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

Ecuador: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural was 2,908 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
2,908 1000 No
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
28th
of 82 countries
All-time high
2,926 1000 No
in 2024
All-time low
1,792 1000 No
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2025

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural in Ecuador, 2000–2025

01.0k2.0k3.0k2000201220252000: 1.8k 1000 No2001: 2.1k 1000 No2003: 1.8k 1000 No2004: 2.0k 1000 No2005: 2.0k 1000 No2006: 2.1k 1000 No2007: 2.0k 1000 No2008: 2.0k 1000 No2009: 2.1k 1000 No2010: 2.1k 1000 No2011: 2.1k 1000 No2012: 2.2k 1000 No2013: 2.3k 1000 No2014: 2.2k 1000 No2015: 2.4k 1000 No2016: 2.5k 1000 No2017: 2.6k 1000 No2018: 2.7k 1000 No2019: 2.7k 1000 No2020: 2.5k 1000 No2021: 2.8k 1000 No2022: 2.8k 1000 No2023: 2.8k 1000 No2024: 2.9k 1000 No2025: 2.9k 1000 No

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Ecuador is 2,908 1000 No, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Ecuador peaked at 2,926 1000 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,792 1000 No, in 2000.

That places Ecuador 28th out of 82 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

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

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural areas — Value in Ecuador, 2000 to 2025.
Year 1000 No Change
2000 1,792 1000 No
2001 2,086 1000 No +16.5%
2003 1,832 1000 No -12.2%
2004 1,979 1000 No +8.1%
2005 2,018 1000 No +2.0%
2006 2,105 1000 No +4.3%
2007 2,047 1000 No -2.8%
2008 2,044 1000 No -0.2%
2009 2,075 1000 No +1.5%
2010 2,079 1000 No +0.2%
2011 2,107 1000 No +1.4%
2012 2,197 1000 No +4.2%
2013 2,263 1000 No +3.0%
2014 2,205 1000 No -2.6%
2015 2,393 1000 No +8.5%
2016 2,545 1000 No +6.3%
2017 2,637 1000 No +3.6%
2018 2,653 1000 No +0.6%
2019 2,712 1000 No +2.2%
2020 2,471 1000 No -8.9%
2021 2,796 1000 No +13.1%
2022 2,833 1000 No +1.3%
2023 2,835 1000 No +0.1%
2024 2,926 1000 No +3.2%
2025 2,908 1000 No -0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,998 1000 No 1,792 1000 No 2,105 1000 No 9
2010s 2,379 1000 No 2,079 1000 No 2,712 1000 No 10
2020s 2,795 1000 No 2,471 1000 No 2,926 1000 No 6

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 25 Zimbabwe 3,307 1000 No compare
  2. 26 Rwanda 3,286 1000 No compare
  3. 27 Guatemala 3,124 1000 No compare
  4. 29 Canada 2,855 1000 No compare
  5. 30 Malaysia 2,848 1000 No compare
  6. 31 Romania 2,809 1000 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Ecuador?
Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Ecuador was 2,908 1000 No in 2025, 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 Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 2,926 1000 No in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 1,792 1000 No in 2000.
How does Ecuador rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural?
Ecuador ranks 28th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ecuador 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 — 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 — Value
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
90 places, 1,601 data points, 1987–2025
Last refreshed

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.