Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Non-agricultural AFS 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 Self-employed people in [industry]: Non-agricultural AFS employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 18.74 % in Albania; the lowest is -49.06 % in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is -12.36 %, and the mean is -12.11 %.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 202.6%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 1,333.6%).
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 18.74 % | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | -6.03 % | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 11.78 % | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | -6.44 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | -28.45 % | 2019 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 3 | Slovakia | 10.33 % | 2022 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | -8.93 % | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Greece | 7.53 % | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -18.54 % | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.35 % | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -28.23 % | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 6.31 % | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Portugal | 5.95 % | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Austria | 5.33 % | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 9 | Italy | 4.06 % | 2020 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 3.95 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Israel | 3.47 % | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | 3.37 % | 2023 | up 165.6% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.04 % | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Cyprus | 2.79 % | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 2.41 % | 2024 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.07 % | 2011 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Georgia | 1.87 % | 2024 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 1.75 % | 2024 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 19 | Serbia | 1.18 % | 2018 | up 202.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.72 % | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Armenia | -0.2 % | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Czechia | -2.51 % | 2023 | down 152.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Grenada | -4.19 % | 2023 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Mongolia | -4.95 % | 2024 | down 132.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | -6.71 % | 2014 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Cambodia | -7.28 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | -8.04 % | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | -8.37 % | 2018 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 29 | Brazil | -9.29 % | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | -11.59 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 31 | Guatemala | -12.36 % | 2024 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | -12.97 % | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | -12.98 % | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 34 | Colombia | -14.79 % | 2025 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 35 | Philippines | -15.36 % | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 36 | Palestine, State of | -15.45 % | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | -16 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | -16.84 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 39 | Mexico | -17.85 % | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | -18.24 % | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Egypt | -18.39 % | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | -18.42 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | -19.7 % | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | -21.32 % | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 45 | Rwanda | -21.86 % | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | -22.8 % | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | -22.94 % | 2025 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 48 | Bhutan | -24.49 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | -24.51 % | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 50 | India | -25.44 % | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 51 | Uganda | -25.53 % | 2021 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 52 | Zambia | -26.11 % | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 53 | El Salvador | -27.58 % | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Botswana | -31 % | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 55 | Mali | -33.78 % | 2024 | down 178.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | -36.55 % | 2024 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | -36.61 % | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | -37.78 % | 2017 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | -38.09 % | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 60 | Angola | -39.6 % | 2025 | down 1,333.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Pakistan | -49.06 % | 2025 | down 85.9% | 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 0.01 %
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.