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Employment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.7%
Georgia
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.7% in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.9%.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 61.3%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 27.3%).

Employment rate, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 7.8% rising
2 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 1.0% flat
3 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 3.7% rising
4 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.9% flat
5 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 4.1% flat
6 China 1.0% 2013 up 3.0% flat
7 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 1.9% flat
8 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 0.2% flat
9 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 3.7% rising
10 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 7.0% rising
11 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
12 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 0.2% flat
13 Nepal 1.0% 2014 up 0.2% flat
14 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 2.0% flat
15 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 down 0.0% flat
16 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 down 0.7% flat
17 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 2.1% flat
18 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 up 0.5% rising
19 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 8.9% flat
20 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 6.7% falling
21 Ecuador 1.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
22 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 2.2% flat
23 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 2.1% flat
24 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 0.5% flat
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 down 1.3% flat
26 Romania 1.0% 2018 up 2.4% rising
27 Paraguay 1.0% 2021 down 0.2% flat
28 Peru 1.0% 2021 down 1.2% flat
29 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2021 down 0.2% flat
30 El Salvador 1.0% 2019 up 1.1% flat
31 Iceland 1.0% 2015 down 2.5% falling
32 Honduras 1.0% 2019 down 1.8% flat
33 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 1.8% flat
34 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 3.4% flat
35 Egypt 1.0% 2019 up 0.1% flat
36 Kenya 1.0% 2019 up 5.7% rising
37 Pakistan 1.0% 2020 down 4.1% falling
38 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 0.1% rising
39 Austria 0.9% 2003 down 1.2% flat
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 3.2% flat
41 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 up 0.9% rising
42 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 2.8% flat
43 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 2.1% flat
44 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% flat
45 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 4.5% rising
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 4.6% flat
47 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 1.1% flat
48 Belarus 0.9% 2010 down 4.5% falling
49 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 2.9% rising
50 Czechia 0.9% 2016 up 3.9% flat
51 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% falling
52 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 down 1.7% flat
53 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
54 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
55 Argentina 0.9% 2021 down 1.4% flat
56 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 1.4% flat
57 Belgium 0.9% 2003 down 1.5% flat
58 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 2.7% flat
59 Estonia 0.9% 2016 up 1.4% flat
60 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 3.0% rising
61 India 0.9% 2019 down 5.4% flat
62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 0.6% flat
63 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 16.4% rising
64 Germany 0.9% 2011 down 0.4% flat
65 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 5.2% flat
66 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 3.5% falling
67 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 15.4% rising
68 Morocco 0.9% 2013 up 0.8% rising
69 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 0.6% falling
70 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 6.9% rising
71 France 0.9% 2016 down 1.6% flat
72 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 2.7% flat
73 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 4.2% flat
74 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% rising
75 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 7.0% falling
76 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 down 10.3% falling
77 Zambia 0.9% 2015 down 9.3% flat
78 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 5.0% rising
79 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 1.6% falling
80 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 1.8% flat
81 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% falling
82 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 up 1.4% falling
83 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 1.3% falling
84 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.5% flat
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2019 up 16.6% flat
86 Finland 0.8% 2016 down 5.6% flat
87 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 1.3% flat
88 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 down 2.5% flat
89 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 7.9% falling
90 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 8.4% falling
91 Namibia 0.8% 2015 down 0.2% flat
92 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 22.5% rising
93 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 down 9.2% falling
94 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2018 down 15.1% rising
95 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 14.5% falling
96 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 down 15.9% falling
97 Ukraine 0.8% 2014 up 5.3% rising
98 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 10.9% falling
99 Gambia 0.8% 2020 down 14.9% flat
100 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 13.7% falling
101 Greece 0.8% 2016 down 16.7% falling
102 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 6.5% rising
103 Albania 0.8% 2019 down 12.6% falling
104 Djibouti 0.8% 2017 up 61.3% rising
105 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 down 27.3% rising
105 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 down 27.3% rising
107 South Africa 0.7% 2020 down 6.4% flat
108 Georgia 0.7% 2020 down 13.5% falling

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, male (% of male labor force in working age)
Unit
% of male labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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