Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — Female — 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...
What the numbers show
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 92.8 % in Burundi; the lowest is 0.07 % in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.45 %, and the mean is 23.03 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,326.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 330.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 73.4%).
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 92.8 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.33 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.68 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68.35 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 74.28 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 67.23 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 74.15 % | 2023 | up 36.7% | flat |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 73.42 % | 2023 | up 52.3% | flat |
| 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 58.03 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 6 | Uganda | 71.76 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 49.19 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 7 | Madagascar | 68.91 % | 2023 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 7 | Melanesia | 39.51 % | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 68.2 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.23 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 27.71 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 64.64 % | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 26.4 % | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 11 | Rwanda | 63.7 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.24 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 63.45 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 12 | Caribbean | 11.72 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 12 | Polynesia | 6.84 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 63.06 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 13 | Micronesia | 3.93 % | 2023 | up 327.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Zambia | 62.03 % | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 15 | India | 61.94 % | 2023 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 58.99 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.53 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 18 | Angola | 56.52 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Kenya | 54.8 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 54.69 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Cabo Verde | 5.32 % | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 21 | Bhutan | 53.82 % | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 52.55 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 48.79 % | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 46.63 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 25 | Yemen | 46.17 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 26 | Liberia | 45.81 % | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 45.03 % | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 44.48 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 29 | Gambia | 43.93 % | 2023 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 30 | Georgia | 41.27 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 40.43 % | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 40.17 % | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 39.47 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 34 | Congo | 38.45 % | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 38.44 % | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 37.56 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 36.25 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 34.92 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 39 | Armenia | 34.76 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 34.76 % | 2023 | up 50.6% | falling |
| 41 | Comoros | 34.75 % | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 42 | Somalia | 34.72 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritania | 30.81 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 44 | Ecuador | 30.57 % | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 29.99 % | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 46 | Indonesia | 29.51 % | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | Thailand | 29.36 % | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 48 | Senegal | 29.22 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 49 | Mongolia | 28.64 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 27.75 % | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 51 | Nigeria | 27.44 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.81 % | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 53 | Peru | 25.6 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 21.96 % | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.52 % | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 56 | Egypt | 20.46 % | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 20.42 % | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 58 | China, mainland | 19.72 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 18.42 % | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 60 | Philippines | 18.18 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia | 17.79 % | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 62 | Samoa | 17.14 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 63 | Tonga | 14.6 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 64 | Iraq | 14.18 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 65 | Eswatini | 12.9 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 11.46 % | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 11.43 % | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 68 | Ukraine | 11.3 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 69 | Tunisia | 10.11 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 70 | Maldives | 9.99 % | 2023 | up 330.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Panama | 9.99 % | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 8.79 % | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 8.64 % | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 74 | Jamaica | 8.48 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 75 | Belarus | 8.35 % | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 76 | Poland | 8.25 % | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 7.75 % | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 7.06 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 6.79 % | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 80 | Guyana | 6.75 % | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 6.5 % | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 82 | Palestine | 5.88 % | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Suriname | 5.86 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 5.81 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 5.63 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 4.82 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 87 | Uruguay | 4.75 % | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 87 | Republic of Korea | 4.75 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.72 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 90 | South Africa | 4.68 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritius | 4.18 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 92 | Brazil | 4.16 % | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 93 | Lithuania | 4.06 % | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 94 | Croatia | 3.9 % | 2023 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 95 | Slovenia | 3.89 % | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 3.86 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 97 | Chile | 3.19 % | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Lucia | 3.13 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 99 | Austria | 3.07 % | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 100 | Hungary | 3.04 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 101 | Italy | 2.52 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 102 | Japan | 2.44 % | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 103 | Grenada | 2.3 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 104 | Portugal | 2.21 % | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.18 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 106 | Iceland | 2.17 % | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 107 | Spain | 2.07 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 108 | Czechia | 1.97 % | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 1.93 % | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 110 | Finland | 1.9 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 111 | France | 1.84 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 112 | Australia | 1.71 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 113 | Switzerland | 1.65 % | 2023 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 1.6 % | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 1.52 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 116 | Ireland | 1.43 % | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 117 | Estonia | 1.37 % | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 118 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.36 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 1.24 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 1.16 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 121 | Denmark | 1.14 % | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.13 % | 2023 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 123 | Cyprus | 1.05 % | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 124 | Germany | 0.99 % | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 125 | Seychelles | 0.98 % | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 126 | Canada | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 127 | Sweden | 0.93 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 0.85 % | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 129 | Belgium | 0.78 % | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 130 | Guam | 0.71 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 0.69 % | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 132 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.54 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 133 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.43 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 134 | Israel | 0.42 % | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 134 | Jordan | 0.42 % | 2023 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 0.39 % | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 137 | Malta | 0.38 % | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 0.08 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 41.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 64.12 %
- Southern Asia 62.4 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 51.12 %
- Middle Africa 62.4 %
- Africa 49.57 %
- Western Africa 36.29 %
- World 28.01 %
- South-eastern Asia 27.45 %
- Asia 31.92 %
- Central Asia 22.23 %
- Northern Africa 20.6 %
- Eastern Asia 18.61 %
- Western Asia 15.9 %
- Oceania 10.54 %
- South America 8.7 %
- Chagai 1.1 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 8.54 %
- Central America 7.2 %
- Southern Africa 6.56 %
- Eastern Europe 6.18 %
- Americas 5.39 %
- Southern Europe 5.18 %
- Europe 3.95 %
- Western Europe 1.41 %
- United States of America 1.12 %
- Northern America 1.11 %
- Northern Europe 0.93 %
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.