Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
76.3%
Niger
Lowest
3.6%
Djibouti
Median
37.8%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,211
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 76.3% in Niger; the lowest is 3.6% in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.8%, and the mean is 40.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 98.8%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 33.2%).
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 76.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 2 | Netherlands | 75.7% | 2025 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 3 | Iceland | 73.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 72.2% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 71.1% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 71.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 7 | Qatar | 70.8% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 8 | Madagascar | 69.9% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 9 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 69.9% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 68.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 11 | Guatemala | 66.9% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 66.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Eritrea | 65.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 14 | Australia | 62.6% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 62.2% | 2025 | up 30.8% | flat |
| 16 | Nigeria | 61.8% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 17 | Honduras | 61.5% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 18 | Switzerland | 60.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 60.3% | 2025 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 20 | Paraguay | 59.3% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 59.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 58.7% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mali | 58.5% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 58.2% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 25 | Pakistan | 57.7% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 57.4% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 27 | Belize | 56.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 56.2% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 29 | New Zealand | 56.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Liberia | 56.0% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 55.2% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 55.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 53.8% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 34 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 53.6% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 35 | Brazil | 53.4% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Peru | 53.4% | 2025 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 37 | Canada | 53.2% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 53.1% | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | 52.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 40 | Germany | 52.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 41 | Oman | 52.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bahrain | 51.8% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 43 | Türkiye | 51.8% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 51.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Lucia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 62.1% | falling |
| 46 | Bahamas | 50.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 50.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 50.1% | 2025 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 49 | South Sudan | 49.9% | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 50 | El Salvador | 49.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 51 | Japan | 47.9% | 2025 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 52 | Ireland | 47.8% | 2025 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 53 | Myanmar | 47.4% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 54 | Maldives | 47.2% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 47.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 56 | Burundi | 47.0% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.8% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 58 | Indonesia | 46.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 46.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 60 | United States of America | 46.1% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 45.6% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 45.5% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 45.3% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 64 | Rwanda | 44.7% | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 65 | Panama | 44.6% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 43.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 67 | Fiji | 43.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 68 | Thailand | 43.8% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 43.6% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 70 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 43.6% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 71 | Channel Islands | 43.1% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 72 | Cuba | 43.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 73 | Colombia | 42.6% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 74 | Sweden | 42.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Senegal | 42.3% | 2025 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 76 | China | 42.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 77 | Guyana | 41.8% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 78 | Chad | 41.4% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 79 | Macau, China | 41.3% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 40.8% | 2025 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 81 | Finland | 40.6% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 82 | Angola | 39.9% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 83 | Sudan | 39.8% | 2022 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 39.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 85 | Viet Nam | 39.2% | 2025 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 86 | Barbados | 39.2% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 87 | Timor-Leste | 39.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 88 | Guam | 38.7% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 38.6% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.3% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 91 | India | 38.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 92 | Côte d'Ivoire | 38.1% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 93 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 38.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.8% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 95 | Slovenia | 37.7% | 2025 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 96 | Cameroon | 37.2% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 97 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37.2% | 2025 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 98 | Lesotho | 37.2% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 100 | Jamaica | 37.0% | 2025 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 101 | Cyprus | 37.0% | 2025 | up 52.4% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 36.9% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 103 | France | 36.8% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 104 | Belarus | 36.5% | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 105 | Lebanon | 36.4% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 36.3% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 107 | Montenegro | 36.2% | 2025 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 108 | Philippines | 36.1% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 109 | Brunei Darussalam | 35.8% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 110 | Argentina | 35.6% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 111 | Mauritius | 35.5% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 112 | Armenia | 35.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 113 | Zambia | 35.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 114 | Palestine, State of | 35.0% | 2022 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 115 | Suriname | 34.7% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 116 | Iraq | 34.1% | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 117 | Kenya | 33.1% | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 118 | Singapore | 33.1% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | 33.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 120 | Estonia | 32.8% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 121 | Albania | 32.8% | 2025 | up 37.4% | falling |
| 121 | Lithuania | 32.8% | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 123 | Samoa | 32.6% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 124 | Mongolia | 32.6% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 125 | Republic of Moldova | 32.5% | 2025 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 32.2% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 127 | Kuwait | 31.9% | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 128 | Egypt | 31.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 31.1% | 2025 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 130 | Ghana | 31.1% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 131 | Latvia | 31.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 30.9% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 133 | Poland | 30.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 30.5% | 2025 | up 37.3% | flat |
| 135 | Tonga | 30.3% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 136 | Hungary | 30.1% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 137 | Algeria | 29.6% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 29.4% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 139 | Gambia | 29.4% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 140 | Portugal | 29.2% | 2025 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 141 | Nepal | 28.8% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 142 | Yemen | 28.3% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 143 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 28.3% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 144 | French Polynesia | 28.2% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 146 | New Caledonia | 27.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 147 | Spain | 27.6% | 2025 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 148 | Syrian Arab Republic | 27.5% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 149 | Haiti | 27.4% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 27.3% | 2025 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 151 | Ukraine | 27.3% | 2021 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 152 | Belgium | 27.3% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 153 | Czechia | 27.3% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 27.1% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 155 | Botswana | 26.9% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 156 | Chile | 26.8% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 26.6% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 26.0% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 159 | Hong Kong, China | 25.9% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 25.9% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 161 | North Macedonia | 25.9% | 2025 | up 27.4% | flat |
| 162 | Bhutan | 25.8% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 163 | Congo | 25.2% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 164 | United States Virgin Islands | 24.3% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 165 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.2% | 2025 | up 74.8% | falling |
| 166 | Italy | 23.9% | 2025 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 167 | Comoros | 23.8% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 23.6% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 169 | Jordan | 23.5% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea | 23.4% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 171 | Romania | 23.2% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 172 | Puerto Rico | 22.9% | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 22.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 174 | Mauritania | 21.9% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 175 | Bulgaria | 21.0% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 177 | Greece | 20.8% | 2025 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 178 | Namibia | 20.6% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 179 | Togo | 20.2% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 180 | Republic of Korea | 20.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 181 | Tunisia | 19.2% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 182 | Gabon | 13.8% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 13.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 184 | Eswatini | 13.4% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 185 | Libya | 13.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 186 | South Africa | 12.7% | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 187 | Djibouti | 3.6% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 53.4%
- Chagai 43.1%
- Africa Western and Central 51.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 51.0%
- Low income 50.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 50.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 50.5%
- Pacific island small states 50.3%
- IDA total 49.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 49.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 49.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.3%
- Least developed countries 49.0%
- IDA only 47.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 47.3%
- North America 46.8%
- OECD members 44.6%
- Low & middle income 43.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 43.5%
- World 43.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 43.3%
- Lower middle income 43.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 43.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 43.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 42.9%
- Middle income 42.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 42.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 42.4%
- Caribbean Small States 42.4%
- Upper middle income 42.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 42.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 42.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 41.9%
- Early-demographic dividend 41.6%
- High income 41.0%
- IBRD only 40.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 38.5%
- South Asia 38.4%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.