Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural 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: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 33.15 % in Honduras; the lowest is -5.49 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.62 %, and the mean is 12.77 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,145.4%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 107.5%).
Gender gap in formal employment by industry: Non-agricultural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 33.15 % | 2017 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 17.7 % | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 2 | El Salvador | 31.9 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 9.53 % | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 3 | Panama | 30.93 % | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 8.62 % | 2022 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 4 | Guatemala | 30.15 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 5 | Ecuador | 26.14 % | 2024 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Colombia | 25.09 % | 2024 | up 1,145.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 24.24 % | 2024 | up 771.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 22.59 % | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 9 | Peru | 21.02 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Mexico | 20.62 % | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 17.75 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 12 | Uruguay | 16.57 % | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 13 | Namibia | 15.95 % | 2018 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 15.41 % | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 15 | Brazil | 14.43 % | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 13.99 % | 2024 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 13.39 % | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Mongolia | 12.94 % | 2024 | up 278.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 12.85 % | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | 12.72 % | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 12.53 % | 2024 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 12.01 % | 2025 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 22 | India | 12.01 % | 2024 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Georgia | 11.28 % | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 10.36 % | 2021 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Mali | 10.11 % | 2023 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.19 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 5.59 % | 2024 | up 217.6% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 5.32 % | 2024 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 5.27 % | 2020 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.86 % | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Rwanda | 3.58 % | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Serbia | 1.95 % | 2019 | up 430.5% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 1.29 % | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Botswana | 0.27 % | 2024 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.12 % | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Grenada | -1.79 % | 2023 | down 107.5% | volatile |
| 38 | North Macedonia | -4.48 % | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | -5.49 % | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
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.