ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by age, 65+ — Value by country
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...
What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by age, 65+ — Value is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 14,519 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.12 1000 No in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 30.69 1000 No, and the mean is 393.67 1000 No.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 312.5%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 88.5%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by age, 65+: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 14,519 1000 No | 2024 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 5,514 1000 No | 2023 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 1,462 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 1,862 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 643.83 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 1,400 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1,262 1000 No | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 1,040 1000 No | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 1,013 1000 No | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 928.85 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Korea | 826.52 1000 No | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 408.34 1000 No | 2025 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 356.94 1000 No | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 351.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 336.36 1000 No | 2020 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 294.91 1000 No | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 259.55 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 16 | Zambia | 236.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Egypt | 234.84 1000 No | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 18 | Georgia | 225.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 19 | Serbia | 220.37 1000 No | 2024 | up 154.4% | rising |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 209.28 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 21 | Mali | 179.81 1000 No | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Guatemala | 154.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 126.19 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 73.9 1000 No | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 73.89 1000 No | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 65.69 1000 No | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 63.44 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 61.75 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 58.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 56.68 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 31 | Panama | 54.15 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 53.92 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 52.89 1000 No | 2023 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.67 1000 No | 2024 | up 128.1% | rising |
| 35 | France | 41.29 1000 No | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 36 | Canada | 40.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 40.12 1000 No | 2024 | up 60.4% | falling |
| 38 | Romania | 39.79 1000 No | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 36.9 1000 No | 2025 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 40 | Armenia | 34.49 1000 No | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 41 | Tunisia | 32.96 1000 No | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Jamaica | 31.53 1000 No | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | Namibia | 30.76 1000 No | 2018 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 44 | Ireland | 30.62 1000 No | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 29.67 1000 No | 2025 | up 119.3% | falling |
| 46 | Sweden | 29.57 1000 No | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.48 1000 No | 2023 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 48 | Switzerland | 20.06 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 49 | Finland | 19.04 1000 No | 2024 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 50 | South Africa | 17.52 1000 No | 2024 | up 68.3% | falling |
| 51 | Portugal | 16.43 1000 No | 2025 | down 88.2% | falling |
| 52 | Uruguay | 15.75 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 53 | Bhutan | 15.58 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 54 | Austria | 14.82 1000 No | 2024 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.39 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 56 | Mongolia | 11.86 1000 No | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 57 | Denmark | 10.34 1000 No | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 58 | Hungary | 9.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 9.48 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Belarus | 8.89 1000 No | 2024 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 61 | Slovenia | 6.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 6.54 1000 No | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium | 5.87 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 64 | Israel | 5.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 5.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 66 | Argentina | 5.42 1000 No | 2024 | up 81.9% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 5.36 1000 No | 2024 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 68 | Croatia | 4.65 1000 No | 2024 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Lithuania | 4.55 1000 No | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Latvia | 3.49 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.49 1000 No | 2024 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 2.28 1000 No | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 2.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 74 | Palestine | 2.05 1000 No | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 75 | Belize | 1.8 1000 No | 2019 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 1.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 1.51 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 78 | Cyprus | 1.47 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 79 | Slovakia | 1.32 1000 No | 2023 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Iceland | 1.18 1000 No | 2023 | up 78.8% | falling |
| 81 | Estonia | 1 1000 No | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 82 | Grenada | 0.66 1000 No | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 83 | Malta | 0.46 1000 No | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 0.34 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 0.31 1000 No | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 86 | Barbados | 0.22 1000 No | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.19 1000 No | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | 0.12 1000 No | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 1,639 1000 No
- United States of America 410.46 1000 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 139.07 1000 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 314.41 1000 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 263.52 1000 No
- Republic of Moldova 245.04 1000 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 95.26 1000 No
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. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.