Share of female employment by economic sector by country
Share of total employment working in the agriculture sector.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
93.1%
Burundi
Lowest
0.0%
Qatar
Median
9.6%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Share of female employment by economic sector is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 93.1% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.0% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.6%, and the mean is 21.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,702.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 542.7%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 73.5%).
Share of female employment by economic sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 93.1% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 78.3% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 74.7% | 2025 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 74.6% | 2025 | up 59.0% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 74.4% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 71.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 8 | Uganda | 70.8% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 68.5% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Laos | 68.4% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 68.3% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 68.0% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 67.4% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania | 66.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.2% | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 16 | South Sudan | 65.4% | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 61.4% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 61.1% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 60.9% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 20 | India | 59.8% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 21 | Eritrea | 58.1% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 58.0% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 23 | North Korea | 57.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 25 | Angola | 55.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 53.8% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | 53.4% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 28 | Moldova | 51.3% | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 29 | Bhutan | 51.3% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 30 | Sudan | 50.2% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 50.0% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 32 | Guinea | 48.3% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 33 | East Timor | 46.7% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 46.3% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 35 | Cameroon | 44.8% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 36 | Liberia | 44.4% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 44.0% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 43.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 39 | Yemen | 43.5% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 43.1% | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.0% | 2025 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 38.9% | 2025 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 43 | Gambia | 38.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 38.7% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 45 | Morocco | 38.3% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 37.8% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 47 | Congo | 37.6% | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 48 | Georgia | 36.4% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 35.9% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 50 | Albania | 35.7% | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 51 | Cambodia | 35.6% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 52 | Fiji | 35.0% | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 53 | Somalia | 34.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 54 | Comoros | 34.1% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 55 | Togo | 33.6% | 2025 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 56 | Benin | 33.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 57 | Haiti | 32.3% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 58 | Armenia | 31.2% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 30.8% | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 29.5% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 61 | Ghana | 28.6% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 27.0% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 26.0% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 26.0% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 25.3% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 24.8% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 24.7% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 68 | Bolivia | 24.5% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 69 | Senegal | 24.5% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 70 | Vietnam | 24.4% | 2025 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 71 | Nigeria | 23.6% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 21.8% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 73 | Peru | 21.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.6% | 2025 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 75 | Namibia | 21.3% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 76 | Lesotho | 19.8% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 77 | China | 18.7% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 78 | Türkiye | 18.0% | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.0% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 80 | Egypt | 17.5% | 2025 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 17.3% | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 15.8% | 2025 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 83 | Samoa | 15.4% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 84 | Iraq | 13.9% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 85 | Philippines | 13.3% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 86 | Iran | 12.7% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 87 | Tonga | 12.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 88 | Ukraine | 11.6% | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.2% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 10.7% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 91 | Eswatini | 10.7% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 9.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 93 | Panama | 9.6% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 9.5% | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 95 | Maldives | 9.4% | 2025 | up 278.4% | falling |
| 96 | Greece | 9.2% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 97 | Romania | 8.4% | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 8.4% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 99 | Jamaica | 8.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 100 | Syria | 7.9% | 2025 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 7.6% | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 102 | Botswana | 7.6% | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 103 | Belize | 6.8% | 2025 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 104 | Guyana | 6.7% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 105 | Libya | 6.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 106 | Belarus | 6.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 107 | Cuba | 6.4% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 6.3% | 2025 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 109 | Palestine | 6.3% | 2022 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 110 | Colombia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 111 | Suriname | 5.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 112 | Honduras | 5.3% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 113 | Cape Verde | 4.9% | 2025 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 114 | Poland | 4.8% | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 115 | Malaysia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 116 | Korea | 4.6% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 117 | El Salvador | 4.5% | 2025 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.5% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 4.5% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 120 | Latvia | 3.8% | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Algeria | 3.8% | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 3.8% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 123 | South Africa | 3.8% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 124 | Uruguay | 3.7% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 125 | Argentina | 3.6% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 3.5% | 2025 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Montenegro | 3.4% | 2025 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 3.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 129 | Russia | 3.3% | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 130 | Brazil | 3.2% | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritius | 3.2% | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | 2.9% | 2025 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 2.7% | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 135 | Venezuela | 2.6% | 2025 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Lucia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 137 | Hungary | 2.4% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 138 | Austria | 2.3% | 2025 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 139 | Japan | 2.3% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 140 | Italy | 2.0% | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 141 | Spain | 1.9% | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.9% | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Iceland | 1.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 144 | Portugal | 1.7% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 145 | Finland | 1.7% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 146 | Czechia | 1.6% | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Oman | 1.5% | 2025 | up 542.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Switzerland | 1.5% | 2025 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 149 | Lebanon | 1.5% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 150 | Australia | 1.4% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 1.4% | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 152 | France | 1.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 153 | Dominican Republic | 1.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 154 | Ireland | 1.1% | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 155 | Netherlands | 1.1% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 156 | Norway | 1.1% | 2025 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 158 | United States | 1.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 159 | Brunei | 0.9% | 2025 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Slovak Republic | 0.9% | 2025 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.9% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 0.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 163 | Cyprus | 0.8% | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 165 | Barbados | 0.8% | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 166 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 167 | Canada | 0.7% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 168 | Germany | 0.7% | 2025 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Guam | 0.7% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 170 | Belgium | 0.6% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 172 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 173 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4% | 2025 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 0.4% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 176 | Jordan | 0.4% | 2025 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 177 | Israel | 0.4% | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 178 | Macao | 0.3% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 179 | Malta | 0.3% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 180 | Bahamas | 0.2% | 2025 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Kuwait | 0.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2025 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 185 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2025 | up 21.6% | volatile |
About this data
Share of total employment working in the agriculture sector.