ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, 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...
What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 16,865 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0 1000 No in Malaysia.
The median across all reporting countries is 47.69 1000 No, and the mean is 498.16 1000 No.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 609.9%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 100.0%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, 65+, rural areas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 16,865 1000 No | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 2,796 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 4,867 1000 No | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2,327 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 503.95 1000 No | 2013 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 1.11 1000 No | 2019 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Thailand | 1,561 1000 No | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1,526 1000 No | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 1,473 1000 No | 2025 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 1,047 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 1,040 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 549.92 1000 No | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 419.54 1000 No | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 406.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 392.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Ecuador | 368.28 1000 No | 2025 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 356.94 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 15 | Australia | 309.39 1000 No | 2024 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 305.31 1000 No | 2019 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 272.29 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 271.86 1000 No | 2021 | up 164.7% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 233.64 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 20 | Georgia | 224.32 1000 No | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 219.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 219.66 1000 No | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 213.31 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 209.21 1000 No | 2024 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 182.8 1000 No | 2020 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 26 | France | 155.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Rwanda | 151.92 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 134.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 55.1% | falling |
| 29 | Italy | 131.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 30 | Sweden | 98.39 1000 No | 2024 | up 85.9% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 96.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 32 | Senegal | 78.54 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 75.61 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 70.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 106.8% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 66.85 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 65.23 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 59.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 142.7% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 48.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 40 | Romania | 47.69 1000 No | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 46.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 87.0% | falling |
| 42 | Finland | 45.88 1000 No | 2024 | up 141.7% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 43.81 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 42.47 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 45 | Austria | 41.83 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 41.52 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 47 | Tunisia | 38.99 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 48 | Norway | 38.83 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 37.52 1000 No | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Armenia | 37.3 1000 No | 2017 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 51 | New Zealand | 37.2 1000 No | 2020 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 52 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 36.75 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Namibia | 35.74 1000 No | 2018 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 32.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 136.6% | rising |
| 55 | Israel | 28.47 1000 No | 2020 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 56 | Lithuania | 27.98 1000 No | 2024 | up 152.8% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 23.23 1000 No | 2024 | up 309.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 21.83 1000 No | 2022 | up 136.0% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 21.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 189.0% | rising |
| 60 | Estonia | 17.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 105.9% | falling |
| 61 | Bhutan | 17.36 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 62 | South Africa | 17.12 1000 No | 2024 | down 60.5% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium | 16.86 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.83 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 16.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 99.3% | falling |
| 66 | Slovakia | 16.47 1000 No | 2023 | up 609.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Mongolia | 9.08 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 8.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 69 | Slovenia | 8.52 1000 No | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 70 | Croatia | 7.24 1000 No | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 4.94 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 72 | Palestine, State of | 3.73 1000 No | 2022 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 73 | Iceland | 3.34 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.3% | falling |
| 74 | Belize | 3.25 1000 No | 2019 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 75 | Cyprus | 3.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 1.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 1.51 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8 1000 No | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Malta | 0.3 1000 No | 2020 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Malaysia | 0 1000 No | 2022 | down 100.0% | 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 2,146 1000 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 1,248 1000 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 118.13 1000 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 341.7 1000 No
- Republic of Moldova 220.57 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.