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...

Countries reporting
77
Highest
292,235 1000 No
India
Lowest
1.46 1000 No
Malta
Median
325.19 1000 No
Years covered
39
1987–2025
Data points
1,460

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — 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, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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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.