ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and logging — Value by country
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What the numbers show
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and logging — Value is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 36.67 % in Sweden; the lowest is 0.04 % in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.25 %, and the mean is 6.28 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 917.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 417.5%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 80.6%).
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 36.67 % | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 2 | Estonia | 32.46 % | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 28.44 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 27.68 % | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 5 | Slovakia | 26.98 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 23.86 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 7 | Croatia | 16.72 % | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 15.16 % | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 9 | Belarus | 14.95 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 10 | South Africa | 11.93 % | 2007 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 11 | Germany | 11.86 % | 2024 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 11.21 % | 2024 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 10.23 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 9.98 % | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 9.6 % | 2024 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 16 | Norway | 9.4 % | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 9.19 % | 2025 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.5 % | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.34 % | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 7.28 % | 2024 | up 125.4% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 7.04 % | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 6.36 % | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 6.27 % | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 6.11 % | 2022 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 25 | France | 5.38 % | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 26 | Romania | 5.22 % | 2024 | up 167.7% | volatile |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 5.12 % | 2024 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 4.56 % | 2022 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 4.49 % | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 3.83 % | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 3.79 % | 2019 | up 241.4% | rising |
| 32 | Israel | 3.51 % | 2024 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 3.42 % | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 34 | Seychelles | 3.36 % | 2023 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Namibia | 3.35 % | 2018 | up 308.5% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 3.25 % | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 3.15 % | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 2.97 % | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 2.88 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 40 | Ireland | 2.27 % | 2018 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 41 | Guatemala | 2.07 % | 2024 | up 417.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 1.99 % | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 1.89 % | 2014 | up 139.2% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 1.81 % | 2024 | up 217.5% | rising |
| 44 | Greece | 1.81 % | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 1.74 % | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 1.64 % | 2020 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.63 % | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritius | 1.59 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 50 | Thailand | 1.37 % | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 51 | India | 1.3 % | 2024 | up 136.4% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 1.18 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 53 | Panama | 1.1 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 54 | Bhutan | 1.03 % | 2024 | up 178.4% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 0.94 % | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 56 | Mali | 0.75 % | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 57 | Ecuador | 0.72 % | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 0.62 % | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0.58 % | 2024 | up 81.2% | flat |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.51 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.5 % | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.47 % | 2024 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 62 | Pakistan | 0.47 % | 2025 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 0.41 % | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Mongolia | 0.37 % | 2022 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.28 % | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 67 | Angola | 0.22 % | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 68 | Palestine, State of | 0.2 % | 2012 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 0.08 % | 2024 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 70 | Albania | 0.07 % | 2023 | down 78.8% | falling |
| 71 | Egypt | 0.04 % | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
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 5.66 %
- Viet Nam 4.62 %
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.42 %
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.3 %
- Türkiye 1.09 %
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.44 %
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.28 %
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.