ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 65+, rural areas — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 65+, rural areas — Value is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 66.03 % in Georgia; the lowest is 2.46 % in Croatia.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.1 %, and the mean is 22.54 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 401.5%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 83.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 66.03 % | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 2 | Angola | 62.96 % | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 3 | Armenia | 62.5 % | 2017 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 42.77 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 7.65 % | 2019 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 58.4 % | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 4 | Türkiye | 19.77 % | 2013 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 57.23 % | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 56.35 % | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 55.62 % | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 8 | Namibia | 49.03 % | 2018 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 47.63 % | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 10 | Mongolia | 47.45 % | 2024 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belize | 42.37 % | 2019 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 12 | Guatemala | 42.29 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 13 | Bhutan | 41.27 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 41.19 % | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 15 | New Zealand | 40.19 % | 2020 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 39.99 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 37.58 % | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 35.04 % | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 19 | Mexico | 34.93 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 34.37 % | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 34.05 % | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 22 | Israel | 33.56 % | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 32.38 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 24 | Rwanda | 29.42 % | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 25 | Uruguay | 29 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | India | 28.98 % | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 28.68 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 27.27 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 27.01 % | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 25.86 % | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 23.72 % | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 22.36 % | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 21.43 % | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 34 | Serbia | 20.89 % | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 17.46 % | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 16.84 % | 2024 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 37 | Australia | 16.69 % | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 38 | Malta | 16.2 % | 2020 | up 401.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Egypt | 16.1 % | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 40 | Canada | 15.61 % | 2020 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 15.53 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 42 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.04 % | 2018 | — | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14.94 % | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 44 | Palestine | 14.48 % | 2022 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 14.35 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 13.78 % | 2024 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 47 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13.61 % | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.27 % | 2024 | up 112.7% | rising |
| 49 | Norway | 12.99 % | 2024 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 11.38 % | 2024 | up 175.5% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 11.18 % | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Latvia | 10.95 % | 2024 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 53 | Tunisia | 10.94 % | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 10.47 % | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 55 | Belarus | 9.99 % | 2024 | up 99.8% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 9.06 % | 2021 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.07 % | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 8.04 % | 2024 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 7.78 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 7.35 % | 2024 | up 84.7% | falling |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 7.06 % | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 6.95 % | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 6.14 % | 2024 | up 137.1% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 5.88 % | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 65 | Austria | 5.84 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 5.65 % | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 67 | Belgium | 5.41 % | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 68 | Poland | 5.4 % | 2024 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 69 | South Africa | 5.12 % | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 70 | France | 4.7 % | 2024 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia | 4.69 % | 2024 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 4.58 % | 2024 | up 316.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 4.4 % | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 3.81 % | 2023 | up 401.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 3.15 % | 2024 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 76 | Spain | 2.84 % | 2024 | up 46.4% | flat |
| 77 | Jordan | 2.46 % | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 2.46 % | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Republic of Moldova 86 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 32.63 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 76.52 %
- United States of America 17.42 %
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.