ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, 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, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 30,055 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.92 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 123.59 1000 No, and the mean is 779.05 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32,669.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 136.2%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 63.4%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 30,055 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 2,924 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 5,016 1000 No | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 799.94 1000 No | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 196.92 1000 No | 2019 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 4,095 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 709.33 1000 No | 2013 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 3.46 1000 No | 2019 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3,536 1000 No | 2025 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 169.41 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 2,198 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 95.25 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1,644 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 1,570 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 1,181 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 1,146 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1,031 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 831.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 695.94 1000 No | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 13 | France | 667.23 1000 No | 2024 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 652.92 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 566.21 1000 No | 2021 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 487.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 477.15 1000 No | 2019 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 453.42 1000 No | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 390.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 20 | Mali | 347.73 1000 No | 2023 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 337.3 1000 No | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 307.23 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 23 | Romania | 280.46 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 24 | Malaysia | 241.5 1000 No | 2022 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 219.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 213.58 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 27 | Serbia | 208.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 28 | Angola | 196.08 1000 No | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 29 | Austria | 187.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 187.25 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 31 | Zambia | 164.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 32 | Sweden | 162.26 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 139.86 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 34 | Hungary | 137.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 134.84 1000 No | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 131.41 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 131.03 1000 No | 2022 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 38 | Rwanda | 126.36 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 123.59 1000 No | 2024 | up 50.7% | falling |
| 40 | Belarus | 120.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 115.52 1000 No | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 42 | Denmark | 112.84 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ireland | 110.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 109.87 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 45 | Georgia | 109.03 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 46 | Senegal | 108.83 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 93.53 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 92.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87.02 1000 No | 2024 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 50 | Norway | 85.41 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Finland | 83.17 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 76.78 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.5% | flat |
| 53 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 76.49 1000 No | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Belgium | 71.28 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Panama | 66.56 1000 No | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 63.26 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 57 | Lithuania | 56.59 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 55.31 1000 No | 2017 | up 136.2% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 55.11 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 60 | South Africa | 54.54 1000 No | 2024 | down 63.4% | rising |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.32 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 43.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 63 | Jamaica | 42.61 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 38.5 1000 No | 2020 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 65 | Latvia | 36.71 1000 No | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 33.52 1000 No | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 67 | Estonia | 25.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 18.79 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 69 | Bhutan | 18.41 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 70 | Mongolia | 16.27 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Namibia | 13.82 1000 No | 2018 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 72 | Palestine, State of | 13.56 1000 No | 2022 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 10.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 74 | Cyprus | 10.17 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.8% | flat |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 9.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 7.25 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 77 | Iceland | 5.39 1000 No | 2024 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 78 | Belize | 4.89 1000 No | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 80 | Malta | 0.92 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.8% | flat |
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 2,419 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.