Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Agricultural employment — 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 the share of Employees in [industry]: Agricultural employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 35.76 % in Egypt; the lowest is -46.66 % in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.65 %, and the mean is 3.93 %.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 37,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 1,327.2%).
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Agricultural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 35.76 % | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.56 % | 2019 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.91 % | 2024 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 2 | Ecuador | 31.95 % | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 5.9 % | 2022 | up 413.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Namibia | 31.71 % | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.6 % | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 28.34 % | 2024 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 5.52 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 5 | Honduras | 26.58 % | 2025 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.95 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Palestine, State of | 24.61 % | 2025 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 2.09 % | 2024 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 7 | Panama | 24.35 % | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -5.31 % | 2017 | down 144.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Botswana | 18.27 % | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 9 | Brazil | 17.33 % | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.83 % | 2024 | up 99.4% | flat |
| 11 | Guatemala | 15.23 % | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 15 % | 2024 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 14.97 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 14.74 % | 2025 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Peru | 12.63 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 16 | Pakistan | 9.56 % | 2025 | up 483.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Philippines | 9.5 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 18 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.26 % | 2023 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 7.78 % | 2024 | up 226.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Zambia | 7.33 % | 2024 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 7.23 % | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Serbia | 7.18 % | 2019 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 6.6 % | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 24 | Greece | 5.83 % | 2025 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.52 % | 2023 | up 146.4% | rising |
| 26 | Armenia | 5.22 % | 2023 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 27 | Cambodia | 4.64 % | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 4.63 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 4.38 % | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 4.23 % | 2020 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 4.04 % | 2025 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 32 | El Salvador | 3.79 % | 2024 | up 37,800.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Senegal | 3.65 % | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 3.59 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Georgia | 3.58 % | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 3.29 % | 2017 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 37 | Rwanda | 2.46 % | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Italy | 1.71 % | 2020 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Bhutan | 1.38 % | 2024 | up 263.2% | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 1.37 % | 2024 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 1.32 % | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Thailand | 1.2 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 43 | Mali | 0.81 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritius | 0.51 % | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 45 | India | 0.4 % | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | -0.24 % | 2025 | down 107.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Belarus | -0.45 % | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -2.05 % | 2025 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Jamaica | -2.3 % | 2014 | down 127.7% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | -3.1 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | -3.13 % | 2024 | down 299.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | -3.17 % | 2025 | down 201.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | -3.75 % | 2020 | down 407.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | -4.49 % | 2024 | down 393.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | -5.02 % | 2024 | down 269.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Japan | -5.22 % | 2023 | down 366.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Jordan | -5.81 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Grenada | -8.14 % | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 59 | Barbados | -9.84 % | 2023 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | -10.15 % | 2025 | down 876.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Chile | -10.88 % | 2020 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 62 | Portugal | -12.64 % | 2025 | down 1,327.2% | volatile |
| 63 | France | -13.87 % | 2024 | down 883.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Slovakia | -14.52 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 65 | Czechia | -15.05 % | 2024 | down 609.9% | falling |
| 66 | Israel | -20.16 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 67 | Seychelles | -46.66 % | 2024 | down 362.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America -1.08 %
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.