ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, 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, 65+, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 12,684 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.1 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.02 1000 No, and the mean is 340.41 1000 No.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 271.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 79.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 12,684 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 1,313 1000 No | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 2,937 1000 No | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 616.63 1000 No | 2020 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.47 1000 No | 2019 | up 44.0% | flat |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2,069 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 342.55 1000 No | 2013 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 0.73 1000 No | 2019 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 1,336 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 177.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 899.84 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 88.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 806.97 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 766.64 1000 No | 2025 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 605.66 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 388.5 1000 No | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 324.45 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 272.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 12 | Germany | 234.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Ecuador | 218.33 1000 No | 2025 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 208.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 180.94 1000 No | 2024 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 177.55 1000 No | 2019 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Guatemala | 171.78 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 18 | Mali | 171.05 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 130.65 1000 No | 2021 | up 204.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Canada | 123.2 1000 No | 2020 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 120.99 1000 No | 2024 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 115.95 1000 No | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 107.11 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 105.62 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 25 | Georgia | 98.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 26 | France | 94.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 93.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 68.7% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 86.62 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 29 | Rwanda | 77.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 74.26 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 31 | Sweden | 60.77 1000 No | 2024 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 56.19 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 55.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 50.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 49.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 36 | Denmark | 48 1000 No | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 35.85 1000 No | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 38 | Tunisia | 34.19 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 31.94 1000 No | 2024 | up 151.1% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 30.13 1000 No | 2024 | up 119.3% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 29.06 1000 No | 2024 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 28.98 1000 No | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 28.43 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 44 | Greece | 28.11 1000 No | 2024 | up 78.1% | falling |
| 45 | Switzerland | 27.59 1000 No | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 26.56 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.27 1000 No | 2024 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 23.59 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 49 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 23.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Norway | 23.05 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 22.8 1000 No | 2020 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 20.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 160.5% | rising |
| 53 | Israel | 19.47 1000 No | 2020 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 54 | Armenia | 18.29 1000 No | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 16.32 1000 No | 2022 | up 132.8% | rising |
| 56 | Namibia | 15.85 1000 No | 2018 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 57 | Lithuania | 14.92 1000 No | 2024 | up 150.3% | rising |
| 58 | Hungary | 14.16 1000 No | 2024 | up 271.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 12.95 1000 No | 2024 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 60 | Belgium | 11.35 1000 No | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Bhutan | 10.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 62 | South Africa | 9.34 1000 No | 2024 | down 53.7% | rising |
| 63 | Slovakia | 9.16 1000 No | 2023 | up 138.5% | rising |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.43 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 7.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 66 | Estonia | 7.09 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.8% | falling |
| 67 | Latvia | 6.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 74.6% | falling |
| 68 | Slovenia | 5.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 4.86 1000 No | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 70 | Mongolia | 4.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 71 | Palestine, State of | 3.34 1000 No | 2022 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 3.13 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 73 | Belize | 2.43 1000 No | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 74 | Iceland | 2.21 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.7% | falling |
| 75 | Cyprus | 2.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 1.66 1000 No | 2024 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 1.51 1000 No | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 79 | Malta | 0.1 1000 No | 2018 | up 11.1% | rising |
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 1,163 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.