Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — 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 the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 28.97 % in Bangladesh; the lowest is -20.49 % in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.42 %, and the mean is 0.9571 %.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 627.9%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 1,962.5%).
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 28.97 % | 2024 | up 627.9% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.9 % | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 10.19 % | 2022 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 27.94 % | 2024 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.33 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 25.06 % | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 7.13 % | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 4 | Bhutan | 22.71 % | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.09 % | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 5 | Ghana | 21.3 % | 2017 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | -1.54 % | 2024 | down 118.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Angola | 19.56 % | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -8.53 % | 2024 | down 1,037.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Honduras | 19.31 % | 2025 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -10.34 % | 2017 | down 447.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 15.35 % | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 15.2 % | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 10 | Zambia | 14.95 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 14.36 % | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 12 | Ecuador | 14.25 % | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Guatemala | 14.17 % | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 13.92 % | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 11.92 % | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 10.81 % | 2025 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 17 | Namibia | 10.71 % | 2018 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 18 | Mali | 10.46 % | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 10.22 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 6.86 % | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 5.85 % | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 22 | India | 5.28 % | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 5.07 % | 2020 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.59 % | 2024 | up 476.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.16 % | 2024 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 2.1 % | 2020 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Armenia | 1.57 % | 2023 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3 % | 2023 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Mexico | -0.28 % | 2025 | down 121.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | -1.58 % | 2024 | down 246.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Belarus | -2.05 % | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 32 | Albania | -2.18 % | 2024 | down 275.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | -2.67 % | 2020 | down 233.8% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | -2.78 % | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Switzerland | -3.45 % | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | -3.54 % | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 37 | Argentina | -4.33 % | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 38 | Uruguay | -4.5 % | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 39 | South Africa | -4.64 % | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 40 | France | -4.91 % | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | -5.02 % | 2024 | down 343.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Austria | -5.37 % | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | -5.84 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | -5.88 % | 2025 | down 119.4% | falling |
| 45 | Mongolia | -5.99 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 46 | Israel | -6.07 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -6.33 % | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | -6.57 % | 2025 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | -7.32 % | 2023 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Georgia | -7.45 % | 2024 | down 1,962.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Australia | -7.55 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 52 | Czechia | -7.56 % | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | -7.57 % | 2019 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 54 | Costa Rica | -8.4 % | 2025 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 55 | North Macedonia | -8.64 % | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 56 | Jordan | -9.74 % | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 57 | Brazil | -9.95 % | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 58 | Italy | -10.27 % | 2020 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | -11.12 % | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritius | -12.45 % | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Botswana | -12.74 % | 2024 | down 619.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | -12.74 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 63 | Barbados | -13.49 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 64 | Grenada | -14.2 % | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 64 | Jamaica | -14.2 % | 2014 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 66 | Seychelles | -14.66 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | -14.92 % | 2025 | down 857.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | -20.49 % | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
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 -1.49 %
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.