ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by age, 65+, rural areas — 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 — Value is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 86 % in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 2.42 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.27 %, and the mean is 23.84 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 433.8%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 83.9%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 86 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | Georgia | 65.93 % | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.63 % | 2019 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 76.45 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 2 | Angola | 62.17 % | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 3 | Armenia | 61.8 % | 2017 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 42.71 % | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 7.58 % | 2019 | down 67.2% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 58.4 % | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 19.73 % | 2013 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 57.18 % | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 55.48 % | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 55.2 % | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 8 | Namibia | 48.83 % | 2018 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 47.45 % | 2024 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 47.2 % | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 11 | Guatemala | 42.29 % | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 12 | Belize | 41.38 % | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 13 | Bhutan | 41.27 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 41.11 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 15 | New Zealand | 39.87 % | 2020 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 39.68 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 37.22 % | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 34.87 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 34.79 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 34.02 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 21 | Colombia | 33.79 % | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 22 | Israel | 32.97 % | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 32.34 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 29 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 25 | India | 28.79 % | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 28.68 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Rwanda | 28.21 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 27.19 % | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 26.86 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 25.7 % | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 23.14 % | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 22.31 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 21.06 % | 2025 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 20.78 % | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 17.37 % | 2024 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 16.48 % | 2024 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 37 | Australia | 16.33 % | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 16.2 % | 2020 | up 401.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 16.1 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 40 | Switzerland | 15.33 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.93 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.8 % | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 43 | Canada | 14.52 % | 2020 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 44 | Palestine, State of | 14.34 % | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 13.84 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 13.4 % | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.17 % | 2024 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13.11 % | 2024 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 12.83 % | 2024 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 11.26 % | 2024 | up 179.4% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 10.9 % | 2024 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Tunisia | 10.69 % | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 10.64 % | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 10.35 % | 2024 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 55 | Belarus | 9.8 % | 2024 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 9.03 % | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.02 % | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 7.93 % | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 7.68 % | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 7.16 % | 2024 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 6.92 % | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 6.87 % | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 5.9 % | 2024 | up 153.2% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 5.8 % | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 5.74 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 5.55 % | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 5.37 % | 2024 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 5.32 % | 2024 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 4.81 % | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 70 | France | 4.61 % | 2024 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia | 4.41 % | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 4.38 % | 2024 | up 305.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 4.34 % | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 3.79 % | 2023 | up 433.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 3.02 % | 2024 | down 83.9% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 2.66 % | 2024 | up 52.9% | flat |
| 77 | Croatia | 2.44 % | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Jordan | 2.42 % | 2023 | down 53.8% | 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 17.01 %
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.