Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
89.3%
North Korea
Lowest
23.4%
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
69.6%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,410
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 89.3% in North Korea; the lowest is 23.4% in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 69.6%, and the mean is 67.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 21.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 21.8%).
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 89.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 88.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 87.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 86.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Cambodia | 86.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 85.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Netherlands | 85.6% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 85.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Switzerland | 84.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 83.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 11 | Nigeria | 83.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 12 | Bahamas | 82.9% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 82.6% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 82.3% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 82.2% | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 16 | Malta | 81.6% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 81.2% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 81.1% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 19 | Eritrea | 80.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 20 | Australia | 80.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 21 | Bolivia | 80.5% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 80.4% | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 23 | Norway | 80.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 24 | Canada | 80.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 80.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 79.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 27 | Belarus | 79.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 79.4% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 79.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 79.1% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 31 | Burundi | 79.1% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 32 | Macao | 79.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Lithuania | 78.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 78.4% | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 35 | Barbados | 78.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 36 | Hungary | 78.3% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 77.9% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 77.8% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 39 | Liberia | 77.6% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Czechia | 77.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 77.5% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 42 | Benin | 77.5% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | Ireland | 77.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 77.0% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 77.0% | 2025 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 47 | Singapore | 77.0% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 77.0% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 76.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Latvia | 76.6% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 76.2% | 2025 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 52 | Slovenia | 76.2% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | Russia | 76.1% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 54 | Thailand | 75.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 55 | Angola | 75.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 56 | Kuwait | 75.1% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 75.0% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 74.9% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 74.7% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 61 | Israel | 74.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 62 | Moldova | 74.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | South Sudan | 74.3% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Serbia | 74.2% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 65 | China | 74.0% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 66 | France | 74.0% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 67 | Jamaica | 74.0% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 68 | Paraguay | 73.9% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 69 | United States | 73.7% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 70 | Central African Republic | 73.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 73.2% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 72 | Bahrain | 72.9% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 73 | Panama | 71.9% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 74 | Hong Kong | 71.6% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 71.2% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 76 | Botswana | 71.2% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | South Korea | 71.2% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 78 | Brazil | 71.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 79 | Belgium | 71.0% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 70.9% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 70.9% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 82 | Georgia | 70.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 83 | Montenegro | 70.9% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 84 | Armenia | 70.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Malaysia | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 70.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 87 | Guam | 70.5% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 88 | Oman | 70.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Croatia | 70.4% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 90 | Indonesia | 70.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 91 | Greece | 70.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 69.9% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 69.7% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 94 | Brunei | 69.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 95 | Colombia | 69.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 69.0% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 68.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 98 | Congo | 68.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 99 | Laos | 68.7% | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 68.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 101 | Mali | 68.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Ecuador | 68.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Kenya | 68.0% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 105 | United States Virgin Islands | 67.8% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 106 | Bhutan | 67.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 107 | East Timor | 67.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 109 | Romania | 66.9% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ukraine | 66.8% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 111 | Italy | 66.6% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 66.5% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 113 | Maldives | 66.4% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 114 | Mexico | 66.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 66.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 116 | Rwanda | 66.1% | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 65.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 118 | Guinea-Bissau | 65.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 119 | Cameroon | 65.8% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 65.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 121 | Haiti | 65.3% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 65.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 64.6% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 124 | Cuba | 63.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 125 | Philippines | 63.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 126 | Mongolia | 63.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 63.2% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 62.9% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.3% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 131 | Zambia | 62.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 62.2% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 133 | Belize | 62.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 134 | Guatemala | 61.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 61.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.1% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 137 | Turkey | 60.8% | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 138 | South Africa | 60.6% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 139 | Ghana | 60.4% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 140 | Fiji | 60.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 141 | French Polynesia | 60.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 142 | Suriname | 60.1% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 143 | Namibia | 60.1% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 60.0% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 145 | Myanmar | 59.8% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 146 | Chad | 59.5% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 147 | Guyana | 59.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 148 | India | 59.1% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 149 | Lesotho | 59.1% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 150 | Togo | 59.0% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 151 | Honduras | 58.7% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 152 | Comoros | 57.4% | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 56.8% | 2025 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 154 | Venezuela | 56.6% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 155 | Pakistan | 54.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 54.6% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 53.8% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 158 | Eswatini | 53.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 159 | Guinea | 53.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 160 | Senegal | 53.3% | 2025 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 161 | Gabon | 53.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 52.9% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 52.2% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 164 | Libya | 51.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Tunisia | 51.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 166 | Gambia | 48.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 167 | Lebanon | 48.0% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 168 | Morocco | 47.8% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 169 | Egypt | 47.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 170 | Palestine | 47.3% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 45.6% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 172 | Iran | 45.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 44.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 174 | Algeria | 44.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 175 | Iraq | 43.4% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 176 | Jordan | 42.8% | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 177 | Nepal | 41.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 178 | Mauritania | 41.9% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 40.4% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 180 | Syria | 38.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 38.4% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 182 | Sudan | 37.9% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 34.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 184 | Yemen | 34.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 33.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.4% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Post-demographic dividend 75.8%
- High income 75.4%
- European Union 75.2%
- Euro area 75.2%
- North America 74.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 74.1%
- OECD members 73.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 73.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 73.3%
- Africa Western and Central 73.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 72.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 72.8%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.