Potential labour force rate by country

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