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Persons outside the labour force (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. Persons outside the labour force comprise all persons of working age who, during the specified reference period, were...

Countries reporting
188
Highest
504,987
India
Lowest
25.67
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
2,938
Years covered
38
1990–2027
Data points
10,464

What the numbers show

Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 504,987 in India; the lowest is 25.67 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,938, and the mean is 13,382.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,669.

Over the past decade 162 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 90.5%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (down 20.4%).

Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 504,987 2027 up 8.8% rising
2 China 438,475 2027 up 20.1% rising
3 United States of America 113,208 2027 up 12.2% rising
4 Pakistan 81,158 2027 up 21.5% rising
5 Indonesia 71,005 2027 up 8.6% rising
6 Brazil 64,899 2027 up 14.1% rising
7 Bangladesh 54,305 2027 up 14.9% rising
8 Russian Federation 48,131 2027 up 6.4% rising
9 Egypt 46,914 2027 up 24.7% rising
10 Iran, Islamic Republic of 44,188 2027 up 22.5% rising
11 Mexico 39,559 2027 up 10.6% rising
12 Japan 39,428 2027 down 10.2% rising
13 Philippines 34,144 2027 up 14.2% rising
14 Türkiye 31,966 2027 up 6.4% rising
15 Germany 28,912 2027 up 2.2% flat
16 Ethiopia 27,703 2027 up 71.9% volatile
17 Italy 26,763 2027 up 1.3% rising
18 Nigeria 26,298 2027 up 22.5% rising
19 France 26,184 2027 up 6.3% rising
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23,407 2027 up 40.8% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22,956 2027 up 12.3% rising
22 Viet Nam 22,535 2027 up 37.4% rising
23 South Africa 21,899 2027 up 18.6% rising
24 Thailand 21,068 2027 up 10.3% rising
25 Algeria 20,737 2027 up 23.1% rising
26 Myanmar 19,070 2027 up 30.6% rising
27 Iraq 18,700 2027 up 35.7% rising
28 Spain 18,297 2027 up 9.2% rising
29 Sudan 18,230 2022 up 70.7% rising
30 Yemen 17,521 2027 up 34.2% rising
31 Ukraine 17,051 2021 down 1.9% flat
32 Afghanistan 16,870 2027 up 64.2% rising
33 Republic of Korea 16,840 2027 up 1.4% rising
34 Morocco 16,663 2027 up 19.2% rising
35 Colombia 16,119 2027 up 28.5% rising
36 Argentina 14,062 2027 up 2.2% rising
37 Poland 13,761 2027 down 0.0% rising
38 Nepal 13,159 2027 up 15.1% rising
39 Kenya 12,640 2027 up 57.3% rising
40 Canada 12,516 2027 up 18.6% rising
41 Syrian Arab Republic 12,499 2027 up 72.1% rising
42 Uzbekistan 11,288 2027 up 14.4% rising
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10,601 2027 up 19.8% rising
44 Ghana 10,046 2027 up 63.3% rising
45 Malaysia 9,933 2027 up 17.9% rising
46 Saudi Arabia 9,626 2027 up 1.9% rising
47 Sri Lanka 9,557 2027 up 24.1% rising
48 Taiwan, China 8,300 2027 down 1.7% rising
49 Romania 7,727 2027 down 3.2% falling
50 Australia 7,698 2027 up 10.4% rising
51 Somalia 7,448 2027 up 44.1% rising
52 Peru 7,357 2027 up 39.6% rising
53 Tanzania, United Republic of 7,078 2027 up 40.6% rising
54 Côte d'Ivoire 6,814 2027 up 30.6% rising
55 Cameroon 6,613 2027 up 56.6% volatile
56 Chile 6,361 2027 up 14.7% rising
57 Uganda 6,201 2027 up 2.9% rising
58 Senegal 5,970 2027 up 22.7% rising
59 Angola 5,934 2027 up 47.0% rising
60 Guatemala 5,465 2027 up 30.7% rising
61 Malawi 5,403 2027 up 48.1% volatile
62 Tunisia 5,351 2027 up 16.6% rising
63 Zambia 5,276 2027 up 31.6% rising
64 Netherlands 5,256 2027 up 7.0% rising
65 Ecuador 5,107 2027 up 32.8% rising
66 Jordan 5,028 2027 up 24.7% rising
67 Kazakhstan 4,911 2027 up 23.7% rising
68 Chad 4,890 2027 up 53.6% volatile
69 Mali 4,863 2027 up 52.7% rising
70 Belgium 4,634 2027 up 5.1% rising
71 Mozambique 4,555 2027 up 41.1% rising
72 Burkina Faso 4,549 2027 up 90.5% volatile
73 Cuba 4,524 2027 up 8.1% rising
74 Guinea 4,523 2027 up 39.8% rising
75 Tajikistan 4,491 2027 up 26.8% rising
76 Greece 4,203 2027 down 6.8% flat
77 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3,871 2027 up 3.9% rising
78 Portugal 3,857 2027 up 5.5% rising
79 Czechia 3,602 2027 up 1.4% rising
80 Papua New Guinea 3,593 2027 up 22.6% rising
81 Rwanda 3,493 2027 up 21.7% rising
82 Honduras 3,481 2027 up 53.6% rising
83 Zimbabwe 3,470 2027 up 21.4% rising
84 Niger 3,243 2027 up 9.0% rising
85 Hungary 3,234 2027 down 8.3% falling
86 Sweden 3,218 2027 up 9.1% rising
87 Austria 3,191 2027 up 7.7% rising
88 Azerbaijan 3,186 2027 up 20.2% rising
89 Turkmenistan 3,183 2027 up 23.1% rising
90 Haiti 3,079 2027 up 25.8% rising
91 Madagascar 3,056 2027 up 35.2% rising
92 Dominican Republic 3,042 2027 up 6.0% rising
93 Libya 2,990 2027 up 26.2% rising
94 Hong Kong, China 2,981 2027 up 14.5% rising
95 Belarus 2,894 2027 up 3.0% falling
96 Sierra Leone 2,724 2027 up 38.1% rising
97 Togo 2,637 2027 up 32.8% rising
98 Switzerland 2,628 2027 up 16.1% rising
99 Bulgaria 2,513 2027 down 7.2% falling
100 Israel 2,476 2027 up 19.6% rising
101 Lebanon 2,394 2023 up 4.2% rising
102 Serbia 2,317 2027 down 17.7% falling
103 Cambodia 2,282 2027 up 11.8% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 2,217 2027 up 21.9% rising
105 Benin 2,171 2027 up 23.6% rising
106 United Arab Emirates 2,103 2027 up 28.8% rising
107 Finland 1,973 2027 up 3.4% rising
108 Mauritania 1,944 2027 up 40.5% rising
109 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,934 2027 up 1.6% rising
110 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1,928 2027 down 20.4% rising
111 Burundi 1,918 2027 up 60.9% rising
112 Slovakia 1,867 2027 up 1.4% rising
113 El Salvador 1,847 2027 down 0.0% rising
114 South Sudan 1,837 2023 up 7.0% rising
115 Costa Rica 1,820 2027 up 17.9% rising
116 Denmark 1,809 2027 down 1.4% rising
117 Palestine, State of 1,789 2022 up 23.5% rising
118 Nicaragua 1,766 2027 up 17.7% rising
119 Norway 1,675 2027 up 12.5% rising
120 Puerto Rico 1,634 2027 down 7.4% rising
121 Croatia 1,592 2027 down 6.1% flat
122 Ireland 1,590 2027 up 9.8% rising
123 Singapore 1,546 2027 up 1.4% rising
124 Paraguay 1,542 2027 up 19.4% rising
125 Oman 1,407 2027 up 36.2% rising
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,391 2027 down 6.8% flat
127 Congo 1,338 2027 up 35.6% rising
128 New Zealand 1,323 2027 up 15.6% rising
129 Panama 1,207 2027 up 18.8% rising
130 Kuwait 1,147 2027 up 31.9% rising
131 Georgia 1,089 2027 up 5.4% rising
132 Mongolia 1,046 2027 up 19.4% rising
133 Armenia 990.16 2027 up 10.8% rising
134 Uruguay 982.08 2027 up 1.9% flat
135 Gambia 953 2027 up 36.8% rising
136 Lithuania 897.69 2027 down 5.3% falling
137 Liberia 869.28 2027 up 34.2% rising
138 Gabon 860.75 2027 up 28.6% rising
139 Namibia 849 2027 up 32.6% rising
140 Central African Republic 819.77 2027 up 26.2% rising
141 Albania 811.68 2027 down 18.3% rising
142 Slovenia 787.38 2027 up 8.4% rising
143 North Macedonia 732.75 2027 down 2.3% rising
144 Jamaica 706.47 2027 down 6.0% rising
145 Lesotho 700.48 2027 up 28.6% rising
146 Republic of Moldova 654.38 2027 down 20.0% falling
147 Latvia 622.79 2027 down 3.1% falling
148 Djibouti 596.38 2027 up 24.3% rising
149 Botswana 556.18 2027 down 0.2% rising
150 Trinidad and Tobago 542.09 2027 up 21.0% rising
151 Equatorial Guinea 518.27 2027 up 38.9% rising
152 Guinea-Bissau 515.93 2027 up 27.3% rising
153 Eritrea 513.98 2027 up 33.7% rising
154 Mauritius 452.14 2027 up 6.4% rising
155 Eswatini 424.77 2027 up 16.5% rising
156 Bahrain 417.9 2027 up 27.3% rising
157 Estonia 401.06 2027 down 1.1% falling
158 Cyprus 393.2 2027 up 4.7% rising
159 Qatar 364.97 2027 up 25.0% volatile
160 Timor-Leste 321 2027 up 25.1% rising
161 Fiji 297.87 2027 up 7.7% rising
162 Guyana 273.96 2027 up 14.8% rising
163 Comoros 254.63 2027 up 9.2% rising
164 Bhutan 230.14 2027 up 10.5% rising
165 Luxembourg 229.58 2027 up 11.3% rising
166 Suriname 226.13 2027 up 20.4% rising
167 Montenegro 218.61 2027 down 8.7% falling
168 Macau, China 208.94 2027 up 23.9% rising
169 Western Sahara 207.05 2027 up 28.4% rising
170 Cape Verde 176.12 2027 up 17.5% rising
171 Malta 176 2027 up 3.3% rising
172 Maldives 158.21 2027 up 9.1% rising
173 Brunei Darussalam 137.72 2027 up 18.3% rising
174 Belize 132.08 2027 up 41.4% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 121.13 2027 up 31.1% rising
176 French Polynesia 113.73 2027 up 19.8% rising
177 New Caledonia 105.69 2027 up 22.2% rising
178 Vanuatu 92.9 2027 up 36.0% volatile
179 Bahamas 90.21 2027 up 12.6% rising
180 Solomon Islands 88.64 2027 up 36.0% rising
181 Iceland 85.79 2027 up 34.3% rising
182 Barbados 84.47 2027 up 9.6% rising
183 Samoa 81.83 2027 up 41.5% rising
184 Guam 48.18 2027 up 5.5% rising
185 Saint Lucia 47.6 2027 up 10.0% rising
186 Tonga 34.57 2027 up 13.0% rising
187 United States Virgin Islands 31.66 2027 down 0.3% rising
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.67 2027 down 3.9% falling

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Indicator
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
276 places, 10,464 data points, 1990–2027
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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. Persons outside the labour force comprise all persons of working age who, during the specified reference period, were not in the labour force (that is, were not employed or unemployed). For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.