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

Georgia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 27.9 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
27.9 %
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
35th
of 72 countries
All-time high
74.6 %
in 2017
All-time low
27.4 %
in 2021
Years of data
8
2017–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Georgia, 2017–2024

0204060802017202020242017: 74.6 %2018: 72.1 %2019: 73 %2020: 72.8 %2021: 27.4 %2022: 28.2 %2023: 27.8 %2024: 27.9 %

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 Georgia stood at 27.9 %.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.

That places Georgia 35th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Georgia, 2017 to 2024.
Year % Change
2017 74.6 %
2018 72.1 % -3.4%
2019 73 % +1.2%
2020 72.8 % -0.3%
2021 27.4 % -62.4%
2022 28.2 % +2.9%
2023 27.8 % -1.4%
2024 27.9 % +0.4%

Georgia compared with similar countries

  • Georgia's 27.9 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 44.5 %, 63% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
  • Georgia's 27.9 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.9 %, 1.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 73.23 % 72.1 % 74.6 % 3
2020s 36.82 % 27.4 % 72.8 % 5

Countries ranked near Georgia

  1. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.6 % compare
  2. 33 Serbia 28.9 % compare
  3. 34 Egypt 28 % compare
  4. 36 Poland 26.1 % compare
  5. 37 Romania 25.9 % compare
  6. 38 Palestine, State of 24.1 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Georgia?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Georgia was 27.9 % 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 Georgia?
The highest recorded value was 74.6 % in 2017.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Georgia?
The lowest recorded value was 27.4 % in 2021.
How does Georgia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Georgia ranks 35th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Georgia?
Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Georgia 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.