Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — 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...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
68.11 %
Gambia
Lowest
3.92 %
Jordan
Median
41.16 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,335
What the numbers show
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 68.11 % in Gambia; the lowest is 3.92 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.16 %, and the mean is 38.33 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 816.9%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 58.9%).
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambia | 68.11 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 55.92 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 2 | Bahamas | 61.87 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 54.81 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Mozambique | 57.59 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 54.47 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Nepal | 56.99 % | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 4 | Melanesia | 53.42 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 56.59 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 55.98 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 52.87 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Cambodia | 55.63 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 51.32 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 55.24 % | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 50.65 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.61 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Togo | 55.15 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 49.8 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.94 % | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48.87 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Burundi | 54.07 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 12 | Malawi | 53.64 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Benin | 53.44 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 13 | Kenya | 53.44 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 14 | Micronesia | 39.53 % | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Namibia | 53.28 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 35.13 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 53.26 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 33.76 % | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 52.34 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 16.27 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 18 | Singapore | 51.97 % | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 10.77 % | 2023 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 19 | Armenia | 51.94 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.94 % | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 51.45 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Liberia | 51.42 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 22 | Nigeria | 51.33 % | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 23 | Ghana | 51.21 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 24 | Albania | 51.16 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 25 | Georgia | 51.12 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 37.05 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 50.52 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 50.44 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.34 % | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 50.34 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Caribbean | 29.56 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 50.2 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 31 | South Sudan | 50.18 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 49.96 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 33 | Peru | 49.65 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 34 | Eritrea | 49.62 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 49.59 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 36 | Tonga | 49.2 % | 2023 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Niger | 48.84 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.68 % | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 48.63 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 40 | Cameroon | 48.52 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 41 | Congo | 48.26 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 47.94 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 47.65 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 47.62 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 45 | China, mainland | 47.51 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 46 | Thailand | 47.26 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 46.04 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 48 | Serbia | 45.92 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 49 | Montenegro | 45.84 % | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 45.77 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 51 | China, Macao SAR | 45.65 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 52 | Lithuania | 45.51 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.42 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | flat |
| 54 | New Zealand | 45.26 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 45.18 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 56 | Chad | 45.04 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 57 | Czechia | 44.65 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 44.5 % | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 59 | Slovenia | 44.48 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 60 | Indonesia | 44.34 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 61 | Australia and New Zealand | 44.22 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 44.07 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 63 | El Salvador | 43.93 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 64 | Australia | 43.84 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 65 | Croatia | 43.72 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 66 | Austria | 43.71 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 67 | Comoros | 43.7 % | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 43.67 % | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 43.66 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 70 | Poland | 43.52 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 71 | Mongolia | 43.43 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 72 | Gabon | 43.29 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 43.2 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 74 | Ukraine | 42.99 % | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 75 | Romania | 42.84 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 42.46 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 42.4 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea | 42.38 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 79 | Canada | 42.28 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 80 | Eswatini | 42.05 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.99 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 41.91 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 83 | Germany | 41.74 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 84 | Russian Federation | 41.73 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 85 | Paraguay | 41.24 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 86 | Mali | 41.22 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 87 | Senegal | 41.1 % | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 88 | Latvia | 41.08 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 89 | Argentina | 41.07 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 90 | Finland | 41.05 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 91 | Hungary | 40.91 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 92 | South Africa | 40.47 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 93 | Spain | 40.32 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.25 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 38.82 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 96 | Denmark | 38.73 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 97 | Greece | 38.65 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 38.6 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 99 | France | 38.45 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 100 | Jamaica | 38.2 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 101 | Switzerland | 37.65 % | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 102 | Italy | 37.2 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 36.93 % | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritania | 36.38 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritius | 36.37 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 36.25 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 36.24 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 108 | Myanmar | 36.19 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 109 | Chile | 35.96 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 110 | Somalia | 35.8 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 111 | Ethiopia | 35.72 % | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 112 | Philippines | 35.64 % | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 113 | Belgium | 35.56 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 35.24 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 34.94 % | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 116 | India | 34.48 % | 2023 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 117 | Malaysia | 34.36 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 118 | Suriname | 34 % | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.92 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 120 | Israel | 33.53 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 121 | Seychelles | 33.43 % | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 122 | Colombia | 33.41 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 123 | Lesotho | 33.2 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 124 | Fiji | 33.05 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 125 | Panama | 32.93 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 32.75 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 127 | Iceland | 32.52 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 128 | Brazil | 32.5 % | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 129 | Ireland | 31.9 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 31.67 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 31.54 % | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 132 | Uruguay | 31.32 % | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 133 | Haiti | 31.15 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 134 | Sweden | 31.14 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 135 | Guatemala | 30.6 % | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 136 | Pakistan | 30.22 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 30.21 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 138 | Barbados | 30.07 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 139 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 29.62 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 140 | Honduras | 29.6 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 29.54 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 28.91 % | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 143 | Grenada | 28.77 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 28.07 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 145 | Morocco | 26 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 146 | Guyana | 22.34 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.23 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 148 | Malta | 20.72 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 149 | Samoa | 20.62 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 150 | Sudan | 20.58 % | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 151 | Libya | 20.42 % | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 152 | Tunisia | 19.71 % | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 153 | Guam | 19.12 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 154 | Maldives | 19 % | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 155 | Iraq | 18.64 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 18 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 157 | Cuba | 16.61 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 15.35 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 15.25 % | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 15.24 % | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 15.08 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 14.26 % | 2023 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 163 | Egypt | 14.25 % | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 14.05 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 14.05 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 166 | United States Virgin Islands | 13.13 % | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 167 | Oman | 13.06 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | flat |
| 168 | Palestine, State of | 13.05 % | 2022 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 169 | Lebanon | 11.12 % | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 9.17 % | 2023 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 171 | Yemen | 8.77 % | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Algeria | 8.67 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 7.06 % | 2023 | up 816.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Jordan | 3.92 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 50.4 %
- Western Africa 50.26 %
- Eastern Africa 49.84 %
- Oceania 48.79 %
- Middle Africa 53.4 %
- Africa 48.47 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 48.21 %
- Eastern Asia 47.74 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 45.67 %
- South-eastern Asia 44.41 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 47.5 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 44.16 %
- United States of America 43.06 %
- Asia 40.01 %
- Northern America 42.95 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 39.98 %
- Eastern Europe 42.53 %
- World 42.03 %
- Europe 41.57 %
- Northern Europe 41.07 %
- Southern Europe 40.96 %
- European Union (27) 40.51 %
- Southern Africa 40.5 %
- Western Europe 39.85 %
- South America 38.55 %
- Americas 37.86 %
- Central Asia 37.79 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 36.56 %
- Southern Asia 34.6 %
- Central America 33.8 %
- Western Asia 29.02 %
- Northern Africa 17.23 %
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.