Gender gap in informal 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 informal 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 8.65 % in Mexico; the lowest is -33.56 % in Kyrgyzstan.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.39 %, and the mean is -5.02 %.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 713.0%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 1,407.9%).
Gender gap in informal employment by industry: Agriculture — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 8.65 % | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | -0.75 % | 2022 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 5.36 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -0.77 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Colombia | 5.27 % | 2024 | up 344.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | -18.42 % | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 4 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.73 % | 2023 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 5 | El Salvador | 4.23 % | 2024 | up 713.0% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 3.77 % | 2024 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Honduras | 2.65 % | 2017 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 1.7 % | 2024 | up 163.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Botswana | 1.11 % | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Jordan | 0.85 % | 2023 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 11 | India | 0.18 % | 2024 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 0 % | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mongolia | -0.25 % | 2024 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Rwanda | -0.49 % | 2024 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Uganda | -0.67 % | 2021 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | -1.17 % | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Georgia | -1.47 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | -1.84 % | 2025 | down 102.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Mali | -2.37 % | 2023 | down 146.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | -2.41 % | 2024 | up 40.9% | flat |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | -2.91 % | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 21 | Grenada | -2.91 % | 2023 | down 107.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Zambia | -2.97 % | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 24 | Peru | -3.41 % | 2024 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 25 | Guatemala | -3.9 % | 2023 | down 388.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Namibia | -4.06 % | 2018 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | -4.11 % | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 28 | Panama | -4.73 % | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | -4.98 % | 2024 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | -5.39 % | 2024 | down 121.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Bangladesh | -5.95 % | 2024 | down 236.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | -11.64 % | 2024 | down 1,407.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Costa Rica | -12 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | -14.37 % | 2024 | down 193.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Myanmar | -18.79 % | 2020 | down 252.5% | falling |
| 36 | North Macedonia | -22.77 % | 2024 | down 175.0% | falling |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -26.69 % | 2024 | down 320.3% | falling |
| 38 | Serbia | -33.43 % | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | -33.56 % | 2023 | up 22.8% | 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.