Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
6.47 % change on previous year
South Sudan
Lowest
-0.868 % change on previous year
Republic of Moldova
Median
1.71 % change on previous year
Years covered
37
1991–2027
Data points
10,188
What the numbers show
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 6.47 % change on previous year in South Sudan; the lowest is -0.868 % change on previous year in Republic of Moldova.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.71 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.79 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Korea (up 13,554.4%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 146.7%).
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 6.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 4.59 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 4.45 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 319.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 4.27 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Malawi | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 3.89 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 3.87 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 628.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Angola | 3.82 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Cameroon | 3.78 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.72 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.69 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 3.67 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.65 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 128.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Somalia | 3.6 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Mauritania | 3.5 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 3.5 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 3.49 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 3.46 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 19 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.35 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Niger | 3.32 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Ghana | 3.32 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 22 | Congo | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 3.27 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 3.26 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 3.23 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Liberia | 3.21 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Oman | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 3.16 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Gabon | 3.14 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Iraq | 3.1 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 3.1 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 2,007.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Yemen | 3.08 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 3.06 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 3.06 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.05 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Uganda | 3.01 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 3.01 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 2.89 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 343.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 42 | Togo | 2.8 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 2.79 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 1,070.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Benin | 2.77 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 79.0% | falling |
| 45 | Senegal | 2.74 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 2.73 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Qatar | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Algeria | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 2.62 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.6 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 51 | Eritrea | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Madagascar | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 43.6% | flat |
| 53 | Namibia | 2.56 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Bahrain | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 2.51 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Western Sahara | 2.46 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 57 | Samoa | 2.45 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Lesotho | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 61 | Macau, China | 2.38 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 2.31 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.27 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 2.18 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Honduras | 2.15 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 1,955.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 2.15 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 70 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 73 | Kuwait | 1.99 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Iceland | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Ireland | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 400.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Philippines | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 1.81 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Australia | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 68.2% | falling |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 83 | China | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Switzerland | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Djibouti | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 88 | Haiti | 1.77 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 89 | Belize | 1.77 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Bahamas | 1.76 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 201.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Cyprus | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 644.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Tunisia | 1.73 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 94 | New Zealand | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 306.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Comoros | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 424.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Eswatini | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Canada | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Morocco | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 100 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 1.58 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 183.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 681.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Hong Kong, China | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 503.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Thailand | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Bhutan | 1.5 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 107 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Cambodia | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Norway | 1.44 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Colombia | 1.44 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Mexico | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.41 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Netherlands | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 326.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Malta | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 266.1% | volatile |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Spain | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Brazil | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Peru | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 127.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 122 | United States of America | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 123 | India | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Guyana | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 126 | South Africa | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 278.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Indonesia | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 595.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Sweden | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 307.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Austria | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovakia | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 307.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Belgium | 1.12 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 3,583.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Lebanon | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 135 | France | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 572.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0.994 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Barbados | 0.9911 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 367.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Guam | 0.9766 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 525.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Republic of Korea | 0.9719 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 13,554.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.9714 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 143 | Tonga | 0.9696 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.962 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 546.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Myanmar | 0.962 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Argentina | 0.9563 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 0.9118 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9059 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 145.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Fiji | 0.9024 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Chile | 0.8891 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 187.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Denmark | 0.8689 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Germany | 0.7713 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 311.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Finland | 0.7507 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 1,439.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Poland | 0.7306 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 203.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Portugal | 0.6916 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 156 | El Salvador | 0.6847 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6745 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 226.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Türkiye | 0.6505 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 120.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Maldives | 0.6246 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Czechia | 0.6045 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 181.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Estonia | 0.5937 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Italy | 0.5247 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Uruguay | 0.4631 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Greece | 0.4517 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 516.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Georgia | 0.4074 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 0.3524 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 333.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.3313 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Mauritius | 0.3006 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 551.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Ukraine | 0.2994 % change on previous year | 2021 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 0.2802 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Latvia | 0.2668 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Montenegro | 0.2357 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 165.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Lithuania | 0.2071 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Croatia | 0.0969 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Jamaica | 0.0404 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Taiwan, China | -0.0496 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Palestine, State of | -0.072 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Bulgaria | -0.1815 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.2145 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Hungary | -0.2517 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | -0.309 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | -0.333 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Serbia | -0.5542 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Japan | -0.6238 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 185 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.6871 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | -0.7306 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 146.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Albania | -0.7582 % change on previous year | 2027 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Republic of Moldova | -0.868 % change on previous year | 2027 | down 126.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Africa 3.66 % change on previous year
- Chagai 1.55 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Low income 3.32 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 3.31 % change on previous year
- Africa: Low income 3.3 % change on previous year
- World: Low income 3.26 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 3.18 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 3.16 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 3.1 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.04 % change on previous year
- Arab States 2.93 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 2.89 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.83 % change on previous year
- Africa: Lower-middle income 2.71 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 2.67 % change on previous year
- Arab League 2.64 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 2.58 % change on previous year
- MENA 2.46 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 2.39 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 2.26 % change on previous year
- Europe and Central Asia: Lower-middle income 2.25 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: Lower-middle income 2.25 % change on previous year
- Arab States: High income 2.16 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 2.14 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 2.05 % change on previous year
- Africa: Upper-middle income 1.99 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 1.98 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 1.88 % change on previous year
- Pacific Islands 1.86 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 1.8 % change on previous year
- World excluding BRICS 1.75 % change on previous year
- World excluding India and China 1.75 % change on previous year
- Americas: Lower-middle income 1.74 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 1.74 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: High income 1.74 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income 1.74 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 1.72 % change on previous year
- World 1.66 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 1.61 % change on previous year
- World: Upper-middle income 1.6 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) International Labour Organization
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.