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Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 65+) by country

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 65 and older 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...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
95.2%
Malawi
Lowest
9.9%
Algeria
Median
60.8%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 65+) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 95.2% in Malawi; the lowest is 9.9% in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.8%, and the mean is 56.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 7.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 42.8%).

Labor participation rate, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 95.2% 2011 up 5.8% flat
2 Mozambique 87.3% 2011 down 0.4% rising
3 Gambia 86.4% 2011 down 1.2% flat
4 Chad 79.9% 2011 down 3.8% falling
5 Central African Republic 79.0% 2011 down 2.6% flat
6 Zambia 78.6% 2011 down 2.0% flat
7 Zimbabwe 75.8% 2011 up 0.1% flat
8 Ethiopia 74.9% 2011 up 7.7% rising
9 Cameroon 74.3% 2011 down 3.0% falling
10 Madagascar 74.2% 2011 down 3.2% flat
11 Tanzania, United Republic of 73.8% 2011 down 5.9% falling
12 Burkina Faso 72.5% 2011 down 1.2% flat
13 Benin 72.5% 2011 down 3.8% falling
14 Côte d'Ivoire 72.3% 2011 down 4.8% flat
15 Uganda 72.0% 2011 down 0.9% flat
16 Comoros 71.8% 2011 down 4.1% falling
17 Sudan 69.9% 2011 down 2.9% flat
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 69.1% 2011 down 3.1% falling
19 Eritrea 65.7% 2011 down 7.4% falling
20 Niger 65.0% 2011 down 13.8% falling
21 Nigeria 64.7% 2011 up 1.9% rising
22 Burundi 63.6% 2011 down 6.0% falling
23 Rwanda 62.3% 2011 down 2.7% falling
24 Kenya 61.9% 2011 down 12.0% falling
25 Liberia 61.1% 2011 up 1.0% flat
26 Togo 61.0% 2011 down 6.6% falling
27 Ghana 60.7% 2011 down 7.8% falling
28 Senegal 58.0% 2011 down 3.0% falling
29 Guinea 56.7% 2011 down 0.1% flat
30 Botswana 56.6% 2011 down 3.2% falling
31 Guinea-Bissau 56.6% 2011 down 0.7% flat
32 Mauritania 56.4% 2011 down 0.3% flat
33 Angola 56.2% 2011 up 2.2% flat
34 Equatorial Guinea 56.0% 2011 down 5.2% flat
35 Congo 54.1% 2011 down 1.1% falling
36 Lesotho 52.8% 2011 down 20.5% falling
37 Sierra Leone 50.1% 2011 up 3.1% flat
38 Eswatini 48.0% 2011 down 4.1% falling
39 Gabon 42.8% 2011 down 9.1% falling
40 Cape Verde 41.7% 2011 down 22.2% falling
41 Somalia 37.5% 2011 down 4.3% falling
42 Namibia 36.7% 2011 down 6.2% rising
43 Sao Tome and Principe 35.7% 2011 down 5.0% falling
44 Mali 34.9% 2011 down 1.2% flat
45 Libya 29.8% 2011 down 0.7% flat
46 Morocco 28.4% 2011 down 18.0% falling
47 Tunisia 24.4% 2011 down 16.7% falling
48 Djibouti 19.5% 2011 down 7.8% falling
49 Egypt 19.2% 2011 down 8.2% falling
50 Mauritius 16.1% 2011 down 11.5% falling
51 South Africa 10.3% 2011 down 42.8% falling
52 Algeria 9.9% 2011 down 11.2% 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 65+)
Unit
% of male population ages 65+
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,276 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 65 and older 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.