Employment by status by country
Share of people in employment working as employees, as a percentage of total employment.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
99.2%
Qatar
Lowest
8.5%
Chad
Median
67.9%
Years covered
34
1991–2024
Data points
6,257
What the numbers show
Employment by status is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 99.2% in Qatar; the lowest is 8.5% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.9%, and the mean is 61.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 38.5%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 12.5%).
Employment by status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Bahrain | 97.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 96.9% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 4 | Norway | 95.1% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Oman | 95.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 94.9% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 94.4% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | United States | 93.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Russia | 93.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 93.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Macao | 92.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Brunei | 92.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 92.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 14 | Denmark | 92.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Germany | 91.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 16 | United States Virgin Islands | 90.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 90.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cyprus | 90.1% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 89.7% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Jordan | 88.7% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 88.6% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Lithuania | 88.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 88.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 88.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 87.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | Austria | 87.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 87.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 87.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Singapore | 87.2% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 31 | Canada | 87.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 32 | Croatia | 86.9% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 86.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 34 | France | 86.7% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 35 | Iceland | 86.7% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 37 | Latvia | 86.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Slovenia | 85.9% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 85.5% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 85.3% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 85.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | Spain | 85.3% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 44 | Slovakia | 85.1% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 45 | Guam | 84.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Czechia | 84.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 47 | Australia | 83.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 83.2% | 2024 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 49 | Netherlands | 83.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 50 | Switzerland | 83.2% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 51 | South Africa | 83.0% | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 52 | New Caledonia | 83.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 53 | Bahamas | 82.9% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 82.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 55 | Mauritius | 81.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 81.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 81.4% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 81.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 59 | Taiwan | 80.8% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Barbados | 80.2% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 61 | Maldives | 79.7% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 79.0% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 63 | Italy | 78.8% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.6% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 65 | Suriname | 77.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 66 | South Korea | 77.1% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 67 | Palestine | 76.2% | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 76.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | Cuba | 75.1% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 70 | Tunisia | 75.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Malaysia | 74.5% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.3% | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 73 | Argentina | 74.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.1% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 73.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 76 | Libya | 73.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 73.2% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 73.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 79 | Egypt | 72.9% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 72.8% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.7% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 71.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 83 | Botswana | 71.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 84 | Lebanon | 71.6% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 85 | Turkey | 71.2% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 86 | Algeria | 69.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 87 | Eswatini | 69.6% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 88 | Brazil | 69.5% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 69.3% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 69.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.0% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 68.5% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 93 | Iraq | 68.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 68.4% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 67.9% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 96 | Gabon | 67.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 65.7% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 65.6% | 2024 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 99 | Belize | 64.7% | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 100 | Jamaica | 64.2% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 101 | El Salvador | 64.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 102 | Philippines | 63.5% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 103 | Western Sahara | 63.4% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 63.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | China | 61.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 106 | Lesotho | 61.4% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 61.1% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Guatemala | 60.7% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 109 | Venezuela | 59.7% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 110 | Morocco | 59.6% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 111 | Panama | 59.4% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 112 | Rwanda | 59.1% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mongolia | 58.4% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 58.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 115 | Tonga | 57.9% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 57.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 57.8% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 118 | Syria | 57.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Iran | 56.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.9% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 121 | Honduras | 55.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 55.5% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 123 | Samoa | 55.3% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 54.3% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 125 | Colombia | 54.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 126 | Sudan | 53.5% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 53.4% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 128 | Albania | 49.4% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 129 | Thailand | 49.2% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 130 | Djibouti | 48.7% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 131 | Peru | 48.3% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 132 | Somalia | 47.7% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Ecuador | 47.6% | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 134 | Eritrea | 47.4% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 135 | Indonesia | 46.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 136 | Vietnam | 46.2% | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 44.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 138 | Pakistan | 42.8% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 42.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 140 | Comoros | 42.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 141 | Moldova | 41.3% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 39.4% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 143 | Malawi | 38.7% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 38.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 145 | North Korea | 37.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 146 | Senegal | 35.3% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 147 | Kenya | 35.1% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 148 | Myanmar | 34.5% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 149 | Bolivia | 33.5% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 32.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 151 | Ghana | 32.1% | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 152 | Gambia | 31.0% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 153 | Cameroon | 30.4% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 30.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 29.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.7% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 24.9% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 158 | India | 24.6% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.3% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 160 | Angola | 24.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 161 | Haiti | 23.2% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 162 | Mali | 23.1% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 23.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 164 | Togo | 23.0% | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 165 | Laos | 22.6% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 166 | Liberia | 21.4% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 21.2% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 21.2% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | 19.8% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 170 | Uganda | 19.3% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea | 17.8% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 172 | South Sudan | 17.5% | 2023 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 17.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 16.6% | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 15.4% | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 176 | Burundi | 15.1% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 177 | Zambia | 15.0% | 2004 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 179 | Mozambique | 14.5% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 14.5% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 181 | Tanzania | 14.5% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 182 | Nigeria | 13.6% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 183 | Madagascar | 11.5% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 11.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 185 | Niger | 10.3% | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 186 | Chad | 8.5% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
About this data
Share of people in employment working as employees, as a percentage of total employment.