Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) by country
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Countries reporting
155
Highest
76.0%
Netherlands
Lowest
10.7%
South Africa
Median
33.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,009
What the numbers show
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 76.0% in Netherlands; the lowest is 10.7% in South Africa.
The median across all reporting countries is 33.3%, and the mean is 36.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 155.1%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 51.9%).
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 76.0% | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 74.8% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 71.2% | 2022 | up 146.3% | rising |
| 4 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 69.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 66.3% | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 64.6% | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 7 | Australia | 64.0% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 8 | Denmark | 60.3% | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 9 | Switzerland | 60.1% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.5% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 59.3% | 2024 | up 152.0% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 58.7% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 58.3% | 2025 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 58.1% | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 15 | Guatemala | 56.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 16 | Burundi | 55.4% | 2020 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 54.3% | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 54.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 52.7% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 52.1% | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Isle of Man | 51.5% | 2016 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 22 | Benin | 50.9% | 2022 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 23 | Germany | 50.8% | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 24 | Paraguay | 50.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 25 | Bahamas | 50.3% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 26 | United States of America | 50.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 27 | Austria | 50.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Japan | 49.6% | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 49.0% | 2017 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Malta | 48.1% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 31 | Peru | 48.0% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 32 | Cayman Islands | 47.7% | 2015 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 33 | Brazil | 46.7% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 34 | Ireland | 46.4% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 35 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46.2% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 45.9% | 2025 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 37 | Maldives | 45.3% | 2019 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 45.2% | 2025 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 45.0% | 2025 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 44.6% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Macau, China | 44.5% | 2016 | up 25.3% | flat |
| 42 | Mali | 44.3% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Belize | 43.6% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 43.6% | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 43.3% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 43.2% | 2025 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 43.1% | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 48 | Israel | 42.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 49 | Finland | 42.2% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 50 | Barbados | 42.1% | 2024 | up 37.4% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 41.9% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 52 | Bahrain | 41.8% | 2015 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 53 | El Salvador | 41.4% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 54 | Mexico | 41.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 55 | Malaysia | 40.7% | 2022 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 56 | Türkiye | 40.3% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 57 | Indonesia | 40.1% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 58 | Pakistan | 39.8% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 59 | Seychelles | 39.8% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 60 | Ecuador | 39.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 61 | Viet Nam | 38.4% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Moldova | 37.7% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 37.0% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 64 | Colombia | 36.2% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 35.8% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 66 | Togo | 35.6% | 2022 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.6% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 68 | Grenada | 35.5% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 69 | Uruguay | 35.3% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 70 | France | 34.7% | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 71 | Zambia | 34.7% | 2024 | up 104.4% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 34.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 73 | Estonia | 34.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 34.2% | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 75 | Belarus | 34.0% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 33.8% | 2024 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 77 | Cyprus | 33.5% | 2025 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 78 | Mauritius | 33.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 79 | Naoero | 33.2% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 32.7% | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.6% | 2024 | down 21.7% | flat |
| 82 | Guam | 32.5% | 2011 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Guyana | 32.4% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 84 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.1% | 2020 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 85 | Kenya | 31.9% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 86 | Ghana | 31.4% | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 87 | Singapore | 31.3% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 88 | Slovenia | 31.1% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 89 | Argentina | 31.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 90 | Latvia | 30.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | flat |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 30.8% | 2025 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 92 | Lithuania | 30.6% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 30.3% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 94 | Palau | 30.3% | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 95 | Malawi | 30.2% | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 96 | Albania | 30.1% | 2024 | up 73.0% | falling |
| 97 | Armenia | 29.7% | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 98 | Montenegro | 29.6% | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 29.4% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 100 | Kiribati | 29.3% | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 101 | Lesotho | 29.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 102 | Oman | 28.7% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 28.7% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 104 | Georgia | 28.5% | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.4% | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 106 | Belgium | 28.4% | 2025 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 28.4% | 2010 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 108 | Portugal | 27.9% | 2025 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 109 | Suriname | 27.6% | 2016 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 110 | Fiji | 27.1% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 27.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 26.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 113 | Russian Federation | 26.6% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 114 | Hungary | 26.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 115 | India | 26.0% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 116 | Spain | 25.4% | 2025 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 117 | Samoa | 25.3% | 2022 | up 43.0% | falling |
| 118 | Hong Kong, China | 25.2% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 119 | Czechia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 120 | Ukraine | 24.8% | 2021 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 121 | Serbia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 24.6% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 123 | Egypt | 24.3% | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 124 | Croatia | 24.3% | 2025 | up 28.0% | flat |
| 125 | Mongolia | 24.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 126 | Syrian Arab Republic | 24.0% | 2010 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 23.8% | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 128 | San Marino | 23.5% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 129 | Republic of Korea | 23.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 130 | Chile | 23.0% | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 22.8% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 22.7% | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 22.1% | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 134 | Slovakia | 21.7% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 20.9% | 2020 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 136 | Bhutan | 20.4% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 137 | Timor-Leste | 20.2% | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 138 | Kosovo | 19.8% | 2024 | up 120.1% | falling |
| 138 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.8% | 2024 | up 120.1% | falling |
| 140 | Greece | 19.7% | 2025 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 141 | Algeria | 19.5% | 2017 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 142 | Palestine, State of | 19.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 18.6% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 144 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 145 | Namibia | 18.1% | 2018 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 146 | Italy | 17.9% | 2025 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 147 | Romania | 17.6% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.5% | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 149 | Curaçao | 17.4% | 2020 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 150 | Iraq | 17.2% | 2021 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 16.6% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 152 | Morocco | 15.4% | 2022 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 153 | Jordan | 15.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 154 | Tunisia | 14.3% | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 155 | South Africa | 10.7% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 50.4%
- Euro area 35.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 44.4%
- European Union 34.3%
- OECD members 42.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 42.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 41.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.8%
- High income 40.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 35.3%
- Lower middle income 34.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 30.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 30.1%
- IBRD only 29.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 28.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 28.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 28.8%
- South Asia 26.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 26.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 24.1%
About this data
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.