Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Male — 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 — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 96.24 % in Belarus; the lowest is 2.91 % in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.4 %, and the mean is 46.38 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 419.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 37.7%).
Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 96.24 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.04 % | 2017 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 95.19 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 44.17 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.42 % | 2019 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 93.46 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 38.68 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 4 | Jordan | 91.65 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 30.19 % | 2024 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 84.48 % | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 17.82 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Israel | 84.33 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 10.02 % | 2022 | up 419.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Brunei Darussalam | 82.9 % | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.79 % | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 79.86 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 9 | Barbados | 78.96 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 78.73 % | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 78.64 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 12 | Slovakia | 77.42 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 13 | Czechia | 77.13 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Portugal | 73.96 % | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 15 | France | 71.95 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | Japan | 68.15 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 67.84 % | 2020 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 67.61 % | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 19 | Uruguay | 67.38 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 20 | Honduras | 66.55 % | 2025 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 65.48 % | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 63.63 % | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 62.26 % | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 24 | Switzerland | 61.65 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritius | 61.44 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 57.87 % | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 56.75 % | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 55.13 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 29 | Palestine | 55 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Seychelles | 54.58 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 31 | El Salvador | 54.09 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 52.65 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.16 % | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 50.07 % | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 49.45 % | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 46.98 % | 2018 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 45.63 % | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 38 | Greece | 45.17 % | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.15 % | 2023 | up 213.1% | rising |
| 40 | Panama | 44.63 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | Rwanda | 44.33 % | 2025 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 43.86 % | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Philippines | 43.27 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 39.53 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 45 | Botswana | 38.62 % | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 36.24 % | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 33.82 % | 2019 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 33.79 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 49 | Indonesia | 30.42 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 50 | Pakistan | 29.34 % | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 51 | Armenia | 28.49 % | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 26.41 % | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 25.31 % | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 54 | Myanmar | 23.27 % | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 55 | Senegal | 20.66 % | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 20.44 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 57 | Jamaica | 18.91 % | 2014 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 58 | Mongolia | 16.45 % | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 59 | Georgia | 15.84 % | 2024 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 60 | Albania | 13.39 % | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 12.97 % | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 11.61 % | 2020 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 9.92 % | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 8.85 % | 2017 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 65 | India | 7.9 % | 2025 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 66 | Angola | 7.78 % | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 67 | Bhutan | 6.37 % | 2024 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 68 | Mali | 2.91 % | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
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 91.53 %
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.