ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and aquaculture — Female — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and aquaculture — Female — Value is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 39.17 % in Norway; the lowest is 0 % in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.19 %, and the mean is 3.01 %.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 446.3%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 100.0%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in fishing and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 39.17 % | 2024 | up 446.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 5.14 % | 2024 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 11.12 % | 2024 | up 422.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.11 % | 2017 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 10.45 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.33 % | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 4 | Mauritius | 6.15 % | 2024 | up 67.1% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 0.13 % | 2024 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.85 % | 2024 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 6 | Namibia | 5.25 % | 2018 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 5.17 % | 2023 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 8 | Portugal | 4.57 % | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 3.25 % | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 10 | Spain | 2.59 % | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 11 | Senegal | 2.11 % | 2024 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 1.9 % | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 13 | France | 1.82 % | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 14 | Greece | 1.74 % | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 1.61 % | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 1.51 % | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 17 | South Africa | 1.45 % | 2007 | up 154.4% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 1.23 % | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 19 | Thailand | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 20 | Panama | 1.19 % | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 1.15 % | 2021 | up 173.8% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 1.13 % | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.1 % | 2020 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 24 | Albania | 0.82 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 0.77 % | 2013 | down 48.7% | flat |
| 26 | Jamaica | 0.7 % | 2014 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 0.7 % | 2022 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 0.57 % | 2025 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 0.35 % | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.28 % | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.16 % | 2024 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 0.14 % | 2022 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 33 | India | 0.11 % | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 0.1 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 0 % | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Cyprus | 0 % | 2024 | — | 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 26.21 %
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.