Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
83.3%
Iceland
Lowest
3.9%
Yemen
Median
33.3%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,410
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 83.3% in Iceland; the lowest is 3.9% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.3%, and the mean is 35.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 96.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 67.0%).
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 83.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 3 | North Korea | 81.9% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 71.7% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Madagascar | 71.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 70.2% | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 69.6% | 2025 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 69.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 68.1% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 10 | Norway | 66.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 66.0% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 65.6% | 2025 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 13 | Eritrea | 65.3% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 14 | Nigeria | 64.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | Niger | 64.6% | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 16 | Switzerland | 64.5% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 17 | Mozambique | 63.9% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 18 | South Sudan | 63.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 63.2% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 20 | Burundi | 57.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia | 57.3% | 2025 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 57.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 56.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 56.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 25 | Bahamas | 55.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 54.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 53.6% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 28 | Ireland | 53.5% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Laos | 53.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Benin | 53.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 31 | Liberia | 53.2% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 32 | Malta | 53.0% | 2025 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 33 | Angola | 52.9% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | 52.4% | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 52.3% | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 52.0% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 52.0% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 38 | United States | 50.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 50.2% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 48.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | Israel | 48.2% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 42 | Barbados | 48.1% | 2025 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 43 | China | 47.7% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 47.0% | 2025 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 45 | Estonia | 46.8% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 46.5% | 2025 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 47 | Guyana | 46.2% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 48 | Guam | 45.9% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 49 | Rwanda | 45.6% | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 45.3% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 51 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.2% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 52 | Mali | 44.5% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 43.7% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 43.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 55 | Maldives | 43.3% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 56 | Macao | 43.1% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 43.1% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 43.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 59 | Uruguay | 42.3% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 60 | Belize | 42.1% | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 41.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 62 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.4% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 63 | Qatar | 40.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 64 | Vietnam | 40.1% | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 39.6% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 66 | France | 39.5% | 2025 | up 24.4% | flat |
| 67 | Montenegro | 39.1% | 2025 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 39.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 69 | Myanmar | 39.1% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 70 | Indonesia | 38.2% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 71 | Botswana | 38.1% | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.0% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 37.4% | 2025 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 74 | Malaysia | 37.3% | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 75 | Panama | 37.0% | 2025 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 76 | Colombia | 36.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 35.2% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 35.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 35.0% | 2025 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 80 | Turkey | 34.8% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 81 | Lithuania | 34.7% | 2025 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 82 | East Timor | 34.4% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 83 | Zambia | 34.4% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 84 | United States Virgin Islands | 34.4% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 34.2% | 2025 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 34.2% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 34.2% | 2025 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 88 | Honduras | 34.0% | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 89 | Argentina | 33.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 33.9% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 33.7% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 92 | Thailand | 33.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.4% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 94 | Kenya | 33.2% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 33.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 96 | Latvia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 97 | Portugal | 33.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 33.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 33.0% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 100 | Guatemala | 32.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 101 | Chad | 32.7% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 32.4% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cuba | 32.3% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 31.9% | 2025 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 105 | El Salvador | 31.6% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 31.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.3% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 108 | Spain | 31.1% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 31.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 31.0% | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 111 | Singapore | 30.9% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 30.6% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 113 | South Korea | 30.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 114 | Hong Kong | 30.1% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 115 | Belgium | 29.7% | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 29.4% | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 29.3% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 118 | Hungary | 28.9% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 119 | Ghana | 28.8% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 120 | Haiti | 28.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 121 | Gambia | 28.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 122 | Cameroon | 28.6% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 123 | Togo | 28.3% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 27.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Eswatini | 27.9% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | 27.9% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 128 | Ukraine | 27.8% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 129 | Suriname | 27.7% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 130 | Bahrain | 27.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 27.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 132 | Guinea | 26.9% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 133 | Chile | 26.8% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 26.7% | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 135 | Brunei | 26.4% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 136 | Russia | 26.1% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 137 | Namibia | 26.1% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 25.5% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 25.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 140 | Serbia | 25.1% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 141 | Philippines | 24.8% | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 142 | South Africa | 24.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 143 | Lesotho | 23.8% | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 144 | Czechia | 23.7% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 23.6% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 146 | Greece | 22.1% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 147 | Pakistan | 21.7% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 148 | Slovakia | 21.2% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 149 | Samoa | 20.2% | 2025 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.2% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 20.1% | 2025 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 152 | Lebanon | 20.0% | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 153 | Tonga | 19.9% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.8% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 155 | Romania | 19.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 19.3% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 157 | Nepal | 19.2% | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 158 | Mongolia | 19.1% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 159 | Senegal | 19.0% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 160 | Venezuela | 18.7% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.4% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 17.6% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 16.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 165 | India | 15.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 166 | Gabon | 15.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 15.4% | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 168 | Kuwait | 15.2% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 169 | Tunisia | 14.6% | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 170 | Oman | 13.9% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritania | 12.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 172 | Morocco | 12.9% | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 173 | Jordan | 12.5% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 174 | Djibouti | 11.7% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 175 | Somalia | 11.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 176 | Palestine | 10.9% | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 177 | Libya | 10.2% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 10.1% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 179 | Egypt | 9.9% | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 180 | Iran | 9.3% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 181 | Syria | 8.2% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 182 | Algeria | 7.9% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 183 | Sudan | 7.7% | 2022 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 5.9% | 2025 | down 67.0% | flat |
| 185 | Iraq | 5.6% | 2025 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 186 | Yemen | 3.9% | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 51.6%
- Africa Western and Central 49.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 48.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 47.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 47.1%
- Channel Islands 45.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 45.4%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 45.1%
- Low income 44.2%
About this data
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.