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

Switzerland: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural was 805.13 1000 No in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
805.13 1000 No
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
51st
of 82 countries
All-time high
805.13 1000 No
in 2024
All-time low
658.46 1000 No
in 2000
Years of data
17
2000–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural in Switzerland, 2000–2024

02004006008002000201220242000: 658.5 1000 No2005: 677 1000 No2010: 762.9 1000 No2011: 776 1000 No2012: 762.7 1000 No2013: 764.8 1000 No2014: 767.8 1000 No2015: 771.7 1000 No2016: 768 1000 No2017: 771.2 1000 No2018: 789.3 1000 No2019: 783.5 1000 No2020: 789.7 1000 No2021: 782.2 1000 No2022: 783.4 1000 No2023: 800.2 1000 No2024: 805.1 1000 No

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

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 805.13 1000 No for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Switzerland peaked at 805.13 1000 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 658.46 1000 No, in 2000.

That places Switzerland 51st out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

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

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by age, total (15+), rural areas — Value in Switzerland, 2000 to 2024.
Year 1000 No Change
2000 658.46 1000 No
2005 677.02 1000 No +2.8%
2010 762.85 1000 No +12.7%
2011 775.98 1000 No +1.7%
2012 762.73 1000 No -1.7%
2013 764.76 1000 No +0.3%
2014 767.83 1000 No +0.4%
2015 771.74 1000 No +0.5%
2016 767.96 1000 No -0.5%
2017 771.2 1000 No +0.4%
2018 789.26 1000 No +2.3%
2019 783.55 1000 No -0.7%
2020 789.71 1000 No +0.8%
2021 782.21 1000 No -0.9%
2022 783.37 1000 No +0.1%
2023 800.17 1000 No +2.1%
2024 805.13 1000 No +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 667.74 1000 No 658.46 1000 No 677.02 1000 No 2
2010s 771.79 1000 No 762.73 1000 No 789.26 1000 No 10
2020s 792.12 1000 No 782.21 1000 No 805.13 1000 No 5

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 48 Georgia 922.19 1000 No compare
  2. 49 Kyrgyzstan 875.75 1000 No compare
  3. 50 Greece 859.27 1000 No compare
  4. 52 Dominican Republic 780.37 1000 No compare
  5. 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 769.63 1000 No compare
  6. 54 Norway 743.28 1000 No compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Switzerland?
Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural in Switzerland was 805.13 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 Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 805.13 1000 No in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 658.46 1000 No in 2000.
How does Switzerland rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural?
Switzerland ranks 51st out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by age, total (15+), rural rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Switzerland 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.