Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people 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 Self-employed people in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 20.49 % in Dominican Republic; the lowest is -29.22 % in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.79 %, and the mean is -0.1046 %.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 5,848.3%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 895.3%).
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 20.49 % | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11.1 % | 2017 | up 374.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Georgia | 16.67 % | 2024 | up 5,848.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.53 % | 2024 | up 1,037.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | -16.4 % | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 3 | Palestine, State of | 14.92 % | 2025 | up 853.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1.54 % | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Seychelles | 14.61 % | 2024 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -6.09 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 5 | Jamaica | 14.15 % | 2014 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | -7.13 % | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 6 | Barbados | 13.47 % | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | -7.45 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 7 | Grenada | 13.25 % | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | -10.19 % | 2022 | down 870.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Botswana | 12.88 % | 2024 | up 1,670.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Slovakia | 12.74 % | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 12.45 % | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 11.12 % | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 10.27 % | 2020 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 13 | Brazil | 9.95 % | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 9.74 % | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 8.63 % | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 8.4 % | 2025 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 7.57 % | 2019 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 7.55 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 7.54 % | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.31 % | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 6.41 % | 2025 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.32 % | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 23 | Israel | 6.06 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 24 | Mongolia | 5.94 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 5.9 % | 2025 | up 110.7% | rising |
| 26 | Panama | 5.84 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 27 | Austria | 5.41 % | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 5.02 % | 2024 | up 343.7% | volatile |
| 29 | France | 4.9 % | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 4.64 % | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Uruguay | 4.57 % | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 32 | Egypt | 4.48 % | 2024 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 4.33 % | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 34 | Cyprus | 3.54 % | 2024 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 3.45 % | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 36 | Japan | 2.9 % | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 2.67 % | 2020 | up 233.8% | rising |
| 38 | Albania | 2.18 % | 2024 | up 275.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Rwanda | 2.03 % | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Belarus | 2.03 % | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 41 | Thailand | 1.58 % | 2024 | up 246.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 0.51 % | 2025 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | -0.3 % | 2023 | down 122.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Vanuatu | -1.58 % | 2020 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 45 | Armenia | -1.64 % | 2023 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Myanmar | -2.1 % | 2020 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | -2.13 % | 2024 | down 220.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4.59 % | 2024 | down 476.2% | volatile |
| 49 | India | -5.56 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | -5.85 % | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 51 | Philippines | -6.86 % | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 52 | El Salvador | -10.22 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 53 | Mali | -10.46 % | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | -10.71 % | 2018 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 55 | Indonesia | -11.92 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | -13.72 % | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 57 | Uganda | -13.92 % | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | -14.25 % | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | -14.54 % | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 60 | Zambia | -14.95 % | 2024 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 61 | Cambodia | -15.21 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | -15.43 % | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 63 | Pakistan | -18.88 % | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 64 | Angola | -19.07 % | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 65 | Honduras | -19.31 % | 2025 | down 160.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | -21.3 % | 2017 | down 895.3% | falling |
| 67 | Bhutan | -22.56 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 68 | Bangladesh | -29.22 % | 2024 | down 630.5% | 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 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.