Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
96.3%
Qatar
Lowest
24.1%
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
78.2%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 96.3% in Qatar; the lowest is 24.1% in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.2%, and the mean is 75.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 17.7%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 18.2%).
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 96.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 92.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 91.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 90.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Cambodia | 90.4% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Oman | 89.8% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 89.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 8 | Madagascar | 89.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 9 | Netherlands | 89.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 10 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 88.1% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Bahrain | 87.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Malta | 87.6% | 2025 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 13 | Japan | 87.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 14 | Solomon Islands | 87.4% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 87.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | Niger | 86.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 86.0% | 2025 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 85.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 19 | Eritrea | 85.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 20 | Uganda | 85.6% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 85.3% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 22 | Macau, China | 85.3% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 84.9% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 84.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 25 | Nigeria | 84.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 84.6% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 27 | Bahamas | 84.5% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Denmark | 84.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 84.5% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 30 | Cyprus | 84.0% | 2025 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 31 | Indonesia | 84.0% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 83.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Germany | 83.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 34 | Australia | 83.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 35 | Guatemala | 83.7% | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 36 | Canada | 83.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 37 | Malaysia | 83.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | Uruguay | 83.1% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 39 | Pakistan | 83.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 40 | Czechia | 82.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 41 | Belarus | 82.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 82.7% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 82.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 82.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 45 | Norway | 82.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 82.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Mali | 82.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Hungary | 82.2% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 82.1% | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 50 | Austria | 82.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 51 | Mexico | 81.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 52 | Liberia | 81.8% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 81.7% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 54 | India | 81.7% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 55 | Ireland | 81.5% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 56 | Estonia | 81.4% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 57 | Singapore | 81.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 58 | Brazil | 80.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 59 | Mozambique | 80.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 80.7% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 80.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | El Salvador | 80.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 80.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 64 | Ecuador | 80.3% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 65 | Barbados | 80.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 80.2% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 67 | Poland | 80.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | Finland | 80.1% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 69 | Lithuania | 80.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 70 | Mauritius | 80.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 80.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 72 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79.9% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 73 | Portugal | 79.8% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 74 | Slovakia | 79.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 75 | Armenia | 79.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 79.6% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 79.5% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 78 | Fiji | 79.5% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 79 | Chile | 79.5% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | Serbia | 79.5% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 81 | Slovenia | 79.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 82 | Jamaica | 79.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 83 | Argentina | 79.4% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 84 | Channel Islands | 79.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 85 | Maldives | 79.2% | 2025 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 86 | Latvia | 78.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 87 | Türkiye | 78.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 88 | Spain | 78.7% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 89 | Hong Kong, China | 78.6% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 90 | Georgia | 78.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 78.4% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 92 | United States of America | 78.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 93 | China | 78.2% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 94 | Angola | 78.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 95 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 77.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 97 | Korea | 77.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 77.5% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 99 | Greece | 77.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 100 | Burundi | 77.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 77.3% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 77.2% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 77.0% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 104 | France | 76.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 105 | South Sudan | 76.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 76.5% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 107 | Montenegro | 76.4% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 76.1% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 109 | Romania | 76.0% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 76.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | Italy | 75.7% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 112 | Botswana | 75.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 113 | Honduras | 75.6% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 114 | Palestine, State of | 75.3% | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 115 | Côte d'Ivoire | 75.3% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 75.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 117 | Iraq | 75.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 118 | Belize | 74.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 74.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 120 | Belgium | 74.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 121 | Philippines | 74.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 122 | Cameroon | 74.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 123 | Bhutan | 74.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 124 | Myanmar | 74.3% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 125 | Guam | 74.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 126 | Egypt | 74.1% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 128 | Morocco | 73.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 129 | Croatia | 73.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 130 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 73.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 132 | Republic of Moldova | 72.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 72.7% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 134 | Timor-Leste | 72.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 72.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 72.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 137 | Algeria | 72.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 138 | Lebanon | 72.3% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 139 | Kenya | 72.3% | 2025 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 140 | Tunisia | 72.2% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 141 | Ukraine | 72.1% | 2021 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 142 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 71.9% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 143 | Chad | 71.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 144 | Mongolia | 71.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 71.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 146 | Congo | 70.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 147 | New Caledonia | 70.6% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 148 | Haiti | 70.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 70.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 150 | Suriname | 69.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 152 | United States Virgin Islands | 68.2% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 153 | Lesotho | 68.1% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 154 | Zambia | 67.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 155 | Malawi | 67.8% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 67.7% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 157 | Senegal | 67.3% | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 67.3% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 159 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 66.9% | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 160 | Libya | 66.5% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 161 | Jordan | 66.3% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 162 | French Polynesia | 66.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 163 | South Africa | 65.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 164 | Comoros | 65.2% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 64.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 166 | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.1% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 167 | Namibia | 63.9% | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 168 | Ghana | 63.5% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 169 | Guinea | 63.5% | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 63.4% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 171 | Sudan | 62.5% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 172 | Yemen | 62.5% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 173 | Gabon | 62.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 174 | Tonga | 60.8% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 175 | Togo | 60.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 58.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritania | 57.8% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 178 | Samoa | 57.7% | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 179 | Eswatini | 56.2% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 180 | Nepal | 56.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 56.1% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 54.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 183 | Gambia | 50.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 48.3% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 185 | Somalia | 48.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 186 | Djibouti | 46.5% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 24.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 81.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 81.2%
- Chagai 79.2%
- IDA blend 80.9%
- High income 80.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 80.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 80.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 80.4%
- OECD members 80.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 80.4%
- Lower middle income 80.0%
- European Union 79.8%
- Euro area 79.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 79.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 79.5%
- IBRD only 79.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 79.3%
- Middle income 79.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 79.3%
- World 79.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 79.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 79.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 79.0%
- Low & middle income 79.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 78.9%
- North America 78.8%
- Upper middle income 78.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 78.3%
- Africa Western and Central 78.0%
- Pacific island small states 77.8%
- IDA total 77.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 77.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 76.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 76.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 76.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 76.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 76.5%
- Least developed countries 76.2%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 75.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 75.4%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.