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Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in 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...

Countries reporting
191
Highest
92.17 %
Jordan
Lowest
-36.21 %
Gambia
Median
17.56 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,335

What the numbers show

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 92.17 % in Jordan; the lowest is -36.21 % in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.56 %, and the mean is 23.25 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 1,466.7%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 750.2%).

Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 92.17 % 2023 up 0.9% flat
1 Syrian Arab Republic 84.13 % 2023 up 16.3% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 85.88 % 2023 down 12.8% falling
2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 78.47 % 2023 up 64.8% falling
3 Algeria 82.67 % 2023 down 1.8% flat
3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 67.47 % 2023 up 1.3% rising
4 Yemen 82.46 % 2023 up 14.7% rising
4 Polynesia 32.48 % 2023 down 42.9% falling
5 Afghanistan 81.65 % 2023 up 31.0% falling
5 Türkiye 29.73 % 2023 down 9.1% falling
6 Lebanon 77.76 % 2023 up 8.1% flat
6 Micronesia 20.94 % 2023 down 62.6% rising
7 Palestine, State of 73.9 % 2022 up 42.7% rising
7 Cabo Verde 25.89 % 2023 down 4.0% falling
8 Oman 73.87 % 2023 down 5.5% flat
9 United States Virgin Islands 73.75 % 2023 down 6.3% flat
10 Qatar 71.9 % 2023 down 0.2% falling
10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.26 % 2023 down 41.0% flat
11 Kuwait 71.89 % 2023 down 0.5% falling
11 Timor-Leste 0.4 % 2023 down 91.6% volatile
12 Egypt 71.5 % 2023 up 40.0% rising
12 United Republic of Tanzania -1.3 % 2023 down 328.1% volatile
13 Saint Lucia 71.47 % 2023 up 19.5% flat
13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -2.64 % 2023 down 300.0% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 69.84 % 2023 down 6.7% falling
14 Viet Nam -5.73 % 2023 up 27.1% falling
15 Puerto Rico 69.52 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
16 Belize 69.51 % 2023 up 23.0% falling
16 Melanesia -6.84 % 2023 down 212.1% volatile
17 Bahrain 69.31 % 2023 down 1.8% falling
17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -8.93 % 2023 down 316.2% volatile
18 Cuba 66.77 % 2023 up 1.3% falling
18 Republic of Moldova -9.62 % 2023 up 1.3% falling
19 French Polynesia 64 % 2023 up 3.7% flat
19 Democratic Republic of the Congo -11.83 % 2023 down 30.1% flat
20 Iraq 62.73 % 2023 up 14.2% rising
21 Maldives 62 % 2023 up 43.2% falling
22 Guam 61.75 % 2023 down 1.5% flat
23 Tunisia 60.57 % 2023 down 7.7% rising
24 Libya 59.15 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
24 Côte d'Ivoire 4.77 % 2023 up 44.5% falling
25 Sudan 58.85 % 2022 up 33.9% rising
26 Samoa 58.76 % 2023 up 14.0% rising
27 Malta 58.57 % 2023 up 27.7% rising
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.53 % 2023 down 7.9% falling
29 Guyana 55.31 % 2023 up 43.4% falling
30 Morocco 48.01 % 2023 up 28.7% rising
31 Nicaragua 43.86 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
32 Grenada 42.45 % 2023 up 10.5% rising
33 Djibouti 42.18 % 2023 down 19.9% falling
34 New Caledonia 40.92 % 2023 up 24.5% volatile
35 Honduras 40.79 % 2023 up 8.1% falling
36 China, Hong Kong SAR 40.76 % 2023 down 3.1% flat
37 Barbados 39.87 % 2023 down 12.7% volatile
38 Botswana 39.58 % 2023 up 13.8% falling
39 Pakistan 39.56 % 2023 down 7.4% falling
40 Guatemala 38.8 % 2023 down 19.5% falling
41 Sweden 37.73 % 2023 up 19.6% rising
42 Haiti 37.7 % 2023 up 24.0% flat
43 Uruguay 37.37 % 2023 down 18.4% falling
44 Dominican Republic 36.91 % 2023 down 34.5% falling
45 Sri Lanka 36.66 % 2023 up 23.4% rising
46 Ireland 36.21 % 2023 down 11.9% flat
47 Brazil 35 % 2023 down 3.1% rising
48 Iceland 34.95 % 2023 up 89.7% rising
49 Costa Rica 34.5 % 2023 down 5.9% falling
50 Panama 34.13 % 2023 down 21.3% falling
51 Fiji 33.89 % 2023 up 18.7% falling
52 Lesotho 33.6 % 2023 down 10.4% falling
53 Colombia 33.19 % 2023 down 2.7% falling
54 Seychelles 33.15 % 2023 up 20.8% rising
55 Israel 32.94 % 2023 down 2.0% flat
56 Trinidad and Tobago 32.16 % 2023 down 6.3% falling
57 Suriname 31.99 % 2023 down 25.3% falling
58 Malaysia 31.28 % 2023 down 1.6% flat
59 India 31.05 % 2023 down 28.8% rising
60 Mexico 30.12 % 2023 down 24.2% falling
61 Kazakhstan 29.51 % 2023 up 74.8% rising
62 Belgium 28.88 % 2023 down 2.3% flat
63 Philippines 28.73 % 2023 down 14.2% falling
64 Ethiopia 28.56 % 2023 up 187.3% rising
65 Somalia 28.4 % 2023 down 4.2% flat
66 Chile 28.08 % 2023 down 12.7% falling
67 Myanmar 27.61 % 2023 up 42.2% rising
68 Cyprus 27.53 % 2023 up 13.4% rising
69 Norway 27.51 % 2023 down 4.3% rising
70 Mauritania 27.25 % 2023 down 5.6% falling
70 Mauritius 27.25 % 2023 down 6.1% falling
72 Uzbekistan 26.15 % 2023 down 29.3% falling
73 Italy 25.6 % 2023 up 15.5% rising
74 Switzerland 24.7 % 2023 up 47.8% rising
75 Jamaica 23.6 % 2023 down 31.8% falling
76 France 23.1 % 2023 down 17.5% falling
77 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 22.8 % 2023 down 10.6% rising
78 Greece 22.7 % 2023 down 3.1% rising
79 Denmark 22.54 % 2023 down 30.6% flat
80 North Macedonia 22.35 % 2023 up 34.4% rising
81 Equatorial Guinea 19.49 % 2023 up 0.2% rising
82 Spain 19.37 % 2023 down 21.9% falling
83 South Africa 19.06 % 2023 up 27.5% rising
84 Hungary 18.18 % 2023 up 8.8% rising
85 Finland 17.89 % 2023 down 12.8% rising
86 Argentina 17.85 % 2023 down 24.3% falling
87 Latvia 17.83 % 2023 up 12.5% rising
88 Senegal 17.81 % 2023 down 34.4% falling
89 Mali 17.56 % 2023 up 44.1% falling
90 Paraguay 17.52 % 2023 down 4.4% falling
91 Russian Federation 16.53 % 2023 up 52.4% flat
92 Germany 16.51 % 2023 up 164.2% rising
93 Slovakia 16.18 % 2023 up 23.6% rising
94 Kyrgyzstan 16.03 % 2023 down 4.6% rising
95 Eswatini 15.91 % 2023 up 283.4% volatile
96 Canada 15.44 % 2023 down 18.8% rising
97 Guinea 15.25 % 2023 up 238.9% volatile
98 Ecuador 15.21 % 2023 down 43.6% falling
99 Tajikistan 15.08 % 2023 up 31.7% volatile
100 Romania 14.33 % 2023 down 14.9% flat
101 Ukraine 14.03 % 2021 up 183.4% rising
102 Belarus 13.59 % 2023 up 7.8% flat
103 Gabon 13.41 % 2023 down 49.3% falling
104 Mongolia 13.14 % 2023 up 111.6% rising
105 Poland 12.97 % 2023 down 5.6% rising
106 Bulgaria 12.68 % 2023 up 11.6% rising
107 Luxembourg 12.65 % 2023 down 55.3% falling
108 Comoros 12.6 % 2023 down 46.2% rising
109 Austria 12.58 % 2023 up 146.2% volatile
110 Croatia 12.55 % 2023 up 10.6% volatile
111 Australia 12.32 % 2023 down 9.8% falling
112 El Salvador 12.14 % 2023 down 50.9% falling
113 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.87 % 2023 down 27.3% rising
114 Australia and New Zealand 11.56 % 2023 down 19.3% falling
115 Indonesia 11.32 % 2023 down 38.4% falling
116 Slovenia 11.04 % 2023 up 33.3% rising
117 Bangladesh 11.01 % 2023 down 72.1% falling
118 Czechia 10.71 % 2023 up 69.7% rising
119 Chad 9.92 % 2023 up 20.8% rising
120 Estonia 9.64 % 2023 down 19.3% volatile
121 New Zealand 9.47 % 2023 down 43.2% falling
122 Brunei Darussalam 9.17 % 2023 down 68.5% falling
123 Lithuania 8.97 % 2023 up 11.7% volatile
124 China, Macao SAR 8.7 % 2023 up 62.6% rising
125 Azerbaijan 8.47 % 2023 up 145.5% rising
126 Montenegro 8.33 % 2023 down 71.7% volatile
127 Serbia 8.17 % 2023 down 29.7% volatile
128 Portugal 7.92 % 2023 down 23.3% volatile
129 Thailand 5.48 % 2023 down 6.8% falling
130 China, mainland 4.99 % 2023 down 36.7% falling
131 Burkina Faso 4.76 % 2023 up 1,071.4% volatile
132 Vanuatu 4.7 % 2023 up 114.6% volatile
133 Turkmenistan 4.12 % 2023 down 20.9% rising
134 Congo 3.48 % 2023 up 49.4% rising
135 Cameroon 2.95 % 2023 up 224.5% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 2.75 % 2023 up 121.0% rising
137 Sao Tome and Principe 2.65 % 2023 down 73.4% falling
138 Niger 2.32 % 2023 down 84.9% falling
139 Tonga 1.6 % 2023 down 97.6% volatile
140 Solomon Islands 0.82 % 2023 up 1,466.7% volatile
141 Eritrea 0.77 % 2023 down 71.7% falling
142 Peru 0.71 % 2023 down 9.0% volatile
143 Central African Republic 0.09 % 2023 down 97.4% volatile
144 South Sudan -0.36 % 2023 down 132.7% volatile
145 Zambia -0.4 % 2023 up 63.3% volatile
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.67 % 2023 down 104.6% falling
146 Madagascar -0.67 % 2023 down 348.1% volatile
148 Japan -0.89 % 2023 up 56.6% volatile
149 Bhutan -1.04 % 2023 down 331.1% volatile
150 Georgia -2.24 % 2023 up 24.8% volatile
151 Albania -2.31 % 2023 down 560.0% volatile
152 Ghana -2.42 % 2023 up 54.4% falling
153 Nigeria -2.67 % 2023 down 273.4% volatile
154 Liberia -2.85 % 2023 up 59.7% falling
155 Republic of Korea -2.89 % 2023 up 5.2% rising
156 Armenia -3.88 % 2023 down 25.6% volatile
157 Singapore -3.94 % 2023 down 111.9% volatile
158 Uganda -4.68 % 2023 down 12.8% volatile
159 Rwanda -6.51 % 2023 up 10.8% volatile
160 Namibia -6.56 % 2023 down 13.1% volatile
161 Benin -6.87 % 2023 down 293.5% volatile
162 Kenya -6.88 % 2023 up 3.6% rising
163 Malawi -7.27 % 2023 down 23.4% rising
164 Burundi -8.15 % 2023 up 14.3% falling
165 Guinea-Bissau -9.88 % 2023 down 200.3% volatile
166 Togo -10.29 % 2023 down 256.1% volatile
167 Papua New Guinea -10.48 % 2023 down 465.2% volatile
168 Cambodia -11.27 % 2023 down 256.6% falling
169 Zimbabwe -11.96 % 2023 down 46.9% rising
170 Angola -13.18 % 2023 up 9.4% falling
171 Nepal -13.98 % 2023 down 750.2% volatile
172 Mozambique -15.18 % 2023 up 15.2% rising
173 Bahamas -23.74 % 2023 down 15.2% falling
174 Gambia -36.21 % 2023 down 60.1% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 5,335 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.