Mali vs Netherlands: Labor force participation rate

Mali
67.0%
in 2025
Netherlands
67.2%
in 2025
Mali rank
45th
Netherlands rank
43rd

Labor force participation rate over time

  • Mali
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 67.2% against 67.0% in Mali, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Mali ranks 45th and Netherlands ranks 43rd 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
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Share of the working-age population (ages 15 and over) who are economically active (employed or unemployed).