Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
78.3%
Niger
Lowest
12.4%
South Africa
Median
38.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
3,991
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 78.3% in Niger; the lowest is 12.4% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.3%, and the mean is 40.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 142.1%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 47.0%).
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 78.3% | 2022 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 2 | Netherlands | 75.8% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 3 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 74.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 74.3% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 5 | Guatemala | 72.9% | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 71.4% | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 69.2% | 2024 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 8 | Cambodia | 67.9% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.7% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 63.1% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 63.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 62.7% | 2022 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 13 | Honduras | 61.5% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 14 | Nigeria | 61.2% | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 61.1% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 16 | Denmark | 60.3% | 2025 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 17 | Paraguay | 60.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 57.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 19 | Mali | 57.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 20 | Norway | 56.8% | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 56.0% | 2021 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 22 | Belize | 55.8% | 2019 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 55.8% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 24 | New Zealand | 54.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 25 | Bahrain | 54.2% | 2015 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 53.9% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 27 | Bahamas | 53.3% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Burundi | 53.1% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 29 | Türkiye | 53.0% | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 30 | El Salvador | 53.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 31 | Brazil | 52.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 32 | Isle of Man | 52.6% | 2016 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 52.1% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 34 | Mexico | 52.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 35 | Liechtenstein | 51.9% | 2017 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 36 | Germany | 51.9% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 51.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 38 | Benin | 51.0% | 2022 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 50.9% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 50.8% | 2025 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 50.6% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 42 | Malta | 50.3% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 43 | United States of America | 50.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 44 | Myanmar | 49.7% | 2020 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 45 | Ecuador | 48.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 46 | Japan | 48.3% | 2025 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 48.1% | 2025 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 48 | Malaysia | 48.1% | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 49 | Maldives | 48.0% | 2019 | up 47.2% | flat |
| 50 | Indonesia | 46.7% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 51 | Ireland | 46.6% | 2025 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 52 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 45.8% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 53 | Macau, China | 44.4% | 2016 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 54 | Barbados | 44.4% | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 43.5% | 2015 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 56 | Colombia | 43.5% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 43.1% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 58 | Sweden | 43.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 59 | Panama | 42.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 60 | Oman | 42.7% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 61 | Thailand | 42.6% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 62 | Syrian Arab Republic | 42.4% | 2010 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 63 | Seychelles | 42.3% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 42.2% | 2025 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 42.1% | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 66 | Republic of Moldova | 42.0% | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 67 | Angola | 41.9% | 2025 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 68 | Israel | 41.5% | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 41.3% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 70 | Guyana | 40.7% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 40.3% | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 72 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 40.2% | 2020 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 40.0% | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 74 | Lesotho | 39.6% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 75 | Côte d'Ivoire | 39.2% | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 76 | Grenada | 38.7% | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 38.7% | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 78 | India | 38.0% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.9% | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 80 | Suriname | 37.7% | 2016 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Kiribati | 37.7% | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 82 | Jamaica | 37.7% | 2023 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 83 | Armenia | 37.5% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 84 | France | 37.2% | 2025 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 85 | Zambia | 37.1% | 2024 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 86 | Mauritius | 36.6% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 87 | Kenya | 36.1% | 2021 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 88 | Egypt | 35.9% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 35.5% | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 90 | Albania | 35.4% | 2024 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 35.2% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 92 | Fiji | 35.1% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 35.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.0% | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 95 | Slovenia | 34.8% | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 96 | Argentina | 34.6% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 97 | Montenegro | 34.4% | 2024 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 98 | Malawi | 34.4% | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 99 | Samoa | 34.3% | 2022 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 100 | Togo | 34.0% | 2022 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 101 | Belarus | 34.0% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 102 | Estonia | 33.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Palau | 33.8% | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 104 | Guam | 33.5% | 2011 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 33.4% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 106 | Cyprus | 33.3% | 2025 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 107 | Algeria | 32.9% | 2017 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 108 | Singapore | 32.7% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 109 | Palestine, State of | 32.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 110 | Senegal | 32.2% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 111 | Latvia | 32.1% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 112 | Ghana | 31.7% | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 113 | Naoero | 31.3% | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 30.9% | 2021 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 115 | Mongolia | 30.9% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lithuania | 30.8% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 117 | Portugal | 30.4% | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 118 | Serbia | 30.4% | 2025 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 119 | Belgium | 30.2% | 2025 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 120 | Poland | 30.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 121 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 29.5% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 122 | Russian Federation | 29.3% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 123 | Hungary | 29.2% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 29.0% | 2010 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 28.9% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 126 | Croatia | 28.8% | 2025 | up 29.9% | flat |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 128 | Czechia | 27.3% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 129 | Ukraine | 27.1% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 130 | Botswana | 27.1% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 131 | Spain | 27.0% | 2025 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 132 | New Caledonia | 26.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 133 | San Marino | 26.8% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 134 | Chile | 26.7% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 26.6% | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 136 | Slovakia | 26.2% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 26.0% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 138 | Kosovo | 25.8% | 2024 | up 92.2% | falling |
| 138 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 25.8% | 2024 | up 92.2% | falling |
| 140 | Hong Kong, China | 24.9% | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 141 | Morocco | 23.9% | 2022 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.5% | 2024 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 143 | Timor-Leste | 22.4% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 144 | Greece | 22.1% | 2025 | up 46.5% | falling |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 21.8% | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 146 | Romania | 21.4% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 147 | Bhutan | 21.3% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 148 | Italy | 21.2% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 149 | Jordan | 20.8% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 150 | Namibia | 20.1% | 2018 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 19.7% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 152 | Republic of Korea | 19.3% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 153 | Tunisia | 19.0% | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 154 | South Africa | 12.4% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 50.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 50.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 49.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 49.3%
- OECD members 45.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 44.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44.8%
- Post-demographic dividend 44.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 44.3%
- Lower middle income 43.4%
- High income 42.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 40.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 38.7%
- IBRD only 38.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 38.0%
- South Asia 38.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 38.0%
- Euro area 37.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.8%
- European Union 36.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 27.3%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.