Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by occupation — Workers in accomodation and food service by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
177
Highest
39,671 Persons
China
Lowest
0.819 Persons
Tonga
Median
110.8 Persons
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,301
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by occupation — Workers in accomodation and food service is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 39,671 Persons in China; the lowest is 0.819 Persons in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 110.8 Persons, and the mean is 960.52 Persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48,438.
Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 1,169.5%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 46.9%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 39,671 Persons | 2022 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 2 | OECD | 36,963 Persons | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 10,194 Persons | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 9,489 Persons | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 6,977 Persons | 2022 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 5,403 Persons | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 4,069 Persons | 2022 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 3,803 Persons | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 3,008 Persons | 2022 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 2,300 Persons | 2022 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 11 | Russia | 1,832 Persons | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 1,715 Persons | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 1,652 Persons | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 1,611 Persons | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 1,571 Persons | 2022 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 1,552 Persons | 2022 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 1,509 Persons | 2022 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 535.74 Persons | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 1,481 Persons | 2022 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 294.12 Persons | 2022 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 1,419 Persons | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 106.19 Persons | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 1,377 Persons | 2022 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 1,285 Persons | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 23.25 Persons | 2022 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 1,177 Persons | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 22 | Cabo Verde | 20.53 Persons | 2022 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 1,108 Persons | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 23 | Moldova | 20.14 Persons | 2022 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 24 | Egypt | 959.82 Persons | 2022 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 24 | Fiji | 17.6 Persons | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 867.58 Persons | 2022 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritania | 9 Persons | 2022 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 849.23 Persons | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 26 | Eswatini | 7.41 Persons | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 27 | Tanzania | 823.57 Persons | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.72 Persons | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 2,679 Persons | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 28 | Nepal | 652.07 Persons | 2022 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 29 | Argentina | 599.03 Persons | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire | 567.98 Persons | 2022 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 566.92 Persons | 2022 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 537.23 Persons | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Türkiye | 1,563 Persons | 2022 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 498.54 Persons | 2022 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 495.8 Persons | 2022 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia | 434.17 Persons | 2022 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 423.29 Persons | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 461.11 Persons | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 419.02 Persons | 2022 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 433.18 Persons | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 395.22 Persons | 2022 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 39 | Ukraine | 389.81 Persons | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 287.78 Persons | 2022 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 376.96 Persons | 2022 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 369.49 Persons | 2022 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 42 | Myanmar | 365.29 Persons | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 337.11 Persons | 2022 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 43 | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.23 Persons | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 44 | Iran | 327.18 Persons | 2022 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 40.32 Persons | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 326.63 Persons | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 45 | Lithuania | 36.88 Persons | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 304.94 Persons | 2022 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 46 | Latvia | 26.74 Persons | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 296 Persons | 2022 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 21.94 Persons | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 48 | Benin | 285.78 Persons | 2022 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 48 | Timor-Leste | 3.3 Persons | 2022 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 280.04 Persons | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Venezuela | 277.54 Persons | 2022 | down 46.9% | flat |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 277.49 Persons | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 267.98 Persons | 2022 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 53 | Cuba | 259.11 Persons | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 54 | Austria | 254.62 Persons | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | El Salvador | 240.85 Persons | 2022 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 222.36 Persons | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 57 | Algeria | 218.28 Persons | 2022 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 58 | Niger | 217.21 Persons | 2022 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 59 | Togo | 212.05 Persons | 2022 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 60 | Iraq | 203.69 Persons | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 201.86 Persons | 2022 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 62 | Singapore | 201.08 Persons | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 63 | Hungary | 194.79 Persons | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 64 | Switzerland | 192.91 Persons | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 189.5 Persons | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 66 | Belgium | 187.38 Persons | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 165.73 Persons | 2022 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 165.47 Persons | 2022 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 163.97 Persons | 2022 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 163.26 Persons | 2022 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 162.37 Persons | 2022 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 72 | Sweden | 161.88 Persons | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 155.58 Persons | 2022 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 74 | New Zealand | 150.05 Persons | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 75 | Israel | 148.76 Persons | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 147.53 Persons | 2022 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 77 | Oman | 141.37 Persons | 2022 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 141.2 Persons | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 129.13 Persons | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 124.56 Persons | 2022 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | 112.5 Persons | 2022 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 110.8 Persons | 2022 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 83 | Norway | 110.78 Persons | 2022 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 84 | Denmark | 108.79 Persons | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 85 | Panama | 107.11 Persons | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 86 | Guinea | 102.45 Persons | 2022 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 87 | Finland | 101.43 Persons | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 88 | Belarus | 95.32 Persons | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 89 | Somalia | 91.11 Persons | 2022 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 90 | Jordan | 89.86 Persons | 2022 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 91 | Zambia | 89.4 Persons | 2022 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 92 | Yemen | 87.66 Persons | 2022 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 93 | Sudan | 86.95 Persons | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 94 | Kuwait | 85.74 Persons | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 81.1 Persons | 2022 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 80.62 Persons | 2022 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 97 | Angola | 78.56 Persons | 2022 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 98 | North Korea | 77.89 Persons | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 99 | Qatar | 76.74 Persons | 2022 | up 128.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Liberia | 74.7 Persons | 2022 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 74.16 Persons | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 102 | Namibia | 64.54 Persons | 2022 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 63.82 Persons | 2022 | up 1,169.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Rwanda | 63.18 Persons | 2022 | up 121.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Lebanon | 62.42 Persons | 2022 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.3 Persons | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 107 | Uruguay | 58.17 Persons | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 108 | Mozambique | 58.08 Persons | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 56.26 Persons | 2022 | up 127.8% | rising |
| 110 | Congo | 55.85 Persons | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 55.63 Persons | 2022 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.52 Persons | 2022 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.81 Persons | 2022 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 114 | Cyprus | 50.73 Persons | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 115 | Laos | 46.28 Persons | 2022 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Mauritius | 45.87 Persons | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 117 | Mongolia | 44.3 Persons | 2022 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 118 | Bahrain | 43.01 Persons | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 119 | Georgia | 39.5 Persons | 2022 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 120 | Chad | 35.6 Persons | 2022 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 121 | Botswana | 34.34 Persons | 2022 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 122 | Gambia | 33.71 Persons | 2022 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 123 | Bahamas | 33.54 Persons | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 124 | South Sudan | 32.16 Persons | 2022 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 125 | Libya | 31.55 Persons | 2022 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 126 | Haiti | 29.76 Persons | 2022 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 28.32 Persons | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 26.34 Persons | 2022 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 129 | Central African Republic | 26 Persons | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 22.04 Persons | 2022 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mali | 20.97 Persons | 2022 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 132 | Armenia | 20.73 Persons | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 133 | Malta | 19.11 Persons | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 134 | Montenegro | 18.53 Persons | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 17.08 Persons | 2022 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 136 | Maldives | 16.38 Persons | 2022 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 137 | Barbados | 16.27 Persons | 2022 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 138 | Burundi | 15.81 Persons | 2022 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 14.78 Persons | 2022 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 140 | Saint Lucia | 14.31 Persons | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 141 | Eritrea | 14.17 Persons | 2022 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | 13.48 Persons | 2022 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 143 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.39 Persons | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 11.95 Persons | 2022 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 145 | Iceland | 11.71 Persons | 2022 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 11.52 Persons | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 11.35 Persons | 2022 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 6.32 Persons | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 149 | Samoa | 4.65 Persons | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 4.56 Persons | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 4.34 Persons | 2022 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.54 Persons | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 2.64 Persons | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 154 | Comoros | 2.41 Persons | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 155 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.83 Persons | 2022 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 156 | Tonga | 0.819 Persons | 2022 | up 12.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 134,974 Persons
- World outside Africa 123,436 Persons
- Non-resource-rich countries 129,303 Persons
- Latin America and the Caribbean 17,044 Persons
- World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 118,265 Persons
- ASEAN 16,706 Persons
- Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 71,619 Persons
- Africa 11,538 Persons
- Asia (excluding high income countries) 71,111 Persons
- Least developed countries 7,463 Persons
- World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 70,888 Persons
- Resource-rich countries 5,671 Persons
- High income countries 31,629 Persons
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 4,575 Persons
- High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 30,945 Persons
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 4,124 Persons
- Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 28,376 Persons
- Southern African Development Community (SADC) 2,567 Persons
- World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 20,407 Persons
- Korea 2,220 Persons
- Fragile states 13,163 Persons
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 1,995 Persons
- Africa, non-resource-rich countries 11,038 Persons
- Small Island Developing States 1,299 Persons
- MERCOSUR 10,744 Persons
- Southern Africa (African Union) 1,113 Persons
- European Union (27 countries) 9,252 Persons
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 1,079 Persons
- Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 7,969 Persons
- Central Africa (African Union) 936.92 Persons
- Africa, fragile states 7,766 Persons
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 714.59 Persons
- Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 6,197 Persons
- World outside Africa, fragile states 5,397 Persons
- World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 5,171 Persons
- West Africa (African Union) 4,575 Persons
- Slovak Republic 95.33 Persons
- Africa, least developed countries 4,383 Persons
- Other developing countries 4,336 Persons
- Land Locked Developing Countries 4,041 Persons
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 32 shows total employment by sex and within 14 different economic sectors.