ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, 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...

Countries reporting
87
Highest
244,164 1000 No
India
Lowest
6.63 1000 No
Malta
Median
830.78 1000 No
Years covered
39
1987–2025
Data points
1,564

What the numbers show

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 244,164 1000 No in India; the lowest is 6.63 1000 No in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 830.78 1000 No, and the mean is 6,181 1000 No.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36,827.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 144.8%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 67.9%).

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, rural: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 244,164 1000 No 2024 up 38.7% rising
1 Viet Nam 23,270 1000 No 2024 down 6.9% falling
2 Indonesia 40,568 1000 No 2023 down 0.4% rising
2 United Republic of Tanzania 10,753 1000 No 2020 up 17.2% rising
2 Côte d'Ivoire 3,190 1000 No 2019 up 144.8% rising
3 Bangladesh 33,889 1000 No 2024 up 28.5% rising
3 Türkiye 5,841 1000 No 2013 down 9.6% falling
3 Cabo Verde 40.77 1000 No 2019 up 25.8% volatile
4 Pakistan 32,026 1000 No 2025 up 35.9% rising
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,112 1000 No 2024 up 24.6% rising
5 Egypt 13,827 1000 No 2024 up 38.3% rising
5 Republic of Moldova 455.65 1000 No 2024 down 23.3% falling
6 Thailand 13,638 1000 No 2024 down 4.1% falling
7 Russian Federation 12,010 1000 No 2024 down 3.6% flat
8 Philippines 11,055 1000 No 2023 down 12.8% rising
9 Mexico 7,407 1000 No 2024 up 24.8% rising
10 Poland 5,144 1000 No 2024 up 8.3% rising
11 Germany 4,993 1000 No 2024 down 21.7% rising
12 Sri Lanka 4,429 1000 No 2023 down 0.2% flat
13 France 4,421 1000 No 2024 up 50.6% falling
14 Mali 3,430 1000 No 2023 up 42.8% rising
15 Ukraine 3,106 1000 No 2021 down 22.4% falling
16 Colombia 2,998 1000 No 2025 up 3.9% rising
17 Angola 2,893 1000 No 2024 down 0.6% falling
18 Zambia 2,780 1000 No 2024 up 40.3% rising
19 Australia 2,695 1000 No 2024 up 13.9% rising
20 Italy 2,605 1000 No 2024 down 37.0% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,528 1000 No 2019 down 17.0% rising
22 Republic of Korea 2,460 1000 No 2025 down 11.6% rising
23 Romania 2,116 1000 No 2024 down 13.1% falling
24 Rwanda 2,077 1000 No 2024 up 10.4% rising
25 Zimbabwe 2,008 1000 No 2024 down 13.2% flat
26 Malaysia 1,999 1000 No 2022 down 25.8% volatile
27 Spain 1,883 1000 No 2024 down 42.9% falling
28 Guatemala 1,845 1000 No 2024 up 22.2% rising
29 Azerbaijan 1,841 1000 No 2022 up 4.7% flat
30 Canada 1,711 1000 No 2020 down 11.3% falling
31 Ecuador 1,564 1000 No 2025 up 8.8% rising
32 Serbia 1,409 1000 No 2024 up 95.4% rising
33 Czechia 1,394 1000 No 2024 down 1.9% rising
34 Austria 1,153 1000 No 2024 down 2.0% rising
35 Senegal 1,149 1000 No 2024 up 8.6% rising
36 Hungary 1,072 1000 No 2024 up 2.0% falling
37 Slovakia 897.83 1000 No 2023 up 15.8% falling
38 South Africa 891.08 1000 No 2024 down 67.9% flat
39 Sweden 830.78 1000 No 2024 down 3.5% falling
40 Tunisia 761.34 1000 No 2023 up 7.7% rising
41 Portugal 739.4 1000 No 2024 down 7.1% rising
42 Ireland 725.04 1000 No 2024 up 22.3% flat
43 Belarus 690.17 1000 No 2024 down 9.3% falling
44 Kyrgyzstan 675.91 1000 No 2018 rising
45 Chile 629.35 1000 No 2025 down 4.5% falling
46 Greece 568.42 1000 No 2024 up 9.2% falling
47 Denmark 561.23 1000 No 2024 down 27.0% falling
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 534.42 1000 No 2024 up 64.3% rising
49 Belgium 520.07 1000 No 2024 down 12.9% volatile
50 Dominican Republic 494.85 1000 No 2024 up 15.3% falling
51 Bulgaria 490.53 1000 No 2024 down 8.4% falling
52 Switzerland 475.28 1000 No 2024 down 5.2% flat
53 Norway 433.09 1000 No 2024 down 32.7% falling
54 Georgia 431.62 1000 No 2024 down 13.9% falling
55 Croatia 424.1 1000 No 2024 down 5.9% volatile
56 Costa Rica 416.64 1000 No 2025 up 12.6% rising
57 Finland 412.74 1000 No 2024 down 15.7% falling
58 Jamaica 394.53 1000 No 2023 up 10.7% rising
59 Lithuania 366.07 1000 No 2024 down 11.1% falling
60 Panama 355.33 1000 No 2024 up 15.7% rising
61 Slovenia 337.54 1000 No 2024 down 8.4% rising
62 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 324.92 1000 No 2024 down 58.0% volatile
63 Armenia 293.11 1000 No 2017 up 2.3% flat
64 Latvia 222.08 1000 No 2024 down 0.3% falling
65 Israel 206.4 1000 No 2020 up 6.9% rising
66 Mongolia 204.76 1000 No 2024 down 43.7% rising
67 New Zealand 193.3 1000 No 2020 down 7.5% falling
68 Jordan 187.15 1000 No 2023 up 25.4% rising
69 Namibia 184.67 1000 No 2018 up 8.5% falling
70 Bhutan 177.88 1000 No 2024 up 5.4% flat
71 Estonia 161.95 1000 No 2024 down 5.2% falling
72 Palestine, State of 153.26 1000 No 2022 up 30.4% rising
73 North Macedonia 102.19 1000 No 2024 down 39.8% falling
74 Luxembourg 92.71 1000 No 2024 down 10.0% rising
75 Uruguay 70.07 1000 No 2024 up 8.9% rising
76 Cyprus 58.6 1000 No 2024 down 12.9% falling
77 Belize 55.94 1000 No 2019 up 28.3% rising
78 Brunei Darussalam 40.02 1000 No 2024 up 21.4% rising
79 Iceland 25.75 1000 No 2024 up 42.6% falling
80 Malta 6.63 1000 No 2024 down 27.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Value
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
88 places, 1,564 data points, 1987–2025
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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.