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Labor force (15-24 years), male (% of total labor force 15-24 years) by country

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-24)

Countries reporting
52
Highest
84.4%
Algeria
Lowest
44.0%
Sierra Leone
Median
53.6%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor force (15-24 years), male (% of total labor force 15-24 years) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 84.4% in Algeria; the lowest is 44.0% in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 53.6%, and the mean is 56.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 5.4%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 8.1%).

Labor force (15-24 years), male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 84.4% 2011 up 1.1% flat
2 Morocco 73.6% 2011 down 1.5% flat
3 Mauritania 72.2% 2011 down 4.5% falling
4 Egypt 71.1% 2011 up 1.3% rising
5 Comoros 69.1% 2011 down 1.1% flat
6 Niger 68.4% 2011 up 4.3% falling
7 Libya 68.3% 2011 down 1.1% falling
8 Tunisia 67.5% 2011 up 1.6% flat
9 Sao Tome and Principe 67.4% 2011 down 1.1% flat
10 Somalia 64.5% 2011 down 0.5% flat
11 Mali 62.6% 2011 up 0.5% flat
12 Sudan 62.3% 2011 down 1.4% falling
13 Cape Verde 61.8% 2011 up 0.0% flat
14 Côte d'Ivoire 60.3% 2011 down 0.5% falling
15 Senegal 60.1% 2011 down 0.1% flat
16 Mauritius 58.7% 2011 down 8.1% falling
17 Lesotho 58.6% 2011 up 5.4% rising
18 Eswatini 58.5% 2011 up 1.9% rising
19 Equatorial Guinea 58.3% 2011 down 0.4% flat
20 South Africa 55.2% 2011 up 1.2% falling
21 Kenya 55.1% 2011 up 2.2% rising
22 Nigeria 54.6% 2011 down 4.1% falling
23 Djibouti 54.5% 2011 down 1.0% flat
24 Gabon 54.1% 2011 up 0.0% flat
25 Central African Republic 53.9% 2011 down 0.9% flat
26 Cameroon 53.7% 2011 down 0.7% flat
27 Burkina Faso 53.5% 2011 down 0.0% flat
28 Guinea 53.1% 2011 down 1.7% flat
29 Angola 52.7% 2011 up 4.3% rising
30 Namibia 52.6% 2011 down 3.1% flat
31 Zambia 52.2% 2011 up 0.4% flat
32 Botswana 52.2% 2011 down 1.3% flat
33 Eritrea 51.9% 2011 down 1.0% flat
34 Ethiopia 51.7% 2011 down 1.9% flat
35 Ghana 51.3% 2011 up 1.4% rising
36 Guinea-Bissau 51.3% 2011 down 3.2% falling
37 Zimbabwe 51.2% 2011 down 4.2% flat
38 Liberia 51.1% 2011 up 0.2% flat
39 Madagascar 50.5% 2011 down 0.0% flat
40 Chad 50.5% 2011 up 0.8% flat
41 Congo 50.5% 2011 up 0.4% flat
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 50.0% 2011 down 0.0% flat
43 Uganda 50.0% 2011 up 3.1% flat
44 Gambia 49.5% 2011 up 0.8% flat
45 Benin 49.0% 2011 down 2.5% falling
46 Rwanda 48.6% 2011 up 0.9% flat
47 Togo 48.4% 2011 down 2.8% falling
48 Burundi 47.2% 2011 down 1.4% flat
49 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 46.4% 2011 up 2.8% flat
50 Mozambique 45.8% 2011 up 3.4% rising
51 Malawi 45.7% 2011 down 5.8% flat
52 Sierra Leone 44.0% 2011 up 3.9% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labor force (15-24 years), male (% of total labor force 15-24 years)
Unit
% of total labor force 15-24 years
Source
ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,276 data points, 1990–2011
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Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-24)