Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture 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 Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 99.68 % in Mali; the lowest is 3.14 % in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 79.86 %, and the mean is 68.18 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 702.6%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 77.5%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 99.68 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 97.48 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 96.24 % | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Albania | 99.19 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 96.69 % | 2022 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 3 | Angola | 99.05 % | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 95.5 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 4 | Bhutan | 99 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 88.53 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 98.43 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 5 | Türkiye | 88.07 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 6 | India | 98.13 % | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 85.17 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 97.81 % | 2017 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 56.36 % | 2017 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 8 | Mongolia | 96.86 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Zambia | 96 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.99 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 11 | Uganda | 95.95 % | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Palestine | 94.33 % | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 13 | Armenia | 94.05 % | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 92.21 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 15 | Thailand | 91.41 % | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 16 | Serbia | 91.04 % | 2019 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 17 | Greece | 90.98 % | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 89.92 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | Senegal | 88.56 % | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 20 | Jamaica | 88.36 % | 2014 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 21 | Ecuador | 85.68 % | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 85.46 % | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cambodia | 84.73 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 24 | Namibia | 84.2 % | 2018 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 83.72 % | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 83.71 % | 2024 | up 702.6% | rising |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 83.37 % | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 28 | Indonesia | 82.88 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 82.34 % | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 30 | Pakistan | 79.86 % | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 31 | Myanmar | 74.92 % | 2020 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 32 | Philippines | 74.87 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 70.34 % | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 68.15 % | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 35 | Colombia | 66.66 % | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 64.22 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Japan | 63.8 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 63.64 % | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 60.45 % | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 40 | Australia | 59.58 % | 2024 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 56.67 % | 2024 | up 171.8% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 56.23 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 55.78 % | 2025 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 52.34 % | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 45 | Mauritius | 52.12 % | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Cyprus | 51.76 % | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 50.01 % | 2020 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 48 | Mexico | 49.44 % | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 49.34 % | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 50 | Austria | 48.04 % | 2025 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 51 | Uruguay | 47.43 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 46.91 % | 2020 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 53 | France | 45.88 % | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 54 | Barbados | 37.86 % | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 31.34 % | 2025 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 56 | Chile | 25.28 % | 2020 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 57 | Georgia | 22.37 % | 2024 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 19.51 % | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 59 | Israel | 17.29 % | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 60 | Czechia | 15.43 % | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 61 | Jordan | 12.78 % | 2021 | — | flat |
| 62 | Slovakia | 11.35 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 63 | Rwanda | 9.77 % | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 64 | South Africa | 5.38 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 65 | Belarus | 3.14 % | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 27.63 %
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.