Global Rankings: Labor Force Participation % (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	87.22
2	Madagascar	85.47
3	Solomon Islands	84.28
4	Tanzania, United Republic of	83.75
5	Nigeria	82.57
6	Cambodia	82.37
7	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	82.16
8	Uganda	79.97
9	Niger	79.56
10	Mozambique	78.78
11	Burundi	78.49
12	United Arab Emirates	78.48
13	Eritrea	78.34
14	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	78.33
15	Liberia	76.61
16	Benin	76.27
17	Iceland	75.15
18	Angola	74.88
19	Bahamas	74.00
20	Kuwait	73.56
21	Central African Republic	73.42
22	Viet Nam	73.13
23	Peru	72.81
24	Moldova, Republic of	72.16
25	Kazakhstan	70.59
26	Bahrain	70.57
27	New Zealand	70.55
28	Paraguay	70.27
29	Burkina Faso	70.06
30	Jamaica	69.44
31	Singapore	69.20
32	Botswana	68.57
33	Ethiopia	68.47
34	Oman	68.29
35	Macao	68.28
36	Saint Lucia	68.23
37	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.04
38	Indonesia	67.93
39	Congo	67.85
40	Zimbabwe	67.72
41	Netherlands	67.46
42	Kenya	67.42
43	Cyprus	67.19
44	Mali	67.17
45	Thailand	67.13
46	Côte d'Ivoire	67.11
47	Switzerland	67.10
48	Timor-Leste	66.76
49	Australia	66.72
50	Panama	66.32
51	Malaysia	66.11
52	Nicaragua	66.03
53	Lao People's Democratic Republic	65.99
54	Norway	65.83
55	Cameroon	65.53
56	Israel	65.49
57	Estonia	65.45
58	Saudi Arabia	65.20
59	Denmark	65.05
60	Uruguay	65.02
61	Ireland	65.01
62	Barbados	64.97
63	China	64.91
64	Bhutan	64.90
65	Guinea-Bissau	64.75
66	Canada	64.74
67	Sweden	64.73
68	Dominican Republic	64.65
69	Ecuador	64.54
70	Brunei Darussalam	64.51
71	Korea, Republic of	64.47
72	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	64.41
73	Georgia	64.34
74	Malta	64.16
75	Albania	64.01
76	Haiti	63.97
77	Azerbaijan	63.90
78	Colombia	63.53
79	Rwanda	63.52
80	Brazil	63.34
81	Japan	63.30
82	Belarus	63.26
83	Maldives	63.20
84	Lithuania	63.10
85	Malawi	62.93
86	Chile	62.30
87	Guam	62.27
88	United States	61.96
89	El Salvador	61.92
90	Zambia	61.90
91	Argentina	61.86
92	Russian Federation	61.82
93	Luxembourg	61.76
94	Mexico	61.63
95	United Kingdom	61.56
96	Philippines	61.40
97	Germany	60.92
98	Equatorial Guinea	60.91
99	Latvia	60.84
100	Slovakia	60.80
101	Hungary	60.66
102	Czechia	60.62
103	Austria	60.51
104	Mongolia	60.31
105	Armenia	59.92
106	Finland	59.85
107	Guatemala	59.70
108	Chad	59.59
109	Serbia	59.16
110	Ghana	59.06
111	Bangladesh	58.90
112	Namibia	58.87
113	Mauritius	58.66
114	Poland	58.66
115	Portugal	58.44
116	Vanuatu	58.34
117	Montenegro	58.23
118	Trinidad and Tobago	58.15
119	Slovenia	57.95
120	Togo	57.89
121	Spain	57.84
122	Uzbekistan	57.70
123	Costa Rica	57.69
124	Kyrgyzstan	57.48
125	Lesotho	57.42
126	Fiji	57.22
127	Cabo Verde	57.03
128	New Caledonia	56.88
129	Belize	56.85
130	Hong Kong	56.84
131	Honduras	56.59
132	Bulgaria	56.27
133	France	55.66
134	India	55.64
135	South Africa	55.57
136	Comoros	55.39
137	Guyana	55.14
138	Myanmar	55.13
139	Belgium	54.54
140	Virgin Islands, U.S.	54.47
141	Türkiye	54.20
142	Suriname	53.84
143	Sierra Leone	53.58
144	French Polynesia	52.80
145	Guinea	52.79
146	Cuba	52.63
147	Croatia	52.36
148	Greece	52.33
149	Pakistan	52.31
150	North Macedonia	52.20
151	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	52.05
152	Papua New Guinea	51.96
153	Senegal	51.85
154	Romania	51.46
155	Gabon	51.31
156	Eswatini	51.20
157	Tonga	50.20
158	Italy	49.59
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.24
160	Sri Lanka	48.60
161	Libya	48.27
162	Gambia	47.51
163	Tunisia	45.49
164	Egypt	44.60
165	Morocco	44.13
166	Samoa	43.08
167	Puerto Rico	42.62
168	Turkmenistan	42.17
169	Iraq	41.56
170	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.27
171	Algeria	41.16
172	Mauritania	40.90
173	Jordan	40.01
174	Nepal	39.31
175	Tajikistan	38.35
176	Afghanistan	37.55
177	Syrian Arab Republic	36.99
178	Somalia	33.90
179	Yemen	33.19
180	Djibouti	31.77
181	Sao Tome and Principe	23.39

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.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators