ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 98.06 % in Bolivia (Plurinational State of); the lowest is 48.46 % in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 88.5 %, and the mean is 87.36 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 33.6%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 19.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 98.06 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 97.93 % | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 88.53 % | 2019 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 96.71 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 94.1 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 3 | Mongolia | 96.33 % | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 83.4 % | 2013 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 70.66 % | 2019 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 4 | Ecuador | 95.9 % | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 81.19 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 95.12 % | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | India | 95.08 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 7 | Pakistan | 94.57 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 94.54 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 94.33 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 10 | Guatemala | 93.91 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 93.88 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 12 | Czechia | 93.71 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 13 | Thailand | 93.66 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Malaysia | 93.52 % | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Iceland | 93.38 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 93.28 % | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 93.14 % | 2019 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 93.08 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 18 | Belize | 93.08 % | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 20 | Slovenia | 93.04 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 92.49 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | Switzerland | 92.33 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 92.27 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 24 | Germany | 92.19 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 91.99 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 26 | Bhutan | 91.51 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | France | 91.28 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 28 | Colombia | 91.18 % | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 90.91 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Belarus | 90.62 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 90.41 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 32 | New Zealand | 90.33 % | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 90.11 % | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Poland | 89.84 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 35 | Georgia | 89.26 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium | 89.13 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 37 | Sweden | 89.05 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 38 | Jamaica | 88.98 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 88.58 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 88.5 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 41 | Portugal | 88.45 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 42 | Hungary | 88.42 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 43 | Denmark | 88.26 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 88.23 % | 2018 | — | flat |
| 45 | Cyprus | 87.99 % | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei Darussalam | 87.97 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 47 | Angola | 87.92 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 48 | Greece | 87.86 % | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 87.76 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 87.73 % | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 51 | Serbia | 86.91 % | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 52 | Zambia | 86.66 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Croatia | 86.61 % | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 54 | Estonia | 86.45 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Slovakia | 86.17 % | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 56 | Finland | 85.84 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Australia | 85.71 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 85.32 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 59 | Italy | 85.13 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 84.94 % | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 84.71 % | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 84.42 % | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 84.27 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 84.12 % | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 65 | Lithuania | 82.88 % | 2024 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 66 | Israel | 81.9 % | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 67 | Latvia | 81.28 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 68 | Armenia | 80.53 % | 2017 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 80.38 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 80.09 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 78.91 % | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 72 | Tunisia | 78.34 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 78.03 % | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 74 | Ukraine | 77.54 % | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 75 | Rwanda | 77.21 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 76 | Jordan | 72 % | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 77 | Senegal | 71.08 % | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 78 | Namibia | 63.88 % | 2018 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 79 | South Africa | 48.46 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | 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 83.62 %
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.