Gender gap in earnings of employees in urban 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 urban areas — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 0.49 % in Uganda; the lowest is -0.17 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.04 %, and the mean is 0.0532 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 422.2%).
Gender gap in earnings of employees in urban areas — Value — All age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 0.49 % | 2021 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 0.1 % | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 2 | Rwanda | 0.35 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 3 | Mali | 0.31 % | 2020 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.06 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.22 % | 2017 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | -0.04 % | 2013 | — | rising |
| 5 | India | 0.18 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 0.18 % | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | -0.08 % | 2020 | down 122.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | -0.47 % | 2021 | down 422.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 0.17 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 0.17 % | 2018 | up 54.5% | flat |
| 9 | Indonesia | 0.14 % | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 9 | Switzerland | 0.14 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 11 | France | 0.12 % | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 0.12 % | 2023 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 0.11 % | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 14 | Peru | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.09 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 15 | Zambia | 0.09 % | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 0.04 % | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 17 | Greece | 0.04 % | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 0.03 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 0.03 % | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 0.01 % | 2024 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Bhutan | 0 % | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | -0.01 % | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | -0.03 % | 2024 | down 123.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | -0.03 % | 2020 | down 115.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Jordan | -0.04 % | 2023 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | -0.05 % | 2024 | down 162.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Panama | -0.05 % | 2024 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | -0.06 % | 2014 | down 160.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | -0.1 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Pakistan | -0.13 % | 2021 | down 360.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Honduras | -0.17 % | 2024 | down 13.3% | 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 0.15 %
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.