Employment rate, aged 25-64 (% of labor force aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.6%
Kosovo
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,513

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 25-64 (% of labor force aged 25-64) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.6% in Kosovo.

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 42 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 47.8%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 22.5%).

Employment rate, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 5.3% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 3.0% flat
3 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 0.8% flat
4 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.6% flat
5 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 8.3% rising
6 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 0.1% flat
7 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 1.6% flat
8 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 1.9% flat
9 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 1.1% flat
10 Nepal 1.0% 2014 down 0.1% flat
11 China 1.0% 2013 up 2.2% flat
12 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 down 1.0% flat
13 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 1.3% rising
14 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 0.8% flat
15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 down 0.4% flat
16 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2019 up 6.7% flat
17 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 1.2% flat
18 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 1.3% flat
19 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
20 Romania 1.0% 2018 up 1.3% rising
21 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 1.7% flat
22 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 4.3% falling
23 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 2.4% flat
24 El Salvador 1.0% 2019 up 0.5% flat
25 United States of America 1.0% 2018 up 6.5% flat
26 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 0.7% flat
27 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 up 0.4% rising
28 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 2.4% flat
29 Philippines 1.0% 2019 up 1.5% flat
30 Kenya 1.0% 2019 up 3.3% rising
31 Iceland 1.0% 2015 down 1.8% flat
32 Peru 1.0% 2021 down 1.4% flat
33 Ecuador 1.0% 2021 down 0.3% flat
34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 0.4% flat
35 Belarus 1.0% 2010 down 2.5% flat
36 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 1.6% flat
37 Pakistan 1.0% 2020 down 3.8% falling
38 Nicaragua 1.0% 2014 up 1.0% rising
39 Mauritius 1.0% 2017 up 1.5% flat
40 Paraguay 1.0% 2021 down 1.1% flat
41 Austria 1.0% 2003 down 0.3% flat
42 Honduras 1.0% 2019 down 2.1% flat
43 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2020 up 0.6% flat
44 India 1.0% 2019 down 3.3% flat
45 Trinidad and Tobago 1.0% 2011 up 2.1% flat
46 Egypt 0.9% 2019 down 1.6% flat
47 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 1.7% flat
48 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 1.7% rising
49 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 4.2% flat
50 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
51 Argentina 0.9% 2021 down 0.7% flat
52 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 down 3.0% flat
53 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 1.3% flat
54 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 0.8% flat
55 Estonia 0.9% 2016 up 0.5% flat
56 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
57 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 0.3% flat
58 Zambia 0.9% 2015 down 5.0% flat
59 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 2.9% falling
60 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 2.9% flat
61 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 6.0% flat
62 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 15.9% rising
63 Czechia 0.9% 2016 up 4.3% flat
64 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 12.9% rising
65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 down 0.2% falling
66 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 4.7% flat
67 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 down 7.1% falling
68 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 1.4% falling
69 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 6.2% rising
70 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 3.5% falling
71 Germany 0.9% 2011 down 0.8% flat
72 Morocco 0.9% 2013 down 0.2% rising
73 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.3% flat
74 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% flat
75 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 1.2% falling
76 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
77 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 6.7% falling
78 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 10.8% rising
79 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.1% flat
80 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 0.1% flat
81 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 3.9% flat
82 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 up 2.2% falling
83 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 5.8% flat
84 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 3.7% flat
85 Ukraine 0.9% 2014 up 5.7% rising
86 Tunisia 0.9% 2015 down 6.1% flat
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2019 up 13.0% flat
88 North Macedonia 0.9% 2020 up 20.2% rising
89 Namibia 0.8% 2015 down 3.7% flat
90 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 down 8.0% falling
91 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 6.6% falling
92 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 0.6% flat
93 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 down 3.3% falling
94 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 7.7% falling
95 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 down 13.9% falling
96 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 9.1% flat
97 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2018 down 15.9% rising
98 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 15.0% falling
99 Djibouti 0.8% 2017 up 47.8% rising
100 Gambia 0.8% 2020 down 17.1% flat
101 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 12.8% falling
102 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 4.9% flat
103 Greece 0.8% 2016 down 16.5% falling
104 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 15.8% falling
105 South Africa 0.7% 2020 down 7.0% flat
106 Georgia 0.7% 2020 down 22.5% falling
107 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 up 6.3% rising

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 25-64 (% of labor force aged 25-64)
Unit
% of labor force aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,513 data points, 1970–2021
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