ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 65+, 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-to-population ratio by age, 65+, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 87.77 % in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 3.61 % in Spain.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.04 %, and the mean is 30.7 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 245.1%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 78.5%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 87.77 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Indonesia | 72.52 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.01 % | 2019 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 81.94 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Georgia | 71.94 % | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 68.84 % | 2017 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 48.32 % | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 12.89 % | 2019 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 64.79 % | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 30.42 % | 2013 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 5 | Ecuador | 64.32 % | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 6 | Guatemala | 63.82 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 63.68 % | 2025 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 8 | Zambia | 63.03 % | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 9 | Mongolia | 55.95 % | 2024 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 10 | Belize | 55.94 % | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 55.88 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 54.82 % | 2018 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 54.61 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 53.51 % | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 53.25 % | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 51.8 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 51.06 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 50.76 % | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 19 | Colombia | 49.45 % | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 20 | Bhutan | 48.81 % | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 47.7 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 22 | New Zealand | 46.63 % | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 44.79 % | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 44.2 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 25 | India | 43.94 % | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 40.99 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 40.69 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 37.02 % | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 29 | Senegal | 36.71 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 36.61 % | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 34.89 % | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 32.66 % | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 28.8 % | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 27.69 % | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 35 | Palestine, State of | 26.16 % | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 25.47 % | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 23.94 % | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 20.14 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 39 | Denmark | 20.05 % | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 19.84 % | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 19.62 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 42 | Tunisia | 19.44 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 43 | Canada | 19.24 % | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.04 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.12 % | 2019 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 17.6 % | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 47 | Sweden | 17.39 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 16.72 % | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 49 | Lithuania | 16.54 % | 2024 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 50 | Finland | 15.69 % | 2024 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.67 % | 2024 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 13.91 % | 2024 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 13.15 % | 2024 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 12.01 % | 2024 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 11.85 % | 2021 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 56 | Malta | 11.59 % | 2018 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 10.9 % | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 10.74 % | 2024 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 9.43 % | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 9.39 % | 2024 | up 77.2% | falling |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.22 % | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 9.01 % | 2024 | up 175.5% | rising |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 8.98 % | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 64 | Poland | 8.56 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 65 | Czechia | 8.51 % | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 7.96 % | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 67 | South Africa | 7.84 % | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 7.49 % | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 69 | Belgium | 7.19 % | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 70 | Austria | 7.09 % | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 6.66 % | 2024 | up 245.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovenia | 6.12 % | 2024 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 73 | France | 5.74 % | 2024 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 5.52 % | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 75 | Slovakia | 5.28 % | 2023 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 4.55 % | 2024 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 3.71 % | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 78 | Spain | 3.61 % | 2024 | up 42.7% | 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 19.82 %
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.