ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Female — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 25 to 54, rural areas — Female — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 93.78 % in Mongolia; the lowest is 24.11 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.04 %, and the mean is 72.13 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 73.5%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 29.6%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 93.78 % | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 91.27 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 2 | Belarus | 93.46 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 90 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 71.62 % | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 3 | Slovenia | 91.8 % | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 89.06 % | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 56.58 % | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 4 | Austria | 91.44 % | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 47.77 % | 2013 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 5 | Estonia | 90.48 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 6 | France | 89.54 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 89.48 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 89.31 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 89.26 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 89.24 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Finland | 88.75 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 12 | Switzerland | 88.38 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 87.65 % | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 87.27 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Malta | 86.17 % | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 86.04 % | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 85.88 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 18 | Lithuania | 85.72 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Latvia | 85.05 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 20 | Hungary | 84.7 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 84.67 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 84.51 % | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 23 | Serbia | 84.07 % | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 83.46 % | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 25 | Denmark | 83.28 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Slovakia | 83.18 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 27 | New Zealand | 82.99 % | 2020 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 82.94 % | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 82.94 % | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 82.91 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 31 | Australia | 82.7 % | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 32 | Cyprus | 82.37 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | Norway | 81.84 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 34 | Spain | 81.8 % | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 81.26 % | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 81.15 % | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 37 | Uruguay | 80.75 % | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 80.43 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Georgia | 79.9 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 40 | Zambia | 78.04 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 41 | Jamaica | 75.83 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 75.45 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 43 | Bhutan | 74.78 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 44 | Republic of Korea | 74.59 % | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 74.04 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 46 | Ukraine | 71.05 % | 2021 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 47 | Ecuador | 70.44 % | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 70.29 % | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 49 | Greece | 70.14 % | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 69.31 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 51 | Rwanda | 68.58 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 52 | Namibia | 68.29 % | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 53 | Armenia | 67.48 % | 2017 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 65.02 % | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 64.56 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 64.16 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 57 | Indonesia | 64.12 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 63.54 % | 2018 | — | flat |
| 59 | Chile | 63.26 % | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 61.76 % | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 61 | Philippines | 61.54 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.46 % | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 63 | South Africa | 61.45 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 59.09 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 65 | Mali | 59.05 % | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 53.21 % | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 67 | Malaysia | 53.15 % | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 68 | Guatemala | 50.41 % | 2024 | up 38.8% | flat |
| 69 | India | 50.05 % | 2024 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 49.58 % | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 47.09 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 72 | Mexico | 45.67 % | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 73 | Pakistan | 45.37 % | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 44.7 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 75 | Senegal | 35.93 % | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 76 | Egypt | 31.14 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 30.61 % | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 78 | Palestine, State of | 26.13 % | 2022 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 24.11 % | 2023 | down 7.7% | 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 75.3 %
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.