ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, total, 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, total, rural areas — Female — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 117,159 1000 No in India; the lowest is 3.86 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 519.11 1000 No, and the mean is 3,650 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30,352.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 131.6%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 68.6%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 117,159 1000 No | 2024 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 16,652 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 24,444 1000 No | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 3,130 1000 No | 2013 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,950 1000 No | 2019 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 18,926 1000 No | 2024 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,061 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 14,944 1000 No | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 514.67 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 9,572 1000 No | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 7,427 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 7 | Philippines | 6,397 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 4,474 1000 No | 2024 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 4,074 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 3,926 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | France | 3,031 1000 No | 2024 | up 61.8% | falling |
| 12 | Poland | 2,981 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 2,605 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 2,307 1000 No | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 2,274 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 16 | Mali | 2,159 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 2,150 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 2,142 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,967 1000 No | 2019 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 1,650 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 1,558 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 1,554 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 1,451 1000 No | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 1,232 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 1,215 1000 No | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 1,169 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.5% | flat |
| 27 | Romania | 1,020 1000 No | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 986.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 131.6% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 863.7 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 800.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 649.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 32 | Sweden | 620.87 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 619.24 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 34 | Slovakia | 537.88 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.1% | flat |
| 35 | Ireland | 519.11 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 518.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 479.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.6% | flat |
| 38 | Belarus | 455.89 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 39 | Georgia | 434.72 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 40 | Denmark | 430.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 41 | Switzerland | 378.72 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 42 | Norway | 355.97 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 43 | Chile | 342.88 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 340.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 325.96 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 313.04 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 312.83 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 289.28 1000 No | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 285.11 1000 No | 2024 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 269.2 1000 No | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 51 | Lithuania | 258.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 52 | Croatia | 252.25 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Jamaica | 247.91 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 240.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 230.33 1000 No | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 56 | Tunisia | 205.53 1000 No | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 57 | Slovenia | 204.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 193.47 1000 No | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 59 | Latvia | 164.71 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 60 | Namibia | 158.39 1000 No | 2018 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 61 | Estonia | 122.31 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 116.29 1000 No | 2024 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 63 | Bhutan | 100.51 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 57.08 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 38.74 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Uruguay | 38.63 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | 37.94 1000 No | 2022 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 68 | Jordan | 37.49 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 69 | Belize | 30.33 1000 No | 2019 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 70 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 71 | Iceland | 19.68 1000 No | 2024 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 72 | Malta | 3.86 1000 No | 2024 | down 19.9% | 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 12,173 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.