ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Male — 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...

Countries reporting
77
Highest
190,081 1000 No
India
Lowest
1.22 1000 No
Malta
Median
218.8 1000 No
Years covered
39
1987–2025
Data points
1,457

What the numbers show

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 190,081 1000 No in India; the lowest is 1.22 1000 No in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 218.8 1000 No, and the mean is 4,042 1000 No.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 85.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 68.5%).

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 190,081 1000 No 2024 up 20.1% rising
1 Viet Nam 9,710 1000 No 2024 down 22.9% falling
1 Côte d'Ivoire 1,885 1000 No 2019 up 85.7% rising
2 Indonesia 22,643 1000 No 2023 up 0.5% falling
2 Türkiye 3,200 1000 No 2013 down 24.0% falling
3 Pakistan 18,784 1000 No 2025 up 8.2% rising
3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 891.21 1000 No 2024 up 6.7% rising
4 Bangladesh 18,135 1000 No 2024 down 1.6% flat
4 Republic of Moldova 279.68 1000 No 2024 down 26.5% rising
5 Thailand 6,983 1000 No 2024 up 0.1% falling
6 Philippines 4,222 1000 No 2023 down 33.5% falling
7 Egypt 4,169 1000 No 2024 down 8.9% falling
8 Mexico 3,321 1000 No 2024 up 0.2% flat
9 Mali 2,796 1000 No 2023 up 35.2% rising
10 Colombia 2,080 1000 No 2025 down 0.1% rising
11 Zambia 1,992 1000 No 2024 up 39.6% rising
12 Sri Lanka 1,935 1000 No 2023 up 7.3% flat
13 Angola 1,888 1000 No 2024 down 10.4% falling
14 Republic of Korea 1,241 1000 No 2025 up 7.8% flat
15 Poland 1,169 1000 No 2024 down 4.6% flat
16 Zimbabwe 1,116 1000 No 2024 down 36.1% falling
17 Russian Federation 1,009 1000 No 2024 down 14.7% falling
18 Ecuador 911.24 1000 No 2025 up 39.2% rising
19 Senegal 908.18 1000 No 2024 up 10.5% rising
20 Guatemala 738 1000 No 2024 down 16.4% rising
21 France 657.83 1000 No 2024 up 40.8% falling
22 Rwanda 627.61 1000 No 2024 up 79.1% rising
23 Italy 616.82 1000 No 2024 down 38.1% flat
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 614.52 1000 No 2019 down 7.0% rising
25 Germany 521.58 1000 No 2024 down 28.1% rising
26 Australia 493.61 1000 No 2024 up 2.7% flat
27 Romania 482.54 1000 No 2024 down 59.3% falling
28 Spain 365.5 1000 No 2024 down 47.4% falling
29 Serbia 365.16 1000 No 2024 up 10.4% flat
30 Greece 312.97 1000 No 2024 up 11.9% falling
31 Dominican Republic 307.31 1000 No 2024 down 3.9% falling
32 Tunisia 286.07 1000 No 2019 down 14.8% falling
33 Panama 228.2 1000 No 2024 up 26.8% rising
34 Chile 218.8 1000 No 2025 up 0.5% flat
35 Czechia 205.32 1000 No 2024 down 11.2% rising
36 Austria 173.18 1000 No 2024 up 3.6% rising
37 Georgia 172.74 1000 No 2024 down 50.7% falling
38 Jamaica 167.79 1000 No 2023 down 6.9% falling
39 Armenia 162.69 1000 No 2017 up 16.8% rising
40 Ireland 154.95 1000 No 2024 up 1.4% falling
41 Costa Rica 150.78 1000 No 2025 down 2.3% rising
42 Slovakia 146.75 1000 No 2023 up 22.0% flat
43 Mongolia 139.01 1000 No 2024 down 25.2% falling
44 Sweden 131.12 1000 No 2024 up 6.4% falling
45 Portugal 123.4 1000 No 2024 down 44.3% falling
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 116.29 1000 No 2024 up 28.7% falling
47 South Africa 112.67 1000 No 2024 down 68.5% flat
48 Switzerland 103.68 1000 No 2024 up 6.7% falling
49 Hungary 98.27 1000 No 2024 up 15.3% falling
50 Bhutan 92.33 1000 No 2024 up 7.8% rising
51 Finland 89.77 1000 No 2024 down 10.6% falling
52 Belgium 82.56 1000 No 2024 up 2.7% volatile
53 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 74.53 1000 No 2024 down 50.0% volatile
54 Namibia 65.04 1000 No 2018 down 0.4% falling
55 Denmark 60.38 1000 No 2024 down 23.5% falling
56 Bulgaria 57.01 1000 No 2024 down 32.0% falling
57 Croatia 56.82 1000 No 2024 down 28.8% volatile
58 Slovenia 46.18 1000 No 2024 down 25.8% flat
59 Lithuania 44.73 1000 No 2024 down 20.6% falling
60 Palestine, State of 40.08 1000 No 2022 down 7.9% falling
61 Uruguay 30.91 1000 No 2024 up 10.0% flat
62 Latvia 29.9 1000 No 2024 up 6.4% falling
63 Belarus 28.3 1000 No 2024 up 9.2% flat
64 Norway 27.5 1000 No 2024 down 58.2% falling
65 Estonia 23.58 1000 No 2024 up 47.7% falling
66 Belize 20.73 1000 No 2019 up 14.6% rising
67 Jordan 17.22 1000 No 2023 down 7.4% falling
68 Luxembourg 7.77 1000 No 2024 down 4.2% rising
69 Cyprus 7.39 1000 No 2024 down 46.7% falling
70 Iceland 6.76 1000 No 2024 up 77.9% falling
71 Brunei Darussalam 1.99 1000 No 2024 up 7.0% rising
72 Malta 1.22 1000 No 2024 down 19.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Male — Value
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,457 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.