ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Male — 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, 25 to 54, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 158,236 1000 No in India; the lowest is 3.89 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 491.52 1000 No, and the mean is 3,836 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40,678.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 167.6%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 67.8%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 158,236 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 12,231 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 2 | Indonesia | 24,641 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,320 1000 No | 2020 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,826 1000 No | 2019 | up 167.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 21,872 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 3,763 1000 No | 2013 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 24.4 1000 No | 2019 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 21,803 1000 No | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 556.26 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 10,486 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 207.81 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 6 | Thailand | 7,348 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 6,736 1000 No | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 6,462 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Mexico | 4,726 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 2,872 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 11 | Poland | 2,819 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 2,608 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 13 | France | 2,275 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 2,051 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mali | 1,954 1000 No | 2023 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 1,761 1000 No | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 1,508 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 1,470 1000 No | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 19 | Zambia | 1,470 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 1,408 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 21 | Malaysia | 1,377 1000 No | 2022 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 1,374 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 1,336 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,313 1000 No | 2019 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 25 | Rwanda | 1,084 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 1,072 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 1,046 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 983.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 920.53 1000 No | 2022 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 30 | Canada | 901.8 1000 No | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 31 | Ecuador | 885.8 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 773.49 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 747.83 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 34 | Senegal | 730.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 596.82 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 36 | Tunisia | 581.19 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 37 | Hungary | 576.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 38 | South Africa | 495.44 1000 No | 2024 | down 67.8% | flat |
| 39 | Slovakia | 491.52 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 40 | Sweden | 448.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 41 | Chile | 392.22 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 42 | Portugal | 385.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 43 | Ireland | 378.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 377.18 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 357.11 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 46 | Belarus | 355.61 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 341.61 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 312.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 49 | Denmark | 297.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 276.95 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 51 | Belgium | 272.29 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 267.41 1000 No | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 248.51 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 54 | Georgia | 244.94 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 55 | Croatia | 230.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 224.99 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 57 | Jamaica | 222.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 58 | Finland | 217.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 59 | Panama | 210.21 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 60 | Lithuania | 196.94 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 61 | Slovenia | 181.37 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 165.65 1000 No | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Jordan | 153.85 1000 No | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 151.48 1000 No | 2017 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 65 | Palestine, State of | 123.86 1000 No | 2022 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 117.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 114.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 106.5 1000 No | 2020 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 69 | Bhutan | 104.86 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 103.01 1000 No | 2020 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 71 | Namibia | 89.18 1000 No | 2018 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 72 | Estonia | 85.37 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 61.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 47.53 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 75 | Uruguay | 41.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 76 | Belize | 35.43 1000 No | 2019 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 77 | Cyprus | 29.33 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 23.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 79 | Iceland | 13.43 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 80 | Malta | 3.89 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.3% | 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 8,362 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.