Global Rankings: Labor Force Participation % (2025)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	87.01
2	Madagascar	85.50
3	Solomon Islands	84.30
4	Tanzania, United Republic of	83.72
5	Nigeria	82.52
6	Cambodia	82.39
7	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	82.15
8	Niger	79.74
9	Mozambique	78.71
10	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	78.63
11	Eritrea	78.35
12	Burundi	78.25
13	Liberia	76.58
14	Benin	76.36
15	Iceland	74.93
16	Angola	74.79
17	Bahamas	73.78
18	Central African Republic	73.39
19	Kuwait	73.36
20	Peru	72.86
21	Moldova, Republic of	72.29
22	Bahrain	70.43
23	New Zealand	70.35
24	Paraguay	70.25
25	Burkina Faso	70.00
26	Singapore	69.67
27	Jamaica	69.57
28	Botswana	68.80
29	Ethiopia	68.46
30	Oman	68.38
31	Saint Lucia	68.27
32	Indonesia	67.97
33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.90
34	Macao	67.85
35	Congo	67.83
36	Kazakhstan	67.77
37	Kenya	67.39
38	Netherlands	67.25
39	Côte d'Ivoire	67.09
40	Mali	67.04
41	Timor-Leste	66.98
42	Cyprus	66.96
43	Switzerland	66.75
44	Thailand	66.68
45	Australia	66.54
46	Panama	66.30
47	Malaysia	66.12
48	Lao People's Democratic Republic	66.09
49	Nicaragua	66.07
50	Norway	65.61
51	Israel	65.49
52	Cameroon	65.17
53	Estonia	65.13
54	Saudi Arabia	65.10
55	Denmark	64.94
56	Ireland	64.84
57	Dominican Republic	64.84
58	Bhutan	64.82
59	Guinea-Bissau	64.81
60	Barbados	64.69
61	Sweden	64.59
62	China	64.55
63	Canada	64.52
64	Ecuador	64.50
65	Korea, Republic of	64.35
66	Georgia	64.31
67	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	64.31
68	Albania	64.26
69	Brunei Darussalam	64.23
70	Malta	63.98
71	Haiti	63.93
72	Rwanda	63.68
73	Maldives	63.50
74	Japan	63.45
75	Colombia	63.40
76	Azerbaijan	63.29
77	Brazil	63.14
78	Lithuania	62.92
79	Belarus	62.75
80	Malawi	62.58
81	Chile	62.30
82	Guam	62.27
83	El Salvador	62.11
84	Argentina	61.91
85	Mexico	61.61
86	Luxembourg	61.50
87	Philippines	61.35
88	Russian Federation	61.11
89	Hungary	60.58
90	Germany	60.57
91	Latvia	60.52
92	Equatorial Guinea	60.51
93	Slovakia	60.42
94	Czechia	60.34
95	Austria	60.12
96	Mongolia	59.69
97	Finland	59.68
98	Guatemala	59.62
99	Chad	59.44
100	Armenia	59.39
101	Serbia	59.14
102	Belize	59.10
103	Namibia	58.84
104	Bangladesh	58.80
105	Mauritius	58.55
106	Ghana	58.52
107	Poland	58.31
108	Portugal	58.16
109	Montenegro	57.97
110	Togo	57.84
111	Trinidad and Tobago	57.75
112	Costa Rica	57.66
113	Slovenia	57.56
114	Spain	57.41
115	Kyrgyzstan	57.37
116	Fiji	57.16
117	Lesotho	57.12
118	Cabo Verde	57.02
119	Honduras	56.56
120	New Caledonia	56.42
121	Hong Kong	56.36
122	Bulgaria	56.12
123	Comoros	55.77
124	India	55.66
125	South Africa	55.58
126	France	55.35
127	Myanmar	55.09
128	Guyana	54.99
129	Türkiye	54.38
130	Belgium	54.27
131	Suriname	53.82
132	Sierra Leone	53.37
133	Guinea	52.61
134	French Polynesia	52.37
135	Pakistan	52.34
136	Cuba	52.25
137	Croatia	52.14
138	Papua New Guinea	52.07
139	Senegal	52.02
140	Greece	51.96
141	North Macedonia	51.94
142	Romania	51.33
143	Eswatini	51.19
144	Gabon	51.06
145	Tonga	49.81
146	Italy	49.30
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.99
148	Sri Lanka	48.52
149	Libya	47.96
150	Gambia	47.46
151	Tunisia	45.22
152	Egypt	44.57
153	Morocco	43.94
154	Puerto Rico	42.78
155	Samoa	42.53
156	Turkmenistan	42.03
157	Iraq	41.53
158	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.97
159	Algeria	40.78
160	Mauritania	40.77
161	Jordan	40.05
162	Nepal	39.24
163	Tajikistan	38.28
164	Afghanistan	37.46
165	Syrian Arab Republic	36.90
166	Somalia	33.85
167	Djibouti	31.74
168	Sao Tome and Principe	23.34

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