Labor force participation rate by age by country
Share of the working-age population aged 15-24 who are economically active (employed or unemployed).
Countries reporting
185
Highest
83.2%
Netherlands
Lowest
13.5%
Djibouti
Median
38.4%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,816
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate by age is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 83.2% in Netherlands; the lowest is 13.5% in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.4%, and the mean is 41.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 55.8%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 35.8%).
Labor force participation rate by age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.2% | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Iceland | 82.2% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | North Korea | 78.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 72.5% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 71.2% | 2024 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 70.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Tanzania | 70.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 70.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 70.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 69.8% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 69.1% | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 68.6% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 13 | Norway | 66.1% | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 14 | Switzerland | 65.7% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 15 | New Zealand | 65.7% | 2024 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 16 | Mozambique | 65.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 64.8% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 63.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | South Sudan | 62.7% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Bolivia | 60.6% | 2024 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 60.6% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 60.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 59.6% | 2024 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 24 | Bahamas | 59.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Austria | 57.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 56.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Paraguay | 56.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 55.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 55.3% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 54.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 54.5% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 33 | Angola | 54.2% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 34 | Laos | 54.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 54.0% | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 53.9% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 38 | Finland | 53.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | Mali | 52.9% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 40 | Burundi | 52.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 52.7% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 52.4% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 52.4% | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 52.0% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 46 | Guatemala | 51.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 47 | Maldives | 51.5% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 48 | United States | 50.8% | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Japan | 50.8% | 2024 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 50 | Honduras | 50.3% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 51 | Guyana | 49.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 52 | China | 49.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 48.7% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 48.5% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 48.3% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 48.2% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Barbados | 48.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 48.0% | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 59 | Turkey | 47.0% | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 47.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 46.9% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 46.7% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 46.3% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 46.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 45.4% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 66 | Guam | 45.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 45.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 44.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 44.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 44.7% | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.7% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 72 | Macao | 44.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 73 | Montenegro | 43.8% | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 74 | Estonia | 43.6% | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 75 | Colombia | 43.6% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 76 | Congo | 43.3% | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 77 | Pakistan | 43.3% | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 43.2% | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 43.1% | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 80 | El Salvador | 42.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 81 | France | 42.5% | 2024 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 82 | Bahrain | 42.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Botswana | 42.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 84 | Vietnam | 41.0% | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 40.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 86 | Oman | 40.5% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 39.8% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 88 | Georgia | 39.3% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 89 | Belarus | 39.2% | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 90 | Albania | 39.1% | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 38.9% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 38.9% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 38.8% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 94 | Argentina | 38.7% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 38.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 38.1% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 37.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 98 | Chad | 37.7% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 37.7% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 100 | East Timor | 37.6% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 101 | Jamaica | 37.4% | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 37.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 37.3% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.0% | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 36.9% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 107 | Lithuania | 36.8% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 108 | Slovenia | 36.8% | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.7% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 36.6% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 111 | Taiwan | 36.4% | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 112 | Western Sahara | 36.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kenya | 35.6% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 114 | Brunei | 35.2% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 115 | Suriname | 35.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 116 | Lesotho | 35.0% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 117 | Cameroon | 34.8% | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 34.7% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 119 | Moldova | 34.6% | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 34.5% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 121 | Lebanon | 34.3% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 33.9% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 123 | Spain | 33.8% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 124 | Singapore | 33.1% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 125 | United States Virgin Islands | 32.6% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 126 | Serbia | 32.1% | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 32.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 32.0% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 129 | Poland | 32.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 130 | Belgium | 31.9% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 31.6% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 31.4% | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.4% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 134 | India | 31.2% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 31.2% | 2024 | up 54.3% | falling |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 31.0% | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 30.9% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 138 | Croatia | 30.8% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 30.8% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 140 | Palestine | 30.8% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 30.8% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 142 | Venezuela | 30.7% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 143 | Ukraine | 30.7% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 145 | Chile | 30.2% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 30.1% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 147 | Hong Kong | 29.5% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 148 | Namibia | 29.4% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 149 | Russia | 29.3% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 150 | Samoa | 28.6% | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 151 | Mongolia | 28.5% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 28.4% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 27.5% | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 154 | Morocco | 27.5% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 155 | Nepal | 27.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 156 | Iraq | 27.1% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 157 | Czechia | 27.0% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 26.9% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 26.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 160 | South Africa | 26.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan | 26.5% | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 162 | Guinea | 26.1% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 164 | South Korea | 25.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 165 | Tonga | 25.7% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 25.6% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 167 | Jordan | 25.3% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 168 | Romania | 25.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 169 | Sri Lanka | 25.0% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 170 | Italy | 24.7% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 171 | Togo | 24.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 172 | Algeria | 24.5% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 173 | Syria | 23.9% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 23.9% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 175 | Egypt | 23.4% | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 176 | Tunisia | 23.2% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 177 | Yemen | 23.2% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 178 | Comoros | 22.9% | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 179 | Iran | 22.7% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 21.7% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.3% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritania | 20.1% | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 183 | Bulgaria | 19.7% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 19.4% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 17.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Libya | 16.7% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 15.9% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 188 | Djibouti | 13.5% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Share of the working-age population aged 15-24 who are economically active (employed or unemployed).