ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 91.18 % in Netherlands (Kingdom of the); the lowest is 23.2 % in Republic of Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.79 %, and the mean is 49.39 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 31.4%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 42.4%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 91.18 % | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 84.23 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 82.26 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 55.26 % | 2013 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.75 % | 2019 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 3 | Guatemala | 77.53 % | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 48.22 % | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 35.16 % | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 4 | Switzerland | 74.68 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 39.59 % | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 74.04 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 6 | Pakistan | 71.47 % | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 7 | New Zealand | 70.86 % | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 70.75 % | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 9 | Denmark | 69.55 % | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 69.09 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 11 | Belize | 68.83 % | 2019 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 68.11 % | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 67.64 % | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Panama | 65.58 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 15 | Austria | 62.81 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 62.45 % | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 62.35 % | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 62.27 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 61.91 % | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 60.75 % | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 21 | Angola | 60.12 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 58.96 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 58.62 % | 2022 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 58.17 % | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 58.06 % | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 26 | Sweden | 57.52 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 56.21 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 53.81 % | 2024 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 29 | Finland | 53.8 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 30 | Georgia | 53.76 % | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 31 | Rwanda | 51.31 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 50.93 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 49.7 % | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 34 | Mongolia | 48.86 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 35 | Thailand | 48.35 % | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 36 | France | 48.11 % | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 37 | India | 47.81 % | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 38 | Israel | 47.4 % | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 39 | Malta | 45.79 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 45.66 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 43.05 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | Lithuania | 42.91 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 43 | Egypt | 42.84 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 44 | Slovenia | 42.6 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.42 % | 2018 | — | falling |
| 46 | Jamaica | 42.14 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 47 | Cyprus | 41.99 % | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 41.66 % | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 49 | Philippines | 41.17 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 40.48 % | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 51 | Tunisia | 40.44 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 52 | Romania | 40.05 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 53 | Serbia | 39.77 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 54 | Hungary | 39.73 % | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 39.65 % | 2021 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 56 | Brunei Darussalam | 38.34 % | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 57 | Slovakia | 38.01 % | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.69 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 59 | Poland | 37.67 % | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 60 | Jordan | 37.33 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 61 | Belgium | 37.21 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 36.93 % | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 63 | Belarus | 36.62 % | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 64 | Estonia | 36.23 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 65 | Armenia | 35.86 % | 2017 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 66 | Portugal | 35.7 % | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 35.41 % | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 68 | Russian Federation | 35.11 % | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 34.73 % | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 70 | Italy | 33.96 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 71 | Latvia | 33.56 % | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 72 | Czechia | 33.39 % | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 32.8 % | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 74 | Greece | 31.68 % | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 31.56 % | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 76 | Bhutan | 30.99 % | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 29.84 % | 2018 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 78 | South Africa | 23.79 % | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 79 | Republic of Korea | 23.2 % | 2025 | down 20.0% | 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 59.84 %
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.