Madagascar vs Qatar: Labor force participation rate

Madagascar

85.5%

in 2025

Qatar

87.0%

in 2025

Madagascar rank

2nd

Qatar rank

1st

Labor force participation rate over time

Qatar currently reports 87.0% against 85.5% in Madagascar, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 2nd and Qatar ranks 1st of 186 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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