Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 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...
Countries reporting
174
Highest
90.68 %
Jordan
Lowest
-65.17 %
Tonga
Median
4.64 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,710
What the numbers show
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 90.68 % in Jordan; the lowest is -65.17 % in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.64 %, and the mean is 8.57 %.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 4,090.3%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 3,925.0%).
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 90.68 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 63.8 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 85.54 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.26 % | 2022 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 83.28 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 41.31 % | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 83.04 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 35.64 % | 2017 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 81.97 % | 2023 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 6 | Algeria | 78.57 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Palestine, State of | 78.16 % | 2022 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.28 % | 2023 | down 107.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 75.69 % | 2023 | up 27.4% | flat |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | -4.41 % | 2023 | down 192.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan | 72.71 % | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | -6.54 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Lebanon | 72.04 % | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 11 | Libya | 71.97 % | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 12 | Qatar | 66.85 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 12 | Caribbean | 9.24 % | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 12 | Micronesia | -20.2 % | 2023 | down 640.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Oman | 65.57 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 13 | Viet Nam | -22.37 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 14 | Kuwait | 64.69 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | -23.42 % | 2023 | down 284.6% | falling |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 63.31 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -24.02 % | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 16 | Bahrain | 62.08 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -25.76 % | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 17 | Tunisia | 61.11 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 17 | Melanesia | -27.06 % | 2023 | down 71.7% | falling |
| 18 | Morocco | 59.76 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | -56.4 % | 2023 | down 234.8% | volatile |
| 19 | India | 58.4 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Malta | 56.27 % | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 21 | Burundi | 44.48 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 37 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 36.23 % | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | -7.48 % | 2023 | down 128.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 32.26 % | 2022 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 25 | Maldives | 31.9 % | 2019 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 31.45 % | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 29.9 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 28 | Iceland | 27.91 % | 2023 | up 268.7% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | -24.6 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 27.42 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 30 | Belgium | 27.23 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 26.19 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 24.91 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 22.79 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.39 % | 2023 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 35 | Fiji | 21.17 % | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 36 | Greece | 20.48 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 19.54 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 19.41 % | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 39 | Samoa | 19.05 % | 2022 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 40 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 18.68 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 18.61 % | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 42 | France | 18.51 % | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritius | 17.75 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 44 | Cyprus | 17.7 % | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Djibouti | 17.54 % | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 46 | Brazil | 17.41 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 47 | Seychelles | 16.94 % | 2023 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 48 | Ireland | 16.58 % | 2023 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 16.02 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 50 | Norway | 15.8 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 14.88 % | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 14.73 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 14.29 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 13.88 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 13.41 % | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 13.37 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 13.32 % | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 13.25 % | 2023 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 59 | Germany | 12.99 % | 2023 | up 4,090.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 10.04 % | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 61 | South Africa | 9.58 % | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Austria | 9.26 % | 2023 | up 1,168.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Guyana | 9.14 % | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 8.4 % | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 65 | Rwanda | 8.23 % | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 7.72 % | 2023 | up 76.3% | falling |
| 67 | Australia | 7.62 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 7.57 % | 2023 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 7.21 % | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 70 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.12 % | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 7.04 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.99 % | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Belize | 6.44 % | 2022 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.42 % | 2023 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 75 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.3 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Hungary | 6.11 % | 2023 | up 83.5% | flat |
| 77 | Serbia | 5.95 % | 2023 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 78 | Slovenia | 5.61 % | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.61 % | 2023 | down 74.8% | flat |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 5.39 % | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Ukraine | 5.38 % | 2021 | up 412.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | 4.98 % | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Myanmar | 4.31 % | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 4.25 % | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 85 | Georgia | 4.18 % | 2023 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 86 | Eswatini | 4.17 % | 2023 | up 158.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Croatia | 4.16 % | 2023 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 88 | Poland | 4.1 % | 2023 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritania | 4.06 % | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 90 | Latvia | 3.97 % | 2023 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 3.05 % | 2023 | down 83.4% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 2.71 % | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Mozambique | 2.67 % | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 2.43 % | 2023 | up 179.7% | volatile |
| 95 | New Zealand | 2.24 % | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 96 | Comoros | 1.93 % | 2023 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 97 | Ecuador | 1.92 % | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Argentina | 1.91 % | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 99 | Finland | 1.14 % | 2023 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 100 | Haiti | 0.82 % | 2022 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Gabon | 0.66 % | 2023 | down 96.8% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0.49 % | 2023 | down 92.8% | falling |
| 103 | Portugal | 0.32 % | 2023 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Mongolia | -0.15 % | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Slovakia | -0.17 % | 2023 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Bulgaria | -0.98 % | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Czechia | -1.07 % | 2023 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Somalia | -1.32 % | 2023 | down 156.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | -1.52 % | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Lithuania | -2.43 % | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Montenegro | -2.45 % | 2023 | down 117.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Estonia | -3.24 % | 2023 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Kenya | -3.38 % | 2023 | down 348.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Romania | -3.56 % | 2023 | down 199.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Cameroon | -3.88 % | 2023 | down 360.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | -4.92 % | 2023 | down 156.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Indonesia | -5.09 % | 2023 | down 292.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | -5.22 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Mali | -5.9 % | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 120 | Botswana | -5.91 % | 2023 | down 162.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | -6.41 % | 2022 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 122 | Uganda | -7.65 % | 2023 | down 3,925.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Paraguay | -7.95 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 124 | Zambia | -8.14 % | 2023 | down 620.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Japan | -8.43 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 126 | Lesotho | -8.66 % | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | -9.6 % | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 128 | Niger | -9.68 % | 2023 | down 171.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Thailand | -12.21 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | -12.36 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 131 | Central African Republic | -13.25 % | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Senegal | -13.64 % | 2023 | down 286.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | -14.12 % | 2023 | down 234.6% | falling |
| 134 | Peru | -15.87 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea | -16.98 % | 2022 | down 434.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | -17.47 % | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | -19.02 % | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 138 | Chad | -19.1 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 139 | El Salvador | -22.21 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 140 | Namibia | -24.18 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 141 | Cambodia | -24.33 % | 2023 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 142 | Malawi | -24.62 % | 2023 | down 75.9% | flat |
| 143 | Madagascar | -25.14 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | -27.4 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 145 | Liberia | -31.58 % | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 146 | Bahamas | -31.63 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | -34.88 % | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 148 | Ethiopia | -35.14 % | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | -35.69 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 150 | Angola | -36.41 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 151 | Nigeria | -37.72 % | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 152 | Ghana | -39.71 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 153 | Togo | -43.05 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | -46.62 % | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 155 | Benin | -47.67 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 156 | China, mainland | -50.52 % | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 157 | Tonga | -65.17 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 75.56 %
- Southern Asia 64.28 %
- Western Asia 47.82 %
- Central Asia 30.6 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 21.22 %
- Asia 19 %
- Western Europe 16.32 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.6 %
- Southern Europe 13.06 %
- European Union (27) 11.62 %
- Europe 9.7 %
- Northern America 9.7 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) -7.42 %
- Northern Europe 9.36 %
- Middle Africa -14.2 %
- United States of America 9.07 %
- World 8.78 %
- Americas 6.36 %
- South America 5.9 %
- Southern Africa 5.8 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 5.02 %
- Eastern Europe 4.86 %
- Central America 2.92 %
- Oceania -3.66 %
- South-eastern Asia -5.64 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -8.2 %
- Africa -18.18 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -19.28 %
- Eastern Africa -20.52 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa -28.06 %
- Western Africa -34.8 %
- Eastern Asia -42.76 %
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.