Employment in World: Lower-middle income
World: Lower-middle income: Employment was 1.26 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment in World: Lower-middle income, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
World: Lower-middle income recorded 1.26 million for employment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in World: Lower-middle income peaked at 1.26 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 763,808, in 2000.
World: Lower-middle income ranks 8th of 85 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Employment in World: Lower-middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 763,808 | — |
| 2001 | 782,367 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 799,338 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 817,668 | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 837,404 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 856,358 | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 870,429 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 885,236 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 897,620 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 911,443 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 927,492 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 940,908 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 952,750 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 971,511 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 989,943 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.04 million | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.08 million | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.11 million | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1.17 million | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 1.21 million | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.24 million | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 1.26 million | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 842,167 | 763,808 | 911,443 | 10 |
| 2010s | 999,539 | 927,492 | 1.08 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million | 1.07 million | 1.26 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near World: Lower-middle income
More work & labour data for World: Lower-middle income
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 58.73 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1.36 million (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 957,508 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.37 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.49 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 24,711 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,805 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 56.16 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.74 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in World: Lower-middle income?
- Employment in World: Lower-middle income was 1.26 million in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employment recorded in World: Lower-middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment recorded in World: Lower-middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 763,808 in 2000.
- How does World: Lower-middle income rank for employment?
- World: Lower-middle income ranks 8th out of 85 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment rising or falling in World: Lower-middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World: Lower-middle income data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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