Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems — Value — Female — 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 — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 82.36 % in South Africa; the lowest is 0.15 % in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.25 %, and the mean is 21.97 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 549.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 549.7%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 80.2%).
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 82.36 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 25.39 % | 2024 | up 106.6% | rising |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 66.11 % | 2024 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 13.93 % | 2022 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 3 | Mauritius | 59.54 % | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.12 % | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Uruguay | 54.41 % | 2024 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 5 | Jordan | 50.23 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 49.22 % | 2024 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Grenada | 48.38 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 44.97 % | 2019 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 9 | Brazil | 44.49 % | 2024 | up 253.1% | rising |
| 10 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.27 % | 2023 | up 206.4% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 40.63 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40.08 % | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 34.43 % | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 23.11 % | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 15 | Colombia | 21.47 % | 2024 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 16 | Namibia | 18.39 % | 2018 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 16.54 % | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 16.38 % | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.63 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 20 | Thailand | 14.58 % | 2024 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 12.75 % | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 10.07 % | 2024 | up 549.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Ecuador | 9.66 % | 2024 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 24 | Georgia | 8.42 % | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 25 | Honduras | 7.93 % | 2017 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 7.7 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Botswana | 7.22 % | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 28 | Myanmar | 6.71 % | 2020 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 6.68 % | 2024 | up 200.9% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 5.06 % | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 3.43 % | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 2.97 % | 2024 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 2.42 % | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 34 | Rwanda | 2.39 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 35 | India | 1.89 % | 2024 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.74 % | 2021 | up 393.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 0.72 % | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 0.33 % | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Pakistan | 0.15 % | 2025 | down 54.5% | 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.