Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
76.6%
Iceland
Lowest
1.9%
Iraq
Median
28.3%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 76.6% in Iceland; the lowest is 1.9% in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 28.3%, and the mean is 30.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 285.5%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 71.9%).
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 76.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 76.2% | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 3 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 74.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 69.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 5 | Cambodia | 67.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 6 | Madagascar | 67.3% | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 7 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 67.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 64.4% | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 64.3% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 62.6% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 61.7% | 2025 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 60.8% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 13 | Switzerland | 58.7% | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 14 | Norway | 58.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 15 | Eritrea | 57.9% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 16 | Burundi | 56.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 56.7% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 18 | New Zealand | 56.6% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 55.6% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 54.0% | 2025 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 21 | South Sudan | 52.3% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 52.1% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 23 | Liberia | 52.0% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 24 | Benin | 51.9% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 25 | Japan | 50.5% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 50.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 49.2% | 2025 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 28 | Malta | 49.2% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 29 | Ireland | 48.3% | 2025 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 47.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 46.6% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 46.6% | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 33 | United States of America | 46.1% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46.0% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 45.7% | 2025 | up 38.0% | flat |
| 36 | Israel | 45.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 37 | Bahamas | 44.8% | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 44.1% | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 39 | Sweden | 43.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 40 | Finland | 43.1% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 41 | Mali | 42.7% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 42 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42.4% | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 41.5% | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 44 | Macau, China | 41.0% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 45 | China | 40.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.6% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 47 | Malawi | 40.5% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 48 | Brazil | 40.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Qatar | 40.2% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 39.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 51 | Paraguay | 39.8% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 52 | Barbados | 39.6% | 2025 | up 48.4% | falling |
| 53 | Guam | 39.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 54 | Channel Islands | 39.3% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 55 | Maldives | 39.2% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 56 | Angola | 38.8% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 57 | Viet Nam | 37.8% | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 37.7% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 37.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 36.8% | 2025 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 36.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 35.6% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 63 | Belarus | 34.5% | 2025 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 34.0% | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 33.9% | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 33.4% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 67 | Timor-Leste | 33.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 32.9% | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 69 | Chad | 32.5% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 70 | Malaysia | 32.4% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 32.3% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 72 | Guyana | 32.2% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 73 | France | 32.1% | 2025 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 74 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.9% | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 75 | Mexico | 31.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 76 | Thailand | 31.5% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 31.4% | 2025 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 78 | Cuba | 31.0% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 79 | Guatemala | 31.0% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 80 | Zambia | 30.9% | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 30.9% | 2025 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 30.4% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 29.7% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 84 | Jamaica | 29.7% | 2025 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 85 | Montenegro | 29.7% | 2025 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Belize | 29.7% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 29.2% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 28.7% | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 89 | Slovenia | 28.5% | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 28.5% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 91 | Republic of Korea | 28.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 92 | Colombia | 28.4% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 28.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.3% | 2025 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 28.3% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 96 | Singapore | 28.3% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 28.2% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 98 | Hong Kong, China | 27.7% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 99 | Mauritius | 27.5% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 100 | Panama | 27.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 101 | Togo | 27.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Türkiye | 27.2% | 2025 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 103 | Ghana | 27.1% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 104 | Kenya | 26.9% | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 105 | Argentina | 26.8% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 106 | Cameroon | 26.6% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 107 | Congo | 26.3% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 26.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 109 | Poland | 26.2% | 2025 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 110 | Portugal | 26.2% | 2025 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 111 | Gambia | 25.4% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Albania | 25.4% | 2025 | up 83.9% | falling |
| 113 | Bhutan | 25.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 114 | Belgium | 25.0% | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 115 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.9% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 116 | Hungary | 24.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 24.9% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 118 | Guinea | 24.8% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 24.1% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 120 | Bahrain | 23.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 23.4% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.3% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 123 | Spain | 23.1% | 2025 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 124 | Philippines | 22.7% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 125 | Fiji | 22.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 127 | Ukraine | 22.1% | 2021 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 22.0% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 129 | Czechia | 21.4% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 130 | Armenia | 21.2% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 21.1% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 132 | New Caledonia | 20.9% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 20.7% | 2025 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.7% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 135 | Chile | 20.2% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 136 | Serbia | 19.7% | 2025 | up 67.3% | falling |
| 137 | Pakistan | 19.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 19.4% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.6% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 18.4% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 141 | Comoros | 18.2% | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 142 | Tonga | 18.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 143 | Senegal | 18.0% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.0% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 145 | Slovakia | 17.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 146 | Suriname | 17.4% | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 147 | Mongolia | 17.1% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 16.9% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 16.8% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 150 | Greece | 16.6% | 2025 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 151 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 16.2% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 152 | Samoa | 15.9% | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 153 | Namibia | 15.8% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 154 | Lebanon | 15.7% | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 155 | Lesotho | 15.0% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 156 | Italy | 14.9% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 157 | Haiti | 14.9% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 158 | Romania | 14.8% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 159 | Nepal | 14.7% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 14.2% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 13.9% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 13.3% | 2025 | up 285.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 13.2% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 164 | India | 13.1% | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.6% | 2025 | up 94.4% | falling |
| 166 | Eswatini | 11.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 167 | Kuwait | 10.7% | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 168 | Morocco | 10.0% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 169 | Oman | 9.9% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 9.8% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 171 | Tunisia | 9.4% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 172 | Mauritania | 9.0% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 173 | Gabon | 8.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 174 | South Africa | 8.8% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 175 | Jordan | 7.3% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 176 | Somalia | 7.2% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 177 | Sudan | 6.7% | 2022 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 178 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.3% | 2025 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 179 | Egypt | 6.1% | 2025 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 180 | Palestine, State of | 4.7% | 2022 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 181 | Algeria | 4.4% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 4.2% | 2025 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 183 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Libya | 3.2% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 2.6% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 186 | Yemen | 2.4% | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2025 | down 58.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 47.0%
- Chagai 39.3%
- Africa Western and Central 46.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 44.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 44.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 44.1%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 43.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 42.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 42.3%
- Least developed countries 41.7%
- Low income 41.0%
- Pacific island small states 39.6%
- IDA only 39.6%
- OECD members 38.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 38.5%
- IDA total 38.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 38.0%
- High income 37.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 37.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 36.8%
- IDA blend 36.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 33.8%
- Euro area 33.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 33.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 33.3%
- Upper middle income 32.7%
- European Union 32.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 30.9%
- World 30.8%
- Caribbean Small States 30.2%
- Low & middle income 29.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 29.5%
- Small states 28.2%
- Middle income 28.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 26.2%
- Other small states 25.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 24.9%
- IBRD only 24.6%
- Lower middle income 24.5%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.