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Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 55-64) by country

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 55-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. The participation rates are harmonized to account for differences in national data collection and tabulation...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
98.5%
Malawi
Lowest
52.2%
South Africa
Median
85.6%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,270

What the numbers show

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 55-64) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 98.5% in Malawi; the lowest is 52.2% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.6%, and the mean is 82.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 7.3%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 10.0%).

Labor participation rate, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 98.5% 2011 up 2.4% flat
2 Madagascar 98.0% 2011 down 0.2% flat
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 96.5% 2011 up 0.1% flat
4 Ethiopia 95.6% 2011 up 2.6% rising
5 Equatorial Guinea 95.5% 2011 down 0.2% flat
6 Mozambique 94.4% 2011 up 1.3% rising
7 Chad 94.4% 2011 down 0.1% flat
8 Gambia 94.2% 2011 up 0.1% flat
9 Sudan 93.6% 2011 down 0.2% rising
10 Burundi 93.3% 2011 down 1.6% flat
11 Burkina Faso 92.6% 2011 down 0.3% flat
12 Comoros 92.3% 2011 down 0.5% flat
13 Eritrea 92.2% 2011 down 2.3% flat
14 Uganda 91.7% 2011 down 1.0% flat
15 Central African Republic 91.5% 2011 down 1.0% flat
16 Rwanda 91.5% 2011 up 0.7% flat
17 Niger 91.5% 2011 down 0.3% flat
18 Zimbabwe 90.5% 2011 up 2.0% flat
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 90.3% 2011 down 0.4% flat
20 Zambia 89.9% 2011 up 0.2% flat
21 Ghana 89.4% 2011 up 2.7% flat
22 Cameroon 87.7% 2011 down 1.0% falling
23 Cape Verde 86.6% 2011 up 0.2% flat
24 Kenya 86.4% 2011 down 2.7% falling
25 Botswana 86.3% 2011 up 0.0% flat
26 Côte d'Ivoire 86.0% 2011 down 2.3% falling
27 Sao Tome and Principe 85.3% 2011 up 2.8% flat
28 Sierra Leone 85.0% 2011 up 1.4% flat
29 Senegal 84.8% 2011 down 0.3% flat
30 Benin 84.4% 2011 down 1.7% falling
31 Lesotho 83.6% 2011 down 0.7% flat
32 Togo 83.0% 2011 down 0.8% flat
33 Guinea 82.3% 2011 up 0.4% flat
34 Guinea-Bissau 82.2% 2011 down 0.3% flat
35 Mauritania 81.8% 2011 up 0.2% flat
36 Angola 81.4% 2011 up 2.5% flat
37 Nigeria 78.2% 2011 down 4.6% falling
38 Liberia 75.0% 2011 up 2.8% flat
39 Somalia 74.9% 2011 up 1.7% flat
40 Mali 72.3% 2011 up 3.5% rising
41 Eswatini 72.0% 2011 down 1.2% flat
42 Congo 71.0% 2011 up 2.6% flat
43 Mauritius 68.6% 2011 up 7.3% flat
44 Libya 68.0% 2011 down 0.5% flat
45 Gabon 66.0% 2011 down 0.6% flat
46 Namibia 65.7% 2011 down 3.8% flat
47 Egypt 64.2% 2011 down 9.3% falling
48 Morocco 63.1% 2011 down 10.0% falling
49 Tunisia 60.7% 2011 down 2.4% falling
50 Algeria 57.9% 2011 down 3.7% falling
51 Djibouti 57.5% 2011 up 2.4% rising
52 South Africa 52.2% 2011 down 3.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 55-64)
Unit
% of male population ages 55-64
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,270 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 55-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. The participation rates are harmonized to account for differences in national data collection and tabulation methodologies as well as for other country-specific factors such as military service requirements. The series includes both nationally reported and imputed data and only estimates that are national, meaning there are no geographic limitations in coverage.