Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — 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
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 96.81 % in Belarus; the lowest is 0.32 % in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.12 %, and the mean is 29.77 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 303.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 819.4%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 80.1%).
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 96.81 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 41.79 % | 2017 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 2 | Jordan | 95.49 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.69 % | 2024 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.88 % | 2019 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 94.62 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 11.92 % | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 4 | Slovakia | 87.73 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 11.47 % | 2024 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 5 | Seychelles | 87.14 % | 2024 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 5 | Timor-Leste | 3.31 % | 2022 | up 819.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Czechia | 83.04 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.49 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 82.71 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.74 % | 2024 | up 295.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 80.27 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 74.72 % | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 68.04 % | 2025 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Barbados | 62.14 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 12 | France | 54 % | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 13 | Grenada | 53.96 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 52.65 % | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 15 | Mexico | 50.56 % | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 50.41 % | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 17 | Cyprus | 48.24 % | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 47.89 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 44.22 % | 2025 | up 58.5% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 44.08 % | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 43.24 % | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 22 | El Salvador | 42.14 % | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 23 | Rwanda | 41.29 % | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 40.79 % | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 40.41 % | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 37.48 % | 2025 | up 93.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 36.2 % | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 35.98 % | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 35.78 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 33.3 % | 2025 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 31.85 % | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 29.66 % | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 25.27 % | 2025 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 25.13 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 24.98 % | 2020 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 36 | Egypt | 17.66 % | 2024 | up 379.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Indonesia | 17.12 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.63 % | 2023 | up 448.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Botswana | 16.29 % | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 16.28 % | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 41 | Namibia | 15.8 % | 2018 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 42 | Cambodia | 15.27 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 14.32 % | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 14.16 % | 2025 | up 150.6% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 11.35 % | 2024 | up 243.9% | rising |
| 46 | Jamaica | 11.26 % | 2014 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 47 | Panama | 10.08 % | 2024 | up 63.1% | flat |
| 48 | Greece | 9.02 % | 2025 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 8.8 % | 2019 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 8.59 % | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 51 | Pakistan | 8.32 % | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 7.69 % | 2024 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 53 | Armenia | 5.95 % | 2023 | up 196.0% | rising |
| 54 | Palestine | 5.67 % | 2025 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Uganda | 4.03 % | 2021 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.01 % | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 57 | Zambia | 3.93 % | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 3.71 % | 2020 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Georgia | 3.32 % | 2024 | up 427.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Mongolia | 3.14 % | 2024 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 2.19 % | 2017 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 1.56 % | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 1.25 % | 2025 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 1 % | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Angola | 0.95 % | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Albania | 0.78 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 67 | Mali | 0.32 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | 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 72.37 %
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.