Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (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
176
Highest
83.3%
Netherlands
Lowest
19.1%
Bulgaria
Median
38.8%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
4,849
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 83.3% in Netherlands; the lowest is 19.1% in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.8%, and the mean is 41.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 139.7%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 58.3%).
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) … national: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 83.3% | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 2 | Iceland | 82.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 71.5% | 2022 | up 136.3% | rising |
| 4 | Tanzania | 70.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 70.3% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 69.9% | 2025 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 69.9% | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Norway | 67.8% | 2025 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 9 | Cambodia | 67.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 10 | Switzerland | 65.8% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 11 | Mozambique | 65.1% | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 12 | New Zealand | 64.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia | 63.5% | 2025 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 63.0% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 62.7% | 2024 | up 139.7% | rising |
| 16 | Madagascar | 61.6% | 2022 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 17 | Qatar | 59.0% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 58.8% | 2025 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 19 | Rwanda | 57.7% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 20 | Sweden | 57.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 21 | Austria | 56.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 56.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 23 | Burundi | 56.4% | 2020 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 24 | United States | 55.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 25 | Isle of Man | 55.4% | 2016 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 26 | Cayman Islands | 55.4% | 2015 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 55.2% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 54.7% | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 29 | Laos | 54.5% | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 54.5% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 54.2% | 2021 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 32 | Brazil | 54.0% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 33 | Belize | 54.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 54.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 53.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 53.5% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 37 | Malta | 53.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 38 | Angola | 53.0% | 2025 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 39 | Maldives | 52.6% | 2019 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 52.6% | 2022 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 41 | Ireland | 52.6% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 42 | Peru | 52.5% | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.2% | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 51.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 51.7% | 2014 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 46 | Japan | 51.5% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 47 | Guyana | 50.9% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 48 | Liechtenstein | 50.6% | 2017 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 49 | Bermuda | 50.4% | 2000 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 50 | Barbados | 50.4% | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 51 | Mali | 49.5% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 52 | Honduras | 49.1% | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 48.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 48.0% | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 55 | Turkey | 47.6% | 2025 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 56 | Uruguay | 47.1% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 57 | Macao | 46.7% | 2016 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 46.6% | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 59 | Guam | 46.1% | 2011 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 46.1% | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 61 | Indonesia | 46.0% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Pakistan | 45.5% | 2025 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 63 | Myanmar | 45.3% | 2020 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 64 | El Salvador | 44.8% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 65 | Israel | 44.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 66 | Seychelles | 44.2% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 67 | Colombia | 43.9% | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 68 | Mexico | 43.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 69 | Cuba | 43.5% | 2012 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 70 | Grenada | 43.3% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 71 | Dominica | 43.2% | 2001 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 72 | Bahrain | 43.1% | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 43.1% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 74 | France | 43.0% | 2025 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 75 | Panama | 42.8% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 42.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 42.7% | 2018 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 78 | Lesotho | 42.3% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 41.4% | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 80 | Vietnam | 41.1% | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 81 | Bahamas | 40.5% | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 40.3% | 2012 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 83 | Mauritius | 40.3% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 84 | Montenegro | 40.1% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 85 | Belarus | 39.8% | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 39.2% | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 87 | Lebanon | 39.2% | 2019 | up 27.6% | flat |
| 88 | Zambia | 38.9% | 2024 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 89 | Albania | 38.8% | 2024 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 90 | Cyprus | 38.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 91 | Moldova | 38.6% | 2025 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 38.5% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 93 | Ghana | 38.5% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 94 | Argentina | 38.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 37.7% | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 96 | Brunei | 37.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 97 | Jamaica | 37.6% | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 98 | Suriname | 37.6% | 2016 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 37.5% | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 100 | Malawi | 37.4% | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 101 | Venezuela | 37.2% | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.2% | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 103 | Togo | 36.8% | 2022 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.6% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 105 | Kenya | 36.4% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 106 | Latvia | 36.1% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 107 | Haiti | 36.1% | 2005 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 36.0% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 109 | Lithuania | 35.6% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 110 | Slovenia | 35.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 35.1% | 2025 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 112 | Cameroon | 35.0% | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 34.7% | 2025 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 34.7% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 115 | Belgium | 34.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 116 | Nauru | 33.8% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 117 | Singapore | 33.7% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 118 | Spain | 33.7% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 119 | Oman | 33.5% | 2022 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 33.4% | 2010 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 33.1% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 122 | Fiji | 32.4% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 123 | Palestine | 32.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 124 | Puerto Rico | 31.9% | 2020 | up 27.4% | flat |
| 125 | Palau | 31.8% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 126 | Cape Verde | 31.8% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 127 | Kiribati | 31.8% | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 128 | India | 31.6% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 31.4% | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 31.2% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.1% | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 132 | Gambia | 30.7% | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 133 | Ukraine | 30.6% | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Hungary | 30.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 135 | Poland | 30.5% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 136 | Philippines | 30.2% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 137 | Curacao | 30.1% | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 138 | Croatia | 29.7% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 139 | Syria | 29.6% | 2009 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 140 | Nepal | 29.5% | 2017 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 141 | Chile | 29.5% | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 142 | Samoa | 29.2% | 2022 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 143 | Russia | 28.8% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 144 | Egypt | 28.7% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 28.6% | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 28.4% | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 147 | San Marino | 27.9% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 148 | Czechia | 27.8% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 149 | Namibia | 27.8% | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 150 | Eswatini | 27.4% | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 151 | Mongolia | 27.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 152 | South Africa | 26.8% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 153 | Iraq | 26.6% | 2021 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 154 | Chad | 26.0% | 2022 | — | falling |
| 155 | Senegal | 25.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 156 | Tonga | 25.8% | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 157 | Slovakia | 25.7% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 158 | Sudan | 25.6% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 159 | Kuwait | 25.6% | 2016 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 160 | Jordan | 25.0% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 161 | Bhutan | 24.9% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 162 | South Korea | 24.7% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 163 | Algeria | 24.6% | 2016 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.6% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 165 | Kosovo | 24.4% | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 165 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 24.4% | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 167 | Greece | 24.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 168 | Romania | 23.8% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 169 | Sri Lanka | 23.7% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 170 | Tunisia | 23.3% | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 171 | Iran | 23.2% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 172 | Liberia | 22.9% | 2017 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 173 | Morocco | 22.8% | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 174 | Italy | 22.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 175 | East Timor | 20.9% | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 176 | Bulgaria | 19.1% | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 56.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 49.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 48.8%
- OECD members 48.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 48.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.1%
- High income 46.1%
- IDA blend 42.4%
- Euro area 41.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 41.0%
- European Union 40.5%
- Lower middle income 39.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 38.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 35.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 35.1%
- IBRD only 34.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 34.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 34.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 34.2%
- South Asia 31.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 31.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 28.4%
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.