Male labor participation rate by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
95.56
Qatar
Lowest
23.95
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
69.79
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
6,682
What the numbers show
Male labor participation rate is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 95.56 in Qatar; the lowest is 23.95 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 69.79, and the mean is 69.83.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 14.7%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 19.5%).
Male labor participation rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.56 | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 91.55 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 88.56 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | Oman | 88.1 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 5 | Madagascar | 88.09 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 6 | Cambodia | 87.82 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 7 | Tanzania | 87.31 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | North Korea | 86.76 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Niger | 86.5 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 86.19 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Bahrain | 85.87 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Uganda | 84.64 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 84.44 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 84.3 | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 15 | Eritrea | 84.15 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 83.33 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 82.76 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Indonesia | 82.28 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 81.76 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Guatemala | 81.71 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | Paraguay | 81.61 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 22 | Liberia | 81.23 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 81.02 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 24 | Peru | 80.87 | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | Mozambique | 80.52 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 80.4 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 27 | Pakistan | 80.14 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 28 | Iceland | 79.61 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 29 | Malaysia | 79.21 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 78.64 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 31 | Panama | 77.86 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 32 | India | 77.62 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 33 | Benin | 77.56 | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 34 | Angola | 77.47 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 35 | Vietnam | 77.33 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 36 | El Salvador | 77.27 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 37 | Bahamas | 77.2 | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 38 | Mexico | 77.11 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 76.97 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 40 | Ecuador | 76.87 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 41 | South Sudan | 76.64 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 42 | Fiji | 76.54 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 43 | Maldives | 76.43 | 2025 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 76.36 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Jamaica | 76.34 | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.28 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 76.14 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 75.69 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 49 | Singapore | 75.37 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 74.98 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 74.78 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 74.74 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 74.41 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 74.26 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Botswana | 73.98 | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 56 | Cameroon | 73.94 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 73.93 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Macao | 73.61 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 73.54 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 60 | Georgia | 73.49 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 61 | Uruguay | 73.4 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 73.37 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 63 | Brazil | 73.37 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 64 | Brunei | 72.8 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Cyprus | 72.67 | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 66 | Iraq | 72.58 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 72.46 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 68 | East Timor | 72.25 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 69 | Moldova | 72.24 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Palestine | 72.09 | 2022 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 71 | South Korea | 72 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 72 | Chile | 71.93 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 73 | Netherlands | 71.89 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 74 | Turkey | 71.89 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 75 | Kenya | 71.85 | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 76 | Bhutan | 71.78 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 77 | Chad | 71.72 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 78 | Argentina | 71.66 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 79 | Belize | 71.64 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 80 | Malta | 71.55 | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 81 | Japan | 71.48 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.4 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 83 | Switzerland | 71.38 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 84 | Australia | 70.69 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 70.63 | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 86 | Rwanda | 70.61 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 87 | Egypt | 70.51 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 88 | Albania | 70.22 | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 89 | Ireland | 70.11 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 70.1 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 91 | Belarus | 69.86 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | China | 69.85 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 93 | Estonia | 69.82 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 69.76 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 69.76 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 96 | Haiti | 69.74 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 97 | Mauritius | 69.67 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 98 | Myanmar | 69.66 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.58 | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 100 | Armenia | 69.52 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 101 | Denmark | 69.18 | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 102 | Norway | 69.09 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 103 | Russia | 69.03 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 104 | Lithuania | 68.95 | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 105 | Canada | 68.94 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 106 | Israel | 68.8 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 107 | Barbados | 68.75 | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | Mongolia | 68.22 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.1 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 110 | Morocco | 68.06 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 111 | Guam | 67.95 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 67.77 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 113 | Sweden | 67.63 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 114 | Zambia | 67.63 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 115 | Venezuela | 67.52 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 116 | Czechia | 67.52 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 117 | Hungary | 67.51 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 118 | Malawi | 67.34 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.24 | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 120 | Iran | 67.24 | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 121 | United States | 67.06 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 66.92 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 66.85 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 124 | Latvia | 66.84 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 125 | Lebanon | 66.72 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 126 | Serbia | 66.53 | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 127 | Algeria | 66.41 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 128 | Slovakia | 66.08 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 129 | Germany | 66.05 | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 66.02 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 131 | Senegal | 65.71 | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 132 | United Kingdom | 65.6 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 133 | Poland | 65.59 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 65.5 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 135 | Montenegro | 65.44 | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 136 | Austria | 65.42 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 137 | Cuba | 65.07 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 64.86 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 139 | Comoros | 63.88 | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 63.4 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 141 | Guyana | 63.32 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea | 63.1 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 143 | Namibia | 63.04 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 144 | Finland | 62.98 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 62.95 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 146 | Suriname | 62.87 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 147 | Ukraine | 62.83 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 148 | Slovenia | 62.81 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 149 | Libya | 62.55 | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 150 | Jordan | 62.47 | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 62.36 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 152 | Spain | 62.23 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 153 | Portugal | 62.13 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 154 | Hong Kong | 62.07 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 62.01 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 156 | Ghana | 61.84 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 61.84 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 158 | South Africa | 61.74 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 159 | Romania | 61.68 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 160 | Sudan | 61.65 | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 161 | Syria | 61.45 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 162 | Yemen | 61.23 | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 163 | Gabon | 60.13 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.98 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 165 | Greece | 59.86 | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 166 | France | 59.55 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 167 | Togo | 59.04 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 168 | Tonga | 58.98 | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 169 | Belgium | 58.95 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 170 | Italy | 58.3 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 58.04 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 172 | Croatia | 57.36 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritania | 56.61 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 56.18 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 55.78 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 55.17 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 177 | Samoa | 54.5 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 178 | Eswatini | 54.03 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 53.26 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 180 | Nepal | 52.9 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 181 | Puerto Rico | 49.6 | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 182 | Gambia | 49.51 | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 183 | Somalia | 47.24 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 46.1 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 44.55 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.95 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |