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

Mongolia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 87.7 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
87.7 %
Change on year
up 28.6%
World rank
2nd
of 72 countries
All-time high
87.7 %
in 2024
All-time low
68.2 %
in 2023
Years of data
19
2003–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Mongolia, 2003–2024

0204060802003201320242003: 84.9 %2006: 84.6 %2008: 82.8 %2009: 83.6 %2010: 76.6 %2011: 74.8 %2012: 76.2 %2013: 74.1 %2014: 74.8 %2015: 75.9 %2016: 75 %2017: 75 %2018: 73.4 %2019: 72.9 %2020: 70.1 %2021: 69.9 %2022: 70.2 %2023: 68.2 %2024: 87.7 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia is 87.7 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

The figure is up 28.6% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Mongolia peaked at 87.7 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.2 %, in 2023.

Mongolia ranks 2nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

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

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Mongolia, 2003 to 2024.
Year % Change
2003 84.9 %
2006 84.6 % -0.4%
2008 82.8 % -2.1%
2009 83.6 % +1.0%
2010 76.6 % -8.4%
2011 74.8 % -2.3%
2012 76.2 % +1.9%
2013 74.1 % -2.8%
2014 74.8 % +0.9%
2015 75.9 % +1.5%
2016 75 % -1.2%
2017 75 % +0.0%
2018 73.4 % -2.1%
2019 72.9 % -0.7%
2020 70.1 % -3.8%
2021 69.9 % -0.3%
2022 70.2 % +0.4%
2023 68.2 % -2.8%
2024 87.7 % +28.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 83.97 % 82.8 % 84.9 % 4
2010s 74.87 % 72.9 % 76.6 % 10
2020s 73.22 % 68.2 % 87.7 % 5

Countries ranked near Mongolia

  1. 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85.2 % compare
  2. 1 Côte d'Ivoire 78.4 % compare
  3. 1 Mali 94.2 % compare
  4. 2 Republic of Moldova 67.2 % compare
  5. 3 Türkiye 64.9 % compare
  6. 3 Zambia 87.4 % compare
  7. 4 Angola 84.8 % compare
  8. 4 Viet Nam 57 % compare
  9. 5 India 83.6 % compare

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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 87.7 % 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 87.7 % in 2024.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Mongolia?
The lowest recorded value was 68.2 % in 2023.
How does Mongolia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Mongolia ranks 2nd 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 up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.