Which has higher employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%), Maldives or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 46.2% against 45.3% in Maldives as of 2025.

What is the difference in employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) between Maldives and United Kingdom?

0.9%, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and United Kingdom?

6 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Maldives vs United Kingdom: Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) … ages national

Maldives

45.3%

in 2019

United Kingdom

46.2%

in 2025

Maldives rank

36th

United Kingdom rank

34th

Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) … ages national over time

Maldives
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 46.2% against 45.3% in Maldives, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1995 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Maldives ranks 36th and United Kingdom ranks 34th of 155 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	36.7%	53.9%	17.2%	United Kingdom
2000s	34.3%	49.3%	15.0%	United Kingdom
2010s	45.9%	48.5%	2.6%	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%), Maldives or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 46.2% against 45.3% in Maldives as of 2025.
What is the difference in employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) between Maldives and United Kingdom?: 0.9%, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and United Kingdom?: 6 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2019.
How do Maldives and United Kingdom rank globally for employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%)?: Maldives ranks 36th and United Kingdom ranks 34th of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 4,067 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 12 November 2026

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.