Labor participation rate by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
87.01
Qatar
Lowest
23.34
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
61.56
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Labor participation rate is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 87.01 in Qatar; the lowest is 23.34 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.56, and the mean is 60.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 21.0%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 22.3%).
Labor participation rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 87.01 | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Madagascar | 85.5 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 84.3 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Tanzania | 83.72 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 82.52 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 82.39 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 7 | North Korea | 82.15 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Uganda | 80.03 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 9 | Niger | 79.74 | 2025 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 10 | Mozambique | 78.71 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Bolivia | 78.63 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 78.59 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Eritrea | 78.35 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Burundi | 78.25 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 15 | Liberia | 76.58 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Benin | 76.36 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 74.93 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 18 | Angola | 74.79 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 19 | Bahamas | 73.78 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | South Sudan | 73.41 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 73.39 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Kuwait | 73.36 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 72.86 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Vietnam | 72.78 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 72.29 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bahrain | 70.43 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 70.35 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 70.25 | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 70 | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 30 | Singapore | 69.67 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Jamaica | 69.57 | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 32 | Botswana | 68.8 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 68.46 | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 34 | Oman | 68.38 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 68.27 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 36 | Indonesia | 67.97 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.9 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 38 | Macao | 67.85 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 39 | Congo | 67.83 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 67.77 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 67.72 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 42 | Kenya | 67.39 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 43 | Netherlands | 67.25 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 67.09 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Mali | 67.04 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 46 | East Timor | 66.98 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 47 | Cyprus | 66.96 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 48 | Switzerland | 66.75 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 49 | Thailand | 66.68 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 50 | Australia | 66.54 | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 66.3 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 66.12 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 53 | Laos | 66.09 | 2025 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 66.07 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 65.61 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 56 | Israel | 65.49 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Cameroon | 65.17 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 65.13 | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 65.1 | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 64.99 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Denmark | 64.94 | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 62 | Ireland | 64.84 | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 64.84 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 64.82 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 65 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.81 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Barbados | 64.69 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 67 | Sweden | 64.59 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 68 | China | 64.55 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 69 | Canada | 64.52 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | Ecuador | 64.5 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 71 | South Korea | 64.35 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 64.31 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 64.31 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 64.26 | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 75 | Brunei | 64.23 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 76 | Malta | 63.98 | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 77 | Haiti | 63.93 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Rwanda | 63.68 | 2025 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 79 | Maldives | 63.5 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 80 | Japan | 63.45 | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 81 | Colombia | 63.4 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 63.29 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 83 | Brazil | 63.14 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 84 | Lithuania | 62.92 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 85 | Belarus | 62.75 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 86 | Malawi | 62.58 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 87 | Chile | 62.3 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Guam | 62.27 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 62.11 | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 90 | Zambia | 61.93 | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Argentina | 61.91 | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 92 | United States | 61.7 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 93 | Mexico | 61.61 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 61.5 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 61.37 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 96 | Philippines | 61.35 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Russia | 61.11 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 98 | Hungary | 60.58 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 99 | Germany | 60.57 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 100 | Latvia | 60.52 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.51 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 102 | Slovakia | 60.42 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Czechia | 60.34 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 104 | Austria | 60.12 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 105 | Mongolia | 59.69 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 106 | Finland | 59.68 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 107 | Guatemala | 59.62 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 108 | Chad | 59.44 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 109 | Armenia | 59.39 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 110 | Serbia | 59.14 | 2025 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 59.1 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 58.84 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 58.8 | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 114 | Mauritius | 58.55 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 115 | Ghana | 58.52 | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 58.31 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 117 | Portugal | 58.16 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 58.11 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 57.97 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 120 | Togo | 57.84 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.75 | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 57.66 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 123 | Slovenia | 57.56 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 57.5 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 125 | Spain | 57.41 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.37 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 127 | Fiji | 57.16 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 128 | Lesotho | 57.12 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 57.02 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 130 | Honduras | 56.56 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 56.42 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 132 | Hong Kong | 56.36 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 56.12 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Comoros | 55.77 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 135 | India | 55.66 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 136 | South Africa | 55.58 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 137 | France | 55.35 | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 138 | Myanmar | 55.09 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 139 | Guyana | 54.99 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 54.64 | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 141 | Turkey | 54.38 | 2025 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 54.36 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 143 | Belgium | 54.27 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 144 | Suriname | 53.82 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 53.37 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 146 | Guinea | 52.61 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 52.37 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 148 | Pakistan | 52.34 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 149 | Cuba | 52.25 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 150 | Croatia | 52.14 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 52.07 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 152 | Senegal | 52.02 | 2025 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 153 | Greece | 51.96 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 51.94 | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 155 | Venezuela | 51.93 | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 51.33 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 157 | Eswatini | 51.19 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 158 | Gabon | 51.06 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 159 | Tonga | 49.81 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 160 | Italy | 49.3 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.99 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 48.52 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 163 | Libya | 47.96 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 164 | Gambia | 47.46 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 165 | Tunisia | 45.22 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 166 | Palestine | 44.99 | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 167 | Egypt | 44.57 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 168 | Morocco | 43.94 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 169 | Lebanon | 43.42 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 42.78 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 42.53 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 42.03 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 173 | Iraq | 41.53 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 174 | Iran | 40.97 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 175 | Algeria | 40.78 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 176 | Mauritania | 40.77 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 177 | Jordan | 40.05 | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 178 | Nepal | 39.24 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 38.28 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 180 | Sudan | 37.52 | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 37.46 | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 182 | Syria | 36.9 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 183 | Somalia | 33.85 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 184 | Yemen | 33.1 | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 31.74 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.34 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |