Labor force participation rate by age by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
83.25
Netherlands
Lowest
13.47
Djibouti
Median
38.59
Years covered
35
1990β2024
Data points
6,816
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate by age is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 83.25 in Netherlands; the lowest is 13.47 in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.59, and the mean is 41.25.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 71 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 | 83.25 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 2 | Iceland | 82.18 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | North Korea | 78.47 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 72.45 | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 71.2 | 2024 | up 14.6% | flat |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 70.84 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Tanzania | 70.81 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 70.61 | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 70.19 | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 69.81 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 69.14 | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 68.56 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 13 | Norway | 66.09 | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 14 | Switzerland | 65.74 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 15 | New Zealand | 65.69 | 2024 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 16 | Mozambique | 65.01 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 64.85 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 63.03 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 19 | South Sudan | 62.74 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Bolivia | 60.65 | 2024 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 60.64 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 60.61 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 59.64 | 2024 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 24 | Bahamas | 59.08 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Austria | 57.24 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 56.8 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Paraguay | 56.32 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 28 | Malta | 55.94 | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 55.39 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 55.34 | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 54.71 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 54.52 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 33 | Angola | 54.16 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 34 | Laos | 54.05 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 53.96 | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 53.91 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 53.61 | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 38 | Finland | 53.27 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | Mali | 52.93 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 40 | Burundi | 52.82 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 52.69 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 52.42 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 43 | Benin | 52.41 | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 51.97 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.67 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 46 | Guatemala | 51.59 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 47 | Maldives | 51.45 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 48 | United States | 50.81 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Japan | 50.8 | 2024 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 50 | Honduras | 50.28 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 51 | Guyana | 49.53 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 52 | China | 49.51 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 48.7 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 48.47 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 48.27 | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 48.22 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 57 | Barbados | 48.22 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 47.97 | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 59 | Turkey | 47.01 | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 47.01 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 46.94 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 46.7 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 46.31 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 64 | Indonesia | 45.98 | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 45.41 | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 66 | Guam | 45.19 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 45.06 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 44.94 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 44.81 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 44.68 | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.68 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 72 | Macao | 44.07 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 73 | Montenegro | 43.76 | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 74 | Estonia | 43.63 | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 75 | Colombia | 43.61 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 76 | Congo | 43.28 | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 77 | Pakistan | 43.25 | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 43.17 | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 43.09 | 2024 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 80 | El Salvador | 42.73 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 81 | France | 42.52 | 2024 | up 23.6% | flat |
| 82 | Bahrain | 42.19 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Botswana | 42.15 | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 84 | Vietnam | 40.98 | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 40.69 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 86 | Oman | 40.49 | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 87 | Thailand | 39.77 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 88 | Georgia | 39.26 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 89 | Belarus | 39.24 | 2024 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 90 | Albania | 39.13 | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 38.94 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 38.88 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 38.75 | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 94 | Argentina | 38.72 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 38.45 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 38.12 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 37.93 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 98 | Chad | 37.72 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 37.67 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 100 | East Timor | 37.65 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 101 | Jamaica | 37.44 | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 37.42 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 37.33 | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 37.26 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.97 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 36.92 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 107 | Lithuania | 36.79 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 108 | Slovenia | 36.79 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.68 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 36.65 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 111 | Taiwan | 36.37 | 2024 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 112 | Western Sahara | 36.2 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kenya | 35.56 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 114 | Brunei | 35.22 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 115 | Suriname | 35.09 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 116 | Lesotho | 35 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 117 | Cameroon | 34.81 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 34.73 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 119 | Moldova | 34.63 | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 34.53 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 121 | Lebanon | 34.32 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 33.92 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 123 | Spain | 33.83 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 124 | Singapore | 33.15 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 125 | United States Virgin Islands | 32.62 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 126 | Serbia | 32.07 | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 31.98 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 31.98 | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 129 | Poland | 31.96 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 130 | Belgium | 31.85 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 31.55 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 31.44 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.38 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 134 | India | 31.23 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 31.2 | 2024 | up 54.3% | falling |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 30.99 | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 30.9 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 138 | Croatia | 30.85 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 30.83 | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 140 | Palestine | 30.81 | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 30.76 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 142 | Venezuela | 30.74 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 143 | Ukraine | 30.66 | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.45 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 145 | Chile | 30.25 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 30.09 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 147 | Hong Kong | 29.47 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 148 | Namibia | 29.41 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 149 | Russia | 29.34 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 150 | Samoa | 28.63 | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 151 | Mongolia | 28.54 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 28.42 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 27.51 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 154 | Morocco | 27.51 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 155 | Nepal | 27.43 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 156 | Iraq | 27.14 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 157 | Czechia | 27.02 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 26.95 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 26.92 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 160 | South Africa | 26.76 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan | 26.53 | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 162 | Guinea | 26.15 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.08 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 164 | South Korea | 25.82 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 165 | Tonga | 25.71 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 25.59 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 167 | Jordan | 25.32 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 168 | Romania | 25.21 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 169 | Sri Lanka | 25.05 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 170 | Italy | 24.71 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 171 | Togo | 24.55 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 172 | Algeria | 24.48 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 173 | Syria | 23.92 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 23.89 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 175 | Egypt | 23.37 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 176 | Tunisia | 23.22 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 177 | Yemen | 23.2 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 178 | Comoros | 22.86 | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 179 | Iran | 22.66 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 21.71 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.3 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritania | 20.13 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 183 | Bulgaria | 19.71 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 19.42 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 17.79 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Libya | 16.73 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 15.86 | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 188 | Djibouti | 13.47 | 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.