ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand

New Zealand: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural was 73.3 1000 No in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
73.3 1000 No
Change on year
up 5.8%
World rank
64th
of 80 countries
All-time high
73.3 1000 No
in 2020
All-time low
64.6 1000 No
in 2015
Years of data
10
2011–2020

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand, 2011–2020

0204060802011201520202011: 65.4 1000 No2012: 68.8 1000 No2013: 68.9 1000 No2014: 69.9 1000 No2015: 64.6 1000 No2016: 69.1 1000 No2017: 73.2 1000 No2018: 70.5 1000 No2019: 69.3 1000 No2020: 73.3 1000 No

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.

Analysis

In 2020, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand stood at 73.3 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand peaked at 73.3 1000 No in 2020 and was at its lowest, 64.6 1000 No, in 2015.

New Zealand ranks 64th of 80 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Value in New Zealand, 2011 to 2020.
Year 1000 No Change
2011 65.4 1000 No
2012 68.8 1000 No +5.2%
2013 68.9 1000 No +0.1%
2014 69.9 1000 No +1.5%
2015 64.6 1000 No -7.6%
2016 69.1 1000 No +7.0%
2017 73.2 1000 No +5.9%
2018 70.5 1000 No -3.7%
2019 69.3 1000 No -1.7%
2020 73.3 1000 No +5.8%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 73.3 1000 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 177.15 1000 No, 41% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • New Zealand's 73.3 1000 No is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 755.95 1000 No, 10% of the median. (7 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 68.86 1000 No 64.6 1000 No 73.2 1000 No 9
2020s 73.3 1000 No 73.3 1000 No 73.3 1000 No 1

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 61 Costa Rica 83.55 1000 No compare
  2. 62 Latvia 79.07 1000 No compare
  3. 63 Slovenia 76.93 1000 No compare
  4. 65 Jamaica 71.1 1000 No compare
  5. 66 Israel 63.46 1000 No compare
  6. 67 Estonia 54.2 1000 No compare

See the full ranking of 88 places →

More economy & growth data for New Zealand

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand?
Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand was 73.3 1000 No in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 73.3 1000 No in 2020.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 64.6 1000 No in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural?
New Zealand ranks 64th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, 55 to 64, rural rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/ilostat-labour-force-survey-employment-by-age-55-to-64-rural-areas-value/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/ilostat-labour-force-survey-employment-by-age-55-to-64-rural-areas-value/new-zealand/">ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, rural in New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 55 to 64, 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, 1,555 data points, 1987–2025
Last refreshed

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.