Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
95.5%
Qatar
Lowest
21.8%
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
65.6%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 95.5% in Qatar; the lowest is 21.8% in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.6%, and the mean is 65.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 24.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 16.9%).
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 90.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 87.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 87.6% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Tanzania | 86.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Oman | 86.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Niger | 86.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 85.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Bahrain | 85.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 84.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | North Korea | 83.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Uganda | 82.7% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 82.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 14 | Bolivia | 82.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 82.1% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 79.8% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 79.7% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 79.5% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 19 | Mali | 78.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 78.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 78.4% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 78.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 77.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 77.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 77.2% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 76.7% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 27 | Iceland | 76.5% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 76.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | Burundi | 76.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 76.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 76.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 32 | Vietnam | 76.0% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 33 | Mozambique | 75.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 75.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 35 | El Salvador | 74.9% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 36 | Ecuador | 74.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 37 | Jamaica | 74.5% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 38 | Thailand | 74.4% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 39 | India | 74.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 74.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 73.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 42 | Singapore | 73.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 43 | Fiji | 73.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 44 | Maldives | 72.9% | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Panama | 72.5% | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 47 | Macao | 71.7% | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | Cameroon | 71.6% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 71.3% | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 50 | East Timor | 71.1% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 51 | New Zealand | 71.1% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Philippines | 71.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 53 | Moldova | 70.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | Chad | 70.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 55 | Colombia | 70.6% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 56 | Honduras | 70.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 70.3% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 58 | South Korea | 70.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 59 | Bahamas | 70.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 69.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 69.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 62 | Japan | 69.6% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 63 | Laos | 69.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 69.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 65 | Cyprus | 69.4% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 66 | Netherlands | 69.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Brunei | 69.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 69 | Kenya | 68.8% | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 70 | Uruguay | 68.6% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 68.5% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 72 | South Sudan | 68.1% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 73 | Switzerland | 68.0% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 67.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 75 | Myanmar | 67.7% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 76 | Russia | 67.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Belize | 67.4% | 2025 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 67.4% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 79 | Egypt | 67.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 80 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.2% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 81 | Argentina | 67.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Belarus | 67.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 83 | Turkey | 66.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 84 | Ireland | 66.8% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 85 | Mauritius | 66.7% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 86 | Angola | 66.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Israel | 66.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | China | 66.3% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.1% | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 65.9% | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 91 | Czechia | 65.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 92 | Chile | 65.8% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 93 | Norway | 65.7% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 94 | Denmark | 65.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 65.4% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 96 | Barbados | 64.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 97 | Malawi | 64.5% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 98 | Hungary | 64.4% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 99 | Mongolia | 64.3% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 100 | United States | 64.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 101 | Venezuela | 64.1% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 102 | Guam | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 103 | Lithuania | 64.1% | 2025 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 104 | Senegal | 64.1% | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 105 | Cuba | 64.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 106 | Canada | 64.0% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 107 | Estonia | 63.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Zambia | 63.8% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 109 | Poland | 63.7% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 110 | Georgia | 63.6% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 111 | Rwanda | 63.5% | 2025 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 63.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 113 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 63.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 63.0% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 62.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 116 | Slovakia | 62.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 117 | Albania | 62.7% | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 118 | Iran | 62.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 119 | United Kingdom | 62.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 120 | Morocco | 62.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.1% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia | 62.0% | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 123 | Latvia | 61.8% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 124 | Comoros | 61.7% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 125 | Sweden | 61.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 126 | Austria | 61.5% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 61.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 129 | Haiti | 61.2% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 61.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 61.0% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 60.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 60.4% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 134 | Lebanon | 60.2% | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 135 | Ghana | 60.1% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 136 | Bulgaria | 60.0% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 60.0% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 59.9% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea | 59.8% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 140 | Suriname | 59.3% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 141 | Portugal | 58.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 142 | Botswana | 58.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 143 | Tonga | 58.1% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 144 | Sudan | 58.0% | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 145 | Togo | 57.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 146 | Romania | 57.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 147 | Palestine | 57.6% | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 148 | Lesotho | 57.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 149 | Congo | 57.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 150 | Montenegro | 56.9% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 151 | Ukraine | 56.8% | 2021 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 56.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | Spain | 56.6% | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 154 | Tunisia | 56.5% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 155 | Guyana | 56.5% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 156 | Greece | 56.1% | 2025 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 55.6% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 55.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 159 | Belgium | 55.3% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 160 | France | 55.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 161 | Italy | 55.0% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 162 | Syria | 54.7% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 163 | Croatia | 54.6% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.3% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 53.7% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 166 | Jordan | 53.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 52.9% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 168 | Libya | 52.9% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 169 | Samoa | 52.5% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 170 | Mauritania | 52.0% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 51.7% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 51.7% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 173 | Gabon | 51.4% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 51.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 51.2% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 176 | Namibia | 50.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 50.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 178 | Nepal | 47.8% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 46.2% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 180 | Gambia | 46.1% | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 181 | Turkmenistan | 43.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 182 | South Africa | 42.6% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 39.5% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 184 | Eswatini | 36.5% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 34.9% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.8% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 76.0%
- Africa Western and Central 75.2%
- South Asia 74.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 74.1%
- Lower middle income 73.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 73.2%
- Pacific island small states 73.1%
- IDA total 72.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 72.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 71.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 71.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 71.7%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.