Gender gap in earnings of employees in rural areas — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National 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
Gender gap in earnings of employees in rural areas — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 0.55 % in Uganda; the lowest is -0.59 % in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.04 %, and the mean is 0.0158 %.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 550.0%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 755.6%).
Gender gap in earnings of employees in rural areas — Value — All age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 0.55 % | 2021 | up 339.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 0.24 % | 2021 | up 284.6% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 0.29 % | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 0.11 % | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 0.24 % | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 0.09 % | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.21 % | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.04 % | 2020 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 0.17 % | 2020 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 0.17 % | 2023 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | -0.04 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -0.06 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Mongolia | 0.14 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.13 % | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 0.12 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0.11 % | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 0.09 % | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 13 | France | 0.07 % | 2020 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 14 | Bhutan | 0.05 % | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Chile | 0.05 % | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 0.04 % | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Greece | 0.04 % | 2020 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 18 | El Salvador | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Paraguay | 0.02 % | 2024 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | -0.01 % | 2022 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Pakistan | -0.01 % | 2021 | down 102.6% | falling |
| 22 | Mexico | -0.02 % | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Jamaica | -0.03 % | 2014 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | -0.05 % | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | -0.07 % | 2024 | down 250.0% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | -0.08 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | -0.12 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Brazil | -0.14 % | 2024 | down 133.3% | falling |
| 29 | Costa Rica | -0.16 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | -0.16 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | -0.18 % | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | -0.24 % | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | -0.51 % | 2023 | down 204.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Namibia | -0.59 % | 2018 | down 755.6% | volatile |
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 0.19 %
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.