Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural 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: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 89.8 % in Senegal; the lowest is 5.35 % in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.5 %, and the mean is 54.02 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,248.6%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 78.8%).
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 89.8 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 77.98 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Mali | 88.9 % | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 48.95 % | 2022 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 3 | Uganda | 86.2 % | 2021 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 21.29 % | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 86.19 % | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 5 | Myanmar | 81.6 % | 2020 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 6 | India | 81.42 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 81.12 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 81.02 % | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 9 | Botswana | 80.13 % | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 10 | Rwanda | 77.38 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 74.56 % | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 71.49 % | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 70.81 % | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 66.53 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 15 | Palestine, State of | 66.32 % | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 62.8 % | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 17 | Zambia | 59.91 % | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 18 | Namibia | 58.54 % | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 19 | Honduras | 57.54 % | 2017 | up 167.5% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 54.65 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Ecuador | 52.36 % | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 22 | Brunei Darussalam | 51.86 % | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 51.85 % | 2024 | up 137.7% | rising |
| 24 | El Salvador | 49.91 % | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 25 | Thailand | 49.54 % | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 46.9 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 43.73 % | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Grenada | 39.56 % | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 39.53 % | 2024 | up 325.1% | flat |
| 30 | Serbia | 39.11 % | 2019 | up 1,248.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Brazil | 33.99 % | 2024 | up 346.1% | rising |
| 32 | Georgia | 32.07 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 31.91 % | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 25.84 % | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 18.66 % | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 36 | Mongolia | 13.39 % | 2024 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 9.56 % | 2024 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 38 | South Africa | 8.76 % | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.35 % | 2024 | down 78.8% | 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.