Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural 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...
Countries reporting
174
Highest
95.34 %
Jordan
Lowest
17.42 %
Tonga
Median
52.32 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,710
What the numbers show
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 95.34 % in Jordan; the lowest is 17.42 % in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.32 %, and the mean is 54.28 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 18.9%), and the largest decrease in Polynesia (down 69.3%).
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 95.34 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 81.9 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 92.77 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.13 % | 2022 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 91.64 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 70.65 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 91.52 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 67.82 % | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 90.98 % | 2023 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 6 | Algeria | 89.29 % | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Palestine | 89.08 % | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 49.86 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 87.84 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47.8 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sudan | 86.36 % | 2022 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 46.73 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 10 | Lebanon | 86.02 % | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 11 | Libya | 85.98 % | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Qatar | 83.42 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Caribbean | 54.62 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 12 | Micronesia | 39.9 % | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 13 | Oman | 82.79 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 38.82 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 14 | Kuwait | 82.34 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 38.29 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 81.66 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 37.99 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 16 | Bahrain | 81.04 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 37.12 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 17 | Tunisia | 80.55 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 17 | Melanesia | 36.47 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 18 | Morocco | 79.88 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 21.8 % | 2023 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 19 | India | 79.2 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Malta | 78.14 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 21 | Burundi | 72.24 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 68.5 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 68.11 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | 46.26 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 66.13 % | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 25 | Maldives | 65.95 % | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Sweden | 65.73 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 27 | Israel | 64.95 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 28 | Iceland | 63.96 % | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.7 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 63.71 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 63.61 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 63.09 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Congo | 62.45 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 33 | Uruguay | 61.4 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 34 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.2 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 35 | Fiji | 60.58 % | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | Greece | 60.24 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 59.77 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 38 | Switzerland | 59.7 % | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 39 | Samoa | 59.52 % | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 40 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 59.34 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 41 | Italy | 59.31 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 42 | France | 59.25 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritius | 58.88 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 44 | Cyprus | 58.85 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 45 | Djibouti | 58.77 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 46 | Brazil | 58.71 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 47 | Seychelles | 58.47 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 48 | Ireland | 58.29 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 49 | Malaysia | 58.01 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 50 | Norway | 57.9 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 57.44 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 57.36 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 57.14 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 54 | Chile | 56.94 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 56.7 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 56 | Canada | 56.69 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 56.66 % | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 56.62 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 59 | Germany | 56.49 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 55.02 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 61 | South Africa | 54.79 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 62 | Austria | 54.63 % | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 63 | Guyana | 54.57 % | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 54.2 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 65 | Rwanda | 54.11 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 53.86 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 67 | Australia | 53.81 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 53.78 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 53.61 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 70 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 53.56 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 71 | Colombia | 53.52 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.5 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 73 | Belize | 53.22 % | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.21 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 75 | Australia and New Zealand | 53.15 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 76 | Hungary | 53.05 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 77 | Serbia | 52.97 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 52.81 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 79 | Slovenia | 52.8 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 52.7 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 81 | Ukraine | 52.69 % | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 82 | Grenada | 52.49 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 83 | Myanmar | 52.15 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 84 | Mexico | 52.13 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 85 | Georgia | 52.09 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 52.08 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 86 | Eswatini | 52.08 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 88 | Poland | 52.05 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 89 | Mauritania | 52.03 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 90 | Latvia | 51.99 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 91 | Armenia | 51.52 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 51.36 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 93 | Mozambique | 51.34 % | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 51.21 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 51.12 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 96 | Comoros | 50.97 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Ecuador | 50.96 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 98 | Argentina | 50.95 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 99 | Finland | 50.57 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 100 | Haiti | 50.41 % | 2022 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 101 | Gabon | 50.33 % | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 50.25 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 103 | Portugal | 50.16 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | 49.93 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 105 | Slovakia | 49.92 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 49.51 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Czechia | 49.46 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 108 | Somalia | 49.34 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 109 | Belarus | 49.24 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 110 | Lithuania | 48.78 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 110 | Montenegro | 48.78 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 112 | Estonia | 48.38 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 113 | Kenya | 48.31 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 114 | Romania | 48.22 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 115 | Cameroon | 48.06 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 47.54 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 117 | Indonesia | 47.45 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | Honduras | 47.39 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 119 | Mali | 47.05 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 120 | Botswana | 47.04 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 121 | Barbados | 46.8 % | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 122 | Uganda | 46.18 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 123 | Paraguay | 46.02 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 124 | Zambia | 45.93 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 125 | Japan | 45.78 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 126 | Lesotho | 45.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 127 | Solomon Islands | 45.2 % | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 128 | Niger | 45.16 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 129 | Thailand | 43.89 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 43.82 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 43.37 % | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 132 | Senegal | 43.18 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 42.94 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 134 | Peru | 42.07 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea | 41.51 % | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 41.27 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 40.49 % | 2022 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 138 | Chad | 40.45 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 139 | El Salvador | 38.89 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 140 | Namibia | 37.91 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 141 | Cambodia | 37.83 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 142 | Malawi | 37.69 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 143 | Madagascar | 37.43 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 36.3 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 145 | Liberia | 34.21 % | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 146 | Bahamas | 34.18 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.56 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 32.43 % | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 32.15 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 150 | Angola | 31.8 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 151 | Nigeria | 31.14 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 152 | Ghana | 30.15 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 153 | Togo | 28.48 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 26.69 % | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 155 | Benin | 26.16 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 156 | China, mainland | 24.74 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 157 | Tonga | 17.42 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 87.78 %
- Southern Asia 82.14 %
- Western Asia 73.91 %
- Central Asia 65.3 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 60.61 %
- Asia 59.5 %
- Western Europe 58.16 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52.8 %
- Southern Europe 56.53 %
- European Union (27) 55.81 %
- Europe 54.85 %
- Northern America 54.85 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 46.29 %
- Northern Europe 54.68 %
- Middle Africa 42.9 %
- United States of America 54.54 %
- World 54.39 %
- Americas 53.18 %
- South America 52.95 %
- Southern Africa 52.9 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 52.51 %
- Eastern Europe 52.43 %
- Central America 51.46 %
- Oceania 48.17 %
- South-eastern Asia 47.18 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 45.9 %
- Africa 40.91 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 40.36 %
- Eastern Africa 39.74 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 35.97 %
- Western Africa 32.6 %
- Eastern Asia 28.62 %
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.