Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture by country
Share of total employment working in the agriculture sector.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
77.0%
Burundi
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
Median
16.7%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 77.0% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.1% in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.7%, and the mean is 22.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 696.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 38.9%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 59.1%).
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 77.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 2 | Madagascar | 70.1% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 70.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 4 | Laos | 68.8% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 68.7% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 67.6% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 7 | Mali | 64.3% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 63.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 63.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 10 | Tanzania | 62.5% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 11 | South Sudan | 62.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 59.4% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 59.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 14 | Haiti | 58.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.4% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 53.1% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Zambia | 51.6% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 19 | North Korea | 50.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 50.2% | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 50.0% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 49.9% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 23 | Moldova | 49.5% | 2025 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 49.2% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 48.7% | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 26 | Angola | 48.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 47.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 28 | Benin | 46.8% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea | 46.7% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 30 | East Timor | 45.4% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 45.0% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 44.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 43.0% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 34 | Nigeria | 42.7% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 35 | Togo | 41.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 41.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 40.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 39.6% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 39 | Kenya | 39.1% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 40 | Lesotho | 39.1% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 41 | Liberia | 38.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 42 | Sudan | 37.4% | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 36.4% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 44 | Fiji | 36.0% | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 35.4% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 35.3% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 47 | Congo | 35.2% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 35.0% | 2025 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 49 | India | 34.4% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 33.7% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 51 | Mauritania | 33.4% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 52 | Samoa | 33.2% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 53 | Tonga | 33.2% | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 54 | Comoros | 33.2% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 55 | Senegal | 32.5% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 56 | Thailand | 31.7% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Georgia | 31.6% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 58 | Honduras | 31.4% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Cambodia | 31.3% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 30.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 30.5% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 29.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 63 | Mongolia | 28.8% | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 28.6% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 28.6% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 66 | Somalia | 28.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 67 | Rwanda | 28.2% | 2025 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 68 | Pakistan | 27.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 26.5% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 70 | Botswana | 26.4% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 25.8% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 72 | Vietnam | 25.6% | 2025 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 73 | Philippines | 25.6% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 25.0% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 75 | Bolivia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 76 | Peru | 24.3% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 24.2% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 78 | China | 24.2% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 23.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 23.3% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 22.1% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 82 | Belize | 21.7% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 83 | Cuba | 21.4% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 84 | El Salvador | 20.7% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 85 | Panama | 20.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 86 | Colombia | 19.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 19.7% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 18.9% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 89 | Serbia | 18.7% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 90 | Eswatini | 18.0% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 91 | Syria | 17.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 92 | Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 93 | Gambia | 16.8% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 94 | Guyana | 16.5% | 2025 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 95 | Ukraine | 16.3% | 2021 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 16.1% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 97 | Nepal | 15.3% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 15.0% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 99 | Tunisia | 14.1% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 100 | Iran | 13.8% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.8% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.3% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 13.0% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.9% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 105 | Romania | 12.8% | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.7% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 12.6% | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 108 | Belarus | 12.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 109 | Venezuela | 12.4% | 2025 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 110 | Turkey | 12.3% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 111 | Maldives | 11.9% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 112 | Malaysia | 11.8% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 113 | Greece | 11.8% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 114 | Uruguay | 11.7% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 11.7% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 116 | Libya | 11.6% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 11.0% | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 118 | Brazil | 10.9% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 119 | Algeria | 10.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 120 | Latvia | 9.5% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 121 | Argentina | 9.5% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 9.2% | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 123 | Chile | 8.1% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | 7.9% | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 125 | Iraq | 7.5% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 7.4% | 2025 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 127 | New Zealand | 6.9% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 128 | Russia | 6.9% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 129 | South Africa | 6.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 6.6% | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 6.5% | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 133 | Palestine | 6.4% | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 134 | Ireland | 6.3% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 5.8% | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 136 | Mauritius | 5.7% | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 5.7% | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 138 | Hungary | 5.7% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 139 | South Korea | 5.5% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 140 | Iceland | 5.2% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 141 | Finland | 5.2% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 142 | Montenegro | 4.9% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 143 | Spain | 4.6% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 144 | Estonia | 4.5% | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Italy | 4.4% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 146 | Slovenia | 4.3% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 147 | Lebanon | 4.2% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 148 | Portugal | 3.8% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 149 | Norway | 3.7% | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 150 | Jordan | 3.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 151 | Czechia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 152 | Slovakia | 3.3% | 2025 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 153 | Japan | 3.2% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 154 | Cyprus | 3.2% | 2025 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 155 | France | 3.2% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 156 | Austria | 3.2% | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 2.9% | 2025 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 158 | Switzerland | 2.9% | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 159 | Australia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 160 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.8% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 2.6% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 163 | Denmark | 2.4% | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Guam | 2.3% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 167 | Netherlands | 2.2% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 168 | United States | 2.0% | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 169 | Qatar | 2.0% | 2025 | up 38.9% | falling |
| 170 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8% | 2025 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 171 | Puerto Rico | 1.8% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 172 | Barbados | 1.7% | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 173 | Canada | 1.5% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 174 | Bahamas | 1.4% | 2025 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 175 | Germany | 1.4% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 176 | Brunei | 1.4% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 177 | Malta | 1.3% | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 178 | Belgium | 1.3% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 179 | Djibouti | 1.2% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 180 | United Kingdom | 1.2% | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 181 | Israel | 1.1% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 1.1% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 183 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 184 | Macao | 0.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 185 | Hong Kong | 0.3% | 2025 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
About this data
Share of total employment working in the agriculture sector.