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Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) by country

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Countries reporting
197
Highest
88.0%
Qatar
Lowest
35.7%
Nauru
Median
62.8%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,691

What the numbers show

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 88.0% in Qatar; the lowest is 35.7% in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.8%, and the mean is 61.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 86.4%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 50.3%).

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 88.0% 2024 up 0.7% rising
2 Tanzania 85.3% 2024 up 1.6% flat
3 Isle of Man 84.2% 2016 up 34.0% rising
4 Bermuda 84.0% 2010 up 14.4% rising
5 Faroe Islands 82.9% 2013 down 4.9% rising
6 Cayman Islands 82.8% 2015 down 1.4% rising
7 Nigeria 81.5% 2024 up 36.3% rising
8 United Arab Emirates 81.4% 2024 up 1.0% rising
9 Cambodia 80.0% 2023 down 0.3% rising
10 Niger 79.6% 2022 up 86.4% rising
11 Bolivia 79.6% 2024 up 11.5% rising
12 Uganda 79.4% 2021 down 0.8% rising
13 Mozambique 78.8% 2022 down 0.3% rising
14 Burundi 78.6% 2020 up 12.2% rising
15 Rwanda 76.8% 2025 down 8.1% falling
16 Benin 76.3% 2022 up 6.1% rising
17 Iceland 75.6% 2025 down 8.9% rising
18 Bahamas 75.3% 2023 up 3.6% rising
19 Madagascar 75.0% 2022 down 19.0% rising
20 Angola 74.3% 2025 up 70.7% rising
21 Greenland 74.1% 2015 up 0.6% rising
22 Kuwait 73.8% 2016 down 5.2% rising
23 Cuba 72.9% 2013 up 46.3% rising
24 Antigua and Barbuda 72.6% 2018 — rising
25 Vietnam 72.4% 2024 down 6.0% flat
26 Moldova 72.4% 2025 up 3.0% rising
27 Macao 72.3% 2016 up 9.7% rising
28 Northern Mariana Islands 72.3% 2010 down 11.7% rising
29 Paraguay 72.0% 2025 up 6.0% rising
30 Peru 71.7% 2025 down 5.5% rising
31 Bahrain 71.6% 2015 up 48.2% rising
32 Togo 70.7% 2022 down 9.6% rising
33 Oman 70.6% 2022 up 42.1% rising
34 New Zealand 70.5% 2025 up 2.5% rising
35 San Marino 70.5% 2022 down 27.1% rising
36 China 70.3% 2018 down 3.5% falling
37 Belize 69.7% 2019 up 3.4% rising
38 Vanuatu 69.6% 2025 up 18.8% falling
39 Belarus 69.6% 2024 down 15.2% rising
40 Malaysia 69.3% 2022 up 5.6% rising
41 Botswana 69.1% 2024 down 0.8% rising
42 Saint Lucia 68.9% 2025 up 0.7% flat
43 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.8% 2001 up 3.2% rising
44 Kazakhstan 68.7% 2022 down 3.6% rising
44 Netherlands 68.7% 2025 up 6.7% rising
46 Kenya 68.7% 2021 down 10.2% falling
47 Gibraltar 68.4% 2001 up 38.8% rising
48 Ethiopia 68.3% 2021 down 16.0% rising
49 Burkina Faso 68.1% 2025 up 3.8% falling
50 Indonesia 67.9% 2023 up 1.7% rising
51 Singapore 67.9% 2025 down 0.6% rising
52 Malta 67.5% 2025 up 12.1% rising
52 Sweden 67.5% 2025 down 6.3% flat
54 Saudi Arabia 67.4% 2025 up 24.8% rising
55 Switzerland 67.3% 2025 down 1.2% rising
56 Cote d'Ivoire 67.1% 2022 down 0.2% falling
57 Palau 67.1% 2023 up 4.2% flat
58 Thailand 67.0% 2025 down 3.2% falling
59 Australia 66.9% 2025 up 3.0% rising
60 Georgia 66.5% 2024 down 1.7% flat
61 Estonia 66.4% 2025 up 6.9% flat
62 Jamaica 66.4% 2023 up 9.0% falling
63 Dominican Republic 66.3% 2025 up 6.9% rising
64 Sierra Leone 66.2% 2018 up 8.7% falling
65 Ireland 66.1% 2025 up 6.9% rising
66 Laos 66.0% 2022 down 15.6% falling
67 Azerbaijan 65.7% 2022 up 1.9% rising
68 Norway 65.5% 2025 down 7.7% rising
69 Uruguay 65.5% 2024 down 0.6% rising
70 Lesotho 65.4% 2024 up 0.3% rising
71 Cameroon 65.3% 2021 down 14.3% rising
72 Armenia 65.3% 2023 up 4.0% rising
73 Canada 65.3% 2025 down 1.2% rising
74 Cyprus 65.2% 2025 up 4.5% rising
74 Denmark 65.2% 2025 up 6.3% flat
76 Seychelles 65.1% 2024 down 7.1% flat
77 Nicaragua 65.0% 2014 up 6.5% rising
78 South Korea 64.9% 2025 up 2.8% rising
79 Ghana 64.9% 2024 down 14.7% falling
80 Guinea-Bissau 64.8% 2022 — rising
81 Bhutan 64.7% 2025 up 2.5% flat
82 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.6% 2008 up 2.8% rising
83 Guatemala 64.6% 2024 up 6.4% rising
84 Ecuador 64.3% 2025 down 1.9% rising
85 Brunei 64.3% 2024 down 2.6% rising
86 Turks and Caicos Islands 64.0% 2008 up 12.9% rising
87 Colombia 64.0% 2025 down 4.5% rising
88 Aruba 63.8% 2011 up 0.5% rising
88 Japan 63.8% 2025 up 7.2% falling
90 Montenegro 63.7% 2024 up 20.9% rising
91 Maldives 63.6% 2019 up 22.1% flat
92 Albania 63.5% 2024 up 18.8% rising
93 Zimbabwe 63.4% 2024 down 24.9% flat
94 Zambia 63.2% 2024 up 24.6% rising
95 Brazil 63.2% 2025 down 0.9% rising
96 Lithuania 63.1% 2025 up 6.7% flat
97 United Kingdom 62.8% 2025 up 0.4% rising
98 Russia 62.8% 2025 down 9.1% flat
99 Barbados 62.8% 2024 down 1.8% rising
100 Guam 62.6% 2011 down 4.6% flat
101 Panama 62.5% 2025 down 1.8% rising
102 Chile 62.5% 2025 up 0.4% rising
103 Israel 62.5% 2025 down 4.7% rising
104 United States 62.4% 2025 down 0.4% rising
105 Grenada 62.4% 2023 down 7.3% rising
106 Luxembourg 62.3% 2025 up 2.9% rising
107 Argentina 62.2% 2025 up 4.7% rising
108 Mali 62.0% 2024 down 12.2% rising
109 Mongolia 61.8% 2024 up 2.9% rising
110 Germany 61.7% 2025 up 2.5% rising
111 Austria 61.7% 2025 up 1.8% rising
112 Latvia 61.6% 2025 up 2.6% flat
113 Hungary 61.5% 2025 up 12.3% falling
114 Slovakia 61.2% 2025 up 2.6% flat
115 Czechia 61.0% 2025 up 2.7% flat
116 Finland 60.9% 2025 up 3.3% flat
117 British Virgin Islands 60.7% 1994 down 16.5% rising
118 Liechtenstein 60.4% 2017 down 5.4% falling
119 Philippines 60.4% 2023 up 1.4% rising
120 Mexico 60.4% 2025 up 0.9% rising
121 Myanmar 60.2% 2020 down 5.2% rising
122 El Salvador 60.0% 2024 down 1.5% rising
123 Venezuela 59.9% 2020 down 6.2% rising
124 Portugal 59.4% 2025 up 1.6% flat
125 New Caledonia 59.3% 2023 down 7.4% rising
126 Serbia 59.0% 2025 up 14.4% rising
127 Bangladesh 58.9% 2024 up 3.0% rising
128 Namibia 58.9% 2018 up 6.3% rising
129 Poland 58.7% 2025 up 4.1% falling
130 Slovenia 58.5% 2025 up 2.1% flat
131 Spain 58.2% 2025 down 1.1% rising
132 Honduras 58.2% 2025 down 9.3% rising
133 Dominica 57.7% 2001 up 55.3% rising
134 Cape Verde 57.4% 2019 up 2.8% rising
135 Mauritius 57.3% 2024 down 4.0% rising
136 France 57.0% 2025 up 1.7% flat
137 Hong Kong 57.0% 2025 down 6.8% falling
138 Kyrgyzstan 56.9% 2023 down 2.7% falling
139 Haiti 56.9% 2012 up 11.8% falling
140 Curacao 56.4% 2020 down 2.6% flat
141 French Polynesia 56.4% 2012 down 2.8% rising
142 Uzbekistan 56.2% 2020 down 20.5% rising
143 Suriname 56.1% 2016 down 10.3% rising
144 Belgium 56.0% 2025 up 5.0% rising
145 Costa Rica 55.9% 2025 down 10.9% rising
146 South Africa 55.6% 2024 up 4.2% rising
147 Pakistan 55.3% 2025 up 6.4% rising
148 India 55.3% 2025 up 3.4% falling
149 Comoros 55.2% 2021 up 24.1% flat
150 Bulgaria 55.1% 2025 up 1.9% falling
151 Fiji 54.8% 2024 down 6.9% rising
152 Ukraine 54.6% 2021 down 15.0% rising
153 Kiribati 54.6% 2023 up 26.9% falling
154 Trinidad and Tobago 54.5% 2024 down 11.2% rising
155 Croatia 54.1% 2025 up 2.3% rising
156 Turkey 53.5% 2025 up 4.3% falling
157 Congo 53.1% 2012 down 21.8% falling
158 Greece 52.9% 2025 up 2.5% flat
159 Guinea 52.9% 2019 down 12.7% flat
160 Chad 52.8% 2022 — rising
161 American Samoa 52.6% 2010 down 0.7% rising
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.4% 2024 up 20.7% rising
163 Papua New Guinea 52.0% 2022 up 7.5% falling
164 North Macedonia 51.9% 2025 down 6.3% flat
165 Tonga 51.4% 2023 down 7.0% rising
166 Romania 51.4% 2025 down 5.8% falling
167 Gambia 51.3% 2025 down 17.6% falling
168 Guyana 51.2% 2021 — rising
169 Eswatini 51.0% 2023 down 0.4% falling
170 Italy 49.9% 2025 up 1.9% flat
171 Afghanistan 49.7% 2021 up 5.9% rising
172 Malawi 49.6% 2024 down 36.1% falling
173 Gabon 49.5% 2024 up 1.7% falling
174 Marshall Islands 49.5% 2021 up 19.9% falling
175 Lebanon 48.9% 2019 up 6.0% rising
176 Egypt 48.0% 2024 down 0.3% rising
177 Sri Lanka 47.3% 2024 down 8.2% flat
178 East Timor 46.7% 2022 down 14.4% falling
179 Liberia 46.7% 2017 down 35.1% rising
180 Palestine 45.5% 2025 up 3.5% rising
181 Mauritania 45.5% 2019 up 4.4% falling
182 Tunisia 45.4% 2023 down 4.3% flat
183 Senegal 44.6% 2024 down 2.0% falling
184 Morocco 44.3% 2022 down 8.5% falling
185 Tuvalu 43.9% 2022 down 25.4% falling
186 Puerto Rico 43.9% 2020 up 4.8% rising
187 Samoa 43.8% 2022 up 36.0% falling
188 Syria 43.4% 2011 down 18.1% rising
189 Algeria 41.8% 2017 up 0.3% rising
190 Jordan 40.8% 2024 up 12.1% falling
191 Iran 40.7% 2024 up 1.2% falling
192 Nepal 39.9% 2017 down 50.3% flat
193 Tajikistan 39.7% 2016 up 28.4% flat
194 Iraq 39.7% 2021 down 3.2% falling
195 Sudan 37.9% 2022 down 24.0% falling
196 Yemen 36.3% 2014 down 7.5% rising
197 Nauru 35.7% 2024 down 48.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)
Source
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,691 data points, 1960–2025
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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.