Employment (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre by country
Employment (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
12.35 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.0009 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0318 units per square kilometre
Years covered
33
1991β2023
Data points
6,114
What the numbers show
Employment (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 12.35 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.0009 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0318 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1828 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,437.
Over the past decade 170 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 67.9%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 17.6%).
Employment (ILO modelled estimates), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 12.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 4.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 0.8975 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 0.8578 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 0.5561 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 0.3292 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mauritius | 0.3016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0.2978 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 11 | South Korea | 0.2953 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 12 | Burundi | 0.2274 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 0.1965 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 14 | Israel | 0.1946 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 15 | Qatar | 0.1923 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 16 | India | 0.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | Japan | 0.1847 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 18 | Palestine | 0.1836 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 0.1769 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 0.1652 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 21 | Belgium | 0.1652 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 22 | Kuwait | 0.1601 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 0.1599 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.1594 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 25 | Comoros | 0.1525 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 0.1455 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 27 | Jamaica | 0.1429 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 28 | North Korea | 0.141 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 0.1391 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1376 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 32 | Guam | 0.1345 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 0.1305 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 0.1278 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 0.1269 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0.1235 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 37 | Germany | 0.1233 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 0.1171 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 0.1058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 0.1043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 42 | Pakistan | 0.1003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 43 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0989 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0961 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Italy | 0.0813 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 0.0802 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 47 | China | 0.0793 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 0.0786 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 0.0782 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 50 | Denmark | 0.0757 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 51 | Indonesia | 0.0732 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia | 0.0703 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 0.0695 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 0.0668 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 0.0619 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.0589 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 0.0584 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 0.0567 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0.0556 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 60 | Austria | 0.0547 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | France | 0.0546 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 62 | Benin | 0.0546 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.0544 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 64 | Portugal | 0.0543 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 65 | Malaysia | 0.0529 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.0528 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.0521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 68 | Moldova | 0.0519 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 69 | Slovenia | 0.0501 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 0.0486 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | flat |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 0.048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 0.0469 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 73 | Tonga | 0.0465 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 0.0457 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 0.0441 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 76 | Turkey | 0.0428 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei | 0.0422 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 0.0421 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 80 | East Timor | 0.0401 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 0.0387 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 0.038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0378 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 0.0374 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 0.0368 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 86 | Tanzania | 0.0355 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 87 | Honduras | 0.0348 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 0.0341 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 89 | Ecuador | 0.0338 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0.0335 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 0.0333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 0.0324 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.032 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0317 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 95 | Greece | 0.0316 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 0.0309 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 97 | French Polynesia | 0.0307 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.0301 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 99 | Jordan | 0.0296 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0294 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 101 | Croatia | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 0.0291 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 103 | Senegal | 0.0291 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 104 | Syria | 0.0288 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 105 | Panama | 0.0273 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 0.0271 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 107 | Madagascar | 0.0268 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.0255 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 0.0252 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 0.0252 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 111 | Georgia | 0.0245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0238 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0.0238 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.0231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 117 | Belarus | 0.023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 118 | Lithuania | 0.0227 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.0221 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 120 | Bahamas | 0.0221 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 121 | Colombia | 0.0216 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.0199 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 0.0197 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0.0196 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 125 | United States | 0.0185 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 126 | Mozambique | 0.0174 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea | 0.0173 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.0168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 129 | Estonia | 0.0165 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 130 | Iran | 0.0164 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 0.0159 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0155 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 0.0152 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 134 | Laos | 0.015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 0.0149 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 136 | Latvia | 0.0145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.0144 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 138 | Peru | 0.0138 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 0.0129 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 141 | Sweden | 0.0129 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 142 | Chile | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 143 | Yemen | 0.0121 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 144 | Brazil | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 146 | Venezuela | 0.0115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 147 | New Zealand | 0.011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 0.0105 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 0.0102 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 150 | Zambia | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0.009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 153 | Finland | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 154 | Niger | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.0082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 156 | Paraguay | 0.0082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 157 | Oman | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Norway | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 160 | Argentina | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 163 | Belize | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 166 | Bolivia | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 167 | Congo | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 170 | Chad | 0.0048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 171 | Russia | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 173 | Somalia | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 174 | Kazakhstan | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 176 | Gabon | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 177 | Canada | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 179 | Australia | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 180 | Botswana | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 181 | Suriname | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 182 | Guyana | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 183 | Libya | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.4065 units per square kilometre
- World 0.0271 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0198 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Employment (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Employment (ILO modelled estimates) Γ· Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Employment International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Employment (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.