Labor Force Participation % — 2023

Top Country
Qatar
87.55 %
Countries Ranked
183
World Bank data
Data Year
2023
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Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Labor Force Participation

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 Qatar 87.55 %
2 Madagascar 85.47 %
3 Solomon Islands 84.28 %
4 Tanzania, United Republic of 83.77 %
5 Nigeria 82.56 %
6 Cambodia 82.35 %
7 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 82.16 %
8 Uganda 80.00 %
9 Niger 79.56 %
10 Mozambique 78.81 %
11 Burundi 78.80 %
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 78.38 %
13 United Arab Emirates 78.37 %
14 Eritrea 78.35 %
15 Liberia 76.65 %
16 Benin 76.27 %
17 Angola 74.89 %
18 Iceland 74.75 %
19 Bahamas 74.13 %
20 Kuwait 73.97 %
21 Viet Nam 73.55 %
22 Central African Republic 73.42 %
23 South Sudan 73.41 %
24 Peru 72.69 %
25 New Zealand 71.50 %
26 Burkina Faso 71.19 %
27 Moldova, Republic of 70.79 %
28 Paraguay 70.75 %
29 Bahrain 70.70 %
30 Kazakhstan 70.40 %
31 Jamaica 69.47 %
32 Singapore 69.39 %
33 Saint Lucia 68.56 %
34 Ethiopia 68.46 %
35 Oman 68.33 %
36 Botswana 68.28 %
37 Macao 67.97 %
38 Cyprus 67.94 %
39 Indonesia 67.90 %
40 Congo 67.90 %
41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67.86 %
42 Thailand 67.81 %
43 Zimbabwe 67.79 %
44 Netherlands 67.72 %
45 Kenya 67.46 %
46 Switzerland 67.45 %
47 Mali 67.21 %
48 Côte d'Ivoire 67.13 %
49 Australia 67.02 %
50 Timor-Leste 66.58 %
51 Ireland 66.18 %
52 Malaysia 66.18 %
53 Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.99 %
54 Norway 65.94 %
55 Nicaragua 65.89 %
56 China 65.83 %
57 Estonia 65.60 %
58 Cameroon 65.55 %
59 Canada 65.36 %
60 Saudi Arabia 65.34 %
61 Panama 65.14 %
62 Israel 65.06 %
63 Barbados 65.02 %
64 Bhutan 64.99 %
65 Sweden 64.93 %
66 Guinea-Bissau 64.80 %
67 Brunei Darussalam 64.73 %
68 Uruguay 64.58 %
69 Ecuador 64.49 %
70 Haiti 64.49 %
71 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 64.40 %
72 Azerbaijan 64.34 %
73 Malta 64.28 %
74 Dominican Republic 64.28 %
75 Korea, Republic of 64.27 %
76 Georgia 64.04 %
77 Albania 63.88 %
78 Denmark 63.75 %
79 Colombia 63.74 %
80 Rwanda 63.66 %
81 Belarus 63.57 %
82 Maldives 63.33 %
83 Malawi 63.00 %
84 Brazil 62.91 %
85 Japan 62.90 %
86 Lithuania 62.89 %
87 Argentina 62.29 %
88 Guam 62.24 %
89 Russian Federation 62.13 %
90 United States 62.08 %
91 Zambia 61.96 %
92 United Kingdom 61.81 %
93 Mexico 61.74 %
94 El Salvador 61.56 %
95 Luxembourg 61.54 %
96 Chile 61.52 %
97 Philippines 61.42 %
98 Slovakia 61.17 %
99 Equatorial Guinea 61.14 %
100 Germany 61.05 %
101 Latvia 60.98 %
102 Bangladesh 60.88 %
103 Austria 60.85 %
104 Mongolia 60.83 %
105 Hungary 60.61 %
106 Czechia 60.43 %
107 Finland 60.27 %
108 Armenia 59.99 %
109 Chad 59.70 %
110 Guatemala 59.59 %
111 Trinidad and Tobago 59.27 %
112 Poland 59.23 %
113 Ghana 59.07 %
114 Mauritius 59.00 %
115 Namibia 58.90 %
116 Montenegro 58.56 %
117 Portugal 58.55 %
118 Vanuatu 58.40 %
119 Serbia 58.09 %
120 Slovenia 58.06 %
121 Togo 57.92 %
122 Uzbekistan 57.74 %
123 Belize 57.62 %
124 Spain 57.59 %
125 Lesotho 57.46 %
126 New Caledonia 57.25 %
127 Hong Kong 57.22 %
128 Fiji 57.20 %
129 Cabo Verde 57.12 %
130 Kyrgyzstan 56.92 %
131 Bulgaria 56.90 %
132 Costa Rica 56.83 %
133 Honduras 56.48 %
134 France 55.94 %
135 Comoros 55.42 %
136 Myanmar 55.19 %
137 South Africa 55.02 %
138 Guyana 54.70 %
139 India 54.70 %
140 Virgin Islands, U.S. 54.56 %
141 Belgium 54.41 %
142 Sierra Leone 53.63 %
143 Suriname 53.58 %
144 French Polynesia 53.35 %
145 Türkiye 53.31 %
146 Cuba 53.16 %
147 Guinea 52.81 %
148 Pakistan 52.37 %
149 Croatia 52.26 %
150 Papua New Guinea 51.96 %
151 Senegal 51.88 %
152 Greece 51.80 %
153 North Macedonia 51.75 %
154 Romania 51.74 %
155 Gabon 51.50 %
156 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.37 %
157 Eswatini 51.22 %
158 Tonga 50.60 %
159 Italy 49.80 %
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.43 %
161 Libya 48.51 %
162 Gambia 47.55 %
163 Sri Lanka 47.40 %
164 Tunisia 45.78 %
165 Egypt 44.67 %
166 Morocco 44.22 %
167 Samoa 43.44 %
168 Lebanon 43.42 %
169 Puerto Rico 42.13 %
170 Turkmenistan 41.99 %
171 Iraq 41.63 %
172 Iran, Islamic Republic of 41.52 %
173 Algeria 41.51 %
174 Mauritania 40.93 %
175 Jordan 40.12 %
176 Nepal 39.38 %
177 Tajikistan 38.09 %
178 Afghanistan 37.59 %
179 Syrian Arab Republic 37.13 %
180 Somalia 33.91 %
181 Yemen 33.11 %
182 Djibouti 31.77 %
183 Sao Tome and Principe 23.45 %
About This Indicator

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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