Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
174
Highest
83.3%
Netherlands
Lowest
20.5%
South Korea
Median
45.4%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,822
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 83.3% in Netherlands; the lowest is 20.5% in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.4%, and the mean is 46.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 130.3%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 53.7%).
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male … male national: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.3% | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 81.5% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 78.8% | 2022 | up 61.3% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 75.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 74.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 71.4% | 2014 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 7 | Guatemala | 70.8% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 8 | Denmark | 70.4% | 2025 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 9 | Cambodia | 70.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 70.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 11 | Qatar | 69.4% | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia | 67.7% | 2025 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 13 | Norway | 67.0% | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 14 | Switzerland | 66.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 15 | Madagascar | 66.4% | 2022 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 16 | Mozambique | 66.0% | 2022 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 65.7% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 18 | Paraguay | 65.5% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 19 | Honduras | 65.1% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 20 | New Zealand | 64.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 64.3% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 22 | Nigeria | 64.0% | 2024 | up 130.3% | flat |
| 23 | Belize | 63.9% | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 63.2% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 62.2% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 62.2% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 61.2% | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 60.9% | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 29 | Rwanda | 60.5% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Turkey | 60.1% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 31 | Brazil | 59.9% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.5% | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 59.2% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 34 | Austria | 58.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 35 | Guyana | 58.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 36 | Maldives | 58.0% | 2019 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 58.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 38 | Isle of Man | 57.6% | 2016 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 57.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 40 | Peru | 56.5% | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 41 | United States | 56.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 42 | Germany | 56.2% | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 43 | El Salvador | 56.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 56.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 45 | Laos | 55.6% | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 46 | Malta | 55.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 55.3% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 48 | Mexico | 54.9% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 49 | Bahrain | 54.9% | 2015 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 50 | Burundi | 54.2% | 2020 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 51 | Malaysia | 53.8% | 2022 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 52 | Finland | 53.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 53 | Liechtenstein | 53.7% | 2017 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 53.6% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 55 | Benin | 52.9% | 2022 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 56 | Ireland | 52.9% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 57 | Cuba | 52.6% | 2012 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 58 | Angola | 52.6% | 2025 | up 81.6% | falling |
| 59 | Barbados | 52.5% | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 60 | Uruguay | 52.4% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 61 | Cayman Islands | 52.0% | 2015 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 62 | Ecuador | 52.0% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 51.8% | 2020 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 64 | Lesotho | 51.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 65 | Palestine | 51.6% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 51.4% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 50.6% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 68 | Dominica | 50.5% | 2001 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 69 | Japan | 50.3% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 70 | Bermuda | 50.3% | 2000 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 50.2% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 49.6% | 2025 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 73 | Syria | 49.5% | 2009 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 74 | Oman | 48.4% | 2022 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 75 | Macao | 47.5% | 2016 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 76 | Guam | 47.5% | 2011 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Botswana | 47.0% | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 46.8% | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 79 | Seychelles | 46.5% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 46.4% | 2025 | up 80.0% | flat |
| 81 | Suriname | 46.4% | 2016 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 82 | France | 46.3% | 2025 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 83 | Grenada | 46.2% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 84 | Armenia | 45.9% | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 85 | India | 45.8% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 86 | Venezuela | 45.6% | 2020 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 45.6% | 2024 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 88 | Iraq | 45.2% | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 89 | Sudan | 45.1% | 2022 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 90 | French Polynesia | 45.1% | 2012 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 91 | Thailand | 44.0% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 92 | Brunei | 44.0% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 93 | Estonia | 43.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 94 | Israel | 43.5% | 2025 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 95 | Vietnam | 43.1% | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 96 | Mauritius | 42.9% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 42.7% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 98 | Moldova | 42.5% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 99 | Argentina | 42.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 42.0% | 2018 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.7% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 41.4% | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 103 | Belarus | 41.4% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 104 | Bahamas | 41.3% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 105 | Georgia | 41.2% | 2025 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 106 | Malawi | 41.0% | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.8% | 2022 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 107 | Cameroon | 40.8% | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 109 | Jamaica | 40.8% | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 40.7% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Algeria | 40.6% | 2016 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 112 | Egypt | 40.4% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 113 | Kiribati | 39.8% | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Nepal | 39.5% | 2017 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 115 | Kenya | 39.3% | 2021 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 116 | Haiti | 39.3% | 2005 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 117 | Ghana | 39.2% | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.0% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 119 | Cyprus | 38.9% | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 120 | Slovenia | 38.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 38.9% | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 122 | Latvia | 38.3% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 123 | Serbia | 38.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 38.2% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 125 | Samoa | 37.4% | 2022 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 126 | Cape Verde | 37.3% | 2019 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 127 | Belgium | 37.1% | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 128 | Lithuania | 37.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 129 | Portugal | 37.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 130 | Philippines | 36.5% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 131 | Iran | 35.8% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 132 | Spain | 35.5% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 133 | Jordan | 35.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 134 | Senegal | 35.2% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 135 | Croatia | 35.2% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 136 | Togo | 35.1% | 2022 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 137 | Palau | 34.7% | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 34.5% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 34.1% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 140 | Hungary | 33.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 141 | Poland | 33.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 33.5% | 2020 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 143 | Morocco | 33.5% | 2022 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 144 | Mongolia | 33.4% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 145 | Gambia | 33.2% | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 146 | Chile | 33.1% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 147 | Ukraine | 33.0% | 2021 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 148 | Kuwait | 33.0% | 2016 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.4% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 150 | Tonga | 31.9% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 151 | Russia | 31.6% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 31.4% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 153 | Tunisia | 31.4% | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 154 | Nauru | 31.3% | 2024 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 31.2% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 156 | Kosovo | 30.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 156 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 30.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 158 | Czechia | 30.5% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 159 | Namibia | 30.4% | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 160 | San Marino | 30.4% | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 161 | Chad | 28.9% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 162 | South Africa | 28.8% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 163 | Romania | 28.5% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 164 | Hong Kong | 28.1% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 27.7% | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 166 | Eswatini | 27.5% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 167 | Greece | 26.8% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 168 | Italy | 26.4% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 169 | Azerbaijan | 25.2% | 2010 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 170 | Bhutan | 24.7% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 171 | East Timor | 23.1% | 2022 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 172 | Bulgaria | 22.9% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 22.0% | 2017 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 174 | South Korea | 20.5% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 56.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 56.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 55.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 55.8%
- IDA blend 53.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 52.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 52.1%
- OECD members 51.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 51.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 50.7%
- Lower middle income 49.7%
- High income 47.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 47.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 46.8%
- South Asia 45.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 45.8%
- IBRD only 45.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 44.8%
- Euro area 44.3%
- European Union 43.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 32.1%
About this data
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.