ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 69.1 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
69.1 %
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
9th
of 72 countries
All-time high
69.1 %
in 2024
All-time low
64.7 %
in 2013
Years of data
6
2006–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bangladesh, 2006–2024

02040602006201520242006: 67.7 %2010: 67.5 %2013: 64.7 %2017: 66 %2023: 68.2 %2024: 69.1 %

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 Bangladesh stood at 69.1 %. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bangladesh peaked at 69.1 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64.7 %, in 2013.

That places Bangladesh 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Bangladesh, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Bangladesh, 2006 to 2024.
Year % Change
2006 67.7 %
2010 67.5 % -0.3%
2013 64.7 % -4.1%
2017 66 % +2.0%
2023 68.2 % +3.3%
2024 69.1 % +1.3%

Bangladesh compared with similar countries

  • Bangladesh's 69.1 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.3 %, 97% of the median. (12 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 67.7 % 67.7 % 67.7 % 1
2010s 66.07 % 64.7 % 67.5 % 3
2020s 68.65 % 68.2 % 69.1 % 2

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 6 Senegal 80.2 % compare
  2. 7 Zimbabwe 75.2 % compare
  3. 8 Bhutan 73.5 % compare
  4. 10 Armenia 67.6 % compare
  5. 11 Indonesia 64.9 % compare
  6. 12 Ecuador 63.9 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bangladesh?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Bangladesh was 69.1 % 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 Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 69.1 % in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 64.7 % in 2013.
How does Bangladesh rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Bangladesh ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Bangladesh 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, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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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.