ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), 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, total (15+), rural areas — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 349,666 1000 No in India; the lowest is 9.21 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,143 1000 No, and the mean is 15,466 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37,966.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 97.4%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 68.3%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 349,666 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 35,014 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 2 | China | 270,090 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 270,090 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 3 | Türkiye | 8,788 1000 No | 2013 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 55.48 1000 No | 2019 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 62,307 1000 No | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 51,154 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 50,927 1000 No | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 21,268 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Egypt | 19,268 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 9 | Philippines | 16,369 1000 No | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 16,358 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 12,147 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 8,387 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 6,834 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 6,702 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 15 | France | 6,348 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.3% | falling |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 5,306 1000 No | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 17 | Mali | 5,211 1000 No | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 4,987 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 19 | Ukraine | 4,877 1000 No | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 4,853 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 21 | Zambia | 4,551 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 4,452 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,165 1000 No | 2019 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 3,771 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 3,307 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 26 | Rwanda | 3,286 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 3,124 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 2,908 1000 No | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 29 | Canada | 2,855 1000 No | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 30 | Malaysia | 2,848 1000 No | 2022 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Romania | 2,809 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 2,663 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 2,412 1000 No | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 2,138 1000 No | 2024 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 1,949 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Senegal | 1,806 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 1,704 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 1,436 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 1,367 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 40 | Slovakia | 1,194 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 41 | Ireland | 1,143 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 1,106 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 1,087 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.3% | flat |
| 44 | Tunisia | 1,021 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 45 | Chile | 982.83 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Belarus | 975.27 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Denmark | 952.64 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 48 | Georgia | 922.19 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 875.75 1000 No | 2018 | — | rising |
| 50 | Greece | 859.27 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 51 | Switzerland | 805.13 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 780.37 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 769.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 743.28 1000 No | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 55 | Belgium | 728.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 726.35 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 57 | Finland | 677.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 653.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 603.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 594.41 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 61 | Jamaica | 590.73 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 570.41 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Lithuania | 546.97 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 64 | Armenia | 481.01 1000 No | 2017 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 65 | Slovenia | 454.34 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 354.69 1000 No | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 342.7 1000 No | 2020 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 68 | Latvia | 337.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 69 | Namibia | 307.26 1000 No | 2018 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 70 | Mongolia | 271.76 1000 No | 2024 | down 40.2% | flat |
| 71 | Estonia | 248.22 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 72 | Bhutan | 244.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 222.23 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 74 | Palestine, State of | 215.39 1000 No | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 147.05 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 120.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 77 | Uruguay | 106.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 78 | Belize | 87.11 1000 No | 2019 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 79 | Cyprus | 82.98 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 80 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.89 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 81 | Iceland | 43.83 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 82 | Malta | 9.21 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
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 25,929 1000 No
- United Republic of Tanzania 19,051 1000 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 4,549 1000 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,157 1000 No
- Republic of Moldova 931.24 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.