Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture by country
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and...
What the numbers show
Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 33.56 % in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is -8.65 % in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.39 %, and the mean is 5.02 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,407.9%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 713.0%).
Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Agriculture — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.56 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 1 | Türkiye | 18.42 % | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 33.43 % | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.77 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.69 % | 2024 | up 320.3% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 0.75 % | 2022 | up 29.3% | flat |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 22.77 % | 2024 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 5 | Myanmar | 18.79 % | 2020 | up 252.5% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 14.37 % | 2024 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 12 % | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 8 | Uruguay | 11.64 % | 2024 | up 1,407.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 5.95 % | 2024 | up 236.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Ecuador | 5.39 % | 2024 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 4.98 % | 2024 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 4.73 % | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 4.11 % | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 14 | Namibia | 4.06 % | 2018 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 15 | Guatemala | 3.9 % | 2023 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Peru | 3.41 % | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 17 | Zambia | 2.97 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 2.91 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 18 | Grenada | 2.91 % | 2023 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | 2.41 % | 2024 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 21 | Mali | 2.37 % | 2023 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 1.84 % | 2025 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Georgia | 1.47 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 1.17 % | 2024 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 0.67 % | 2021 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 0.49 % | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 0.25 % | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | India | -0.18 % | 2024 | down 181.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Jordan | -0.85 % | 2023 | down 142.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Botswana | -1.11 % | 2024 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | -1.7 % | 2024 | down 163.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | -2.65 % | 2017 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | -3.77 % | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 35 | El Salvador | -4.23 % | 2024 | down 713.0% | falling |
| 36 | Brunei Darussalam | -4.73 % | 2023 | down 199.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | -5.27 % | 2024 | down 344.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | -5.36 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | -8.65 % | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.