Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — 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...
What the numbers show
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 79.43 % in South Africa; the lowest is 1.18 % in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.2 %, and the mean is 24.15 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 67.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 298.2%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 69.9%).
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 79.43 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 39.09 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 71.28 % | 2024 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 13.09 % | 2022 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 3 | Uruguay | 61.45 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.05 % | 2024 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritius | 60.64 % | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 55.22 % | 2019 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.99 % | 2024 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 48.18 % | 2024 | up 298.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 47.44 % | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.14 % | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 43.69 % | 2024 | up 89.4% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 37.41 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 31.55 % | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 13 | Grenada | 30.72 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.73 % | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 22.21 % | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 21.78 % | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 17 | Namibia | 19.86 % | 2018 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 18 | Palestine, State of | 19.62 % | 2024 | up 106.1% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 19.07 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 18.84 % | 2024 | up 69.9% | falling |
| 21 | Myanmar | 17.57 % | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 16.66 % | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 16.14 % | 2024 | up 291.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Ecuador | 13.79 % | 2024 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 11.77 % | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 10.59 % | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Georgia | 9.04 % | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 8.82 % | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 6.73 % | 2017 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 4.93 % | 2024 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 31 | Zambia | 4.56 % | 2023 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 4.53 % | 2024 | up 46.1% | falling |
| 33 | Botswana | 4.39 % | 2024 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 4.37 % | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 3.07 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 2.94 % | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 37 | India | 2.9 % | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 1.82 % | 2023 | up 70.1% | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 1.18 % | 2021 | up 100.0% | 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.