Labor Force Participation % — 2025

Top Country
Qatar
87.01 %
Countries Ranked
181
World Bank data
Data Year
2025
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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 87.01 %
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 Uganda 80.03 %
9 Niger 79.74 %
10 Mozambique 78.71 %
11 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 78.63 %
12 United Arab Emirates 78.59 %
13 Eritrea 78.35 %
14 Burundi 78.25 %
15 Liberia 76.58 %
16 Benin 76.36 %
17 Iceland 74.93 %
18 Angola 74.79 %
19 Bahamas 73.78 %
20 Central African Republic 73.39 %
21 Kuwait 73.36 %
22 Peru 72.86 %
23 Viet Nam 72.78 %
24 Moldova, Republic of 72.29 %
25 Bahrain 70.43 %
26 New Zealand 70.35 %
27 Paraguay 70.25 %
28 Burkina Faso 70.00 %
29 Singapore 69.67 %
30 Jamaica 69.57 %
31 Botswana 68.80 %
32 Ethiopia 68.46 %
33 Oman 68.38 %
34 Saint Lucia 68.27 %
35 Indonesia 67.97 %
36 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67.90 %
37 Macao 67.85 %
38 Congo 67.83 %
39 Kazakhstan 67.77 %
40 Zimbabwe 67.72 %
41 Kenya 67.39 %
42 Netherlands 67.25 %
43 Côte d'Ivoire 67.09 %
44 Mali 67.04 %
45 Timor-Leste 66.98 %
46 Cyprus 66.96 %
47 Switzerland 66.75 %
48 Thailand 66.68 %
49 Australia 66.54 %
50 Panama 66.30 %
51 Malaysia 66.12 %
52 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.09 %
53 Nicaragua 66.07 %
54 Norway 65.61 %
55 Israel 65.49 %
56 Cameroon 65.17 %
57 Estonia 65.13 %
58 Saudi Arabia 65.10 %
59 Uruguay 64.99 %
60 Denmark 64.94 %
61 Ireland 64.84 %
62 Dominican Republic 64.84 %
63 Bhutan 64.82 %
64 Guinea-Bissau 64.81 %
65 Barbados 64.69 %
66 Sweden 64.59 %
67 China 64.55 %
68 Canada 64.52 %
69 Ecuador 64.50 %
70 Korea, Republic of 64.35 %
71 Georgia 64.31 %
72 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 64.31 %
73 Albania 64.26 %
74 Brunei Darussalam 64.23 %
75 Malta 63.98 %
76 Haiti 63.93 %
77 Rwanda 63.68 %
78 Maldives 63.50 %
79 Japan 63.45 %
80 Colombia 63.40 %
81 Azerbaijan 63.29 %
82 Brazil 63.14 %
83 Lithuania 62.92 %
84 Belarus 62.75 %
85 Malawi 62.58 %
86 Chile 62.30 %
87 Guam 62.27 %
88 El Salvador 62.11 %
89 Zambia 61.93 %
90 Argentina 61.91 %
91 United States 61.70 %
92 Mexico 61.61 %
93 Luxembourg 61.50 %
94 United Kingdom 61.37 %
95 Philippines 61.35 %
96 Russian Federation 61.11 %
97 Hungary 60.58 %
98 Germany 60.57 %
99 Latvia 60.52 %
100 Equatorial Guinea 60.51 %
101 Slovakia 60.42 %
102 Czechia 60.34 %
103 Austria 60.12 %
104 Mongolia 59.69 %
105 Finland 59.68 %
106 Guatemala 59.62 %
107 Chad 59.44 %
108 Armenia 59.39 %
109 Serbia 59.14 %
110 Belize 59.10 %
111 Namibia 58.84 %
112 Bangladesh 58.80 %
113 Mauritius 58.55 %
114 Ghana 58.52 %
115 Poland 58.31 %
116 Portugal 58.16 %
117 Vanuatu 58.11 %
118 Montenegro 57.97 %
119 Togo 57.84 %
120 Trinidad and Tobago 57.75 %
121 Costa Rica 57.66 %
122 Slovenia 57.56 %
123 Uzbekistan 57.50 %
124 Spain 57.41 %
125 Kyrgyzstan 57.37 %
126 Fiji 57.16 %
127 Lesotho 57.12 %
128 Cabo Verde 57.02 %
129 Honduras 56.56 %
130 New Caledonia 56.42 %
131 Hong Kong 56.36 %
132 Bulgaria 56.12 %
133 Comoros 55.77 %
134 India 55.66 %
135 South Africa 55.58 %
136 France 55.35 %
137 Myanmar 55.09 %
138 Guyana 54.99 %
139 Türkiye 54.38 %
140 Virgin Islands, U.S. 54.36 %
141 Belgium 54.27 %
142 Suriname 53.82 %
143 Sierra Leone 53.37 %
144 Guinea 52.61 %
145 French Polynesia 52.37 %
146 Pakistan 52.34 %
147 Cuba 52.25 %
148 Croatia 52.14 %
149 Papua New Guinea 52.07 %
150 Senegal 52.02 %
151 Greece 51.96 %
152 North Macedonia 51.94 %
153 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.93 %
154 Romania 51.33 %
155 Eswatini 51.19 %
156 Gabon 51.06 %
157 Tonga 49.81 %
158 Italy 49.30 %
159 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.99 %
160 Sri Lanka 48.52 %
161 Libya 47.96 %
162 Gambia 47.46 %
163 Tunisia 45.22 %
164 Egypt 44.57 %
165 Morocco 43.94 %
166 Puerto Rico 42.78 %
167 Samoa 42.53 %
168 Turkmenistan 42.03 %
169 Iraq 41.53 %
170 Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.97 %
171 Algeria 40.78 %
172 Mauritania 40.77 %
173 Jordan 40.05 %
174 Nepal 39.24 %
175 Tajikistan 38.28 %
176 Afghanistan 37.46 %
177 Syrian Arab Republic 36.90 %
178 Somalia 33.85 %
179 Yemen 33.10 %
180 Djibouti 31.74 %
181 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.

Source: World Bank Development Indicators
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