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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- United States of America 1,229 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.