ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 96.76 % in Bolivia (Plurinational State of); the lowest is 23.06 % in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.32 %, and the mean is 76.36 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 59.6%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 32.5%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 96.76 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Ecuador | 93.74 % | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 76.28 % | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 92.92 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 90.38 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 92.73 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 86.59 % | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 59.48 % | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 91.93 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 64.43 % | 2013 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 90.27 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 6 | Panama | 89.17 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Guatemala | 88.66 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 8 | Colombia | 88.36 % | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 9 | Pakistan | 88.07 % | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 87.51 % | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 87.28 % | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Jamaica | 86.74 % | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 86.61 % | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 86.38 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 86.28 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 16 | Sweden | 86.08 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 17 | India | 85.65 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 85.37 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 19 | Angola | 85.1 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 84.62 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Armenia | 84.31 % | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 84.19 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 84.15 % | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 84.04 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 25 | Israel | 83.89 % | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 26 | Belize | 83.83 % | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | Philippines | 83.52 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 28 | Bhutan | 83.5 % | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 29 | Mongolia | 82.66 % | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 82.08 % | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 31 | Cyprus | 81.81 % | 2024 | up 19.3% | flat |
| 32 | Czechia | 81.77 % | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 81.18 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 80.65 % | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 79.53 % | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 36 | Norway | 78.72 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 78.7 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 77.77 % | 2024 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 77.32 % | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 77.32 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 76.86 % | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 42 | Hungary | 76.36 % | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 76.31 % | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ukraine | 76.07 % | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 76.05 % | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 46 | Serbia | 75.99 % | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 75.37 % | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 48 | Estonia | 75.09 % | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 74.05 % | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.76 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 51 | Portugal | 73.44 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 52 | Poland | 73.21 % | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 71.96 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | Australia | 71.85 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 55 | Lithuania | 71.31 % | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 56 | Spain | 70.86 % | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 70.6 % | 2020 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 58 | Slovakia | 70.5 % | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 70.03 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 69.7 % | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 68.94 % | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 68.57 % | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 68.26 % | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 64 | Egypt | 68.06 % | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 65 | Austria | 67.99 % | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 66 | France | 67.98 % | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 67.28 % | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 67.14 % | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Namibia | 66.79 % | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 66.39 % | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 71 | Senegal | 66.14 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.4 % | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 63.4 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 59.83 % | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 75 | Croatia | 56.16 % | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 50.62 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 50.35 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 78 | South Africa | 42.23 % | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 79 | Jordan | 23.06 % | 2023 | down 32.5% | 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 66.5 %
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.