Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — Male — 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...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
99.86 %
Qatar
Lowest
31.68 %
Gambia
Median
68.2 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,306
What the numbers show
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 99.86 % in Qatar; the lowest is 31.68 % in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 68.2 %, and the mean is 67.97 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 31.6%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 37.2%).
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.86 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 92.06 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 99.08 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 89.23 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 3 | Bahrain | 99.02 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 85.5 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 98.08 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Micronesia | 83.09 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Jordan | 97.87 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 5 | Polynesia | 78.26 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | Cabo Verde | 76.53 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 96.77 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Oman | 96.32 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 7 | Caribbean | 75.21 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 8 | Algeria | 93.95 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Türkiye | 58.86 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 92.72 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 53.86 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 92.13 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 53.79 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 91.63 % | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 53.3 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Yemen | 91.23 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 13 | Bahamas | 89.86 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 52.24 % | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 14 | Lebanon | 88.88 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Melanesia | 51.18 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | Malta | 87.71 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49.74 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Grenada | 87.65 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 48.68 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 17 | Ireland | 87.49 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 87.44 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 44.02 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 19 | United States Virgin Islands | 86.87 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43.59 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 20 | Seychelles | 86.65 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.96 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 86.12 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 85.74 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 23 | Puerto Rico | 84.76 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 24 | Belize | 84.75 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 25 | Mexico | 84.04 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 26 | Cyprus | 83.6 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 27 | Cuba | 83.39 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Palestine | 83.18 % | 2022 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 83.14 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 30 | Guatemala | 82.49 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 31 | French Polynesia | 82 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 31 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 33 | Brazil | 81.9 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 34 | Botswana | 81.49 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 35 | Iraq | 81.36 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 36 | Maldives | 81 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 37 | Guam | 80.88 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 38 | Malaysia | 80.85 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 80.47 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 40 | Tunisia | 80.02 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 41 | Libya | 79.58 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Samoa | 79.38 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 43 | Djibouti | 79.25 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 44 | Uruguay | 78.9 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.77 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 46 | Norway | 78.49 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Chile | 78.13 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 77.85 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 49 | Estonia | 77.75 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 77.74 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Guyana | 77.66 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 52 | Israel | 77.38 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 53 | Argentina | 77.25 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 54 | Panama | 77.1 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 55 | Finland | 76.97 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 76.96 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 57 | Denmark | 76.91 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 58 | Sudan | 76.89 % | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | Iceland | 76.15 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 60 | Tonga | 74.98 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 61 | Slovakia | 74.68 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 62 | Italy | 74.37 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 74.23 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 64 | Czechia | 73.98 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 65 | Jamaica | 73.34 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 66 | Paraguay | 73.18 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 67 | Mauritius | 72.98 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 68 | Philippines | 72.95 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 69 | Hungary | 72.76 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 70 | Latvia | 72.48 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 72.31 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 70.8 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | New Caledonia | 70.46 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 74 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 70.38 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 75 | Belgium | 70.29 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 70.02 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 77 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 69.94 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 78 | Barbados | 69.93 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 79 | Senegal | 69.81 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 80 | Morocco | 69.67 % | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 69.66 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 82 | Portugal | 69.33 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.13 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 84 | France | 68.85 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 84 | Haiti | 68.85 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 68.58 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 87 | Canada | 68.3 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 88 | Luxembourg | 68.27 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 68.22 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 68.18 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 91 | Gabon | 68.13 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 92 | South Africa | 67.89 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 93 | Germany | 67.45 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 94 | Somalia | 67.42 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 95 | Suriname | 67.3 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 96 | Croatia | 67.27 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 97 | Australia | 67.12 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 98 | Fiji | 66.95 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 66.59 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 66.46 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 101 | Australia and New Zealand | 66.36 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 102 | Belarus | 66.15 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 103 | Nigeria | 65.88 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 104 | Eswatini | 65.64 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 105 | New Zealand | 64.95 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 64.28 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 63.47 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 108 | Japan | 63.41 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 109 | Indonesia | 63.13 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 110 | Greece | 63.01 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 111 | Singapore | 62.87 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 62.65 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 113 | Ecuador | 62.52 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 114 | Mali | 62.23 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 61.99 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 61.84 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 61.75 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 118 | India | 61.02 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 118 | Ukraine | 61.02 % | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 120 | Austria | 61 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 121 | Republic of Korea | 60.95 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ghana | 60.64 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 123 | China, mainland | 60.58 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.75 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Mongolia | 59.34 % | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 126 | Thailand | 59.33 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 59.02 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 128 | Benin | 58.8 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 129 | Pakistan | 58.7 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 130 | Chad | 58.26 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 131 | Peru | 58.2 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | 57.71 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 133 | Guinea | 57.62 % | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 57.54 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 135 | Togo | 56.57 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 136 | Serbia | 54.97 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.93 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 138 | China, Macao SAR | 54.35 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 53.48 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 140 | Namibia | 53.24 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 141 | Cameroon | 53.14 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 52.56 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 52.38 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 144 | Bhutan | 52.2 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 145 | Madagascar | 52.17 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 146 | Niger | 52.07 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 52.06 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | 51.37 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 149 | Zambia | 50.89 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 50.46 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 50.41 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 152 | Eritrea | 50.38 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 50.04 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 154 | South Sudan | 49.82 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 49.61 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 48.58 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.08 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 158 | Cambodia | 48 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 159 | Uganda | 47.89 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 160 | Georgia | 47.85 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 161 | Malawi | 47.56 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 162 | Angola | 46.9 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 163 | Armenia | 46.37 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 164 | Albania | 46.36 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.34 % | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 166 | Kenya | 45.91 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 167 | Rwanda | 44.65 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 168 | Zimbabwe | 44.3 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 169 | Azerbaijan | 44.05 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 170 | Burundi | 44.01 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 171 | Nepal | 43.01 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 172 | Mozambique | 42.41 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 41.07 % | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 174 | Gambia | 31.68 % | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central America 84.39 %
- Northern Africa 78.64 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 76.68 %
- Northern Europe 76.61 %
- Americas 76.28 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 65.36 %
- Asia 60.19 %
- South America 72.84 %
- United States of America 71.27 %
- Northern America 71 %
- European Union (27) 68.83 %
- Western Asia 68.29 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52.43 %
- Western Europe 68.01 %
- Southern Africa 67.95 %
- Europe 65.53 %
- Southern Europe 64.76 %
- Eastern Europe 64.47 %
- Middle Africa 47.29 %
- South-eastern Asia 62.06 %
- Western Africa 61.46 %
- Eastern Asia 60.13 %
- Central Asia 59.98 %
- World 59.75 %
- Southern Asia 59.37 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 56.45 %
- Africa 55.56 %
- Oceania 54.89 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 54.5 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 54.34 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 53.96 %
- Eastern Africa 52.25 %
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.