
- Caribbean 35.56 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 33.58 %
- Africa 33.55 %
- Northern Africa 31.97 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 23.75 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 21.33 %
- Eastern Africa 20.13 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 19.7 %
- Southern Asia 13.69 %
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.