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

Countries reporting
108
Highest
1.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.5%
Djibouti
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Labor force participation 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 Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.5% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.8%.

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

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 54.2%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 39.5%).

Labor force participation rate, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2018 up 29.7% rising
2 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 30.5% rising
3 Togo 0.9% 2018 up 13.3% rising
4 Niger 0.9% 2018 up 5.2% rising
5 Georgia 0.9% 2020 up 15.3% rising
6 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 down 0.6% flat
7 Nepal 0.9% 2014 down 0.7% flat
8 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 down 1.2% flat
9 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 up 1.2% flat
10 Honduras 0.9% 2019 up 1.0% flat
11 Guatemala 0.9% 2019 up 0.2% flat
12 Peru 0.9% 2021 down 2.4% flat
13 Indonesia 0.8% 2019 up 3.4% flat
14 Latvia 0.8% 2016 up 3.8% rising
15 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 3.2% flat
16 Belarus 0.8% 2010 down 0.5% flat
17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8% 2006 down 0.7% flat
18 Belize 0.8% 1999 up 0.8% flat
19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8% 2021 down 1.0% flat
20 Pakistan 0.8% 2020 up 3.1% flat
21 Colombia 0.8% 2021 down 2.6% flat
22 Armenia 0.8% 2020 down 2.3% flat
23 Ecuador 0.8% 2021 up 0.8% falling
24 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 12.9% rising
25 Uganda 0.8% 2016 down 1.5% rising
26 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 up 6.5% flat
27 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 0.4% rising
28 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 5.7% rising
29 Sweden 0.8% 2016 up 1.1% flat
30 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 down 7.3% falling
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 down 0.6% flat
32 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 up 18.6% rising
33 El Salvador 0.8% 2019 up 2.7% flat
34 Thailand 0.8% 2021 down 4.1% falling
35 Nigeria 0.8% 2018 up 12.3% flat
36 Estonia 0.8% 2016 up 2.6% rising
37 Morocco 0.8% 2013 up 2.0% falling
38 Mexico 0.8% 2020 down 1.2% flat
39 Germany 0.8% 2011 up 3.1% flat
40 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2013 up 5.0% falling
41 Ethiopia 0.8% 2021 down 5.3% falling
42 Malta 0.8% 2016 up 0.8% flat
43 Senegal 0.8% 2018 up 13.4% flat
44 Mauritius 0.8% 2017 up 0.9% falling
45 Malawi 0.8% 2019 down 2.8% rising
46 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 down 9.4% falling
47 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 4.4% flat
48 Panama 0.8% 2021 down 5.2% flat
49 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 up 0.4% flat
50 Mozambique 0.8% 2014 down 2.7% flat
51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2011 up 1.7% falling
52 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 up 2.0% flat
53 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 1.6% flat
54 France 0.8% 2016 up 4.5% flat
55 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 down 4.0% flat
56 Austria 0.8% 2003 down 1.5% flat
57 Norway 0.8% 2016 down 2.1% flat
58 Greece 0.8% 2016 down 0.7% flat
59 Hungary 0.8% 2016 up 9.8% rising
60 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 4.5% flat
61 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 down 7.1% falling
62 Brazil 0.8% 2021 down 5.2% falling
63 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% 2020 down 2.0% falling
64 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 2.9% flat
65 United States of America 0.8% 2018 down 2.5% falling
66 Iceland 0.8% 2015 down 9.2% falling
67 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 1.1% flat
68 Guinea 0.8% 2018 up 7.2% flat
69 India 0.8% 2019 down 4.5% falling
70 China 0.8% 2013 down 3.5% flat
71 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 3.6% flat
72 Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 1.3% falling
73 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 down 4.3% falling
74 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 4.5% flat
75 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 up 2.5% rising
76 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 1.5% rising
77 Denmark 0.8% 2016 down 2.3% falling
78 Philippines 0.8% 2019 down 4.2% falling
79 Kosovo 0.8% 2017 up 54.2% flat
79 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% 2017 up 54.2% flat
81 Cambodia 0.8% 2012 down 9.0% flat
82 Finland 0.8% 2016 up 0.1% flat
83 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 down 0.6% flat
84 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 7.8% rising
85 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2020 down 8.6% falling
86 Ukraine 0.8% 2014 up 5.2% rising
87 Serbia 0.8% 2018 down 2.6% flat
88 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 1.7% flat
89 Russian Federation 0.8% 2016 down 3.4% flat
90 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 down 8.0% flat
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7% 2018 down 17.5% rising
92 Kenya 0.7% 2019 up 4.0% rising
93 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 5.7% flat
94 Zambia 0.7% 2015 up 0.7% rising
95 Belgium 0.7% 2003 up 1.3% flat
96 Tajikistan 0.7% 2013 up 3.7% flat
97 Egypt 0.7% 2019 down 7.7% falling
98 Mongolia 0.7% 2021 up 7.7% flat
99 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 16.0% falling
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2019 down 0.7% rising
101 Montenegro 0.6% 2010 down 9.8% flat
102 Puerto Rico 0.6% 2005 down 12.3% falling
103 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 15.3% falling
104 Namibia 0.6% 2015 down 9.0% flat
105 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 down 33.0% falling
106 South Africa 0.6% 2020 down 4.2% falling
107 Jordan 0.6% 2016 down 16.7% falling
108 Djibouti 0.5% 2017 down 39.5% falling

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Indicator
Labor force participation 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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