Canada vs Ecuador: Labor force participation rate

Canada
64.5%
in 2025
Ecuador
64.5%
in 2025
Canada rank
69th
Ecuador rank
70th

Labor force participation rate over time

  • Canada
  • Ecuador
0204060199020072025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 64.5% against 64.5% in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 69th and Ecuador ranks 70th of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Labor force participation rate
Unit
%
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 6,682 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).