Employment (ILO modelled estimates), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Employment (ILO modelled estimates). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
9.59 % change on previous year
Palestine, State of
Lowest
-2.43 % change on previous year
Kazakhstan
Median
1.26 % change on previous year
Years covered
34
1992–2025
Data points
9,370
What the numbers show
Employment (ILO modelled estimates), annual growth rate is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 9.59 % change on previous year in Palestine, State of; the lowest is -2.43 % change on previous year in Kazakhstan.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.26 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.32 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 15,877.2%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 2,814.8%).
Employment (ILO modelled estimates), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 9.59 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 416.0% | volatile |
| 2 | South Sudan | 5.9 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Belize | 5.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Sudan | 5.01 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 468.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Oman | 4.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 189.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Niger | 4.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 4.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 536.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Zambia | 3.69 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 3.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 3.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 3.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 3.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Senegal | 3.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 55.2% | falling |
| 16 | Chad | 3.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 17 | Somalia | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 18 | Angola | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 19 | Congo | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 3.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 22 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 3.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 24 | Benin | 3.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 3.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 97.6% | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 3.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritania | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 74.4% | flat |
| 31 | Madagascar | 3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 259.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Gambia | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 34 | Comoros | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 2.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Eritrea | 2.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,823.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 38 | Liberia | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Nigeria | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 40 | Iraq | 2.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Togo | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 42 | Colombia | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Cameroon | 2.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 44 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 2.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 2.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 47 | Paraguay | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Yemen | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Pakistan | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 34.3% | falling |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Bahrain | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 53 | Namibia | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 671.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Vanuatu | 2.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 2.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 58 | Eswatini | 2.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Guatemala | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 659.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 2.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 64 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 1.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Gabon | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 1.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Kuwait | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Israel | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Djibouti | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Philippines | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15,877.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Western Sahara | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Cambodia | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Libya | 1.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 1.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 332.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 1.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 83 | India | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Türkiye | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Indonesia | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 180.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Mexico | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Botswana | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Brazil | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 647.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Bhutan | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Maldives | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 95 | El Salvador | 1.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 602.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Singapore | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 220.1% | volatile |
| 98 | South Africa | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Iceland | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Argentina | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Malta | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 161.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 342.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Suriname | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Mongolia | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Algeria | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,297.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.9919 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Ireland | 0.9629 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.8983 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 337.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 0.772 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Fiji | 0.7456 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Australia | 0.7444 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Chile | 0.7194 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Jordan | 0.7084 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Spain | 0.7025 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Myanmar | 0.6968 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Viet Nam | 0.6762 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 0.6079 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.5628 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Guam | 0.546 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0.5393 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 0.5355 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5029 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.4773 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Bahamas | 0.4028 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 129 | New Zealand | 0.3645 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.2767 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Nepal | 0.2767 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Sweden | 0.2643 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Netherlands | 0.2554 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Greece | 0.2455 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 0.2361 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Republic of Korea | 0.2353 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Denmark | 0.2279 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 138 | United States of America | 0.2102 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 0.178 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 0.1698 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 141 | French Polynesia | 0.1598 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 142 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.1546 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Norway | 0.1314 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Slovenia | 0.0664 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Taiwan, China | 0.0043 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Japan | -0.0194 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.8% | volatile |
| 147 | China | -0.0964 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 227.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Bulgaria | -0.1463 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Portugal | -0.1534 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 112.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1574 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Belgium | -0.1871 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 176.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Samoa | -0.1909 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 141.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Mauritius | -0.1962 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 115.3% | volatile |
| 154 | France | -0.2338 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 283.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Macau, China | -0.2429 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 137.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.247 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 241.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Barbados | -0.2583 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 113.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Georgia | -0.2978 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 182.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Albania | -0.3097 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 105.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Thailand | -0.3487 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 433.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Tonga | -0.4892 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Switzerland | -0.4995 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 132.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Italy | -0.5268 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 179.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Serbia | -0.5477 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 219.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Hungary | -0.5531 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 119.0% | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | -0.655 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 176.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Hong Kong, China | -0.6901 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 173.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Cuba | -0.7961 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 207.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Croatia | -0.854 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 166.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Republic of Moldova | -0.8657 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Latvia | -0.8817 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 167.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Belarus | -0.8919 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,814.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Lithuania | -0.9439 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 182.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Finland | -0.987 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 175.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Austria | -1.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 195.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Slovakia | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 662.1% | volatile |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | -1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 134.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Russian Federation | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Romania | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 234.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Poland | -1.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 184.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Germany | -1.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 250.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Montenegro | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 193.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Czechia | -1.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 229.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Armenia | -1.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Ukraine | -1.89 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 1,113.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Estonia | -2 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 195.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Kazakhstan | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 405.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab States: Low income 3.33 % change on previous year
- Chagai -0.1628 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 3.26 % change on previous year
- Africa: Low income 3.23 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 3.17 % change on previous year
- Central Africa 3.16 % change on previous year
- World: Low income 3.06 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.98 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 2.91 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 2.89 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.83 % change on previous year
- Arab States 2.78 % change on previous year
- Africa: Lower-middle income 2.72 % change on previous year
- Arab States: High income 2.68 % change on previous year
- Arab League 2.28 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 2.17 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 2.08 % change on previous year
- Americas: Lower-middle income 2.04 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 2.04 % change on previous year
- MENA 1.97 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 1.86 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 1.82 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income 1.78 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income 1.73 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: High income 1.64 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 1.53 % change on previous year
- South America 1.52 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 1.52 % change on previous year
- Central America 1.5 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 1.47 % change on previous year
- Americas: Upper-middle income 1.46 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 1.46 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean 1.46 % change on previous year
- Europe and Central Asia: Lower-middle income 1.37 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: Lower-middle income 1.37 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 1.31 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 1.3 % change on previous year
- World excluding BRICS 1.3 % change on previous year
- World excluding India and China 1.29 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 1.25 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Employment (ILO modelled estimates). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Employment International Labour Organization
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Employment (ILO modelled estimates). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.