ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 92.59 % in Bolivia (Plurinational State of); the lowest is 52.78 % in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 69.25 %, and the mean is 70.39 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 21.2%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 26.2%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 92.59 % | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 1 | Indonesia | 85.61 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 85.61 % | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 75.05 % | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 79.95 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 84.45 % | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 79.48 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 58.07 % | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 4 | Belize | 84.19 % | 2019 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 71.22 % | 2013 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 5 | Ecuador | 84.1 % | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 6 | Georgia | 83.64 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 7 | Mongolia | 83.49 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 83.07 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 9 | Malaysia | 82.69 % | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 82.28 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 80.36 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 12 | Panama | 79.92 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 79.92 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 14 | New Zealand | 79.78 % | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 79.46 % | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Iceland | 78.98 % | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Malta | 78.97 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 78.82 % | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 19 | India | 78.61 % | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 77.78 % | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 76.73 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 22 | Palestine, State of | 76.72 % | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.1 % | 2018 | — | flat |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 76.01 % | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Armenia | 74.41 % | 2017 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 74.34 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 27 | Switzerland | 73.58 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 73.02 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Philippines | 72.93 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 30 | Jamaica | 72.79 % | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 31 | Belarus | 72.14 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 32 | Zambia | 71.15 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 70.64 % | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 70.24 % | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 35 | Ireland | 69.52 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Norway | 69.36 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 37 | Chile | 69.32 % | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 38 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 69.25 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 69.18 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 40 | Israel | 69.09 % | 2020 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 41 | Tunisia | 68.49 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 42 | Hungary | 67.97 % | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 67.75 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 44 | Serbia | 67.57 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 67.3 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 46 | Slovakia | 67.19 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Czechia | 67.04 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 48 | Estonia | 67.01 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 49 | Lithuania | 66.58 % | 2024 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 50 | Germany | 66.56 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 51 | Denmark | 66.47 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 66.46 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 53 | Australia | 66.3 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 54 | Canada | 66.25 % | 2020 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 55 | Poland | 66.08 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 56 | Sweden | 66 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 57 | Austria | 65.63 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 65.53 % | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 63.89 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 60 | Latvia | 63.76 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.67 % | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 62 | Slovenia | 63.02 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 62.25 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 64 | Ukraine | 61.09 % | 2021 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 61.05 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 60.59 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 60.24 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 68 | Belgium | 60.23 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 69 | France | 59.61 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 70 | Jordan | 58.74 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 71 | Croatia | 58.62 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 71 | Greece | 58.62 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 58.54 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 74 | Portugal | 57.52 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Italy | 57.47 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 55.57 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 77 | Senegal | 55.22 % | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 78 | Namibia | 53.61 % | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 79 | South Africa | 52.78 % | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
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 62.58 %
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.