Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood systems — 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...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
96.08 %
Jordan
Lowest
31.89 %
Gambia
Median
58.84 %
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 — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 96.08 % in Jordan; the lowest is 31.89 % in Gambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.84 %, and the mean is 61.67 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (up 20.9%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 39.5%).
Share of employment by sex in industry: Total employment in agrifood: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | 96.08 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 92.06 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 92.94 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 89.23 % | 2023 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 3 | Algeria | 91.33 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 83.73 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Caribbean | 70.44 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 4 | Yemen | 91.23 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 4 | Polynesia | 66.24 % | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 90.83 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 5 | Türkiye | 64.87 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 6 | Lebanon | 88.88 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 6 | Micronesia | 60.47 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 7 | Palestine, State of | 86.95 % | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 7 | Cabo Verde | 62.95 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 8 | Oman | 86.94 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 9 | United States Virgin Islands | 86.87 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 10 | Kuwait | 85.95 % | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Qatar | 85.95 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 51.13 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 50.2 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 85.75 % | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49.35 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 85.74 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 48.68 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 84.92 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 47.13 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 84.76 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 16 | Belize | 84.75 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 16 | Melanesia | 46.58 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 17 | Bahrain | 84.65 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 17 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 45.53 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 18 | Cuba | 83.39 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Republic of Moldova | 45.19 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 19 | French Polynesia | 82 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.08 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 20 | Iraq | 81.36 % | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 21 | Maldives | 81 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 22 | Guam | 80.88 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Tunisia | 80.29 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 24 | Libya | 79.58 % | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.39 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan | 79.42 % | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 26 | Samoa | 79.38 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 79.28 % | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.77 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 29 | Guyana | 77.66 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | Morocco | 74 % | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 71.93 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 32 | Grenada | 71.23 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 33 | Djibouti | 71.09 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 34 | New Caledonia | 70.46 % | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 35 | Honduras | 70.4 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 36 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 70.38 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 37 | Barbados | 69.93 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | Botswana | 69.79 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Pakistan | 69.78 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 40 | Guatemala | 69.4 % | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 68.86 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 42 | Haiti | 68.85 % | 2023 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 43 | Uruguay | 68.68 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 68.46 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 68.33 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 46 | Ireland | 68.1 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 47 | Brazil | 67.5 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Iceland | 67.48 % | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 67.25 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 50 | Panama | 67.07 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 51 | Fiji | 66.95 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 52 | Lesotho | 66.8 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 53 | Colombia | 66.59 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 54 | Seychelles | 66.57 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 55 | Israel | 66.47 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.08 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 57 | Suriname | 66 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 65.64 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 59 | India | 65.52 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 60 | Mexico | 65.06 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 64.76 % | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 62 | Belgium | 64.44 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 63 | Philippines | 64.36 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 64.28 % | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 65 | Somalia | 64.2 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 66 | Chile | 64.04 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 67 | Myanmar | 63.81 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 63.76 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 69 | Norway | 63.75 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 70 | Mauritius | 63.63 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritania | 63.62 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 63.07 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 73 | Italy | 62.8 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 74 | Switzerland | 62.35 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 75 | Jamaica | 61.8 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 76 | France | 61.55 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 77 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 61.4 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 78 | Greece | 61.35 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 79 | Denmark | 61.27 % | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 61.18 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.75 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 82 | Spain | 59.68 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 83 | South Africa | 59.53 % | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 84 | Hungary | 59.09 % | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 85 | Finland | 58.95 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 86 | Argentina | 58.93 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 87 | Latvia | 58.92 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Senegal | 58.9 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | 58.78 % | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 58.76 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 91 | Russian Federation | 58.27 % | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 92 | Germany | 58.26 % | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 93 | Slovakia | 58.09 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 58.01 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 95 | Eswatini | 57.95 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 96 | Canada | 57.72 % | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 97 | Guinea | 57.62 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 98 | Ecuador | 57.6 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 57.54 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 57.16 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 101 | Ukraine | 57.01 % | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 102 | Belarus | 56.8 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 103 | Gabon | 56.71 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 104 | Mongolia | 56.57 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 105 | Poland | 56.48 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 56.34 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 56.33 % | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 108 | Comoros | 56.3 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 109 | Austria | 56.29 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 56.28 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 111 | Australia | 56.16 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 112 | El Salvador | 56.07 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 113 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 55.93 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 114 | Australia and New Zealand | 55.78 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 115 | Indonesia | 55.66 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 55.52 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 55.5 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 118 | Czechia | 55.35 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 119 | Chad | 54.96 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 120 | Estonia | 54.82 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | New Zealand | 54.74 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.58 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 123 | Lithuania | 54.49 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 124 | China, Macao SAR | 54.35 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 54.23 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 126 | Montenegro | 54.16 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 127 | Serbia | 54.08 % | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 128 | Portugal | 53.96 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 129 | Thailand | 52.74 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 130 | China, mainland | 52.49 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 52.38 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 52.35 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 133 | Turkmenistan | 52.06 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 134 | Congo | 51.74 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 135 | Cameroon | 51.48 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 51.37 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.32 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 138 | Niger | 51.16 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 139 | Tonga | 50.8 % | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 50.41 % | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 141 | Eritrea | 50.38 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 142 | Peru | 50.35 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 143 | Central African Republic | 50.04 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 144 | South Sudan | 49.82 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 145 | Zambia | 49.8 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.66 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 146 | Madagascar | 49.66 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 148 | Japan | 49.56 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 149 | Bhutan | 49.48 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 150 | Georgia | 48.88 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 151 | Albania | 48.84 % | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 152 | Ghana | 48.79 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 153 | Nigeria | 48.67 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 154 | Liberia | 48.58 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 155 | Republic of Korea | 48.55 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 156 | Armenia | 48.06 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 157 | Singapore | 48.03 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 158 | Uganda | 47.66 % | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 159 | Rwanda | 46.74 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 160 | Namibia | 46.72 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 161 | Benin | 46.56 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 161 | Kenya | 46.56 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 163 | Malawi | 46.36 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 164 | Burundi | 45.93 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.06 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 166 | Togo | 44.85 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 44.76 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 168 | Cambodia | 44.37 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 44.02 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 170 | Angola | 43.41 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 171 | Nepal | 43.01 % | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 172 | Mozambique | 42.41 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 173 | Bahamas | 38.13 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 174 | Gambia | 31.89 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 82.77 %
- Western Asia 70.98 %
- Central America 66.2 %
- Southern Asia 65.4 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 63.44 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 60.02 %
- Central Asia 62.21 %
- Asia 59.99 %
- Americas 62.14 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52.5 %
- South America 61.45 %
- Western Europe 60.15 %
- Southern Africa 59.5 %
- European Union (27) 59.49 %
- Southern Europe 59.04 %
- Northern Europe 58.93 %
- Middle Africa 46.6 %
- Europe 58.43 %
- World 57.97 %
- Eastern Europe 57.47 %
- Northern America 57.05 %
- United States of America 56.94 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 55.84 %
- South-eastern Asia 55.59 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 54.33 %
- Eastern Asia 52.26 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 51.79 %
- Africa 51.53 %
- Oceania 51.21 %
- Eastern Africa 50.16 %
- Western Africa 49.74 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.6 %
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.