Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Mongolia
Mongolia: Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural was 78.93 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Mongolia, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mongolia is 78.93 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 24.3% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mongolia peaked at 78.93 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45.39 %, in 2012.
Mongolia ranks 4th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 70.33 % | — |
| 2008 | 57.08 % | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 58.9 % | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 59.34 % | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 54.75 % | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 45.39 % | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 45.55 % | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 55.85 % | +22.6% |
| 2015 | 55.12 % | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 56.6 % | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 48.7 % | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 55.85 % | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 69.25 % | +24.0% |
| 2020 | 69.54 % | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 70.18 % | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 68.15 % | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 63.48 % | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 78.93 % | +24.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 78.93 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50.39 %, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 62.1 % | 57.08 % | 70.33 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 54.64 % | 45.39 % | 69.25 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.06 % | 63.48 % | 78.93 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.83 % compare
- 1 Türkiye 75.76 % compare
- 2 North Macedonia 92.23 % compare
- 2 Viet Nam 45.66 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9.7 % compare
- 3 South Africa 90.45 % compare
- 5 Mauritius 74.91 % compare
- 6 Uruguay 66.49 % compare
- 7 Georgia 61.57 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mongolia?
- Share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in Mongolia was 78.93 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 78.93 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.39 % in 2012.
- How does Mongolia rank for share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural?
- Mongolia ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of formal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of formal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.