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Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) by country

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The labour force participation rate is the labour force as a percent of the working-age population. The labour force is...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
86.66
Qatar
Lowest
23.27
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
60.91
Years covered
38
1990–2027
Data points
10,464

What the numbers show

Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 86.66 in Qatar; the lowest is 23.27 in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.91, and the mean is 60.2.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 15.2%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 23.8%).

Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 86.66 2027 down 1.0% rising
2 Madagascar, Republic of 85.55 2027 down 0.1% flat
3 Solomon Islands 84.31 2027 down 0.0% flat
4 Tanzania, United Republic of 83.66 2027 down 0.2% flat
5 Nigeria 82.43 2027 up 1.9% flat
6 Cambodia 82.41 2027 up 1.2% flat
7 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 82.13 2027 up 0.0% flat
8 Uganda 80.18 2027 up 11.7% rising
9 Niger 80 2027 up 9.7% flat
10 Bolivia 79.04 2027 up 15.2% rising
11 United Arab Emirates 78.74 2027 down 0.0% rising
12 Mozambique, Republic of 78.59 2027 down 0.5% falling
13 Eritrea, The State of 78.43 2027 down 0.7% flat
14 Burundi 77.89 2027 down 2.8% falling
15 Liberia 76.53 2027 down 0.5% flat
16 Benin 76.47 2027 up 2.9% rising
17 Angola 74.63 2027 down 1.3% flat
18 Iceland 74.49 2027 down 3.1% flat
19 South Sudan 73.41 2023 down 0.2% flat
20 Central African Republic 73.32 2027 down 0.1% flat
21 Bahamas, The 73.25 2027 down 1.2% flat
22 Kuwait 73.08 2027 down 0.4% rising
23 Peru 72.92 2027 down 5.3% rising
24 Moldova, Republic of 72.49 2027 up 6.1% rising
25 Vietnam 71.95 2027 down 6.8% flat
26 Singapore 70.48 2027 up 2.2% rising
27 Paraguay 70.2 2027 down 1.2% flat
28 Bahrain, Kingdom of 70.1 2027 down 3.2% rising
29 Burkina Faso 69.9 2027 down 10.5% falling
30 New Zealand 69.9 2027 down 0.8% rising
31 Jamaica 69.7 2027 up 6.1% flat
32 Botswana 69.26 2027 up 10.3% rising
33 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 68.48 2027 down 8.4% falling
34 St. Lucia 68.3 2027 down 1.5% rising
35 Oman 68.24 2027 down 3.5% rising
36 Indonesia 68.01 2027 up 2.0% flat
37 Congo, Republic of 67.78 2027 down 0.6% flat
38 Kazakhstan, Republic of 67.76 2027 down 3.5% flat
39 Zimbabwe 67.69 2027 up 2.6% flat
40 Timor-Leste 67.53 2027 up 0.7% falling
41 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 67.45 2027 up 0.5% rising
42 Kenya 67.32 2027 down 6.9% falling
43 Côte d'Ivoire 67.05 2027 up 1.4% flat
44 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 66.82 2027 down 4.4% rising
45 Mali 66.81 2027 down 3.4% falling
46 Netherlands 66.71 2027 up 0.9% flat
47 Cyprus 66.42 2027 up 3.2% rising
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.2 2027 up 10.7% flat
49 Panama 66.17 2027 up 0.5% rising
50 Nicaragua 66.12 2027 up 1.2% rising
51 Australia 66.09 2027 up 1.3% rising
52 Malaysia 66.08 2027 up 1.3% rising
53 Switzerland 65.93 2027 down 3.8% flat
54 Thailand 65.83 2027 down 2.5% falling
55 Israel 65.48 2027 down 0.0% rising
56 Dominican Republic 65.12 2027 up 4.4% rising
57 Norway 65.08 2027 down 0.9% flat
58 Uruguay 64.95 2027 up 1.3% rising
59 Saudi Arabia 64.92 2027 up 10.1% rising
60 Guinea-Bissau 64.89 2027 up 3.0% flat
61 Bhutan 64.69 2027 up 3.0% falling
62 Cameroon 64.63 2027 down 6.7% falling
63 Albania 64.62 2027 up 11.3% falling
64 Denmark 64.6 2027 up 4.5% falling
65 Estonia 64.53 2027 up 2.0% flat
66 Ireland 64.45 2027 up 4.1% flat
67 Ecuador 64.43 2027 down 5.5% flat
68 Sweden 64.27 2027 down 0.2% flat
69 Georgia 64.25 2027 down 2.4% falling
70 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64.13 2027 down 1.0% falling
71 Barbados 64.09 2027 down 3.1% falling
72 Canada 64.01 2027 down 2.7% flat
73 Maldives 63.92 2027 up 8.0% rising
74 Rwanda 63.92 2027 up 5.7% flat
75 Korea 63.91 2027 up 1.6% rising
76 Haiti 63.86 2027 down 3.1% flat
77 China (People’s Republic of) 63.77 2027 down 6.7% falling
78 Japan 63.66 2027 up 5.3% flat
79 Brunei Darussalam 63.56 2027 down 2.5% falling
80 Malta 63.44 2027 up 10.0% rising
81 Colombia 63.2 2027 down 4.3% falling
82 Brazil 62.69 2027 down 2.8% flat
83 El Salvador 62.36 2027 up 5.7% flat
84 Lithuania 62.34 2027 up 2.8% flat
85 Chile 62.32 2027 down 1.0% rising
86 Guam 62.27 2027 down 0.1% falling
87 Azerbaijan, Republic of 62.1 2027 down 4.5% falling
88 Malawi 62.06 2027 down 2.2% falling
89 Argentina 61.98 2027 up 5.4% flat
90 Zambia 61.96 2027 up 5.8% flat
91 Belarus, Republic of 61.65 2027 down 4.4% rising
92 Mexico 61.54 2027 up 2.2% flat
93 Philippines 61.27 2027 up 3.6% flat
94 United States 61.24 2027 down 2.1% falling
95 United Kingdom 60.91 2027 down 2.4% flat
96 Luxembourg 60.79 2027 up 3.5% rising
97 Hungary 60.49 2027 up 4.6% rising
98 Latvia 59.89 2027 down 1.5% flat
99 Czechia 59.84 2027 down 0.4% flat
100 Germany 59.78 2027 down 1.4% rising
101 Russia 59.78 2027 down 4.4% flat
102 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 59.75 2027 down 2.5% flat
103 Slovak Republic 59.57 2027 down 0.5% flat
104 Guatemala 59.48 2027 down 2.4% falling
105 Taiwan, China 59.34 2027 up 0.9% flat
106 Finland 59.28 2027 up 1.0% falling
107 Austria 59.26 2027 down 2.3% rising
108 Chad 59.2 2027 down 2.1% falling
109 Serbia, Republic of 59.1 2027 up 10.4% flat
110 Belize 59.05 2027 down 7.8% rising
111 Namibia 58.76 2027 down 1.5% rising
112 Bangladesh 58.64 2027 up 0.5% flat
113 Mongolia 58.34 2027 down 1.3% flat
114 Armenia, Republic of 58.32 2027 down 5.1% falling
115 Mauritius 58.27 2027 down 2.7% flat
116 Togo 57.77 2027 down 0.5% flat
117 Vanuatu 57.77 2027 down 3.6% falling
118 Ghana 57.73 2027 down 13.6% falling
119 Poland 57.64 2027 up 0.1% flat
120 Costa Rica 57.62 2027 down 3.7% flat
121 Portugal 57.49 2027 down 2.4% flat
122 Montenegro 57.48 2027 up 9.2% rising
123 Kyrgyz Republic 57.18 2027 up 0.6% falling
124 Fiji, Republic of 57.06 2027 down 0.7% falling
125 Cape Verde 57.01 2027 down 3.7% falling
126 Uzbekistan 57.01 2027 up 1.0% flat
127 Western Sahara 56.94 2027 down 2.4% rising
128 Trinidad and Tobago 56.91 2027 down 7.6% falling
129 Lesotho, Kingdom of 56.64 2027 down 6.0% falling
129 Slovenia 56.64 2027 down 3.3% flat
131 Honduras 56.48 2027 down 12.2% falling
132 Spain 56.48 2027 down 2.7% rising
133 Comoros, Union of the 56.33 2027 up 14.4% rising
134 India 55.73 2027 up 5.8% falling
135 Bulgaria 55.7 2027 up 0.5% rising
136 New Caledonia 55.65 2027 down 7.6% falling
137 Channel Islands 55.61 2027 down 5.3% flat
138 South Africa 55.59 2027 up 0.4% falling
139 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 55.13 2027 down 8.8% falling
140 Myanmar 55 2027 down 11.3% falling
141 Guyana 54.77 2027 down 1.5% falling
142 France 54.76 2027 down 0.9% flat
143 Ukraine 54.64 2021 down 2.9% falling
144 Türkiye 54.63 2027 up 3.4% flat
145 United States Virgin Islands 54.19 2027 down 8.4% falling
146 Suriname 53.81 2027 down 4.2% rising
147 Belgium 53.68 2027 up 0.6% rising
148 Sierra Leone 53.05 2027 down 3.0% falling
149 Guinea 52.37 2027 down 3.5% falling
150 Pakistan 52.37 2027 up 2.0% rising
151 Senegal 52.22 2027 up 13.5% flat
152 Papua New Guinea 52.21 2027 up 3.6% rising
153 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 51.65 2027 down 13.8% falling
154 Croatia 51.64 2027 up 0.5% falling
155 French Polynesia 51.53 2027 down 7.7% falling
156 North Macedonia 51.41 2027 down 3.3% falling
157 Greece 51.36 2027 up 0.7% flat
158 Cuba 51.26 2027 down 7.7% flat
159 Romania 51.17 2027 down 1.3% flat
160 Eswatini 51.17 2027 up 0.6% falling
161 Gabon 50.52 2027 down 1.0% rising
162 Tonga 49.22 2027 down 9.4% falling
163 Italy 48.63 2027 down 1.8% flat
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.47 2027 down 1.9% falling
165 Sri Lanka 48.39 2027 down 10.4% falling
166 Gambia 47.36 2027 down 0.9% flat
167 Libya 47.3 2027 down 4.1% rising
168 Palestine, State of 44.99 2022 up 7.9% rising
169 Tunisia 44.67 2027 down 5.9% falling
170 Egypt, Arab Republic of 44.53 2027 down 0.9% falling
171 Morocco 43.65 2027 down 4.1% falling
172 Lebanon 43.42 2023 down 5.9% rising
173 Puerto Rico 43.03 2027 up 12.5% falling
174 Turkmenistan 41.81 2027 down 3.0% falling
175 Iraq 41.53 2027 down 0.9% flat
176 Samoa 41.48 2027 down 23.8% falling
177 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 40.57 2027 down 1.3% falling
178 Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.34 2027 down 8.8% falling
179 Jordan 40.11 2027 down 0.3% flat
180 Algeria 40.01 2027 down 5.5% falling
181 Nepal 39.14 2027 down 1.9% falling
182 Tajikistan, Republic of 38.15 2027 down 1.9% falling
183 Sudan 37.52 2022 down 21.6% falling
184 Afghanistan 37.27 2027 down 21.2% falling
185 Syrian Arab Republic 36.74 2027 down 2.7% falling
186 Somalia 33.75 2027 down 1.0% flat
187 Yemen, Republic of 32.97 2027 up 1.6% falling
188 Djibouti 31.7 2027 down 1.8% falling
189 Sao Tome and Principe 23.27 2027 down 2.6% falling

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Indicator
Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 10,464 data points, 1990–2027
Last refreshed

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. The labour force participation rate is the labour force as a percent of the working-age population. The labour force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.