ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, total, 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, total, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 232,507 1000 No in India; the lowest is 5.36 1000 No in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 655.99 1000 No, and the mean is 6,315 1000 No.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43,378.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 123.5%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 68.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 232,507 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 18,363 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 2 | Indonesia | 37,864 1000 No | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 5,658 1000 No | 2013 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,599 1000 No | 2019 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 35,984 1000 No | 2025 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,097 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 32,225 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 416.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 5 | Egypt | 14,794 1000 No | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 11,696 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 9,972 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 8,931 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 9 | Mexico | 8,073 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 4,461 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 4,428 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 12 | Poland | 3,853 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 3,401 1000 No | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 14 | France | 3,317 1000 No | 2024 | up 57.0% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 3,052 1000 No | 2023 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 2,999 1000 No | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Zambia | 2,409 1000 No | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 2,382 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Australia | 2,302 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 2,217 1000 No | 2024 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,198 1000 No | 2019 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Guatemala | 1,892 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 1,790 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 24 | Rwanda | 1,728 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 1,693 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 1,657 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 27 | Spain | 1,494 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 28 | Senegal | 1,187 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 1,151 1000 No | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 1,085 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 903.48 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 786.01 1000 No | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 785.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 746.19 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 35 | Slovakia | 655.99 1000 No | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 36 | Chile | 639.94 1000 No | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 37 | Ireland | 623.85 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.0% | flat |
| 38 | South Africa | 607.07 1000 No | 2024 | down 68.2% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 587.61 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 533.32 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 41 | Denmark | 522.19 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 42 | Belarus | 519.38 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 511.18 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 487.47 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 484.52 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 426.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 413.32 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 48 | Panama | 412.3 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 400.93 1000 No | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 50 | Norway | 387.31 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 51 | Belgium | 387.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Finland | 364.74 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 53 | Jamaica | 342.82 1000 No | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 54 | Croatia | 318.15 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 314.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 288.33 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 57 | Armenia | 250.68 1000 No | 2017 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 58 | Slovenia | 249.89 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 184.74 1000 No | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 60 | Palestine, State of | 177.45 1000 No | 2022 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 61 | Latvia | 172.45 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 155.47 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.1% | flat |
| 63 | Namibia | 148.87 1000 No | 2018 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 64 | Bhutan | 144.37 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 65 | Estonia | 125.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 66 | Uruguay | 67.66 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 63.55 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 68 | Belize | 56.78 1000 No | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 44.24 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 70 | Brunei Darussalam | 29.45 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 71 | Iceland | 24.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.3% | falling |
| 72 | Malta | 5.36 1000 No | 2024 | down 31.5% | 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 13,756 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.