ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Female — 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 — Female — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 13,693 1000 No in India; the lowest is 3.62 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 287.73 1000 No, and the mean is 1,056 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,783.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 1,073.5%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 72.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 13,693 1000 No | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 6,401 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 6,681 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 624 1000 No | 2013 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 251.13 1000 No | 2019 | up 1,073.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 6,676 1000 No | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 168.1 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 4 | Thailand | 3,904 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 114.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 3,666 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 3,230 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 2,902 1000 No | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 8 | France | 2,664 1000 No | 2024 | up 64.5% | falling |
| 9 | Poland | 2,365 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 2,171 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 1,842 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 1,697 1000 No | 2024 | down 53.0% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,632 1000 No | 2019 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 1,456 1000 No | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 1,360 1000 No | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 1,350 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 1,269 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 960.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 907.49 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 776.08 1000 No | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 21 | Czechia | 773 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 22 | Serbia | 734.96 1000 No | 2024 | up 251.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 687.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 603.89 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 569.65 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 518.1 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 494.26 1000 No | 2023 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 28 | Guatemala | 490.04 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 465.71 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 455.38 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 443.41 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Denmark | 401.79 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 397.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 34 | Norway | 346.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 309.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium | 298.84 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 287.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Finland | 280.26 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 277.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 268.37 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 41 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 245.92 1000 No | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 241.67 1000 No | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 43 | Lithuania | 233.09 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 44 | Croatia | 229.47 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 201.26 1000 No | 2024 | up 232.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Slovenia | 182.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 180.84 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 173.78 1000 No | 2024 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 49 | Zambia | 155.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 50 | Jamaica | 152.69 1000 No | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 51 | Greece | 150.47 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 149.01 1000 No | 2019 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 53 | Latvia | 144.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 138.26 1000 No | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 138.05 1000 No | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 113.6 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 95.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 70.19 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 59 | Armenia | 67.83 1000 No | 2017 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 57.56 1000 No | 2018 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 50.73 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Mali | 47.77 1000 No | 2023 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 63 | Jordan | 36.47 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 34.49 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Palestine, State of | 26.13 1000 No | 2022 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 66 | Uruguay | 21.95 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 67 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.32 1000 No | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 68 | Iceland | 17.26 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 16.85 1000 No | 2024 | down 72.2% | rising |
| 70 | Belize | 16.79 1000 No | 2019 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 71 | Bhutan | 12.65 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 72 | Malta | 3.62 1000 No | 2024 | down 19.6% | 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 11,402 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.