Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: 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
152
Highest
77.89 %
Burundi
Lowest
0.08 %
Singapore
Median
17.11 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,229

What the numbers show

Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 77.89 % in Burundi; the lowest is 0.08 % in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.11 %, and the mean is 22.69 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 974.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 354.8%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 52.7%).

Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 77.89 % 2023 down 1.0% falling
1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.44 % 2023 down 12.7% falling
2 Madagascar 70.82 % 2023 down 21.4% flat
2 United Republic of Tanzania 63.2 % 2023 down 4.7% rising
3 Chad 70.33 % 2023 down 2.3% falling
3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 51.21 % 2023 down 0.4% falling
4 Ethiopia 69.22 % 2023 down 9.3% falling
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 % 2023 down 5.7% falling
5 Mozambique 63.89 % 2023 up 1.8% flat
6 Mali 61.28 % 2023 down 13.0% flat
6 Timor-Leste 47.72 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
7 Uganda 60.51 % 2023 down 22.7% rising
7 Melanesia 36.04 % 2023 up 6.9% flat
8 Guinea-Bissau 57.57 % 2023 down 7.3% falling
8 Caribbean 24.27 % 2023 down 9.5% falling
9 Equatorial Guinea 54.72 % 2023 down 0.2% falling
9 Viet Nam 27.54 % 2023 down 52.7% falling
10 Eritrea 53.98 % 2023 down 4.5% flat
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23.18 % 2023 down 22.0% falling
11 Zambia 51.14 % 2023 down 8.7% falling
11 Polynesia 17.11 % 2023 down 26.9% falling
12 Burkina Faso 51.01 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
12 Micronesia 14.1 % 2023 up 354.8% volatile
13 Afghanistan 49.92 % 2023 up 8.0% falling
13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.98 % 2023 down 14.0% falling
14 Myanmar 49.32 % 2023 down 7.7% falling
15 Benin 48.62 % 2023 down 10.0% falling
15 Cabo Verde 13.44 % 2023 down 29.7% falling
16 Angola 48.42 % 2023 up 7.3% rising
17 Zimbabwe 46.93 % 2023 down 30.4% rising
18 Sierra Leone 46.07 % 2023 down 23.7% falling
19 Vanuatu 42.97 % 2023 down 22.6% falling
20 Togo 42.61 % 2023 down 13.2% falling
21 Rwanda 42.16 % 2023 down 10.8% falling
22 Solomon Islands 41.71 % 2023 up 8.6% rising
23 Ghana 41.4 % 2023 down 8.0% falling
24 Kenya 40.5 % 2023 down 14.0% falling
25 Nigeria 40.17 % 2023 down 18.6% falling
26 Lesotho 39.85 % 2023 down 3.2% falling
27 Liberia 39.64 % 2023 down 6.6% falling
28 Tajikistan 37.22 % 2023 up 1.4% falling
29 Bhutan 37.17 % 2023 down 25.2% falling
30 Fiji 37.02 % 2023 down 16.1% rising
31 India 36.56 % 2023 down 16.9% falling
32 Sudan 36.25 % 2022 down 7.0% falling
33 Papua New Guinea 36.16 % 2023 up 12.5% flat
34 Congo 35.87 % 2023 up 5.7% falling
35 Samoa 35.71 % 2023 down 13.4% rising
36 Mauritania 34.61 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
37 Comoros 34.52 % 2023 down 14.6% falling
38 Guatemala 34.31 % 2023 down 11.5% falling
39 Tonga 32.29 % 2023 down 27.8% rising
40 Georgia 31.98 % 2023 down 27.4% falling
41 Yemen 31.04 % 2023 up 13.8% falling
42 Thailand 30.82 % 2023 down 21.2% falling
43 Cambodia 30.8 % 2023 down 33.2% falling
44 Senegal 29.81 % 2023 down 36.7% falling
45 Ecuador 29.66 % 2023 up 1.6% falling
46 Honduras 29.35 % 2023 down 19.1% falling
47 Somalia 28.84 % 2023 down 4.8% falling
48 Bangladesh 28.71 % 2023 down 30.7% falling
49 Indonesia 28.37 % 2023 down 16.6% falling
50 Mongolia 28.07 % 2023 down 13.2% falling
51 Pakistan 27.77 % 2023 down 16.4% falling
52 Albania 26.42 % 2023 down 27.3% falling
53 Sri Lanka 25.75 % 2023 down 5.5% falling
54 China, mainland 25.38 % 2023 down 26.3% falling
55 Namibia 23.88 % 2023 down 19.9% falling
56 Botswana 23.82 % 2023 up 15.9% falling
57 Philippines 23.81 % 2023 down 28.7% falling
58 Armenia 22.95 % 2023 down 17.3% falling
59 Peru 22.92 % 2023 down 3.1% falling
60 Cuba 22.23 % 2023 down 13.2% falling
61 Jamaica 19.66 % 2023 down 12.7% falling
62 Serbia 19.04 % 2023 down 18.6% falling
63 El Salvador 18.87 % 2023 down 30.5% falling
64 Colombia 18.24 % 2023 down 11.4% falling
65 Guyana 18.14 % 2023 down 19.3% falling
66 Egypt 17.7 % 2023 down 26.5% falling
67 Panama 17.1 % 2023 down 18.5% falling
68 Gambia 16.81 % 2023 down 42.5% flat
68 Ukraine 16.81 % 2023 up 7.9% falling
70 Eswatini 16.47 % 2023 up 6.9% rising
71 Nepal 16.18 % 2023 down 19.7% falling
72 Costa Rica 15.75 % 2023 down 7.0% falling
73 Saint Lucia 15.57 % 2023 down 5.8% falling
74 Mexico 14.89 % 2023 down 15.9% falling
75 Kyrgyzstan 14.19 % 2023 down 37.3% falling
76 Tunisia 13.77 % 2023 down 18.7% falling
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.36 % 2023 down 18.5% falling
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.83 % 2023 down 28.4% falling
79 Maldives 12.62 % 2023 down 17.0% falling
80 Romania 12.17 % 2023 down 41.6% falling
81 Greece 11.48 % 2023 down 6.6% falling
82 Belarus 11.34 % 2023 down 17.0% falling
83 Uruguay 10.91 % 2023 down 15.2% falling
84 Brazil 10.45 % 2023 down 13.2% falling
85 Grenada 10.36 % 2023 down 22.2% falling
86 Dominican Republic 10.31 % 2023 down 25.9% falling
87 Poland 8.51 % 2023 down 28.2% falling
88 Chile 8.44 % 2023 down 9.7% falling
89 Suriname 8.12 % 2023 down 6.7% falling
90 North Macedonia 7.78 % 2023 down 52.7% falling
91 Iraq 7.64 % 2023 down 13.5% falling
92 Latvia 7.36 % 2023 down 22.5% falling
93 Bulgaria 7.08 % 2023 down 3.7% falling
94 Ireland 6.73 % 2023 down 18.6% falling
95 Palestine 6.59 % 2023 down 21.6% falling
96 South Africa 5.99 % 2023 up 11.8% falling
97 Lithuania 5.77 % 2023 down 36.7% falling
97 Republic of Korea 5.77 % 2023 up 4.3% falling
99 Mauritius 5.51 % 2023 down 24.6% falling
100 Hungary 5.34 % 2023 down 8.1% falling
101 Croatia 5.15 % 2023 down 48.8% falling
102 Seychelles 5 % 2023 down 12.0% falling
103 Finland 4.95 % 2023 down 5.4% falling
104 Iceland 4.9 % 2023 down 12.8% falling
105 Spain 4.41 % 2023 down 16.5% falling
106 Italy 4.22 % 2023 up 4.7% falling
107 Lebanon 4.21 % 2023 down 7.3% falling
108 Slovenia 4.11 % 2023 down 47.2% falling
109 Slovakia 3.9 % 2023 down 18.1% falling
110 Jordan 3.86 % 2023 up 1.8% falling
111 Portugal 3.78 % 2023 down 42.0% falling
112 Czechia 3.49 % 2023 up 4.2% falling
113 Estonia 3.47 % 2023 down 35.6% falling
113 Japan 3.47 % 2023 down 5.2% falling
115 Cyprus 3.34 % 2023 down 10.9% falling
116 Norway 3.21 % 2023 up 4.9% falling
117 Australia and New Zealand 3.16 % 2023 down 22.4% falling
118 Austria 3.15 % 2023 down 26.9% falling
119 French Polynesia 3.01 % 2023 down 21.0% falling
120 France 2.99 % 2023 down 19.8% falling
121 United States Virgin Islands 2.97 % 2023 down 22.3% falling
122 Switzerland 2.64 % 2023 down 28.6% falling
123 Denmark 2.63 % 2023 down 26.7% falling
124 Australia 2.46 % 2023 down 26.1% falling
125 Guam 2.45 % 2023 down 22.0% falling
126 Sweden 2.39 % 2023 down 11.5% falling
127 New Caledonia 2.37 % 2023 up 4.9% falling
128 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.12 % 2023 down 19.7% falling
129 Puerto Rico 1.91 % 2023 down 18.7% falling
130 United Arab Emirates 1.86 % 2023 down 48.0% falling
131 Canada 1.85 % 2023 down 35.3% falling
132 Malta 1.53 % 2023 down 5.6% falling
133 Germany 1.36 % 2023 down 16.0% falling
134 Brunei Darussalam 1.35 % 2023 down 36.3% falling
135 Belgium 1.29 % 2023 down 19.4% falling
136 Luxembourg 1.14 % 2023 down 40.9% falling
137 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.13 % 2023 down 13.1% falling
138 Israel 1.11 % 2023 down 29.7% falling
139 Singapore 0.08 % 2023 down 42.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 4,229 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.