ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 65+, rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 65+, rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 87.77 % in Republic of Moldova; the lowest is 3.71 % in Croatia.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.27 %, and the mean is 30.99 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 254.9%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 77.5%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 87.77 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Indonesia | 72.56 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.01 % | 2019 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 2 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 82.08 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Georgia | 72.17 % | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | Armenia | 70.06 % | 2017 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 48.37 % | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 12.96 % | 2019 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 65.17 % | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 30.49 % | 2013 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 64.75 % | 2025 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 64.58 % | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 7 | Guatemala | 63.82 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 8 | Zambia | 63.03 % | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 9 | Belize | 57.24 % | 2019 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 56.48 % | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 11 | Mongolia | 55.95 % | 2024 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 12 | Namibia | 55.04 % | 2018 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 54.87 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 53.98 % | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 15 | Philippines | 53.63 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 52.04 % | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 17 | Jamaica | 51.32 % | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 51.14 % | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 50.45 % | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 20 | Bhutan | 48.81 % | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 21 | Mali | 47.76 % | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 22 | New Zealand | 46.83 % | 2020 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 45.67 % | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 44.2 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 25 | India | 44.11 % | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 41.25 % | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 40.69 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 38.51 % | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 29 | Senegal | 36.86 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 36.7 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Chile | 35.73 % | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 32.96 % | 2024 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 29.43 % | 2025 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 27.85 % | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 35 | Palestine, State of | 26.45 % | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 25.58 % | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 23.94 % | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 38 | Canada | 20.6 % | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 20.5 % | 2024 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 20.43 % | 2024 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 41 | Australia | 20.17 % | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 42 | Norway | 20.04 % | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 43 | Tunisia | 19.92 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.3 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18.33 % | 2019 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 46 | Sweden | 17.92 % | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 17.69 % | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17.28 % | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 49 | Lithuania | 16.82 % | 2024 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 50 | Finland | 16.08 % | 2024 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.87 % | 2024 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 14.32 % | 2024 | up 126.2% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 13.26 % | 2024 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 12.01 % | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 11.91 % | 2021 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 56 | Malta | 11.59 % | 2018 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 10.97 % | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 10.85 % | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 59 | Greece | 9.65 % | 2024 | up 74.2% | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 9.54 % | 2024 | up 170.3% | rising |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 9.54 % | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 62 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.22 % | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 8.85 % | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 64 | Poland | 8.61 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 65 | Czechia | 8.55 % | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 66 | South Africa | 8.46 % | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 67 | Italy | 8.04 % | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 7.49 % | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 69 | Belgium | 7.36 % | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 70 | Austria | 7.24 % | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 6.85 % | 2024 | up 254.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Slovenia | 6.58 % | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 73 | France | 5.84 % | 2024 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 5.6 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 75 | Slovakia | 5.33 % | 2023 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 76 | Romania | 4.76 % | 2024 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 3.77 % | 2024 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 78 | Croatia | 3.71 % | 2024 | down 45.0% | 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 20.31 %
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.