Employment Ratio 15 Plus % — 2025

Top Country
Qatar
86.90 %
Countries Ranked
181
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Data Year
2025
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Top 20 — Employment Ratio 15 Plus

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Rank Country Value Bar
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.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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