Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) by country
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
88.0%
Qatar
Lowest
35.7%
Nauru
Median
62.5%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
5,771
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 88.0% in Qatar; the lowest is 35.7% in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.5%, and the mean is 61.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 86.4%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 50.3%).
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total) … national 15+: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 88.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 84.2% | 2016 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 3 | Bermuda | 84.0% | 2010 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 4 | Tanzania | 83.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 82.9% | 2013 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 82.8% | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 82.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 81.5% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia | 80.1% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 79.6% | 2022 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 79.6% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 79.4% | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 78.8% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 14 | Burundi | 78.6% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 76.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 16 | Benin | 76.3% | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 75.6% | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 18 | Madagascar | 75.0% | 2022 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 19 | Angola | 74.3% | 2025 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 20 | Greenland | 74.1% | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.0% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Kuwait | 73.8% | 2016 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 23 | Cuba | 72.9% | 2013 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 24 | Vietnam | 72.4% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 72.4% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 26 | Macao | 72.3% | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Northern Mariana Islands | 72.3% | 2010 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 72.0% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 71.7% | 2025 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 30 | Peru | 71.7% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 31 | Bahrain | 71.6% | 2015 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 32 | Togo | 70.7% | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 33 | Oman | 70.6% | 2022 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 70.5% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 35 | San Marino | 70.5% | 2022 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 70.4% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 70.3% | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 38 | China | 70.3% | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Belize | 69.7% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 69.6% | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Malaysia | 69.3% | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 69.1% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 68.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.8% | 2001 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 68.7% | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 68.7% | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 47 | Netherlands | 68.7% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 48 | Gibraltar | 68.4% | 2001 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 68.3% | 2021 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 68.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 51 | Singapore | 67.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 67.5% | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 53 | Malta | 67.5% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 67.4% | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 55 | Indonesia | 67.3% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 56 | Switzerland | 67.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 67.1% | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 58 | Palau | 67.1% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 59 | Thailand | 67.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 60 | Australia | 66.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 61 | Estonia | 66.4% | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 62 | Jamaica | 66.4% | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 66.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 66.2% | 2018 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 66.1% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Laos | 66.0% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 67 | Georgia | 65.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 65.7% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 65.5% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 65.5% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 65.4% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 72 | Cameroon | 65.3% | 2021 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 73 | Armenia | 65.3% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 74 | Canada | 65.3% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Denmark | 65.2% | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 76 | Cyprus | 65.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 65.0% | 2014 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 78 | South Korea | 64.9% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.8% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 80 | Bhutan | 64.7% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.6% | 2008 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 82 | Seychelles | 64.5% | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 83 | Ecuador | 64.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 64.2% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 85 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 64.0% | 2008 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 86 | Colombia | 64.0% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 87 | Aruba | 63.8% | 2011 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 87 | Japan | 63.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 89 | Montenegro | 63.7% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 90 | Maldives | 63.6% | 2019 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 91 | Brunei | 63.6% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 63.5% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 93 | Zambia | 63.2% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 94 | Brazil | 63.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 63.1% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 96 | United Kingdom | 62.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 97 | Russia | 62.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 98 | Barbados | 62.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 99 | Guam | 62.6% | 2011 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 100 | Panama | 62.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 101 | Chile | 62.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 102 | Israel | 62.5% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 103 | United States | 62.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 104 | Grenada | 62.4% | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 62.3% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 106 | Argentina | 62.2% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 62.0% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 108 | Austria | 61.7% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 109 | Germany | 61.7% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 61.6% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 111 | Hungary | 61.5% | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 112 | Mongolia | 61.4% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 113 | El Salvador | 61.4% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 114 | Slovakia | 61.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 115 | Czechia | 61.0% | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 116 | Finland | 60.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 117 | British Virgin Islands | 60.7% | 1994 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 60.4% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 60.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 60.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 121 | Myanmar | 60.2% | 2020 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela | 59.9% | 2020 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 123 | Portugal | 59.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 124 | New Caledonia | 59.3% | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 125 | Serbia | 59.0% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 58.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 127 | Poland | 58.7% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 128 | Slovenia | 58.5% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 129 | Spain | 58.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 130 | Honduras | 58.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritius | 57.7% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 132 | Dominica | 57.7% | 2001 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 57.4% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 57.0% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 135 | France | 57.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.9% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 137 | Haiti | 56.9% | 2012 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 138 | Guyana | 56.9% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 139 | Curacao | 56.4% | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 56.4% | 2012 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 56.2% | 2020 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 142 | Suriname | 56.1% | 2016 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 143 | Belgium | 56.0% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 55.9% | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 145 | South Africa | 55.6% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 146 | Pakistan | 55.3% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 147 | India | 55.3% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 148 | Comoros | 55.2% | 2021 | up 24.1% | flat |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 55.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 54.8% | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 151 | Ukraine | 54.6% | 2021 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 152 | Kiribati | 54.6% | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.5% | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 154 | Croatia | 54.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 155 | Turkey | 53.5% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 156 | Congo | 53.1% | 2012 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 157 | Greece | 52.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea | 52.9% | 2019 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 159 | Chad | 52.8% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 160 | American Samoa | 52.6% | 2010 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 52.0% | 2022 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 51.9% | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 163 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 164 | Tonga | 51.4% | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 165 | Romania | 51.4% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 166 | Gambia | 51.3% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 51.0% | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 168 | Eswatini | 51.0% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 169 | Italy | 49.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 49.7% | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 171 | Malawi | 49.6% | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 172 | Gabon | 49.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 173 | Marshall Islands | 49.5% | 2021 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 174 | Lebanon | 48.9% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 175 | Egypt | 48.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 47.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 177 | Namibia | 46.8% | 2023 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 178 | East Timor | 46.7% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 179 | Liberia | 46.7% | 2017 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 180 | Palestine | 45.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 181 | Mauritania | 45.5% | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 182 | Tunisia | 45.4% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 183 | Senegal | 45.0% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 184 | Morocco | 44.3% | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 43.9% | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | 43.9% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 187 | Samoa | 43.8% | 2022 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 188 | Syria | 43.4% | 2011 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 189 | Algeria | 41.8% | 2017 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 190 | Jordan | 40.8% | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 191 | Iran | 40.7% | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 192 | Nepal | 39.9% | 2017 | down 50.3% | flat |
| 193 | Tajikistan | 39.7% | 2016 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 194 | Iraq | 39.7% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 195 | Kosovo | 37.9% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 195 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 37.9% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 197 | Sudan | 37.9% | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 198 | Yemen | 36.3% | 2014 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 199 | Nauru | 35.7% | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 69.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 68.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 68.4%
- Upper middle income 66.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 63.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 63.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.4%
- North America 62.7%
- IDA blend 62.5%
- High income 61.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 61.6%
- OECD members 61.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 60.1%
- Middle income 60.0%
- Low & middle income 60.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 59.3%
- Lower middle income 59.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 59.1%
- World 58.4%
- European Union 58.3%
- Euro area 58.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 57.9%
- IBRD only 57.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 56.5%
- Caribbean Small States 56.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 55.3%
- South Asia 55.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 55.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 49.0%
- Arab World 47.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 47.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 47.1%
About this data
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.