Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
178
Highest
95.1%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
30.3%
Namibia
Median
58.9%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,036
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 95.1% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 30.3% in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.9%, and the mean is 57.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 89.8%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 55.0%).
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 95.1% | 2022 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 87.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 3 | Isle of Man | 81.9% | 2016 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 4 | Tanzania | 81.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 80.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 79.6% | 2013 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 79.3% | 2022 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 8 | Cayman Islands | 79.3% | 2015 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 9 | Nigeria | 78.7% | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 78.1% | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 77.7% | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 77.0% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Uganda | 76.6% | 2021 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Benin | 75.0% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 72.7% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 16 | Madagascar | 72.6% | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 17 | Iceland | 72.3% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 18 | Kuwait | 72.2% | 2016 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 71.4% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 71.3% | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 21 | Bahrain | 70.9% | 2015 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 22 | Macao | 70.9% | 2016 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 23 | Cuba | 70.5% | 2013 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 24 | Togo | 69.3% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 25 | Paraguay | 68.7% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Vanuatu | 68.6% | 2025 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 27 | Peru | 68.6% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Belarus | 68.5% | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 29 | Oman | 68.3% | 2022 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 68.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 31 | China | 67.3% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 32 | San Marino | 67.0% | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 33 | New Zealand | 66.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 34 | Thailand | 66.6% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 66.6% | 2025 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 36 | Malaysia | 66.5% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 66.0% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 38 | Palau | 65.7% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 39 | Singapore | 65.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.6% | 2022 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 65.6% | 2021 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 42 | Malta | 65.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 65.2% | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 44 | Laos | 65.2% | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 65.1% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 46 | Indonesia | 65.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 47 | Kenya | 64.9% | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 48 | Jamaica | 64.4% | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 64.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Switzerland | 64.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 63.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 52 | Belize | 63.4% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 63.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 63.2% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 55 | South Korea | 63.1% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 56 | Ireland | 63.1% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 57 | Seychelles | 62.9% | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 62.9% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 62.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 60 | Norway | 62.6% | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 61 | Bhutan | 62.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 62 | Cyprus | 62.3% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 63 | Japan | 62.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 62.2% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 62.0% | 2014 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 62.0% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 61.6% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 68 | Russia | 61.5% | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 69 | Estonia | 61.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 70 | Denmark | 61.0% | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 71 | Canada | 60.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 60.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 73 | Maldives | 60.7% | 2019 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 74 | Israel | 60.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 75 | Georgia | 60.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 76 | Brunei | 60.2% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 77 | Greenland | 60.0% | 2015 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | Armenia | 59.9% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 59.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 80 | United States | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 81 | Zambia | 59.7% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 59.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Brazil | 59.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 84 | Czechia | 59.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 85 | Germany | 59.3% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Myanmar | 59.3% | 2020 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 87 | Mali | 59.2% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 88 | Liechtenstein | 59.0% | 2017 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 89 | Barbados | 59.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 58.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 58.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 92 | Hungary | 58.8% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 93 | Lithuania | 58.7% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 94 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 58.7% | 2008 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 58.6% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 96 | Grenada | 58.4% | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 58.2% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 98 | Albania | 58.1% | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 99 | Austria | 58.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 58.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 101 | Aruba | 58.1% | 2011 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 102 | Slovakia | 57.9% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 103 | Argentina | 57.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 104 | Latvia | 57.4% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 105 | Panama | 57.3% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 106 | Poland | 56.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 107 | Chile | 56.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 56.8% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 109 | Montenegro | 56.4% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 110 | Slovenia | 56.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 55.8% | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela | 55.4% | 2020 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 55.3% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 114 | Finland | 55.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.9% | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 54.9% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 117 | Serbia | 54.7% | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritius | 54.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 119 | Guam | 54.3% | 2011 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 53.3% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 53.2% | 2020 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 53.2% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 123 | Lesotho | 53.2% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 53.1% | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 125 | Kiribati | 53.1% | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 126 | India | 52.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 127 | France | 52.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 128 | Belgium | 52.5% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 52.4% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.3% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 131 | Botswana | 52.2% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 132 | Spain | 52.1% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 133 | Fiji | 51.9% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 51.7% | 2016 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 135 | Pakistan | 51.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 136 | Croatia | 51.4% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 137 | Dominica | 51.4% | 2001 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 50.9% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 139 | Tonga | 50.6% | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 140 | Ukraine | 49.3% | 2021 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 141 | Turkey | 49.0% | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Romania | 48.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 143 | Greece | 48.2% | 2025 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 144 | Curacao | 47.8% | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 145 | American Samoa | 47.8% | 2010 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 46.9% | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 147 | Bahamas | 46.9% | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 148 | Italy | 46.8% | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.3% | 2025 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 150 | East Timor | 46.0% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 45.3% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 153 | Egypt | 45.1% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 44.6% | 2021 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 44.1% | 2012 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 43.9% | 2017 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 157 | Senegal | 43.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 158 | Malawi | 41.9% | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 159 | Samoa | 41.6% | 2022 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 40.7% | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 39.7% | 2016 | up 31.1% | falling |
| 162 | Morocco | 39.1% | 2022 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 163 | Syria | 39.0% | 2010 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 164 | Tunisia | 38.5% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 165 | South Africa | 37.6% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 166 | Iran | 37.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 37.2% | 2020 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 168 | Algeria | 36.9% | 2017 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 169 | Nepal | 35.7% | 2017 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 170 | Nauru | 35.4% | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 171 | Jordan | 34.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 172 | Kosovo | 33.8% | 2024 | up 40.7% | flat |
| 172 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 33.8% | 2024 | up 40.7% | flat |
| 174 | Eswatini | 33.5% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 175 | Iraq | 33.2% | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 176 | Palestine | 32.5% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 177 | Yemen | 31.4% | 2014 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 178 | Namibia | 30.3% | 2023 | down 39.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 66.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 66.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 66.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 64.9%
- Upper middle income 62.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 60.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 60.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 60.1%
- North America 59.9%
- IDA blend 59.3%
- High income 59.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 58.7%
- OECD members 58.1%
- World 57.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 57.6%
- Low & middle income 57.6%
- Middle income 57.5%
- Lower middle income 56.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 56.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 55.4%
- European Union 54.8%
- Euro area 54.4%
- IBRD only 54.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 53.6%
- Caribbean Small States 53.0%
- South Asia 52.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 52.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 49.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 45.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 43.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 43.2%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.