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Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

World Bank code: SL.AGR.EMPL.FE.ZS • Data available for 187 countries • Latest year: 2025

In , Burundi led Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) at 93.13.

The world median across 182 reporting countries was 9.46.

What this measures: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

How "Labor & Business" indicators are measured

Labor market indicators rely on household labor force surveys, which are conducted infrequently in many countries — annual data for some economies is partly modeled. Unemployment rates are particularly sensitive to definitions (ILO-standard versus national-standard, including or excluding discouraged workers). Informal-sector employment is undercounted in many low-income economies.

Distribution — 2025

Reporting
182 countries
Median
9.46
Mean
21.29
25th percentile
1.95
75th percentile
35.86
Range
0.01 – 93.13

World at a Glance — 2025

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 1.44AUBrunei Darussalam: 0.93BNCambodia: 35.62KHChina: 18.68CNFiji: 35.01FJFrench Polynesia: 0.78PFGuam: 0.65GUHong Kong SAR, China: 0.10HKIndonesia: 25.26IDJapan: 2.29JPKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 57.79KPKorea, Rep.: 4.59KRLao PDR: 68.38LAMacao SAR, China: 0.33MOMalaysia: 4.70MYMongolia: 24.70MNMyanmar: 37.84MMNew Caledonia: 1.10NCNew Zealand: 3.81NZPapua New Guinea: 38.92PGPhilippines: 13.30PHSamoa: 15.42WSSingapore: 0.08SGSolomon Islands: 43.78SBThailand: 24.82THTimor-Leste: 46.72TLTonga: 12.67TOVanuatu: 46.33VUViet Nam: 24.42VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 35.68ALArmenia: 31.17AMAustria: 2.33ATAzerbaijan: 38.71AZBelarus: 6.41BYBelgium: 0.62BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 21.55BABulgaria: 2.68BGChannel Islands: 1.02JGCroatia: 2.84HRCyprus: 0.84CYCzechia: 1.60CZDenmark: 0.73DKEstonia: 1.42EEFinland: 1.68FIFrance: 1.40FRGeorgia: 36.36GEGermany: 0.71DEGreece: 9.20GRHungary: 2.38HUIceland: 1.71ISIreland: 1.13IEItaly: 1.95ITKazakhstan: 9.54KZKyrgyz Republic: 17.99KGLatvia: 3.82LVLithuania: 3.48LTLuxembourg: 0.58LUMoldova: 51.32MDMontenegro: 3.42MENetherlands: 1.12NLNorth Macedonia: 7.58MKNorway: 1.11NOPoland: 4.82PLPortugal: 1.70PTRomania: 8.41RORussian Federation: 3.27RUSerbia: 17.31RSSlovak Republic: 0.91SKSlovenia: 2.91SISpain: 1.95ESSweden: 0.88SESwitzerland: 1.54CHTajikistan: 61.36TJTurkiye: 18.05TRTurkmenistan: 21.79TMUnited Kingdom: 0.47GBUzbekistan: 26.96UZLatin America & CaribbeanArgentina: 3.63ARBahamas, The: 0.15BSBarbados: 0.76BBBelize: 6.79BZBolivia: 24.54BOBrazil: 3.20BRChile: 3.37CLColombia: 5.93COCosta Rica: 6.32CRCuba: 6.38CUDominican Republic: 1.28DOEcuador: 30.76ECEl Salvador: 4.53SVGuatemala: 15.80GTGuyana: 6.74GYHaiti: 32.29HTHonduras: 5.27HNJamaica: 8.02JMMexico: 4.47MXNicaragua: 9.66NIPanama: 9.62PAParaguay: 10.75PYPeru: 21.68PEPuerto Rico (US): 0.37PRSt. Lucia: 2.49LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 4.50VCSuriname: 5.70SRTrinidad and Tobago: 1.89TTUruguay: 3.74UYVenezuela, RB: 2.64VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 0.41VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 74.62AFAlgeria: 3.81DZBahrain: 0.04BHDjibouti: 0.90DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 17.47EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 12.70IRIraq: 13.93IQIsrael: 0.35ILJordan: 0.37JOKuwait: 0.15KWLibya: 6.46LYMalta: 0.26MTMorocco: 38.34MAOman: 1.55OMPakistan: 68.02PKQatar: 0.01QASaudi Arabia: 0.45SASyrian Arab Republic: 7.88SYTunisia: 8.38TNUnited Arab Emirates: 0.06AEYemen, Rep.: 43.46YENorth AmericaCanada: 0.71CAUnited States: 0.96USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 74.67BDBhutan: 51.27BTIndia: 59.83INMaldives: 9.37MVNepal: 35.86NPSri Lanka: 25.97LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 55.93AOBenin: 33.56BJBotswana: 7.58BWBurkina Faso: 53.84BFBurundi: 93.13BICabo Verde: 4.94CVCameroon: 44.81CMCentral African Republic: 68.51CFChad: 74.37TDComoros: 34.10KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 67.43CDCongo, Rep.: 37.57CGCote d'Ivoire: 40.98CIEquatorial Guinea: 56.25GQEritrea: 58.11EREswatini: 10.67SZEthiopia: 50.03ETGabon: 25.99GAGambia, The: 38.86GMGhana: 28.55GHGuinea: 48.26GNGuinea-Bissau: 66.16GWKenya: 53.36KELesotho: 19.82LSLiberia: 44.35LRMadagascar: 68.30MGMalawi: 71.21MWMali: 60.94MLMauritania: 29.46MRMauritius: 3.18MUMozambique: 81.83MZNamibia: 21.33NANiger: 78.26NENigeria: 23.58NGRwanda: 43.06RWSao Tome and Principe: 11.24STSenegal: 24.54SNSierra Leone: 43.95SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 34.30SOSouth Africa: 3.80ZATanzania: 66.79TZTogo: 33.61TGUganda: 70.83UGZambia: 57.99ZMZimbabwe: 61.11ZW

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Highest Values — 2025

# Country Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 93.13
2 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 81.83
3 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 78.26
4 Bangladesh South Asia 74.67
5 Afghanistan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 74.62
6 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 74.37
7 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 71.21
8 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 70.83
9 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 68.51
10 Lao PDR East Asia & Pacific 68.38

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 1.99
Upper middle income 48 15.50
Lower middle income 46 35.18
Low income 23 58.04
Not classified 2 26.34

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 29 20.36
Europe & Central Asia 48 9.93
Latin America & Caribbean 31 7.86
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21 14.25
North America 2 0.84
South Asia 6 42.83
Sub-Saharan Africa 45 44.59

Lowest Values — 2025

# Country Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Qatar 0.01
2 Bahrain 0.04
3 United Arab Emirates 0.06
4 Singapore 0.08
5 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.10
6 Kuwait 0.15
7 Bahamas, The 0.15
8 Malta 0.26
9 Macao SAR, China 0.33
10 Israel 0.35
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.AGR.EMPL.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2025.