Labor force participation rate by sex and age (%) by country
Labor force participation data for use by ILO
Countries reporting
213
Highest
1.0%
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
1.0%
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
4,340
What the numbers show
Labor force participation rate by sex and age (%) is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 0.7%.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Labor force participation rate by sex and age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Angola | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Austria | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Belize | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brunei | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chile | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Curacao | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Algeria | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | France | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Georgia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Gambia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | India | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iran | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Italy | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Japan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | South Korea | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Laos | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Lebanon | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Liberia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Morocco | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mali | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Myanmar | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritania | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malaysia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Namibia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Niger | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nepal | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Pakistan | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Panama | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Palestine | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Qatar | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Russia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Senegal | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Somalia | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Serbia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Eswatini | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | East Timor | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tonga | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tunisia | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Turkey | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tanzania | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Venezuela | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Samoa | 1.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Djibouti | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Channel Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 135 | Burundi | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Benin | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Botswana | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Comoros | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Honduras | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Kenya | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Kiribati | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Liechtenstein | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Macao | 0.5% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Maldives | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Malawi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Nigeria | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Nauru | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Oman | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Palau | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | San Marino | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Chad | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Togo | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Tuvalu | 0.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 0.5% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Faroe Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Guam | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Haiti | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Isle of Man | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Syria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 163 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 163 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 1.0%
- Kosovo 0.0%
- American Samoa 0.0%
- Central African Republic 0.0%
About this data
Labor force participation data for use by ILO