Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — 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
158
Highest
85.59 %
Burundi
Lowest
0.08 %
Singapore
Median
14.34 %
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,285
What the numbers show
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by subindustry and sex: Employment in agriculture — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 85.59 % in Burundi; the lowest is 0.08 % in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.34 %, and the mean is 21.87 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,070.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (up 352.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 73.2%).
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 85.59 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.39 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 73.05 % | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 65.16 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Chad | 71.93 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59.52 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 69.89 % | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 65.89 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 54.49 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.21 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 48.39 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 62.17 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 7 | Melanesia | 37.65 % | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 62.08 % | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 9 | Eritrea | 56.36 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 26.98 % | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 10 | Zambia | 55.97 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 25.07 % | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 10 | Caribbean | 19.17 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 55.38 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.01 % | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 52.7 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 12 | Polynesia | 12.9 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 13 | Angola | 52.41 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 9.81 % | 2023 | up 352.1% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 51.87 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 51.29 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kenya | 47.16 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 45.56 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 9.9 % | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 18 | Myanmar | 45.25 % | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 19 | Tajikistan | 45.06 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 44.94 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 44.63 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 22 | Bhutan | 43.62 % | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 23 | India | 43.51 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 43.04 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 25 | Liberia | 42.59 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 26 | Benin | 41.86 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 27 | Togo | 38.81 % | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 28 | Sudan | 38.54 % | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 38.08 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 30 | Congo | 37.1 % | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 36.77 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 32 | Fiji | 36.76 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 33 | Georgia | 36.23 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 36.01 % | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 35 | Cambodia | 35.16 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 36 | Nigeria | 34.68 % | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 37 | Comoros | 34.62 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 38 | Mauritania | 33.41 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 39 | Albania | 32.11 % | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | Yemen | 31.96 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 41 | Lesotho | 31.54 % | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 42 | Somalia | 30.53 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 43 | Thailand | 30.21 % | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 44 | Ecuador | 30 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 45 | Guatemala | 29.81 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 46 | Senegal | 29.63 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 47 | Samoa | 29.19 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 48 | Gambia | 29.07 % | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 49 | Indonesia | 28.78 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 50 | Mongolia | 28.3 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 51 | Armenia | 28.06 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 26.35 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | Tonga | 24.78 % | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 54 | Kiribati | 24.15 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | Peru | 23.97 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 56 | Nepal | 23.95 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 57 | Honduras | 22.98 % | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 58 | Namibia | 22.94 % | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 59 | China, mainland | 22.8 % | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 60 | Philippines | 21.97 % | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia | 18.45 % | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 18.18 % | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 63 | Botswana | 17.97 % | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.57 % | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.76 % | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 66 | Cuba | 16.14 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 67 | Eswatini | 15.04 % | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 14.71 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 69 | Jamaica | 14.55 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 70 | Colombia | 14.4 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 71 | Ukraine | 14.28 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 14.23 % | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 13.4 % | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Guyana | 13.17 % | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 75 | Tunisia | 12.84 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 76 | Maldives | 12.02 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 77 | Mexico | 11.92 % | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 11.91 % | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 11.48 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 80 | Niue | 10.14 % | 2022 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 81 | Belarus | 10.11 % | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 9.93 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.62 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 8.57 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 85 | Poland | 8.41 % | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 86 | Iraq | 8.36 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 87 | Brazil | 8.2 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 7.77 % | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 7.39 % | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 90 | Grenada | 7.23 % | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 7.22 % | 2022 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Suriname | 7.21 % | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine | 6.48 % | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 6.21 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 94 | Chile | 6.21 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 5.89 % | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 97 | Palau | 5.73 % | 2020 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 98 | South Africa | 5.5 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 99 | Republic of Korea | 5.32 % | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 100 | Mauritius | 5.07 % | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 101 | Lithuania | 5.06 % | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 4.66 % | 2023 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 102 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.66 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 4.59 % | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 4.43 % | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 4.02 % | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 107 | Iceland | 3.77 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 108 | Finland | 3.61 % | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 109 | Italy | 3.59 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 3.51 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 111 | Spain | 3.5 % | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 112 | Cook Islands | 3.49 % | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 113 | Jordan | 3.28 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 113 | Seychelles | 3.28 % | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 3.12 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 116 | Portugal | 3.1 % | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 116 | Slovakia | 3.1 % | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 118 | Japan | 3.01 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 119 | Czechia | 2.91 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 120 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.74 % | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 2.59 % | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 122 | France | 2.5 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 123 | Cyprus | 2.46 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 124 | Norway | 2.4 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 125 | Switzerland | 2.23 % | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 126 | Australia | 2.15 % | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 2.07 % | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 128 | Denmark | 2.02 % | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 1.81 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 129 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.81 % | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 131 | Sweden | 1.77 % | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 132 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.67 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 133 | Guam | 1.66 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 1.52 % | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 135 | Canada | 1.43 % | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 136 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.27 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 137 | Germany | 1.21 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 1.2 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 139 | Malta | 1.11 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 140 | Belgium | 1.09 % | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.88 % | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 143 | Naoero | 0.83 % | 2021 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 144 | Israel | 0.81 % | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 145 | Singapore | 0.08 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Africa 62.14 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 50.5 %
- Africa 46.79 %
- Middle Africa 56.23 %
- Southern Asia 41.63 %
- Western Africa 40.8 %
- South-eastern Asia 28.09 %
- World 26.5 %
- Asia 29.16 %
- Central Asia 22.04 %
- Eastern Asia 20.98 %
- Northern Africa 18.02 %
- Central America 14.98 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 13.27 %
- South America 11.97 %
- Chagai 2.16 %
- Western Asia 11.85 %
- Oceania 10.09 %
- Americas 8.65 %
- Southern Africa 7.86 %
- Eastern Europe 7.82 %
- Southern Europe 5.67 %
- Europe 4.84 %
- Western Europe 1.8 %
- Northern Europe 1.67 %
- United States of America 1.57 %
- Northern America 1.55 %
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.