Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Male — 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 Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 97.05 % in Mali; the lowest is 3.44 % in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.86 %, and the mean is 51.49 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 1,110.3%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 61.6%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 97.05 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 92.78 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.21 % | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Bhutan | 93.63 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 89.97 % | 2022 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 3 | Angola | 92.19 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 82.17 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Ghana | 91 % | 2017 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 69.81 % | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 5 | India | 90.19 % | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 61.32 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | Uganda | 90.03 % | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 55.82 % | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 87.01 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 46.17 % | 2017 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 8 | Albania | 86.59 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 83.22 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 10 | Jamaica | 80.75 % | 2014 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 79.56 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 12 | Senegal | 79.21 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 13 | Myanmar | 76.73 % | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Cambodia | 74.66 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 73.51 % | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 16 | Armenia | 70.54 % | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 69.58 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 66.56 % | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 19 | Serbia | 66.06 % | 2019 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 65.87 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 63.73 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 60.34 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 23 | Botswana | 59.79 % | 2024 | up 1,110.3% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 56.73 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 55.97 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 26 | Panama | 55.18 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 27 | Greece | 54.82 % | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.61 % | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 29 | Colombia | 54.37 % | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 52.78 % | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 31 | Ecuador | 49.92 % | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 49.8 % | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.66 % | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 48.65 % | 2020 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 35 | El Salvador | 45.79 % | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 36 | Palestine | 44.95 % | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 37 | Grenada | 44.78 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 38 | Seychelles | 44.11 % | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 43.3 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 43.25 % | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 41 | Brazil | 42.13 % | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 42 | Switzerland | 38.22 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritius | 38.04 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 37.36 % | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 36.37 % | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 46 | Georgia | 34.92 % | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 47 | Honduras | 33.22 % | 2025 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 48 | Italy | 32.39 % | 2020 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 49 | Chile | 32.16 % | 2020 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 50 | Japan | 31.71 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 51 | Uruguay | 31.24 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 52 | France | 28.05 % | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | 27.47 % | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 54 | Portugal | 26.04 % | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 22.15 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 56 | Slovakia | 22.07 % | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 57 | Australia | 21.36 % | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 58 | Cyprus | 21.27 % | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 20.13 % | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 60 | Barbados | 18.93 % | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 18.23 % | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 62 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.1 % | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 63 | Israel | 15.47 % | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.43 % | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 65 | Jordan | 8.15 % | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 6.46 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 4.78 % | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 68 | Belarus | 3.44 % | 2024 | down 21.5% | 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 8.46 %
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.