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

Countries reporting
110
Highest
1.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.3%
Djibouti
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,618

What the numbers show

Labor force participation rate, aged 15-64, total (% of total labor force in working age) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.3% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 70.3%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 44.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2018 up 39.1% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 15.3% rising
3 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 31.7% rising
4 Niger 0.9% 2018 up 58.5% rising
5 Burkina Faso 0.9% 2009 up 2.3% flat
6 Georgia 0.9% 2020 up 28.4% rising
7 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 up 9.8% rising
8 Senegal 0.9% 2018 up 70.3% rising
9 Nepal 0.8% 2014 up 3.8% flat
10 Sweden 0.8% 2016 up 1.2% flat
11 Uganda 0.8% 2016 down 4.0% rising
12 Mozambique 0.8% 2014 down 4.4% flat
13 Belarus 0.8% 2010 down 1.2% flat
14 Latvia 0.8% 2016 up 5.0% rising
15 Peru 0.8% 2021 down 2.9% flat
16 Australia 0.8% 2015 up 2.0% flat
17 Estonia 0.8% 2016 up 5.2% rising
18 Bulgaria 0.8% 2016 up 20.5% rising
19 Spain 0.8% 2016 up 8.6% rising
20 Slovak Republic 0.8% 2016 up 7.7% rising
21 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 2.7% rising
22 Malawi 0.8% 2019 down 2.5% rising
23 France 0.8% 2016 up 5.9% rising
24 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 6.0% flat
25 United Kingdom 0.8% 2016 up 1.6% flat
26 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 4.9% rising
27 Norway 0.8% 2016 down 1.2% flat
28 Germany 0.8% 2011 up 5.6% rising
29 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 up 7.5% rising
30 Nigeria 0.7% 2018 up 7.2% rising
31 Netherlands 0.7% 2016 up 5.5% rising
32 Paraguay 0.7% 2021 up 3.5% rising
33 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 up 6.0% rising
34 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 2.5% rising
35 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% falling
36 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 0.5% falling
37 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 11.2% falling
38 Finland 0.7% 2016 down 0.0% flat
39 Austria 0.7% 2016 up 3.7% flat
40 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 3.9% flat
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2020 down 6.3% falling
42 United States 0.7% 2018 down 2.9% rising
43 Guinea 0.7% 2018 down 3.5% flat
44 Albania 0.7% 2019 up 18.0% rising
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 down 2.2% flat
46 Hungary 0.7% 2016 up 10.1% rising
47 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 down 15.2% falling
48 Croatia 0.7% 2016 up 8.1% rising
49 Italy 0.7% 2016 up 9.2% rising
50 Ecuador 0.7% 2021 up 6.9% falling
51 Colombia 0.7% 2021 down 3.5% rising
52 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 3.7% rising
53 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 down 15.5% falling
54 Ethiopia 0.7% 2021 down 8.7% flat
55 Russia 0.7% 2016 down 6.3% falling
56 Ireland 0.7% 2016 up 3.6% rising
57 Argentina 0.7% 2021 up 1.8% rising
58 Poland 0.7% 2019 up 0.6% rising
59 China (People’s Republic of) 0.7% 2013 down 8.2% falling
60 Indonesia 0.7% 2019 up 5.3% flat
61 Belgium 0.7% 2016 down 1.9% rising
62 Kenya 0.7% 2019 up 2.5% rising
63 Romania 0.7% 2018 up 9.1% flat
64 Korea 0.7% 2017 up 9.3% rising
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7% 2018 down 21.4% rising
66 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 4.1% rising
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2011 up 9.5% rising
68 Nicaragua 0.7% 2014 up 2.0% flat
69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2006 up 7.3% rising
70 Malta 0.7% 2016 up 10.6% rising
71 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 down 2.8% rising
72 Serbia 0.7% 2018 down 0.9% flat
73 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 7.6% rising
74 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 1.2% flat
75 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 13.8% flat
76 Honduras 0.7% 2019 up 4.8% rising
77 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 1.4% rising
78 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 up 1.3% rising
79 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 up 2.4% flat
80 Mexico 0.6% 2020 up 2.6% flat
81 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 6.0% rising
82 Mauritius 0.6% 2017 up 3.6% flat
83 Azerbaijan 0.6% 2015 down 12.6% falling
84 Costa Rica 0.6% 2021 down 3.6% rising
85 Philippines 0.6% 2019 down 3.2% flat
86 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 up 23.4% rising
87 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 up 5.8% falling
88 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 11.4% falling
89 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 down 2.8% falling
90 Belize 0.6% 1999 up 3.4% flat
91 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 21.5% falling
92 Namibia 0.6% 2015 down 19.9% flat
93 Türkiye 0.6% 2019 up 12.9% rising
94 Montenegro 0.6% 2010 down 12.0% falling
95 Morocco 0.6% 2013 up 8.1% falling
96 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 down 4.6% falling
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 up 2.9% rising
98 Puerto Rico 0.6% 2005 down 10.6% falling
99 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 down 41.6% falling
100 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 down 8.0% falling
101 South Africa 0.5% 2020 down 1.9% falling
102 Pakistan 0.5% 2020 up 4.6% rising
103 Tunisia 0.5% 2015 up 6.5% rising
104 India 0.5% 2019 down 6.1% falling
105 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 28.7% falling
106 Tajikistan 0.5% 2013 down 17.0% falling
107 Egypt 0.4% 2019 down 13.1% falling
108 Palestine, State of 0.4% 2017 up 2.0% rising
109 Jordan 0.4% 2016 down 16.4% flat
110 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 down 44.7% falling

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Indicator
Labor force participation 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
110 places, 1,618 data points, 1970–2021
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