Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems 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: Agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 23.98 % in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is -23.29 % in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.77 %, and the mean is 4 %.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Panama (up 2,886.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 119.0%).
Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Agrifood systems — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.98 % | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 1 | Türkiye | 21.96 % | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.21 % | 2024 | up 623.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.42 % | 2024 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia | 17.85 % | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | -1.79 % | 2022 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Myanmar | 17.34 % | 2020 | up 222.3% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 14.18 % | 2024 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 6 | Palestine, State of | 10.99 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 7 | Uruguay | 10.62 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 10.49 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 8.44 % | 2024 | up 328.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 7.95 % | 2024 | up 215.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Ecuador | 7.22 % | 2024 | up 143.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Guatemala | 6.1 % | 2023 | up 338.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Peru | 5.67 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 4.62 % | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 15 | Panama | 4.48 % | 2024 | up 2,886.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 4.33 % | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 4.04 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 3.74 % | 2018 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 2.95 % | 2024 | up 249.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Mali | 2.58 % | 2023 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.45 % | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 1.85 % | 2024 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 23 | India | 1.78 % | 2024 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Rwanda | 1.5 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 25 | Senegal | 1.36 % | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 26 | Georgia | 1.22 % | 2024 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 0.93 % | 2021 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.68 % | 2024 | up 423.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Colombia | 0.49 % | 2024 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | -1.23 % | 2024 | down 107.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | -1.4 % | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | -1.51 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Honduras | -1.6 % | 2017 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Mongolia | -1.71 % | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | -4.17 % | 2024 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Botswana | -4.38 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | -4.95 % | 2024 | down 119.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Jordan | -13.4 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 39 | Grenada | -23.29 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | 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.