Gender gap in the share of people who used the internet in the previous three months — 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 people who used the internet in the previous three months — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 14.07 % in Egypt; the lowest is -5.7 % in Jamaica.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.745 %, and the mean is 1.19 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 6,766.7%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 2,788.2%).
Gender gap in the share of people who used the internet in the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 14.07 % | 2022 | up 135.3% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.08 % | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 6.75 % | 2024 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 7.29 % | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.62 % | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 3 | Japan | 5.76 % | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 3.85 % | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 5.75 % | 2024 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.82 % | 2021 | down 53.0% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 5.2 % | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5.19 % | 2021 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 5.08 % | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 8 | El Salvador | 4.83 % | 2020 | up 277.3% | rising |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 4.29 % | 2020 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 3.78 % | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 11 | Morocco | 3.56 % | 2021 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Peru | 3.47 % | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 13 | Greece | 3.23 % | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 14 | Albania | 2.87 % | 2023 | — | falling |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.59 % | 2024 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritius | 2.51 % | 2020 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.15 % | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 2 % | 2024 | up 6,766.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovakia | 2 % | 2024 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Sweden | 1.97 % | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 21 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1.84 % | 2023 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 1.81 % | 2024 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 23 | Finland | 1.78 % | 2023 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Switzerland | 1.73 % | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Israel | 1.69 % | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 1.61 % | 2024 | down 39.5% | flat |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 1.59 % | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 1.38 % | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Belgium | 1.31 % | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 30 | France | 1.16 % | 2024 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Singapore | 1.15 % | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 1.08 % | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 33 | Germany | 1.04 % | 2024 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 34 | Austria | 0.97 % | 2024 | down 87.4% | falling |
| 35 | Australia | 0.9 % | 2017 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 0.88 % | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.83 % | 2020 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 0.76 % | 2024 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 39 | Malaysia | 0.73 % | 2024 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 40 | Palestine, State of | 0.7 % | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Czechia | 0.69 % | 2024 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 42 | Qatar | 0.68 % | 2020 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 0.32 % | 2024 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 44 | China, mainland | 0.31 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | China, Macao SAR | 0.25 % | 2021 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Poland | 0.18 % | 2024 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 0.11 % | 2023 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Iceland | 0.01 % | 2021 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Norway | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Bahrain | 0 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | -0.07 % | 2024 | down 102.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Denmark | -0.19 % | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Portugal | -0.22 % | 2024 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Mexico | -0.38 % | 2023 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | -0.38 % | 2019 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Kuwait | -0.41 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Georgia | -0.45 % | 2023 | down 116.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovenia | -0.46 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | -0.56 % | 2024 | down 108.9% | volatile |
| 62 | China, Taiwan Province of | -0.6 % | 2024 | down 114.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | -0.61 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Puerto Rico | -0.77 % | 2022 | down 174.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Spain | -0.81 % | 2024 | down 123.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Montenegro | -0.89 % | 2024 | down 108.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | -0.91 % | 2023 | down 143.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Belarus | -0.95 % | 2024 | down 115.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | -0.96 % | 2024 | down 664.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | -1.12 % | 2024 | down 689.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Cyprus | -1.16 % | 2023 | down 133.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Latvia | -1.31 % | 2024 | down 624.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Estonia | -1.35 % | 2024 | down 250.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Colombia | -1.78 % | 2023 | down 258.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | -2 % | 2024 | down 201.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Ireland | -2.02 % | 2020 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | -2.74 % | 2019 | down 552.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Malta | -3.68 % | 2023 | down 190.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Armenia | -3.98 % | 2023 | down 215.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | -4.57 % | 2023 | down 2,788.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | -5.7 % | 2023 | up 13.6% | 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 -0.67 %
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.