Share of formal employment by industry and sex: 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 formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 99.99 % in Thailand; the lowest is 0.03 % in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.29 %, and the mean is 14.98 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,333.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 8,373.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 89.3%).
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 99.99 % | 2023 | up 8,373.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 3.57 % | 2024 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 2 | South Africa | 65.73 % | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 0.69 % | 2022 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 3 | Uruguay | 46.9 % | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.17 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.15 % | 2023 | up 2,074.9% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 39.78 % | 2024 | up 2,199.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 39.2 % | 2024 | up 278.0% | rising |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 36.61 % | 2024 | up 396.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 31.83 % | 2024 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 9 | Serbia | 30.72 % | 2019 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 22.77 % | 2024 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 17.82 % | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 17.27 % | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.67 % | 2023 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 13.27 % | 2024 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 11.25 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 16 | Namibia | 10.55 % | 2018 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 17 | Grenada | 10.06 % | 2023 | down 80.3% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.62 % | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 19 | El Salvador | 7.96 % | 2024 | up 294.1% | rising |
| 20 | Jordan | 7.21 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 21 | Myanmar | 5.64 % | 2020 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 4.95 % | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 23 | Honduras | 4.85 % | 2017 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 4.52 % | 2024 | up 347.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Peru | 4.27 % | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 4.27 % | 2024 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Guatemala | 3.03 % | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 28 | Palestine, State of | 2.79 % | 2024 | up 862.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Senegal | 2.69 % | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 2.36 % | 2024 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Botswana | 1.71 % | 2024 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 32 | India | 1.36 % | 2024 | up 312.1% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 1.01 % | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.8 % | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Georgia | 0.75 % | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 0.5 % | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Uganda | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 0.26 % | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Pakistan | 0.03 % | 2025 | down 87.0% | volatile |
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.