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

Countries reporting
111
Highest
1.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.6%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,633

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age) is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.6% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244).

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 56.8%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 24.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 9.0% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 4.1% flat
3 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 0.9% flat
4 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 10.7% rising
5 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.8% flat
6 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 0.8% flat
7 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 5.6% flat
8 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 2.0% flat
9 China 1.0% 2013 up 3.5% flat
10 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 2.1% rising
11 Burkina Faso 1.0% 2009 down 1.8% flat
12 Nepal 1.0% 2014 down 0.2% flat
13 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 1.2% flat
14 Azerbaijan 1.0% 2015 up 1.6% flat
15 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 1.1% flat
16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 down 0.6% flat
17 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 2.1% flat
18 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 down 1.6% flat
19 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 0.9% flat
20 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 2.3% flat
21 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 2.2% flat
22 Iceland 1.0% 2015 down 1.7% flat
23 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 4.2% flat
24 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 6.0% falling
25 Romania 1.0% 2018 up 1.2% rising
26 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 2.9% flat
27 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 7.5% flat
28 Ecuador 1.0% 2021 up 0.4% flat
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 0.4% flat
30 Belarus 1.0% 2010 down 3.0% flat
31 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 1.4% flat
32 El Salvador 1.0% 2019 up 0.4% flat
33 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 down 0.7% flat
34 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 up 0.2% rising
35 Peru 1.0% 2021 down 1.5% flat
36 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 5.0% rising
37 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 2.7% rising
38 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 1.3% flat
39 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 down 5.1% falling
40 Australia 0.9% 2015 down 1.0% flat
41 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 up 1.0% rising
42 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 2.8% flat
43 Honduras 0.9% 2019 down 2.9% flat
44 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 down 0.7% flat
45 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 down 2.4% flat
46 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 4.0% flat
47 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 1.2% flat
48 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 1.5% flat
49 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 9.4% rising
50 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 3.8% rising
51 Estonia 0.9% 2016 up 0.3% flat
52 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 2.1% flat
53 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 5.9% flat
54 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 3.2% falling
55 India 0.9% 2019 down 4.7% flat
56 Argentina 0.9% 2021 down 0.5% flat
57 Egypt 0.9% 2019 up 0.7% falling
58 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 up 0.6% flat
59 Czechia 0.9% 2016 up 5.1% flat
60 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 0.7% flat
61 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 4.4% flat
62 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 2.4% rising
63 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 21.0% rising
64 Germany 0.9% 2011 down 0.7% flat
65 Austria 0.9% 2016 down 1.3% falling
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 1.1% falling
67 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 4.1% flat
68 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 1.2% falling
69 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 down 8.2% falling
70 Belgium 0.9% 2016 up 2.2% flat
71 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.6% flat
72 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 13.9% rising
73 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 7.1% rising
74 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
75 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 0.0% rising
76 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 3.8% falling
77 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 1.9% flat
78 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.6% flat
79 Zambia 0.9% 2015 down 9.2% flat
80 Morocco 0.9% 2013 down 1.9% rising
81 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 7.6% rising
82 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 4.3% flat
83 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 0.4% flat
84 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 3.3% flat
85 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 7.9% falling
86 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 14.9% rising
87 Puerto Rico 0.8% 2005 up 4.3% falling
88 Ukraine 0.8% 2014 up 6.1% rising
89 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 down 2.9% falling
90 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 22.8% rising
91 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 6.9% falling
92 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 down 8.4% flat
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 16.6% flat
94 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 8.1% falling
95 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 down 5.8% flat
96 Namibia 0.8% 2015 down 4.4% flat
97 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 down 15.0% falling
98 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 9.7% falling
99 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 1.1% flat
100 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 16.7% falling
101 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 13.2% falling
102 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 7.1% rising
103 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 16.9% falling
104 Gambia 0.7% 2020 down 21.2% flat
105 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 down 24.2% rising
106 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 17.1% falling
107 Djibouti 0.7% 2017 up 56.8% rising
108 South Africa 0.7% 2020 down 6.1% rising
109 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 22.4% falling
110 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 down 1.3% rising
110 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6% 2017 down 1.3% rising

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age)
Unit
% of total labor force in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
111 places, 1,633 data points, 1970–2021
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