Labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15+) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
Countries reporting
211
Highest
90.36
Falkland Islands
Lowest
35.73
Nauru
Median
62.52
Years covered
82
1946–2027
Data points
7,586
What the numbers show
Labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15+) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 90.36 in Falkland Islands; the lowest is 35.73 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.52, and the mean is 61.72.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 86.4%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 50.3%).
Labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 90.36 | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 87.95 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 3 | Tanzania | 85.29 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Isle of Man | 84.18 | 2016 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 5 | Bermuda | 84 | 2010 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 82.9 | 2013 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | 82.8 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 81.54 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 81.36 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 80.07 | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 11 | Cambodia | 79.98 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Niger | 79.61 | 2022 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 79.36 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mozambique | 78.82 | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Burundi | 78.56 | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 76.78 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 17 | Benin | 76.28 | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 18 | Iceland | 75.62 | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bahamas | 75.3 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guernsey | 75.21 | 2016 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 75.01 | 2022 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 22 | Angola | 74.34 | 2025 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 23 | Greenland | 74.06 | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.97 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kuwait | 73.84 | 2016 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Cuba | 72.9 | 2013 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 27 | Vietnam | 72.45 | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 28 | Moldova | 72.35 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 29 | Macao | 72.3 | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 30 | Northern Mariana Islands | 72.26 | 2010 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 31 | Paraguay | 71.95 | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 71.71 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 33 | Cook Islands | 71.68 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 34 | Bahrain | 71.57 | 2015 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 70.73 | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 36 | Oman | 70.6 | 2022 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 70.5 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 38 | San Marino | 70.47 | 2022 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 39 | China | 70.25 | 2018 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 40 | Montserrat | 70.05 | 2020 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 41 | Belize | 69.73 | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 69.63 | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 43 | Belarus | 69.6 | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 69.3 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 45 | Botswana | 69.06 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 68.91 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.79 | 2001 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 68.7 | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 49 | Kenya | 68.7 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 49 | Caribbean | 59.21 | 2027 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Netherlands | 68.65 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 51 | Gibraltar | 68.37 | 2001 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 68.25 | 2021 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 68.11 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 67.9 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 55 | Singapore | 67.87 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 56 | Sweden | 67.5 | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 57 | Malta | 67.48 | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 67.33 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 67.15 | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 60 | Palau | 67.12 | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 61 | Thailand | 67.05 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 66.94 | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | Estonia | 66.43 | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 64 | Jamaica | 66.37 | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 66.3 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 66.24 | 2018 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 67 | Ireland | 66.14 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 68 | Laos | 66 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 69 | Georgia | 65.73 | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 65.7 | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 71 | Uruguay | 65.55 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 65.5 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 73 | Lesotho | 65.41 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 65.31 | 2021 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 65.29 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 76 | Canada | 65.28 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 77 | Denmark | 65.16 | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 78 | Cyprus | 65.16 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 64.97 | 2014 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 80 | South Korea | 64.92 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 81 | Ghana | 64.92 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.84 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 83 | Bhutan | 64.74 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.65 | 2008 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 64.63 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 86 | Seychelles | 64.55 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 87 | Ecuador | 64.3 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Brunei | 64.25 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 89 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 64.03 | 2008 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 90 | Colombia | 63.97 | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 91 | Aruba | 63.8 | 2011 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 91 | Japan | 63.8 | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 93 | Montenegro | 63.74 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 94 | Maldives | 63.63 | 2019 | up 22.1% | flat |
| 95 | Albania | 63.49 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 63.44 | 2024 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 63.44 | 2020 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 98 | Zambia | 63.24 | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 99 | Brazil | 63.2 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 63.15 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 101 | Lithuania | 63.07 | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 62.84 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 103 | Russia | 62.84 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 104 | Barbados | 62.78 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 105 | Guam | 62.6 | 2011 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 106 | Panama | 62.52 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 107 | Chile | 62.49 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 62.45 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | United States | 62.42 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 62.38 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 62.27 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 112 | Argentina | 62.22 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 61.97 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 114 | Austria | 61.7 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 115 | Germany | 61.67 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Latvia | 61.61 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 117 | Niue | 61.58 | 2022 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 118 | Hungary | 61.5 | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 119 | Mongolia | 61.45 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 120 | El Salvador | 61.39 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 61.22 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 122 | Czechia | 61.01 | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 123 | Finland | 60.87 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 60.71 | 1994 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 125 | Liechtenstein | 60.45 | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 126 | Philippines | 60.44 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 127 | Myanmar | 60.15 | 2020 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 128 | Venezuela | 59.88 | 2020 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 129 | Mexico | 59.47 | 2026 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 130 | Portugal | 59.38 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 59.29 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 132 | Taiwan | 59.14 | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 133 | Serbia | 59.01 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 58.9 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 135 | Namibia | 58.88 | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Poland | 58.72 | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 137 | Slovenia | 58.5 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 138 | Spain | 58.19 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 139 | Honduras | 58.16 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 140 | Netherlands Antilles | 57.88 | 2011 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 141 | Dominica | 57.69 | 2001 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 57.4 | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Mauritius | 57.34 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 144 | Hong Kong | 56.99 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 145 | France | 56.96 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.92 | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 147 | Haiti | 56.9 | 2012 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 148 | Curacao | 56.4 | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 149 | French Polynesia | 56.36 | 2012 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 56.22 | 2020 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 151 | Suriname | 56.12 | 2016 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 152 | Belgium | 55.95 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 55.94 | 2025 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 154 | South Africa | 55.57 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 155 | Pakistan | 55.34 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 156 | India | 55.26 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 157 | Comoros | 55.2 | 2021 | up 24.1% | flat |
| 158 | Bulgaria | 55.13 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 159 | Reunion | 54.9 | 2013 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 54.83 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 161 | Ukraine | 54.64 | 2021 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 162 | Kiribati | 54.59 | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.53 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 164 | Croatia | 54.06 | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Turkey | 53.52 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 166 | French Guiana | 53.35 | 2013 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 167 | Martinique | 53.13 | 2013 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 168 | Congo | 53.1 | 2012 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 169 | Greece | 52.89 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 170 | Guinea | 52.88 | 2019 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 171 | Chad | 52.78 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 52.72 | 2013 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 173 | American Samoa | 52.64 | 2010 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.43 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 51.99 | 2022 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 176 | North Macedonia | 51.93 | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 177 | Tonga | 51.41 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 178 | Romania | 51.39 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 179 | Gambia | 51.27 | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 180 | Guyana | 51.19 | 2021 | — | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 50.95 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 182 | Italy | 49.91 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 49.73 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 184 | Malawi | 49.58 | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 49.53 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 49.51 | 2021 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 187 | Lebanon | 48.89 | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 188 | Egypt | 47.95 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 189 | Sri Lanka | 47.35 | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 190 | East Timor | 46.73 | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 191 | Liberia | 46.71 | 2017 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 192 | Palestine | 45.52 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 193 | Mauritania | 45.47 | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 194 | Tunisia | 45.39 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 195 | Senegal | 44.56 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 196 | Morocco | 44.3 | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 43.94 | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 198 | Puerto Rico | 43.92 | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 199 | Samoa | 43.8 | 2022 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 200 | Syria | 43.4 | 2011 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 201 | Algeria | 41.81 | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 202 | Jordan | 40.82 | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 203 | Iran | 40.71 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 204 | Nepal | 39.91 | 2017 | down 50.3% | flat |
| 205 | Tajikistan | 39.71 | 2016 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 206 | Iraq | 39.66 | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 207 | Kosovo | 37.95 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 208 | Sudan | 37.86 | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 209 | Yemen | 36.25 | 2014 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 210 | Nauru | 35.73 | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 73.41
- World 60.52
- Western Africa 73.37
- G7 60.06
- Eastern Africa 71.62
- Sub-Saharan Africa 70.23
- Arab States: High income 69.96
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 69.01
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 67.36
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: High income 67.06
- Americas: Lower-middle income 66.85
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 66.85
- South-Eastern Asia 66.49
- ASEAN 66.49
- Africa: Low income 66.43
- Africa: Lower-middle income 66.36
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 66.3
- Central Africa 65.7
- Central and Western Asia: High income 65.61
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 64.81
- Africa 64.8
- Eastern Asia 63.94
- APEC 63.86
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 63.76
- CARICOM 63.66
- Asia and the Pacific: High income 63.58
- Pacific Islands 63.48
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 63.38
- South America 63.36
- Eastern Asia: High income 62.94
- World: Low income 62.53
- Latin America and the Caribbean 62.53
- Americas: Upper-middle income 62.39
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 62.39
- Americas 62.15
- World: Upper-middle income 61.88
- Northern Europe 61.85
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 61.63
- Northern America 61.53
- Northern America: High income 61.53
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. 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 Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.