ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities — 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 crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities — Value is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 200,433 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0.42 1000 No in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 299.39 1000 No, and the mean is 4,812 1000 No.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 175.6%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 93.6%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment in crop and animal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 200,433 1000 No | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 11,584 1000 No | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,024 1000 No | 2019 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 37,365 1000 No | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 4,738 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 29,486 1000 No | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,104 1000 No | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 26,382 1000 No | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,551 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 11,038 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,079 1000 No | 2017 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 6 | Myanmar | 9,733 1000 No | 2020 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 7 | Philippines | 8,738 1000 No | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 8 | Mexico | 6,236 1000 No | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 5,809 1000 No | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 5,412 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 11 | Zambia | 4,100 1000 No | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 12 | Mali | 4,003 1000 No | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Colombia | 3,244 1000 No | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Ecuador | 2,472 1000 No | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 2,427 1000 No | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 16 | Rwanda | 2,107 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 1,958 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 1,811 1000 No | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 19 | Guatemala | 1,517 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 20 | Senegal | 1,207 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 21 | Poland | 1,071 1000 No | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 931.43 1000 No | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 836.82 1000 No | 2024 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 24 | Italy | 767.94 1000 No | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 686.07 1000 No | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 26 | Georgia | 642.57 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 27 | France | 629.69 1000 No | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 28 | Greece | 449.41 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 29 | Serbia | 433.37 1000 No | 2019 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 431.33 1000 No | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 31 | Albania | 421.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 421.41 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 33 | Belarus | 403.1 1000 No | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 349.03 1000 No | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 35 | Mongolia | 316.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 36 | Australia | 302.55 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 37 | Panama | 296.23 1000 No | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 249.54 1000 No | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 233.36 1000 No | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 195.73 1000 No | 2024 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 41 | Jamaica | 194.84 1000 No | 2014 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 42 | Hungary | 178.82 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 43 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 163.9 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 44 | Bhutan | 152.85 1000 No | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 45 | Namibia | 148.74 1000 No | 2018 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 125.06 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 118.67 1000 No | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 48 | Czechia | 117.09 1000 No | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 115.96 1000 No | 2023 | up 175.6% | rising |
| 50 | Austria | 112.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 51 | Ireland | 102.14 1000 No | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | 101.33 1000 No | 2025 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 53 | Switzerland | 90.15 1000 No | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 54 | Jordan | 89.98 1000 No | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 55 | Argentina | 69.98 1000 No | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 56 | Finland | 66.27 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 57 | Lithuania | 62.33 1000 No | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Sweden | 60.4 1000 No | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 59 | Croatia | 58.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 56.69 1000 No | 2024 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 61 | Belgium | 49.18 1000 No | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 47.37 1000 No | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 63 | Denmark | 46.12 1000 No | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 64 | Norway | 42.67 1000 No | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 42.6 1000 No | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 66 | Slovakia | 41.92 1000 No | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Slovenia | 35.12 1000 No | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 68 | Israel | 32.13 1000 No | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 69 | Mauritius | 22.92 1000 No | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 14.21 1000 No | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 71 | Cyprus | 9.45 1000 No | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 72 | Iceland | 4.35 1000 No | 2024 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 2.75 1000 No | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 74 | Grenada | 2.64 1000 No | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Malta | 2.27 1000 No | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 76 | Barbados | 1.3 1000 No | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.3 1000 No | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Seychelles | 0.42 1000 No | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 1,721 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.