Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — 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 Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total AFS employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agrifood systems is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 99.16 % in Mali; the lowest is 2.4 % in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.51 %, and the mean is 55.23 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 421.2%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 78.4%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 99.16 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 96 % | 2022 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 93.12 % | 2019 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 2 | Angola | 97.16 % | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93.8 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 96.35 % | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 86.34 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 4 | India | 96.23 % | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 70.86 % | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bhutan | 95.72 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 68.07 % | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 95 % | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Türkiye | 66.94 % | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 94.86 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 38.26 % | 2017 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 8 | Ghana | 94.07 % | 2017 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 90.24 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 10 | Senegal | 86.17 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 11 | Albania | 84.79 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 80.14 % | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 77.22 % | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 14 | Indonesia | 76.86 % | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 15 | Thailand | 76.79 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Cambodia | 76.61 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mongolia | 76.54 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 18 | Egypt | 75.23 % | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 19 | Ecuador | 74.51 % | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 20 | Peru | 74.21 % | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 21 | Botswana | 72.87 % | 2024 | up 421.2% | flat |
| 22 | Jamaica | 72.84 % | 2014 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Namibia | 72.52 % | 2018 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 24 | Panama | 72.48 % | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 25 | Myanmar | 71.97 % | 2020 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 26 | Palestine | 66.38 % | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 64.4 % | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.7 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 61.45 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 30 | Guatemala | 61.01 % | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 60.51 % | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 32 | Philippines | 59.54 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.04 % | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 34 | El Salvador | 53.68 % | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 35 | Colombia | 53.08 % | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 49.29 % | 2020 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 37 | Greece | 47.87 % | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 47.66 % | 2025 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 39 | Brazil | 46.74 % | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 40 | Costa Rica | 46.43 % | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 45.77 % | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 42 | Mexico | 45.13 % | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 41.77 % | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 39.57 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 37.38 % | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 37.22 % | 2020 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 32.59 % | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 48 | Grenada | 32.12 % | 2023 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 49 | Brunei Darussalam | 29.59 % | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 26.53 % | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 51 | Czechia | 20.99 % | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 20.83 % | 2024 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | 19.48 % | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 54 | Japan | 18.91 % | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 55 | France | 18.79 % | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 56 | Jordan | 17.49 % | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 16.33 % | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 58 | Australia | 15.66 % | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 15.56 % | 2025 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 60 | Seychelles | 14.78 % | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 13.72 % | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 62 | Barbados | 12.96 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 63 | South Africa | 11.39 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.43 % | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 65 | Israel | 7.59 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 66 | Slovakia | 6.4 % | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 67 | Belarus | 2.4 % | 2024 | up 14.3% | 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 5.29 %
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.