ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, employees, 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 status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 52,264 1000 No in India; the lowest is 7.76 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 706.52 1000 No, and the mean is 3,258 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,735.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 562.9%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 70.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 52,264 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 15,054 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 21,896 1000 No | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 3,082 1000 No | 2013 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 923.83 1000 No | 2019 | up 562.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 19,426 1000 No | 2025 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 319.46 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 15,661 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 304.99 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 14,603 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 6 | Egypt | 11,799 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 8,980 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 8,617 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 9 | Germany | 7,605 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 6,718 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 11 | France | 5,322 1000 No | 2024 | up 63.0% | falling |
| 12 | Poland | 5,049 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 3,852 1000 No | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 3,650 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,215 1000 No | 2019 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 3,208 1000 No | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 2,869 1000 No | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 2,089 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 2,083 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 20 | Rwanda | 1,991 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 1,839 1000 No | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 1,653 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 23 | Guatemala | 1,620 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 24 | Serbia | 1,521 1000 No | 2024 | up 184.3% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 1,399 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 1,292 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 27 | Sweden | 1,185 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 28 | Ecuador | 1,050 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 1,003 1000 No | 2023 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 30 | Ireland | 934.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 933.89 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Portugal | 919.59 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 892.02 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.1% | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 863.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 816.85 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 706.52 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 662.81 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 38 | Angola | 652.49 1000 No | 2024 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 646.92 1000 No | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 644.03 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 632.16 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 603.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Zambia | 571.96 1000 No | 2024 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 44 | Finland | 555.23 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 542.01 1000 No | 2024 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 46 | Croatia | 490.81 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 485.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Lithuania | 476.69 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 388.42 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 386.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 384.71 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.5% | flat |
| 52 | Greece | 370.81 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 332.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 327.41 1000 No | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 55 | Mali | 304.38 1000 No | 2023 | up 153.1% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 303.45 1000 No | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 57 | Latvia | 286.36 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 279.54 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 59 | Estonia | 215.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 60 | Jordan | 203.99 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 163.5 1000 No | 2022 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 155.83 1000 No | 2017 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 63 | Namibia | 141.39 1000 No | 2018 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 106.23 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 65 | Cyprus | 71.35 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 66 | Bhutan | 64.49 1000 No | 2024 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 57.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 68 | Belize | 52.76 1000 No | 2019 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 69 | Brunei Darussalam | 45.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 70 | Iceland | 34.65 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 71 | Mongolia | 33.28 1000 No | 2024 | down 70.9% | rising |
| 72 | Malta | 7.76 1000 No | 2024 | down 28.3% | 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 23,929 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.