Share of informal 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 informal 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 98.82 % in Uganda; the lowest is 20.57 % in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.8 %, and the mean is 75.85 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 48.6%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 56.4%).
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 98.82 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 95.95 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 98.18 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 86.91 % | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 3 | India | 97.1 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 60.91 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 97.06 % | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Rwanda | 96.93 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Senegal | 95.63 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Botswana | 95.61 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 95.47 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 9 | Zambia | 95.44 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 95.07 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 11 | Honduras | 93.27 % | 2017 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 12 | Guatemala | 91.18 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 13 | Georgia | 90.96 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 14 | Peru | 89.41 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 88.23 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Ecuador | 86.21 % | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 83.86 % | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 18 | El Salvador | 83.34 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 19 | Myanmar | 82.43 % | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Egypt | 81.16 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 21 | Panama | 80.93 % | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 80.38 % | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 80.14 % | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 78.22 % | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 25 | Mexico | 77.79 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.27 % | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 27 | Grenada | 69.28 % | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 68.45 % | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 62.59 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 30 | Brazil | 56.31 % | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.86 % | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 52.56 % | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 33 | Mongolia | 51.82 % | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.01 % | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 44.78 % | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 36 | Mauritius | 39.36 % | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 37 | Uruguay | 38.55 % | 2024 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 28.72 % | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 39 | South Africa | 20.57 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
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.