Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
75.9%
Netherlands
Lowest
3.1%
Djibouti
Median
33.1%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 75.9% in Netherlands; the lowest is 3.1% in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.1%, and the mean is 35.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 111.9%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 32.4%).
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 75.9% | 2025 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 2 | Iceland | 75.0% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | North Korea | 72.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Niger | 70.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 5 | Cambodia | 70.0% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 6 | Tanzania | 69.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 68.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Madagascar | 68.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 9 | Uganda | 66.9% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 63.4% | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 11 | Eritrea | 61.5% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 61.3% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 61.0% | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 14 | Switzerland | 59.7% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 15 | Qatar | 59.4% | 2025 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 16 | Bolivia | 58.2% | 2025 | up 41.9% | flat |
| 17 | Mozambique | 57.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 57.2% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 19 | New Zealand | 56.3% | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 54.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 54.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 22 | Liberia | 54.0% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 23 | Laos | 52.9% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 24 | Burundi | 52.0% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 25 | Malta | 51.2% | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 26 | South Sudan | 51.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 51.0% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 51.0% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 29 | Austria | 50.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Germany | 50.9% | 2025 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 31 | Mali | 50.7% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 50.0% | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 49.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | 49.2% | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 35 | Guatemala | 49.1% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 48.4% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 48.4% | 2025 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 38 | Ireland | 48.0% | 2025 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 39 | Bahamas | 47.8% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 47.5% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 47.0% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 42 | United States | 46.1% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 43 | Honduras | 46.0% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 44 | Israel | 45.5% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 44.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 44.3% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 43.8% | 2025 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.7% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 49 | Maldives | 43.6% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 50 | Belize | 43.4% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 43.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 43.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 43.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 54 | Mexico | 42.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 42.3% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 56 | Finland | 41.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Myanmar | 41.7% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 58 | China | 41.5% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 59 | Macao | 41.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Ecuador | 41.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 40.9% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 40.7% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 63 | Malaysia | 40.1% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 64 | Indonesia | 40.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 65 | Bahrain | 39.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 39.8% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 67 | Turkey | 39.7% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 68 | Barbados | 39.4% | 2025 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 69 | El Salvador | 39.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 70 | Angola | 39.4% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 71 | Pakistan | 39.0% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 72 | Guam | 39.0% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 73 | Vietnam | 38.5% | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 37.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 37.7% | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 37.1% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | Guyana | 37.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 78 | Chad | 37.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 79 | East Timor | 36.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 80 | Panama | 36.1% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 81 | Colombia | 35.6% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 35.5% | 2025 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 83 | Belarus | 35.5% | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 84 | Estonia | 35.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | 35.1% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 86 | Uruguay | 35.1% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 87 | Oman | 35.0% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | France | 34.5% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 33.4% | 2025 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.4% | 2025 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 91 | Moldova | 33.2% | 2025 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 33.2% | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 33.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 94 | Zambia | 33.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | Fiji | 33.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 96 | Montenegro | 33.0% | 2025 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 97 | Vanuatu | 32.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 98 | Cameroon | 31.9% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 99 | Lithuania | 31.8% | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 100 | Mauritius | 31.5% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 31.4% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 102 | Argentina | 31.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 31.0% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 104 | Singapore | 30.9% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 105 | Senegal | 30.4% | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 106 | Kenya | 30.0% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 29.9% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 29.8% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 29.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 111 | Philippines | 29.5% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 112 | Albania | 29.2% | 2025 | up 54.9% | falling |
| 113 | Ghana | 29.1% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 114 | Poland | 28.6% | 2025 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 115 | Brunei | 28.6% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.4% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 28.3% | 2025 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 28.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 119 | Portugal | 27.7% | 2025 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 120 | Hungary | 27.5% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 121 | Venezuela | 27.4% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 122 | Gambia | 27.4% | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 123 | Georgia | 27.2% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 27.1% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 125 | Hong Kong | 26.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 126 | Russia | 26.8% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 127 | Lebanon | 26.5% | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 128 | India | 26.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 129 | Belgium | 26.2% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 130 | Suriname | 26.2% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 131 | Lesotho | 26.1% | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 132 | Congo | 25.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 25.7% | 2025 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.6% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 135 | Bhutan | 25.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 136 | Spain | 25.4% | 2025 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 137 | Serbia | 25.4% | 2025 | up 54.0% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 25.1% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 139 | Ukraine | 24.8% | 2021 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 140 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.6% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 141 | Samoa | 24.5% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 142 | Czechia | 24.4% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 24.4% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea | 24.1% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 145 | Turkmenistan | 24.1% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 146 | South Korea | 24.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 147 | Tonga | 24.1% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 23.9% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 149 | Togo | 23.7% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 150 | Chile | 23.6% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 151 | Sudan | 23.3% | 2022 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 152 | Botswana | 22.6% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 22.0% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 154 | Slovakia | 21.9% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 155 | Kuwait | 21.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 156 | Nepal | 21.7% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 21.4% | 2025 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 158 | Morocco | 21.4% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 159 | Haiti | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 160 | Comoros | 21.1% | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | 20.2% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 162 | Palestine | 19.7% | 2022 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 163 | Italy | 19.6% | 2025 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.4% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 165 | Romania | 19.0% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 166 | Egypt | 18.9% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Greece | 18.7% | 2025 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.7% | 2025 | up 80.4% | falling |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 18.6% | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 170 | Iraq | 18.4% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 171 | Namibia | 18.2% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 172 | Iran | 17.6% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 173 | Bulgaria | 17.6% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 174 | Algeria | 17.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 16.5% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 176 | Syria | 15.9% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 177 | Yemen | 15.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 178 | Mauritania | 15.5% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 179 | Jordan | 15.4% | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 180 | Tunisia | 14.4% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 181 | Eswatini | 12.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 182 | Gabon | 11.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 183 | South Africa | 10.8% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 184 | Somalia | 10.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 185 | Libya | 8.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 186 | Djibouti | 3.1% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 49.5%
- Pre-demographic dividend 47.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 47.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 47.1%
- North America 46.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 46.4%
- Low income 45.9%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 45.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 45.4%
- IDA blend 45.2%
- Pacific island small states 45.0%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.