Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per capita by country
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.0008 units per person
Qatar
Lowest
0.0001 units per person
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
0.0005 units per person
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,790
What the numbers show
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0008 units per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0.0001 units per person in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0005 units per person, and the mean is 0.0004 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 32.5%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 22.2%).
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 3 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | Albania | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 8 | Macau (China) | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bahamas | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 10 | Singapore | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 11 | Bahrain | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Cambodia | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 14 | Korea | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 20 | Cyprus | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Switzerland | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 27 | Denmark | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 28 | Estonia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 29 | Sweden | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 31 | Barbados | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 35 | Canada | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 36 | Lithuania | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 38 | Hungary | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 41 | Belarus | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 43 | Madagascar | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | United States of America | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 48 | Oman | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Bhutan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 50 | Slovak Republic | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Indonesia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 53 | Maldives | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 54 | Ireland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritius | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | Finland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 61 | Brazil | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 62 | Russia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Hong Kong (China) | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 72 | Nigeria | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 73 | Portugal | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 74 | Slovenia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 79 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 84 | El Salvador | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 85 | Botswana | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 86 | Mexico | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 87 | Liberia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 89 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ukraine | 0.0005 units per person | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 91 | France | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 92 | Guam | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 94 | Uganda | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 95 | Belgium | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 96 | Benin | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 97 | Israel | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 98 | Timor-Leste | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 101 | New Caledonia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 102 | Cuba | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 103 | Haiti | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | South Sudan | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 106 | Türkiye | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 107 | Burundi | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 108 | Italy | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 110 | Greece | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 112 | Romania | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kenya | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 114 | Cabo Verde | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 115 | Niger | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 116 | French Polynesia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 119 | India | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 121 | Fiji | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 122 | Myanmar | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 123 | Angola | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | South Africa | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 126 | Guatemala | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 127 | Congo | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 131 | Suriname | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 132 | Rwanda | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 135 | Togo | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 138 | Guyana | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 143 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 144 | Ghana | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 147 | Malawi | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 148 | Namibia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 149 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 150 | Zambia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 151 | Mali | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 153 | Comoros | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 154 | Libya | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 156 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 157 | Tunisia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 159 | Pakistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 161 | Morocco | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 162 | Gabon | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 163 | Tonga | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 164 | Senegal | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 165 | Chad | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 166 | Iran | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 167 | Lebanon | 0.0003 units per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 169 | Egypt | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 170 | Palestine, State of | 0.0003 units per person | 2022 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 172 | Gambia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 173 | Algeria | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 174 | Nepal | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 175 | Jordan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 176 | Iraq | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 178 | Samoa | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 179 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 181 | Djibouti | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 182 | Sudan | 0.0002 units per person | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 184 | Yemen | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0004 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.