Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total employment — Value — Female — 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
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Total employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 93.24 % in Mali; the lowest is 3.43 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.6 %, and the mean is 37.5 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 131.6%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 72.0%).
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 93.24 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 87.72 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 82.79 % | 2019 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 88.48 % | 2021 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 2 | Timor-Leste | 80.46 % | 2022 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 3 | Ghana | 83.04 % | 2017 | up 37.1% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 69.69 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 81.64 % | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 53.79 % | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 80.77 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 36.66 % | 2017 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 6 | Angola | 80.46 % | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 36.2 % | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 7 | India | 76.92 % | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 7 | Türkiye | 28.04 % | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 8 | Bhutan | 73.63 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 9 | Senegal | 73.54 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 73.24 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 11 | Pakistan | 68.94 % | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 12 | Myanmar | 62.95 % | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 13 | Indonesia | 61.3 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 14 | Ecuador | 58.58 % | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cambodia | 58.17 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 53.7 % | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 17 | Albania | 53.14 % | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 49.98 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 19 | Guatemala | 48.92 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Honduras | 47.35 % | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 42.89 % | 2018 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 22 | Colombia | 42.11 % | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 23 | El Salvador | 41.04 % | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 24 | Philippines | 40.75 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 37.8 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 37.36 % | 2020 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 27 | Panama | 37.21 % | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 35.68 % | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 29 | Mongolia | 34.78 % | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 32.31 % | 2014 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 31 | Mexico | 30.13 % | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 29.07 % | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 33 | Botswana | 28.02 % | 2024 | up 131.6% | falling |
| 34 | Chile | 27.4 % | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.05 % | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 25.96 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 37 | Rwanda | 25.42 % | 2025 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 38 | Brazil | 24.93 % | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 39 | Argentina | 24.15 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.76 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 41 | Serbia | 23.48 % | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 22.18 % | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 43 | Palestine | 22.07 % | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 44 | Greece | 22 % | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 21.57 % | 2024 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 46 | Italy | 16.28 % | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 47 | Georgia | 15.64 % | 2024 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 48 | Grenada | 15.52 % | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 15.02 % | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 14.72 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritius | 13.34 % | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 13.12 % | 2025 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 53 | Barbados | 11.95 % | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 54 | Austria | 11.71 % | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 55 | Australia | 11.55 % | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 11.5 % | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 57 | Czechia | 11.35 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 58 | France | 10.83 % | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.97 % | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 60 | Israel | 9.84 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.73 % | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 62 | Seychelles | 9.08 % | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 63 | Slovakia | 8.39 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 8.09 % | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 65 | Japan | 7.76 % | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 5.4 % | 2023 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 67 | Belarus | 3.61 % | 2024 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 3.43 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | 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 5.26 %
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.