ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, 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, self-employed, rural areas — Female — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 102,154 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.24 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 101.22 1000 No, and the mean is 2,529 1000 No.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 127.8%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 75.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 102,154 1000 No | 2024 | up 127.8% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 10,250 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,682 1000 No | 2019 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 17,768 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 2,506 1000 No | 2013 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 17,215 1000 No | 2024 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 946.66 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 10,819 1000 No | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 346.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 5,668 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 6 | Philippines | 3,168 1000 No | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 2,341 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 2,111 1000 No | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Zambia | 1,987 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 1,773 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 1,370 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 1,234 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 13 | Ecuador | 946.9 1000 No | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 931.62 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 913.88 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 800.38 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 745.95 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 18 | Guatemala | 710.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 636.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 616.13 1000 No | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 21 | Senegal | 539.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 22 | France | 365.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 334.85 1000 No | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 308.13 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 284.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 26 | Germany | 259.76 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 27 | Serbia | 251.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.9% | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 243.89 1000 No | 2024 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 29 | Spain | 207.82 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 30 | Greece | 175.49 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 31 | Armenia | 162.5 1000 No | 2017 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 32 | Panama | 145.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 111.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 116.3% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 101.22 1000 No | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 35 | Namibia | 100.82 1000 No | 2018 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 36 | Mongolia | 99.44 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 95.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | Jamaica | 95.01 1000 No | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 90.7 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 88.36 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 41 | Bhutan | 87.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 42 | Georgia | 84.27 1000 No | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 43 | South Africa | 82.28 1000 No | 2024 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 69.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 45 | Portugal | 63.08 1000 No | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 46 | Tunisia | 55.7 1000 No | 2019 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 55.21 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 48 | Ireland | 53.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 49 | Sweden | 51.22 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 45.98 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 51 | Slovakia | 43.62 1000 No | 2023 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 52 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 43.36 1000 No | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Belgium | 42.05 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Finland | 32.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 28.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 56 | Lithuania | 25.55 1000 No | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 25.31 1000 No | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 22.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 21.75 1000 No | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 60 | Latvia | 20.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 15.73 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 62 | Belize | 13.54 1000 No | 2019 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 63 | Belarus | 12.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.4% | flat |
| 64 | Palestine, State of | 11.81 1000 No | 2022 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 65 | Norway | 9.26 1000 No | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Estonia | 8.71 1000 No | 2024 | up 84.9% | falling |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 5.79 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 4.25 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 69 | Iceland | 2.38 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.2% | falling |
| 70 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 1.02 1000 No | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 72 | Malta | 0.24 1000 No | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
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 770.85 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.