ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, 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...

Countries reporting
85
Highest
89.78 %
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Lowest
21.71 %
South Africa
Median
38.17 %
Years covered
39
1987–2025
Data points
1,542

What the numbers show

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 89.78 % in Netherlands (Kingdom of the); the lowest is 21.71 % in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.17 %, and the mean is 43.27 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 40.2%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 48.1%).

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 89.78 % 2024 up 23.7% rising
1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 77.66 % 2024 up 26.9% rising
2 Iceland 82.71 % 2024 up 3.7% rising
2 Côte d'Ivoire 45.42 % 2019 down 34.8% falling
2 Viet Nam 45.16 % 2024 down 28.2% falling
3 Switzerland 74.5 % 2024 up 2.6% flat
3 Türkiye 42.43 % 2013 down 7.6% falling
3 Cabo Verde 28.2 % 2019 down 28.9% falling
4 Australia 73.57 % 2024 up 5.2% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 39.8 % 2024 down 21.8% rising
5 Norway 69.04 % 2024 up 28.5% rising
6 Denmark 68.25 % 2024 up 23.5% falling
7 New Zealand 66.56 % 2020 up 9.7% rising
8 Canada 65.7 % 2020 down 0.7% flat
9 Angola 60.7 % 2024 down 12.4% falling
10 Ecuador 60.55 % 2025 up 15.6% falling
11 Austria 59.96 % 2024 down 3.1% flat
12 Germany 58.69 % 2024 up 8.6% falling
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 58.44 % 2019 down 3.8% falling
14 Sweden 56.86 % 2024 up 3.5% rising
15 Bangladesh 56.01 % 2024 up 21.2% rising
16 Belize 55.79 % 2019 up 22.3% rising
17 Ireland 55.78 % 2024 up 25.3% rising
18 Guatemala 55.44 % 2024 up 3.3% falling
19 Mali 52.05 % 2023 down 35.4% falling
20 Panama 51.81 % 2024 up 6.6% rising
21 Pakistan 51.37 % 2025 up 12.8% rising
22 Finland 50.95 % 2024 up 3.3% falling
23 Dominican Republic 49.63 % 2024 up 11.7% rising
24 Malaysia 48.77 % 2022 up 14.2% flat
25 Mexico 48.42 % 2024 up 1.2% flat
26 Indonesia 48.32 % 2023 up 0.2% falling
27 Zimbabwe 47.44 % 2024 down 48.1% falling
28 Zambia 47.4 % 2024 down 9.3% falling
29 Rwanda 47.15 % 2024 up 10.1% rising
30 Israel 46.84 % 2020 down 7.7% falling
31 Uruguay 46.6 % 2024 down 14.4% falling
32 Colombia 46.36 % 2025 down 9.8% falling
33 Malta 45.79 % 2024 up 6.2% rising
34 France 44.08 % 2024 up 16.1% flat
35 Thailand 41.12 % 2024 down 7.8% falling
36 Georgia 41.05 % 2024 down 22.0% falling
37 Cyprus 39.55 % 2024 down 3.6% falling
38 Mongolia 38.17 % 2024 down 9.0% falling
39 Croatia 37.96 % 2024 down 0.5% falling
40 Jamaica 37.77 % 2023 up 12.2% rising
41 Estonia 37.73 % 2024 up 6.9% flat
42 Spain 37.15 % 2024 up 1.0% falling
43 Lithuania 36.94 % 2024 up 11.6% flat
44 Slovenia 36.88 % 2024 up 1.3% falling
45 Luxembourg 36.55 % 2024 up 32.9% flat
46 Palestine, State of 36.19 % 2022 up 17.1% rising
47 Belarus 35.37 % 2024 down 26.2% falling
48 Hungary 35.3 % 2024 up 7.3% rising
49 Ukraine 34.99 % 2021 down 15.3% falling
50 North Macedonia 34.4 % 2024 down 9.0% falling
50 Brunei Darussalam 34.4 % 2024 down 6.6% falling
52 Portugal 33.72 % 2024 down 8.4% falling
53 Poland 33.64 % 2024 down 11.3% falling
54 Belgium 33.43 % 2024 up 3.0% falling
55 Kyrgyzstan 33.26 % 2018 falling
56 Serbia 33.04 % 2024 down 5.6% falling
57 Costa Rica 32.9 % 2025 down 24.3% falling
58 India 32.82 % 2024 up 23.7% rising
59 Philippines 32.66 % 2023 down 25.2% falling
60 Romania 32.28 % 2024 down 10.4% falling
61 Slovakia 31.12 % 2023 down 6.9% falling
62 Russian Federation 31.04 % 2024 down 24.8% falling
63 Chile 30.82 % 2025 down 23.2% falling
64 Armenia 30.72 % 2017 down 24.9% falling
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.83 % 2024 down 8.9% falling
66 Egypt 29.55 % 2024 down 18.7% falling
67 Tunisia 29.3 % 2023 down 20.0% falling
68 Greece 29.26 % 2024 down 21.8% falling
69 Latvia 29.12 % 2024 down 21.6% falling
70 Czechia 28.46 % 2024 down 12.1% falling
71 Bhutan 28.3 % 2024 down 6.6% falling
72 Italy 26.59 % 2024 down 9.5% falling
73 Bulgaria 26.49 % 2024 down 14.2% falling
74 Republic of Korea 26.21 % 2025 down 11.2% falling
75 Namibia 25.99 % 2018 up 8.0% flat
76 Senegal 25.55 % 2024 down 28.3% falling
77 Jordan 24.44 % 2023 down 23.0% falling
78 Sri Lanka 23.88 % 2023 down 28.9% falling
79 South Africa 21.71 % 2024 up 40.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
86 places, 1,542 data points, 1987–2025
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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.