Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 95.45 in Paraguay; the lowest is 47.84 in Kosovo.
The median across all reporting countries is 79.76, and the mean is 78.03.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 67.1%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 16.1%).
Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 95.45 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 2 | Tanzania | 95.18 | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 3 | Cambodia | 92.1 | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 4 | Vietnam | 91.69 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 5 | Slovenia | 91.09 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 89.39 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 89.29 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 87.73 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 9 | Croatia | 87.19 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 10 | Rwanda | 87.12 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 86.75 | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 12 | Estonia | 86.56 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | Portugal | 86.42 | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 86.09 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 15 | Germany | 85.99 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 85.73 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 85.59 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 85.52 | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 19 | Uganda | 85.5 | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 85.15 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 84.83 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 84.82 | 2019 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 23 | Ghana | 84.74 | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 24 | Jamaica | 84.7 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 25 | Ireland | 84.63 | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 84.48 | 2025 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 84.32 | 2014 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 83.55 | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 83.14 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia | 82.82 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 82.42 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | East Timor | 82.28 | 2016 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 33 | United States | 81.86 | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 34 | Peru | 81.78 | 2022 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 35 | France | 81.7 | 2011 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Cyprus | 81.47 | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 81.12 | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 38 | Albania | 81.05 | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 80.28 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 80.16 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 79.81 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 79.72 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 43 | Bhutan | 79.28 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritius | 79.18 | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 45 | Venezuela | 78.75 | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 78.44 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.22 | 2016 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 48 | Chile | 77.98 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 77.73 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 50 | Panama | 77.11 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 51 | Brazil | 76.97 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 52 | Mongolia | 76.69 | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 53 | Serbia | 76.39 | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 76.36 | 2022 | down 16.1% | flat |
| 55 | Zambia | 76.1 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 75.91 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 57 | El Salvador | 75.33 | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 58 | Philippines | 74.88 | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 59 | Mexico | 74.1 | 2026 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 73.97 | 2017 | — | flat |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 73.52 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Armenia | 73.22 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 63 | Myanmar | 73.1 | 2020 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 64 | Guatemala | 72.91 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 72.91 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 72.55 | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 67 | Montenegro | 71.92 | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 68 | Moldova | 69.97 | 2005 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 69 | Botswana | 67.79 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 70 | India | 67.65 | 2025 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 67.42 | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 72 | Mali | 66.83 | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 73 | Honduras | 65.83 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 74 | Fiji | 65.48 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 65.1 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Namibia | 63.23 | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 77 | Turkey | 63 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 78 | Pakistan | 57.74 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 79 | Egypt | 57.73 | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 80 | Iran | 49.21 | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 81 | Tunisia | 48.98 | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 82 | Kosovo | 47.84 | 2024 | up 32.6% | falling |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. The prime-age employment-to-population ratio is the number of persons aged 25 to 54 years who are employed as a percentage of the population aged 25 to 54 years. For more information, refer to the Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Indicators (GEND) database description.