Global Rankings: Employment Ratio 15 Plus % (2025)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	86.90
2	Solomon Islands	83.09
3	Madagascar	82.89
4	Tanzania, United Republic of	82.40
5	Cambodia	82.17
6	Nigeria	79.99
7	Niger	79.43
8	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	79.24
9	Uganda	77.83
10	Burundi	77.53
11	United Arab Emirates	76.89
12	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	76.29
13	Benin	75.14
14	Liberia	74.37
15	Eritrea	73.66
16	Mozambique	73.49
17	Iceland	72.21
18	Kuwait	71.77
19	Viet Nam	71.67
20	Moldova, Republic of	71.20
21	Bahrain	69.65
22	Peru	69.13
23	Central African Republic	68.80
24	Singapore	67.71
25	Burkina Faso	67.57
26	Jamaica	67.28
27	Bahamas	66.98
28	Paraguay	66.87
29	New Zealand	66.78
30	Macao	66.25
31	Ethiopia	66.19
32	Thailand	66.16
33	Oman	66.15
34	Timor-Leste	65.91
35	Indonesia	65.77
36	Côte d'Ivoire	65.53
37	Lao People's Democratic Republic	65.30
38	Mali	65.14
39	Netherlands	64.64
40	Kazakhstan	64.54
41	Angola	64.24
42	Australia	63.82
43	Kenya	63.71
44	Cyprus	63.66
45	Malaysia	63.63
46	Switzerland	63.49
47	Israel	63.20
48	Saudi Arabia	63.12
49	Guinea-Bissau	63.08
50	Cameroon	62.82
51	Nicaragua	62.74
52	Bhutan	62.73
53	Korea, Republic of	62.62
54	Norway	62.56
55	Ecuador	62.36
56	Malta	62.13
57	Japan	61.89
58	Ireland	61.84
59	Saint Lucia	61.81
60	China	61.57
61	Dominican Republic	61.54
62	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	61.45
63	Zimbabwe	61.42
64	Denmark	61.34
65	Brunei Darussalam	60.85
66	Panama	60.76
67	Maldives	60.63
68	Belarus	60.63
69	Barbados	60.47
70	Uruguay	60.10
71	Canada	60.06
72	El Salvador	60.06
73	Philippines	59.98
74	Mexico	59.96
75	Azerbaijan	59.83
76	Russian Federation	59.81
77	Estonia	59.71
78	Malawi	59.40
79	Brazil	59.37
80	United States	59.11
81	Sweden	58.98
82	Chad	58.81
83	Guam	58.80
84	Lithuania	58.68
85	Czechia	58.64
86	United Kingdom	58.46
87	Germany	58.32
88	Zambia	58.27
89	Colombia	58.14
90	Guatemala	58.07
91	Hungary	57.84
92	Luxembourg	57.60
93	Argentina	57.49
94	Albania	57.24
95	Slovakia	57.18
96	Ghana	56.78
97	Austria	56.77
98	Chile	56.71
99	Togo	56.69
100	Poland	56.58
101	Bangladesh	56.57
102	Mongolia	56.56
103	Latvia	56.55
104	Georgia	56.53
105	Rwanda	56.45
106	Trinidad and Tobago	55.83
107	Slovenia	55.74
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	55.68
109	Equatorial Guinea	55.47
110	Kyrgyzstan	55.34
111	Mauritius	55.25
112	Vanuatu	55.16
113	Serbia	54.93
114	Uzbekistan	54.84
115	Hong Kong	54.78
116	Portugal	54.58
117	Haiti	54.38
118	Congo	54.34
119	Bulgaria	54.13
120	Fiji	54.10
121	Finland	54.03
122	Belize	53.87
123	Honduras	53.77
124	Costa Rica	53.71
125	Comoros	53.64
126	Myanmar	53.41
127	India	53.31
128	Botswana	51.96
129	Armenia	51.74
130	Sierra Leone	51.69
131	Spain	51.45
132	Cuba	51.34
133	France	51.17
134	Belgium	51.07
135	Papua New Guinea	50.73
136	Senegal	50.60
137	Cabo Verde	50.22
138	New Caledonia	50.12
139	Montenegro	50.10
140	Guinea	49.89
141	Türkiye	49.75
142	Suriname	49.61
143	Croatia	49.53
144	Pakistan	49.50
145	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	49.17
146	Tonga	48.81
147	Guyana	48.41
148	Romania	48.26
149	Virgin Islands, U.S.	48.14
150	Lesotho	47.80
151	Greece	47.52
152	Namibia	47.49
153	Sri Lanka	46.57
154	French Polynesia	46.26
155	Italy	46.15
156	North Macedonia	45.57
157	Gambia	44.36
158	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.58
159	Egypt	41.55
160	Gabon	40.77
161	Samoa	40.41
162	Turkmenistan	40.24
163	Puerto Rico	40.22
164	Morocco	39.99
165	Libya	38.97
166	Tunisia	38.39
167	South Africa	37.58
168	Iran, Islamic Republic of	37.56
169	Mauritania	36.56
170	Algeria	36.04
171	Tajikistan	35.62
172	Nepal	35.14
173	Iraq	35.10
174	Eswatini	33.68
175	Jordan	33.43
176	Afghanistan	32.46
177	Syrian Arab Republic	31.89
178	Somalia	27.43
179	Yemen	27.37
180	Djibouti	23.49
181	Sao Tome and Principe	21.21

About This Indicator

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators