Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. Persons in employment are...
What the numbers show
Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+) is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 163,493 in United States; the lowest is 112.96 in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,923, and the mean is 12,364.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,447.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 66.6%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 11.2%).
Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 163,493 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 102,454 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 73,457 | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 68,280 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 5 | Vietnam | 51,438 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 6 | Germany | 42,553 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 34,120 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 8 | France | 29,383 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 28,881 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 24,117 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 22,221 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 21,029 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 17,200 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 14 | Australia | 14,608 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 15 | Angola | 12,867 | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 16 | Taiwan | 11,504 | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 17 | Ghana | 11,154 | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Netherlands | 9,899 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 9,390 | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 9,246 | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 21 | Romania | 7,694 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 22 | Portugal | 5,270 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 5,253 | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 24 | Belgium | 5,147 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 4,886 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 26 | Rwanda | 4,815 | 2025 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 27 | Hungary | 4,687 | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 4,500 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 29 | Sweden | 4,448 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 30 | Israel | 4,341 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 4,340 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 3,973 | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 3,672 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 3,098 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 2,930 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 2,923 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 2,877 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 2,869 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 39 | Jordan | 2,858 | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 2,818 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 2,729 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 2,618 | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 2,613 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 2,611 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 45 | Singapore | 2,376 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 46 | Qatar | 2,241 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 2,230 | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 48 | Panama | 1,969 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 1,760 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 1,702 | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 51 | Lithuania | 1,463 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 1,390 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 1,359 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,248 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 1,177 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 996.6 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 57 | Latvia | 889.66 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 58 | Moldova | 767.53 | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 59 | Botswana | 760.02 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 60 | Estonia | 698.77 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 565.45 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 62 | Cyprus | 504.64 | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 63 | Kosovo | 408.7 | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 64 | Macao | 395 | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 65 | Guyana | 367.92 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 66 | Malta | 329.66 | 2025 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 328.33 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 68 | Iceland | 227.24 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 178.61 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 70 | Barbados | 126.53 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 71 | New Caledonia | 112.96 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. Persons in employment are defined as all those of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit. They comprise employed persons who worked in a job for at least one hour and employed persons not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.