Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
Countries reporting
175
Highest
740,410
China
Lowest
2.49
Montserrat
Median
3,098
Years covered
80
1947–2026
Data points
6,860
What the numbers show
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 740,410 in China; the lowest is 2.49 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,098, and the mean is 18,285.
Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 663.1%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 28.0%).
Employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 740,410 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | India | 476,557 | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 163,493 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 139,242 | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 102,454 | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 93,101 | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 77,642 | 2025 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 8 | Russia | 73,457 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 69,072 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 68,280 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 60,712 | 2026 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 55,280 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 13 | Ghana | 50,525 | 2024 | up 319.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 46,938 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 42,553 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 39,625 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 34,120 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 32,678 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 19 | Turkey | 32,566 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 31,035 | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 21 | France | 29,383 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 22 | South Korea | 28,881 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 23 | Iran | 24,568 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 24,117 | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 23,827 | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 22,275 | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 22,221 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 21,029 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 17,970 | 2021 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 17,836 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 17,291 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 32 | South Africa | 17,128 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 33 | Ukraine | 15,693 | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 34 | Malaysia | 15,392 | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 35 | Australia | 14,608 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 36 | Venezuela | 14,580 | 2017 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 37 | Angola | 13,985 | 2025 | up 164.3% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 13,406 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 13,220 | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 11,880 | 2022 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11,586 | 2022 | up 149.6% | rising |
| 42 | Taiwan | 11,504 | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 10,858 | 2017 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 10,749 | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 45 | Netherlands | 9,899 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 9,756 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 9,415 | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 48 | Niger | 9,303 | 2022 | up 165.1% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 9,287 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 9,246 | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 8,972 | 2022 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 8,330 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 7,950 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 7,694 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 7,679 | 2021 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 56 | Guatemala | 7,583 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 57 | Zambia | 7,156 | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 6,972 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 6,417 | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 60 | Benin | 5,445 | 2022 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 61 | Sweden | 5,329 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 5,292 | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | Portugal | 5,275 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 5,253 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 65 | Bolivia | 5,239 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Belgium | 5,147 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 5,140 | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 4,983 | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 69 | Cuba | 4,970 | 2014 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 70 | Syria | 4,949 | 2011 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 4,901 | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 72 | Switzerland | 4,886 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 4,798 | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 74 | Hungary | 4,687 | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 75 | Senegal | 4,668 | 2024 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 4,500 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 77 | Israel | 4,362 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 78 | Caribbean | 18,429 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 78 | Greece | 4,340 | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 79 | Yemen | 4,197 | 2014 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 4,075 | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 81 | Haiti | 3,866 | 2012 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 82 | Hong Kong | 3,672 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 83 | Laos | 3,509 | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 3,424 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 3,364 | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 3,184 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 3,098 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 88 | Serbia | 3,067 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 89 | El Salvador | 2,991 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 2,930 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 91 | Norway | 2,923 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 92 | New Zealand | 2,876 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 2,859 | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 94 | Ireland | 2,818 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kuwait | 2,679 | 2017 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 2,669 | 2014 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 97 | Finland | 2,613 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 98 | Slovakia | 2,611 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,592 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 100 | Singapore | 2,376 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 2,241 | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 2,230 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 1,969 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 1,788 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 105 | Oman | 1,766 | 2021 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Uruguay | 1,765 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 107 | Croatia | 1,702 | 2025 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 108 | Lithuania | 1,463 | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 109 | Moldova | 1,410 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 110 | Mongolia | 1,368 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,354 | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 112 | Jamaica | 1,316 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 113 | Armenia | 1,220 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 114 | Albania | 1,176 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 115 | Puerto Rico | 1,029 | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 116 | Slovenia | 996.6 | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 117 | Latvia | 889.66 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 861.97 | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 803.32 | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 120 | Bahrain | 769.62 | 2015 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Namibia | 722.71 | 2018 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 122 | Palestine | 719.89 | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 699.95 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 124 | Estonia | 698.77 | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 125 | Gambia | 683.57 | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 565.45 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritius | 547.11 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 128 | Cyprus | 504.64 | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 129 | Kosovo | 423.84 | 2024 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 130 | East Timor | 402.09 | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 131 | Macao | 394.93 | 2020 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 379.38 | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 133 | Malta | 329.66 | 2025 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 328.33 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 135 | Fiji | 319.04 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 136 | Montenegro | 282.58 | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 137 | Guyana | 254.13 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 138 | Iceland | 227.24 | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 139 | Brunei | 222.98 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 140 | Bahamas | 208.2 | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 206.34 | 2019 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 142 | Seychelles | 201.57 | 2025 | up 663.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Maldives | 192.81 | 2019 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 144 | Suriname | 189.68 | 2016 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 145 | Belize | 166.26 | 2019 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 145.47 | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 147 | Barbados | 126.53 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 148 | New Caledonia | 105.72 | 2020 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 100.63 | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 150 | Guadeloupe | 81.4 | 1980 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 151 | Guam | 63.68 | 2010 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 152 | Netherlands Antilles | 63.49 | 2013 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 153 | French Polynesia | 63.02 | 2011 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 154 | Jersey | 56.29 | 2013 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 155 | Monaco | 55.47 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 156 | Samoa | 53.13 | 2022 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 157 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.89 | 2017 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Grenada | 52.31 | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Aruba | 47.91 | 2011 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.7 | 2018 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 161 | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.75 | 2000 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Kiribati | 41.28 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 39.14 | 2015 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 164 | Bermuda | 35.99 | 2013 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 165 | Tonga | 33.11 | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 166 | Guernsey | 32.03 | 2016 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 167 | Dominica | 24.81 | 2001 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 168 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.49 | 2008 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 19.2 | 2017 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.17 | 2001 | — | falling |
| 171 | San Marino | 15.42 | 2022 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 12.48 | 2021 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 9.57 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 174 | Montserrat | 2.49 | 2020 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.60 million
- G20 2.90 million
- World excluding India and China 2.27 million
- G7 387,759
- Asia and the Pacific 2.04 million
- BRICS 1.80 million
- World excluding BRICS 1.79 million
- APEC 1.53 million
- World: Upper-middle income 1.37 million
- World: Lower-middle income 1.26 million
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 967,634
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 908,618
- Eastern Asia 868,437
- Southern Asia 795,891
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 760,386
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 738,936
- World: High income 701,318
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 666,195
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 630,020
- Africa 575,857
- Sub-Saharan Africa 502,587
- Americas 498,060
- Europe and Central Asia 428,680
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 370,682
- South-Eastern Asia 348,670
- ASEAN 348,045
- Europe and Central Asia: High income 326,224
- Latin America and the Caribbean 307,384
- Africa: Lower-middle income 306,061
- World: Low income 272,397
- Americas: Upper-middle income 270,887
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 270,887
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 257,043
- European Union 28 242,261
- Africa: Low income 234,564
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 224,417
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe 214,295
- Eastern Africa 209,236
- Americas: High income 208,640
- European Union 27 208,501