ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, 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, self-employed, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 292,235 1000 No in India; the lowest is 1.46 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 325.19 1000 No, and the mean is 6,571 1000 No.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 99.9%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 69.4%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 292,235 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 19,960 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,567 1000 No | 2019 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 40,411 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 5,706 1000 No | 2013 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 35,351 1000 No | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,838 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 29,604 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 626.25 1000 No | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 12,651 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 6 | Philippines | 7,390 1000 No | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 7 | Egypt | 5,403 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 8 | Mexico | 5,095 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 4,906 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 4,230 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 3,979 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 3,011 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 2,849 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 2,486 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 2,041 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 16 | Ecuador | 1,858 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 1,785 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 1,755 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 19 | Guatemala | 1,448 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | Senegal | 1,448 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 1,264 1000 No | 2024 | up 99.9% | rising |
| 22 | France | 1,023 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 949.38 1000 No | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 901.75 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 25 | Australia | 801.74 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 781.33 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 726.43 1000 No | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 617.09 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 573.33 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 30 | Greece | 488.46 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 395.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 32 | Panama | 373.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 33 | Tunisia | 341.76 1000 No | 2019 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 34 | Armenia | 325.19 1000 No | 2017 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 320.02 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 36 | Czechia | 296.02 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 268.84 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 38 | Jamaica | 262.79 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Georgia | 257.01 1000 No | 2024 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 238.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 227.62 1000 No | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 208.36 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 205.99 1000 No | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 44 | South Africa | 194.95 1000 No | 2024 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 45 | Slovakia | 190.38 1000 No | 2023 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 46 | Portugal | 186.47 1000 No | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 47 | Sweden | 182.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 48 | Bhutan | 180.03 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 172.97 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 165.87 1000 No | 2018 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 51 | Hungary | 144.25 1000 No | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 52 | Belgium | 124.61 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Finland | 122.35 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 54 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 117.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Denmark | 89.04 1000 No | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 82.32 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 57 | Croatia | 79.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Lithuania | 70.28 1000 No | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 67.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 60 | Palestine, State of | 51.9 1000 No | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 50.19 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 46.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 63 | Belarus | 40.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 64 | Norway | 36.76 1000 No | 2024 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 65 | Belize | 34.28 1000 No | 2019 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 32.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.1% | falling |
| 67 | Jordan | 18.24 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 13.56 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 11.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 9.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 67.9% | falling |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.06 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 72 | Malta | 1.46 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.2% | 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 2,000 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.