Potential labour force rate (ILO modelled estimates) 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 potential labour force rate is the potential labour force as a percent of the extended labour force. The potential...
Potential labour force rate: full country ranking
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Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Arab States: Low income 17.73
- Southern Africa 15.06
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Upper-middle income 14.51
- Africa: Upper-middle income 13.44
- CARICOM 12.73
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 11.34
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 10.13
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 9.71
- Arab League 9.63
- Northern Africa 9.55
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 9.54
- Americas: Lower-middle income 9.54
- MENA 9.51
- Arab States 9.17
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 9.1
- Caribbean 8.73
- Central Africa 7.5
- Africa 6.59
- Africa: Lower-middle income 6.5
- World: Low income 6.49
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.13
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 5.98
- Latin America and the Caribbean: High income 5.81
- Arab States: High income 5.72
- Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income 5.56
- Eastern Africa 5.52
- Africa: Low income 5.35
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 5.25
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 5.22
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 5.15
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.97
- South America 4.96
- Southern Europe 4.84
- Western Africa 4.8
- Western Asia 4.8
- Europe and Central Asia: Upper-middle income 4.72
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 4.57
- Americas: Upper-middle income 4.57
- Pacific Islands 4.51
- Central and Western Asia: Upper-middle income 4.48
About this data
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 potential labour force rate is the potential labour force as a percent of the extended labour force. The potential labour force refers to persons not in employment who express an interest in this form of work but for whom existing conditions limit their active job search and/or their availability. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.