ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 96.36 % in Bolivia (Plurinational State of); the lowest is 22.82 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.69 %, and the mean is 74.13 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 62.7%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 29.6%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 96.36 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 93.43 % | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 75.82 % | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 92.68 % | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 90.3 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 91.56 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 86.16 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 56.34 % | 2019 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 91.2 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 63.19 % | 2013 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 90.21 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Guatemala | 87.82 % | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 7 | Panama | 87.8 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Zambia | 87.29 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 9 | Jamaica | 86.34 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 86.19 % | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | New Zealand | 85.94 % | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Mexico | 85.61 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | India | 85.11 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 84.9 % | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 84.75 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 84.28 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 84.24 % | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 84.17 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 19 | Switzerland | 83.86 % | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 20 | Uruguay | 83.61 % | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 21 | Bhutan | 83.5 % | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 22 | Philippines | 82.97 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 82.66 % | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 82.14 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 25 | Israel | 81.96 % | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 81.81 % | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 27 | Angola | 81.63 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 28 | Belize | 81 % | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 29 | Czechia | 80.66 % | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 30 | Armenia | 80.63 % | 2017 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 31 | Germany | 80 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 79.66 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cyprus | 78.16 % | 2024 | up 38.9% | flat |
| 34 | Norway | 77.6 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 77.51 % | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 36 | Ireland | 77.15 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 76.64 % | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 76.5 % | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 75.69 % | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 40 | Greece | 75.18 % | 2024 | up 45.4% | falling |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 74.67 % | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 42 | Malaysia | 74.54 % | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 43 | Hungary | 72.66 % | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 44 | Serbia | 72.31 % | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 45 | Finland | 72.02 % | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 71.88 % | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 71.73 % | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 70.64 % | 2024 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 49 | Malta | 70.03 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 50 | Australia | 69.84 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 69.6 % | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 52 | Estonia | 69.44 % | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.36 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 54 | Ukraine | 68.19 % | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 67.82 % | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 56 | Egypt | 67.61 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 67.23 % | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 66.61 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 59 | Belgium | 66.3 % | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 60 | Austria | 66.12 % | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 66 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 62 | France | 65.52 % | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 62 | Namibia | 65.52 % | 2018 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 64 | Russian Federation | 65.31 % | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 64.78 % | 2024 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 64.34 % | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 67 | Canada | 64.22 % | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 63.93 % | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 63.92 % | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 70 | Palestine, State of | 62.34 % | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 71 | Romania | 61.38 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 61.35 % | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.5 % | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 58.14 % | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 75 | Croatia | 54.54 % | 2024 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 50.38 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.98 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 78 | South Africa | 36.55 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 79 | Jordan | 22.82 % | 2023 | down 29.6% | 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 64.81 %
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.