ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas — Female — 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, 65+, rural areas — Female — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 4,180 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0 1000 No in Malaysia.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.42 1000 No, and the mean is 164.71 1000 No.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 387.6%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 89.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 4,180 1000 No | 2024 | up 191.4% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 1,483 1000 No | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1,930 1000 No | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 631.31 1000 No | 2020 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.67 1000 No | 2019 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 705.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 164.06 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 0.38 1000 No | 2019 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Thailand | 660.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 161.4 1000 No | 2013 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 5 | Philippines | 441.35 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 132.13 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 257.37 1000 No | 2024 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 232.75 1000 No | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 198.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 190.78 1000 No | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 161.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 157.35 1000 No | 2024 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 156.34 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 13 | Ecuador | 149.95 1000 No | 2025 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 141.21 1000 No | 2021 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 128.46 1000 No | 2024 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 128.02 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 127.76 1000 No | 2019 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Georgia | 126.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 19 | Zambia | 106.2 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 20 | Colombia | 95.09 1000 No | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 88.22 1000 No | 2024 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 84.01 1000 No | 2024 | up 224.6% | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 74.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 24 | France | 61.45 1000 No | 2024 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 59.6 1000 No | 2020 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 26 | Mali | 48.61 1000 No | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 47.97 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 45.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 40.86 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 30 | Sweden | 37.62 1000 No | 2024 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Portugal | 23.76 1000 No | 2024 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 22.78 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 22.55 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 19.9 1000 No | 2018 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 36 | Ireland | 19.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Panama | 19.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 38 | Armenia | 19.01 1000 No | 2017 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 18.85 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Romania | 18.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Austria | 18.24 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 18.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 102.5% | falling |
| 43 | Czechia | 17.98 1000 No | 2024 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 44 | Switzerland | 16.21 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 15.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 15.37 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 14.97 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | New Zealand | 14.5 1000 No | 2020 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 49 | Jamaica | 14.04 1000 No | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 50 | Finland | 13.94 1000 No | 2024 | up 122.7% | rising |
| 51 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13.46 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 52 | Lithuania | 13.05 1000 No | 2024 | up 155.4% | rising |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 12.06 1000 No | 2024 | up 105.1% | rising |
| 54 | Estonia | 10.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 134.2% | falling |
| 55 | Latvia | 9.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 121.7% | flat |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.4 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 9.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 387.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Israel | 9 1000 No | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 8.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 129.8% | rising |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 8.54 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 7.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 66.4% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 7.31 1000 No | 2023 | up 193.6% | rising |
| 63 | Bhutan | 6.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 5.51 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 5.51 1000 No | 2022 | up 146.0% | falling |
| 66 | Tunisia | 4.8 1000 No | 2023 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 4.39 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 68 | Slovenia | 3.14 1000 No | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 2.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 1.91 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 1.5 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 72 | Iceland | 1.12 1000 No | 2024 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 73 | Cyprus | 0.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Belize | 0.82 1000 No | 2019 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 75 | Palestine, State of | 0.39 1000 No | 2022 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.35 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 0.26 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 0 1000 No | 2022 | — | volatile |
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 983.63 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.