Gender gap in informal 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 informal 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 5.49 % in Jordan; the lowest is -33.15 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is -12.62 %, and the mean is -12.77 %.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 107.5%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 1,145.4%).
Gender gap in informal employment by industry: Non-agricultural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 5.49 % | 2023 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 1 | Viet Nam | -8.62 % | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 4.48 % | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | -9.53 % | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 3 | Grenada | 1.79 % | 2023 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -17.7 % | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.12 % | 2024 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | -0.27 % | 2024 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 6 | South Africa | -1.29 % | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Serbia | -1.95 % | 2019 | down 430.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Rwanda | -3.58 % | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | -3.86 % | 2023 | down 113.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Myanmar | -5.27 % | 2020 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | -5.32 % | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Senegal | -5.59 % | 2024 | down 217.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | -6.19 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | -10.11 % | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Uganda | -10.36 % | 2021 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Georgia | -11.28 % | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 17 | India | -12.01 % | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Pakistan | -12.01 % | 2025 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | -12.53 % | 2024 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | -12.72 % | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Mauritius | -12.85 % | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | -12.94 % | 2024 | down 278.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | -13.39 % | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Thailand | -13.99 % | 2024 | down 129.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | -14.43 % | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | -15.41 % | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 27 | Namibia | -15.95 % | 2018 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 28 | Uruguay | -16.57 % | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | -17.75 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | -20.62 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | -21.02 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Costa Rica | -22.59 % | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | -24.24 % | 2024 | down 771.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | -25.09 % | 2024 | down 1,145.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | -26.14 % | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | -30.15 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 37 | Panama | -30.93 % | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 38 | El Salvador | -31.9 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | -33.15 % | 2017 | down 35.7% | 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.