Share of informal 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 informal 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 99.85 % in Pakistan; the lowest is 17.64 % in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.75 %, and the mean is 78.03 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 343.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 49.4%).
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agrifood systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 99.85 % | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 97.88 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 99.67 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 86.07 % | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 99.28 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 74.61 % | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 4 | Uganda | 99.26 % | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | India | 98.11 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Rwanda | 97.61 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Zambia | 97.58 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 97.03 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 9 | Senegal | 96.57 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Guatemala | 94.94 % | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 93.32 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 12 | Myanmar | 93.29 % | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 13 | Botswana | 92.78 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 92.3 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Honduras | 92.07 % | 2017 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 16 | Georgia | 91.58 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 17 | Ecuador | 90.34 % | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 18 | Palestine, State of | 89.93 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 87.25 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 85.42 % | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.37 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 22 | Panama | 83.62 % | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 83.46 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 24 | Namibia | 81.61 % | 2018 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 78.53 % | 2024 | up 104.6% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 76.89 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 65.57 % | 2024 | up 343.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.92 % | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 59.37 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.73 % | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 55.51 % | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 32 | Serbia | 55.03 % | 2019 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 33 | Grenada | 51.62 % | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 34 | Mongolia | 50.78 % | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 35 | Jordan | 49.77 % | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 45.59 % | 2024 | up 44.0% | flat |
| 37 | Mauritius | 40.46 % | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 33.89 % | 2024 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 39 | South Africa | 17.64 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | 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.