Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO 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
187
Highest
83.3%
Netherlands
Lowest
13.4%
Djibouti
Median
38.8%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 83.3% in Netherlands; the lowest is 13.4% in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.8%, and the mean is 41.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 69.2%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 36.3%).
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.3% | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 2 | Iceland | 82.1% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | North Korea | 78.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Madagascar | 72.4% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 70.8% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Niger | 70.8% | 2025 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 7 | Tanzania | 70.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 8 | Cambodia | 70.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 70.2% | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 69.8% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 69.1% | 2025 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 12 | Eritrea | 68.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 13 | Norway | 66.1% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 14 | New Zealand | 65.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 65.6% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 16 | Mozambique | 65.0% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 64.8% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 63.1% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 19 | South Sudan | 62.7% | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 20 | Bolivia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 60.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 60.6% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 23 | Qatar | 59.7% | 2025 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 24 | Bahamas | 59.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Austria | 57.2% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 56.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 27 | Paraguay | 56.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 28 | Malta | 56.0% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 55.3% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 30 | Peru | 55.2% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 54.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 32 | Germany | 54.6% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 33 | Laos | 54.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 54.1% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 53.8% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 53.8% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 53.6% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 38 | Finland | 53.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 39 | Burundi | 52.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 40 | Mali | 52.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 52.5% | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 52.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 52.4% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 51.8% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 51.7% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 47 | Guatemala | 51.6% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 48 | Japan | 51.2% | 2025 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 49 | United States | 50.8% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 50.3% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 51 | Guyana | 49.4% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 52 | China | 49.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 49.0% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 48.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 48.4% | 2025 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 56 | Barbados | 48.3% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 48.2% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 48.2% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 59 | Channel Islands | 48.0% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 60 | Turkey | 47.3% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 47.3% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 46.8% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 63 | Malawi | 46.2% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 64 | Myanmar | 46.2% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 46.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 66 | Malaysia | 45.5% | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 67 | Guam | 45.2% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 45.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 45.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 70 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.0% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 44.8% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 72 | Ecuador | 44.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 73 | Macao | 44.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 74 | Estonia | 43.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 75 | Montenegro | 43.7% | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 43.4% | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 77 | Congo | 43.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 43.2% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 79 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 43.2% | 2025 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 80 | Pakistan | 43.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 81 | El Salvador | 42.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 82 | France | 42.5% | 2025 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 83 | Bahrain | 42.2% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 84 | Botswana | 41.9% | 2025 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 85 | Vietnam | 41.0% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 86 | Cyprus | 40.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 87 | Oman | 40.6% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 88 | Thailand | 39.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 89 | Albania | 39.3% | 2025 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 90 | Belarus | 39.1% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 91 | Georgia | 39.0% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 92 | Fiji | 38.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 93 | Cuba | 38.8% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 94 | Argentina | 38.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 38.7% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 38.4% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 97 | Mauritius | 38.1% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 37.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 37.7% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 37.7% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 101 | East Timor | 37.5% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 102 | Chad | 37.5% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 103 | Jamaica | 37.5% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 37.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 37.0% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 106 | Lithuania | 36.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 107 | Zambia | 36.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 108 | Slovenia | 36.7% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.5% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 36.4% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.4% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 112 | Kenya | 35.4% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 113 | Suriname | 35.1% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 114 | Brunei | 34.9% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 115 | Portugal | 34.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 116 | Moldova | 34.7% | 2025 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 34.6% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 118 | Latvia | 34.4% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 119 | Lebanon | 34.3% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 34.2% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 121 | Haiti | 33.9% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 122 | Spain | 33.8% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 123 | Singapore | 33.1% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 124 | United States Virgin Islands | 32.5% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 125 | Serbia | 32.1% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 126 | Hungary | 32.1% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 127 | Poland | 32.0% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 128 | Belgium | 31.9% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 129 | Philippines | 31.7% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 130 | Senegal | 31.6% | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 31.5% | 2025 | up 69.2% | flat |
| 132 | India | 31.2% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 30.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 134 | Ghana | 30.9% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.9% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 30.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 137 | Palestine | 30.8% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 138 | Croatia | 30.8% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 139 | Gambia | 30.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 30.7% | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 141 | Ukraine | 30.7% | 2021 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 142 | Venezuela | 30.6% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 30.1% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 145 | Chile | 30.1% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 29.5% | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 147 | Namibia | 29.3% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 148 | Russia | 29.0% | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 149 | Mongolia | 28.4% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 28.2% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 151 | Samoa | 28.2% | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 152 | Eswatini | 27.6% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 153 | Morocco | 27.3% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 154 | Nepal | 27.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 155 | Iraq | 27.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 156 | Czechia | 26.9% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 157 | South Africa | 26.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 158 | Slovakia | 26.8% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 26.8% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 160 | Sudan | 26.5% | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.0% | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 162 | Guinea | 25.9% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 163 | South Korea | 25.8% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 25.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 165 | Tonga | 25.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 166 | Jordan | 25.2% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 167 | Romania | 25.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 24.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 169 | Italy | 24.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 170 | Togo | 24.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 171 | Algeria | 24.5% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 172 | Greece | 23.8% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 173 | Syria | 23.8% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 174 | Tunisia | 23.3% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 23.2% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 176 | Egypt | 23.1% | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 177 | Comoros | 23.1% | 2025 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 178 | Iran | 22.5% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 21.7% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 180 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.2% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 181 | Mauritania | 20.1% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 182 | Bulgaria | 19.5% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 19.3% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 184 | Gabon | 17.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 185 | Libya | 16.7% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 186 | Somalia | 15.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 187 | Djibouti | 13.4% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 52.2%
- Chagai 48.0%
- North America 52.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 51.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 51.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 51.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 51.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 50.7%
- Low income 49.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 49.7%
- Least developed countries 49.5%
- IDA blend 49.2%
- Pacific island small states 48.8%
- IDA total 48.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 48.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 47.8%
- IDA only 47.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 47.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 47.2%
- OECD members 47.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 46.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 46.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 46.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 46.1%
- Caribbean Small States 45.3%
- High income 44.4%
- Upper middle income 44.2%
- World 42.5%
- Low & middle income 42.2%
- Euro area 42.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 41.8%
- Middle income 41.1%
- European Union 40.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 40.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 40.3%
- Lower middle income 38.7%
- IBRD only 38.5%
- Small states 38.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 36.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 35.6%
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.