Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural employment — 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 the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 49.48 % in Pakistan; the lowest is -18.69 % in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.44 %, and the mean is 9.54 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 229.5%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 135.4%).
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 49.48 % | 2025 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 28.23 % | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 2 | Honduras | 40.97 % | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 18.75 % | 2017 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 33.39 % | 2024 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 18.5 % | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 4 | El Salvador | 27.37 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 6.45 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 5 | India | 25.37 % | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 6.03 % | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Panama | 25.28 % | 2014 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 7 | Bhutan | 24.79 % | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 8 | Peru | 24.4 % | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 23.13 % | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 10 | Rwanda | 22.94 % | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 22.63 % | 2025 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 21.33 % | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 20.3 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 14 | Uruguay | 19.65 % | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 18.42 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ecuador | 18.21 % | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mexico | 17.85 % | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 16.84 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 15.35 % | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 14.78 % | 2025 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 21 | Palestine, State of | 13.88 % | 2025 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 13.67 % | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 23 | Jordan | 13.65 % | 2023 | up 211.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 13.53 % | 2025 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritius | 12.86 % | 2024 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Guatemala | 12.71 % | 2024 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 11.59 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 9.29 % | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Myanmar | 8.66 % | 2020 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 30 | Cambodia | 7.31 % | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | 6.91 % | 2014 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 32 | Czechia | 6.71 % | 2024 | up 229.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Mongolia | 4.34 % | 2024 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Cyprus | 1.8 % | 2024 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Switzerland | 0.18 % | 2024 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | -1.42 % | 2019 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 37 | France | -1.73 % | 2024 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 38 | Belarus | -1.86 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 39 | Armenia | -2.14 % | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Australia | -2.41 % | 2024 | down 135.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Georgia | -2.77 % | 2024 | down 131.0% | volatile |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -2.94 % | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Japan | -3.6 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | -4.05 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 45 | Italy | -4.06 % | 2020 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | -4.94 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -5.14 % | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Bangladesh | -5.72 % | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Portugal | -5.92 % | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | -6.97 % | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Greece | -7.24 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 52 | North Macedonia | -12.91 % | 2025 | down 108.6% | falling |
| 53 | Slovakia | -14.1 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Seychelles | -16.49 % | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Albania | -18.69 % | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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.