Employment in World: Upper-middle income
World: Upper-middle income: Employment was 1.37 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment in World: Upper-middle income, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment in World: Upper-middle income is 1.37 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment in World: Upper-middle income peaked at 1.37 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.12 million, in 2000.
World: Upper-middle income ranks 7th 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: Upper-middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.12 million | — |
| 2001 | 1.14 million | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.15 million | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.16 million | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.18 million | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 1.20 million | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.22 million | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.23 million | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.25 million | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.27 million | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.28 million | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.29 million | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.31 million | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.31 million | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.32 million | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.33 million | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.33 million | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.34 million | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.29 million | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.33 million | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.34 million | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.36 million | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.37 million | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.19 million | 1.12 million | 1.25 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 million | 1.27 million | 1.34 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million | 1.29 million | 1.37 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near World: Upper-middle income
More work & labour data for World: Upper-middle income
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.88 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1.46 million (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 898,488 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.41 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.09 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 49,678 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 23,694 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.53 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.6 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3489 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment in World: Upper-middle income?
- Employment in World: Upper-middle income was 1.37 million in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employment recorded in World: Upper-middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment recorded in World: Upper-middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 million in 2000.
- How does World: Upper-middle income rank for employment?
- World: Upper-middle income ranks 7th out of 85 groups with data for 2025.
- Is employment rising or falling in World: Upper-middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World: Upper-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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