ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by age, total (15+) — 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, total (15+) — Value is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 204,486 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.84 1000 No in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 265.9 1000 No, and the mean is 4,638 1000 No.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 66.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 91.3%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in agriculture by age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 204,486 1000 No | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 40,073 1000 No | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 13,637 1000 No | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 30,855 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 4,827 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 26,735 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 11,520 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 6 | Myanmar | 10,350 1000 No | 2020 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 10,200 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 8 | Mexico | 6,771 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 5,915 1000 No | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 5,594 1000 No | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 4,295 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 12 | Mali | 4,075 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 3,667 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 3,386 1000 No | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 15 | Ecuador | 2,693 1000 No | 2025 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 2,444 1000 No | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 17 | Rwanda | 2,158 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 2,088 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 19 | Japan | 2,001 1000 No | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 1,556 1000 No | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 1,378 1000 No | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 22 | Senegal | 1,278 1000 No | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 23 | Poland | 1,214 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 24 | South Africa | 931.43 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 25 | Romania | 884.59 1000 No | 2024 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 26 | Italy | 819.92 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 27 | Spain | 763.67 1000 No | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 28 | France | 681.48 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 29 | Georgia | 643.85 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 30 | Serbia | 575.75 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 568.91 1000 No | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 486.37 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 33 | Belarus | 476.4 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 34 | Greece | 469.57 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 35 | Tunisia | 437.48 1000 No | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 434.48 1000 No | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 37 | Albania | 427.32 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 359.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 39 | Australia | 320.93 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 40 | Mongolia | 318.91 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 41 | Armenia | 317.11 1000 No | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 314.58 1000 No | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 290.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 240.87 1000 No | 2025 | down 27.7% | flat |
| 45 | Canada | 228.5 1000 No | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 213.93 1000 No | 2024 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 200.02 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 48 | Jamaica | 182.87 1000 No | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 164.37 1000 No | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 50 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 158.56 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 51 | Czechia | 155.01 1000 No | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 52 | Bhutan | 154.51 1000 No | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 148.69 1000 No | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 54 | Uruguay | 141.14 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 126.91 1000 No | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 56 | Portugal | 124.44 1000 No | 2025 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 57 | Switzerland | 111.71 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.1% | flat |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 109.34 1000 No | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 59 | Ireland | 105.65 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 95.79 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 61 | Jordan | 90.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 62 | Finland | 86.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 63 | Argentina | 80.75 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 64 | Croatia | 75.02 1000 No | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 65 | Lithuania | 70.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 66 | Norway | 70.64 1000 No | 2024 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 67 | Slovakia | 61.86 1000 No | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 60.67 1000 No | 2024 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 69 | Latvia | 57.47 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 70 | Denmark | 50.88 1000 No | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 71 | Palestine, State of | 47.4 1000 No | 2025 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 72 | Belgium | 46.98 1000 No | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 73 | Slovenia | 37.5 1000 No | 2024 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 74 | Israel | 34.39 1000 No | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.78 1000 No | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 28.63 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 77 | Belize | 27.87 1000 No | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 78 | Estonia | 21.64 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 79 | Montenegro | 12.15 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 80 | Cyprus | 10.66 1000 No | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 81 | Iceland | 8.29 1000 No | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 7.61 1000 No | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 83 | Grenada | 3.84 1000 No | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 3.31 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 85 | Malta | 2.76 1000 No | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 86 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.78 1000 No | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Barbados | 1.7 1000 No | 2023 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 88 | Seychelles | 0.84 1000 No | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
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 19,667 1000 No
- Côte d'Ivoire 4,085 1000 No
- United States of America 2,489 1000 No
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,228 1000 No
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,582 1000 No
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,166 1000 No
- Republic of Moldova 722.82 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.