ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Mongolia
Mongolia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 12.2 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Mongolia, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia stood at 12.2 %. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 58.4% on the previous year and down 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia peaked at 29.3 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.2 %, in 2024.
That places Mongolia 71st out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 % | — |
| 2006 | 15.4 % | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 16.9 % | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 16.3 % | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 23.2 % | +42.3% |
| 2011 | 23.6 % | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 23.5 % | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 25.6 % | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 25.2 % | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 24.1 % | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 24.9 % | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 25 % | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 26.5 % | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 23 % | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 25.8 % | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 25 % | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 26.4 % | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 29.3 % | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 12.2 % | -58.4% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 12.2 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 54.9 %, 22% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 12.2 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 40.5 %, 30% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -58.4% | 29.3 % | 12.2 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.9 % | 15 % | 16.9 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 24.46 % | 23 % | 26.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.74 % | 12.2 % | 29.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More economy & growth data for Mongolia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.08 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.17 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 55.47 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 15.74 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 2.78 billion BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 23.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.1169 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 789.32 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 27.16 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia was 12.2 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.3 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2 % in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Mongolia ranks 71st out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.