ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Value by country
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour...
What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 42,422 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.88 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 111.3 1000 No, and the mean is 1,286 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48,207.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 98.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 75.8%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 15 to 24, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 42,422 1000 No | 2024 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,462 1000 No | 2020 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 12,851 1000 No | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 3,437 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 923.43 1000 No | 2019 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 9,895 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1,310 1000 No | 2013 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 7.48 1000 No | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 8,289 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 365.32 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 2,995 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 50.29 1000 No | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 6 | Mexico | 2,221 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 7 | Philippines | 2,186 1000 No | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 8 | Thailand | 2,073 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 9 | Angola | 1,388 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 1,241 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 11 | Mali | 1,042 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 1,041 1000 No | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 13 | Germany | 805.14 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 802.05 1000 No | 2025 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 15 | Rwanda | 786.17 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 774.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 713.46 1000 No | 2024 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 18 | Australia | 691.43 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 19 | Ecuador | 598.45 1000 No | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 530.2 1000 No | 2022 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 496.28 1000 No | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 492.69 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 23 | France | 490.89 1000 No | 2024 | up 80.1% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 430.18 1000 No | 2019 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 25 | Senegal | 413.51 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 26 | Ukraine | 375.28 1000 No | 2021 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 27 | Canada | 351.3 1000 No | 2020 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 305.01 1000 No | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 29 | Romania | 217.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 206.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 31 | Spain | 190.79 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 32 | Austria | 174.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 33 | Ireland | 151.58 1000 No | 2024 | up 98.4% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 148.59 1000 No | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 132.99 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 36 | Serbia | 119.03 1000 No | 2024 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 37 | Panama | 118.39 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 38 | Denmark | 117.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 39 | Norway | 111.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 109.26 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 108.89 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 42 | Czechia | 106.59 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 43 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 102.42 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Hungary | 96.13 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 45 | Tunisia | 90.92 1000 No | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 86.46 1000 No | 2018 | — | falling |
| 47 | Jamaica | 82.63 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 74.13 1000 No | 2024 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 49 | Slovakia | 66.58 1000 No | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 62.54 1000 No | 2025 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 51 | Portugal | 61.64 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 56.69 1000 No | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 53 | Israel | 56.36 1000 No | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 55.44 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 55 | Belarus | 53.65 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 56 | Belgium | 53.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Namibia | 50.74 1000 No | 2018 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 48.62 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.83 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 60 | Croatia | 42.86 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 42.78 1000 No | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 62 | Greece | 40.95 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 63 | New Zealand | 38.9 1000 No | 2020 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 64 | Armenia | 36.87 1000 No | 2017 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 35.23 1000 No | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 66 | Lithuania | 33.14 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 67 | Slovenia | 31.36 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 68 | Mongolia | 28.56 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 69 | Jordan | 25.69 1000 No | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 70 | Belize | 20.95 1000 No | 2019 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 19.24 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 72 | Bhutan | 18.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 73 | Estonia | 14.16 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 11.64 1000 No | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 10.27 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 9.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 77 | Iceland | 5 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 78 | Cyprus | 4.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Malta | 0.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 42.5% | 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 3,532 1000 No
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.