Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Female — 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
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 97.43 % in Belarus; the lowest is 0.84 % in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.04 %, and the mean is 42.71 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 116.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 410.3%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 79.8%).
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 97.43 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 59.47 % | 2017 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 95.27 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 33.05 % | 2024 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.92 % | 2019 | up 410.3% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 93.21 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 31.92 % | 2024 | up 128.7% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 92.32 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29.07 % | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 90.37 % | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13.64 % | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 88.18 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 4 % | 2022 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Barbados | 87.04 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.75 % | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 84.34 % | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 84.34 % | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 82.83 % | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 11 | Seychelles | 82.82 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 12 | Jordan | 81.73 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 13 | France | 81.18 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 80.64 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 15 | Czechia | 77.86 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 16 | Italy | 73.37 % | 2020 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 72.53 % | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 18 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.38 % | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 19 | Grenada | 67.88 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 20 | Switzerland | 66.56 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 62.78 % | 2020 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 62.6 % | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 23 | Mauritius | 58.87 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 55.46 % | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 54.87 % | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 53.97 % | 2025 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 27 | Brazil | 53.26 % | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 52.34 % | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 52.27 % | 2025 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 30 | Greece | 51.95 % | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 46.9 % | 2025 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 32 | El Salvador | 45.9 % | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 43.96 % | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 40.46 % | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 40.36 % | 2025 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 38.18 % | 2025 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 38.09 % | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.99 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 35.59 % | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia | 35.25 % | 2019 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 41 | Palestine | 31.63 % | 2025 | up 214.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Myanmar | 27.86 % | 2020 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 43 | Namibia | 27.26 % | 2018 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 44 | Panama | 27.18 % | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 26.72 % | 2014 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 25.79 % | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 47 | Ecuador | 25.49 % | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 48 | Botswana | 24.74 % | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 49 | Egypt | 24.51 % | 2024 | up 336.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Cambodia | 23.39 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 51 | Thailand | 23.21 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 52 | Indonesia | 23.14 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 23.05 % | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 54 | Armenia | 22.53 % | 2023 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 55 | Albania | 15.17 % | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 15.06 % | 2024 | up 302.7% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 13.43 % | 2024 | up 93.8% | rising |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 9.64 % | 2024 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 59 | Pakistan | 8.82 % | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 8.41 % | 2020 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 5.84 % | 2017 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 4.87 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 4.84 % | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 4.23 % | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 3.62 % | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 66 | India | 3.01 % | 2025 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 67 | Angola | 2.83 % | 2025 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 68 | Mali | 0.84 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | 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 94.69 %
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.