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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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 0.0008 units per person 2025 down 0.3% rising
2 Moldova 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 10.9% rising
3 North 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 Macao 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 South 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 Vietnam 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 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 21.9% rising
25 Norway 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 1.2% rising
26 China 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 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 Slovakia 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 0.0005 units per person 2025 down 0.7% flat
59 Brunei 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 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 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 Laos 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 East Timor 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 Turkey 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 Cape 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 Cote 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 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 Democratic Republic of Congo 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 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 Syria 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

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

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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

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Indicator
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 6,790 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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.