ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia

Zambia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural was 2,409 1000 No in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2,409 1000 No
Change on year
up 18.9%
World rank
18th
of 80 countries
All-time high
2,409 1000 No
in 2024
All-time low
1,593 1000 No
in 2018
Years of data
8
2017–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia, 2017–2024

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k2017202020242017: 1.7k 1000 No2018: 1.6k 1000 No2019: 1.7k 1000 No2020: 1.7k 1000 No2021: 1.7k 1000 No2022: 1.8k 1000 No2023: 2.0k 1000 No2024: 2.4k 1000 No

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

Analysis

In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia stood at 2,409 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.9% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.

Zambia ranks 18th of 80 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value in Zambia, 2017 to 2024.
Year 1000 No Change
2017 1,668 1000 No
2018 1,593 1000 No -4.5%
2019 1,669 1000 No +4.8%
2020 1,680 1000 No +0.7%
2021 1,725 1000 No +2.7%
2022 1,776 1000 No +2.9%
2023 2,025 1000 No +14.0%
2024 2,409 1000 No +18.9%

Zambia compared with similar countries

  • Zambia's 2,409 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,657 1000 No, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
  • Zambia's 2,409 1000 No is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,692 1000 No, 1.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,643 1000 No 1,593 1000 No 1,669 1000 No 3
2020s 1,923 1000 No 1,680 1000 No 2,409 1000 No 5

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 15 Mali 3,052 1000 No compare
  2. 16 Republic of Korea 2,999 1000 No compare
  3. 17 Ukraine 2,680 1000 No compare
  4. 19 Angola 2,382 1000 No compare
  5. 20 Australia 2,302 1000 No compare
  6. 21 Italy 2,217 1000 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia?
Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Zambia was 2,409 1000 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 2,409 1000 No in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,593 1000 No in 2018.
How does Zambia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural?
Zambia ranks 18th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia 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, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — 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, 1,579 data points, 1987–2025
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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.