Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Male — 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 — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 98.85 % in Mali; the lowest is 3.54 % in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.47 %, and the mean is 63.14 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 1,098.9%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 60.9%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 98.85 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93.83 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 86.31 % | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 2 | Albania | 97.9 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 91.91 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bhutan | 97.62 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 90.79 % | 2022 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 4 | India | 96.45 % | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 85.99 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 5 | Mongolia | 95.5 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 83.01 % | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 6 | Angola | 95.46 % | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 76.4 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 94.48 % | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 62.75 % | 2017 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 8 | Uganda | 91.34 % | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Jamaica | 90.72 % | 2014 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Thailand | 90.21 % | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 88.74 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 12 | Armenia | 88.58 % | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 13 | Greece | 85.14 % | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 14 | Senegal | 85 % | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 15 | Serbia | 84.02 % | 2019 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 80.48 % | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 17 | Cambodia | 80.06 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.16 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 78.96 % | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Myanmar | 78.77 % | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.82 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 77.25 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 76.73 % | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 24 | Indonesia | 75.65 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 71.09 % | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 26 | Palestine | 69.72 % | 2025 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 69.7 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 69.03 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 68.71 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 67.14 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 31 | Panama | 65.57 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Philippines | 65.37 % | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Botswana | 65.34 % | 2024 | up 1,098.9% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 62.66 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 35 | France | 59.87 % | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 36 | Seychelles | 59.52 % | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 54.81 % | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 38 | El Salvador | 54.07 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 39 | Ecuador | 53.74 % | 2025 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 40 | Mexico | 52.61 % | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 52.49 % | 2018 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 42 | Grenada | 52.31 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 43 | Australia | 51.81 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 51.56 % | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 45 | Mauritius | 51.04 % | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 46 | Brazil | 50.81 % | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 50.79 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 49.6 % | 2020 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 49 | Barbados | 47.71 % | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | Cyprus | 47.38 % | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 46.58 % | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 52 | Italy | 45.64 % | 2020 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 53 | Portugal | 44.61 % | 2025 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 41.04 % | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 39.65 % | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 56 | Uruguay | 39.47 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 57 | Georgia | 37.72 % | 2024 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 37.44 % | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 36.17 % | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 60 | Honduras | 35.94 % | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 61 | Czechia | 32.01 % | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 26.79 % | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 24.75 % | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 64 | Rwanda | 14.6 % | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 65 | Jordan | 10.29 % | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 8.48 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 3.73 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 68 | Belarus | 3.54 % | 2024 | down 36.4% | 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 28.71 %
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.