Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS employment — 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...
What the numbers show
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 39.12 % in Egypt; the lowest is -28.24 % in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.9 %, and the mean is 3.26 %.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 2,488.9%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 2,154.6%).
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total AFS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 39.12 % | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 11.12 % | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 30.18 % | 2024 | up 102.0% | flat |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9.61 % | 2024 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 3 | Honduras | 28.37 % | 2025 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.19 % | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 4 | Ecuador | 24.59 % | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | -1.73 % | 2024 | down 195.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 23.37 % | 2025 | down 50.2% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -6.43 % | 2017 | down 434.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 20.52 % | 2025 | up 206.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Guatemala | 19.54 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 17.27 % | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 16.77 % | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.17 % | 2024 | up 231.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Uruguay | 11.92 % | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 12 | Panama | 11.39 % | 2014 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 13 | Peru | 10.45 % | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 14 | Jordan | 9.92 % | 2023 | up 955.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 9.91 % | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 16 | El Salvador | 8.19 % | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 7.28 % | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Armenia | 5.97 % | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 5.28 % | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 20 | India | 4.89 % | 2025 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 4.6 % | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 3.97 % | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 23 | Philippines | 2.82 % | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 24 | Mauritius | 2.57 % | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Bhutan | 2.15 % | 2024 | up 2,488.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Mali | 2.07 % | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Cambodia | 1.93 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Mexico | 1.88 % | 2025 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 1.44 % | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.2 % | 2023 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Georgia | 0.79 % | 2024 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | -0.74 % | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Belarus | -1.19 % | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | -1.27 % | 2025 | down 113.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Serbia | -1.42 % | 2019 | down 127.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Albania | -1.77 % | 2024 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | -2.77 % | 2024 | down 145.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | -4.1 % | 2024 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 39 | North Macedonia | -4.51 % | 2025 | down 233.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | -4.6 % | 2020 | down 682.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Switzerland | -4.91 % | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Australia | -5.7 % | 2024 | down 355.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | -5.77 % | 2020 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -5.9 % | 2025 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 45 | Mongolia | -6.6 % | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | -6.78 % | 2025 | down 2,154.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Austria | -7.04 % | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Jamaica | -7.81 % | 2014 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 49 | Israel | -7.99 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | -8.4 % | 2025 | down 1,003.2% | volatile |
| 51 | France | -9.22 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | -10.38 % | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | -12.49 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 54 | Slovakia | -15.79 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 55 | Seychelles | -28.24 % | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
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 -3.16 %
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.