Countries by labor force participation

Share of people aged 15+ who work or are looking for work. 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

		Value
1	Qatar	87%	-0.3%	=
2	Madagascar	85.5%	-0.6%	=
3	Solomon Islands	84.3%	-0.1%	=
4	United Republic of Tanzania	83.7%	-0.2%	=
5	Nigeria	82.5%	+2.1%	▲ 1
6	Cambodia	82.4%	+3.5%	▲ 1
7	North Korea	82.2%	+0.1%	▼ 2
8	Uganda	80%	+5.8%	▲ 11
9	Niger	79.7%	+8.7%	▲ 16
10	Mozambique	78.7%	-0.5%	=
11	United Arab Emirates	78.6%	+0.8%	▲ 1
12	Bolivia	78.6%	+16.4%	▲ 31
13	Burundi	78.3%	-1.5%	▼ 5
14	Eritrea	78.3%	-1.1%	▼ 5
15	Liberia	76.6%	-0.5%	=
16	Benin	76.4%	+3.9%	▲ 7
17	Iceland	74.9%	-2.3%	▼ 1
18	Angola	74.8%	-1.8%	▼ 1
19	The Bahamas	73.8%	-0.1%	▲ 2
20	Central African Republic	73.4%	+0.0%	▲ 4
21	Kuwait	73.4%	+1.5%	▲ 5
22	Peru	72.9%	-4.0%	▼ 4
23	Vietnam	72.8%	-5.9%	▼ 9
24	Moldova	72.3%	+3.0%	▲ 8
25	Bahrain	70.4%	-1.4%	▲ 2
26	New Zealand	70.4%	+2.9%	▲ 13
27	Paraguay	70.2%	+3.4%	▲ 15
28	Burkina Faso	70%	-10.9%	▼ 17
29	Singapore	69.7%	+0.3%	▲ 4
30	Jamaica	69.6%	+6.3%	▲ 30
31	Botswana	68.8%	+10.6%	▲ 56
32	Ethiopia	68.5%	-12.2%	▼ 19
33	Oman	68.4%	-1.4%	▲ 1
34	Saint Lucia	68.3%	-1.4%	▲ 3
35	Indonesia	68%	+2.1%	▲ 14
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.9%	+1.5%	▲ 12
37	Republic of the Congo	67.8%	-0.4%	▲ 4
38	Kazakhstan	67.8%	-3.7%	▼ 7
39	Macao S.A.R	67.8%	-4.2%	▼ 10
40	Zimbabwe	67.7%	+2.4%	▲ 13
41	Kenya	67.4%	-9.3%	▼ 21
42	Netherlands	67.2%	+1.1%	▲ 9
43	Ivory Coast	67.1%	+0.3%	▲ 3
44	Cyprus	67%	+4.4%	▲ 26
45	Mali	67%	-5.1%	▼ 15
46	Timor-Leste	67%	+0.1%	▲ 1
47	Switzerland	66.7%	-2.2%	▼ 7
48	Thailand	66.7%	-3.8%	▼ 10
49	Australia	66.5%	+2.2%	▲ 15
50	Panama	66.3%	+0.9%	▲ 8
51	Laos	66.1%	+10.2%	▲ 55
52	Malaysia	66.1%	+1.4%	▲ 11
53	Nicaragua	66.1%	+1.5%	▲ 12
54	Norway	65.6%	-1.5%	▼ 4
55	Israel	65.5%	-0.2%	▲ 4
56	Cameroon	65.2%	-8.4%	▼ 28
57	Estonia	65.1%	+5.3%	▲ 32
58	Saudi Arabia	65.1%	+9.0%	▲ 52
59	Uruguay	65%	+0.2%	▲ 7
60	Denmark	64.9%	+5.7%	▲ 34
61	Bhutan	64.8%	+2.7%	▲ 15
62	Dominican Republic	64.8%	+4.5%	▲ 26
63	Guinea-Bissau	64.8%	+2.5%	▲ 12
64	Ireland	64.8%	+4.9%	▲ 26
65	Barbados	64.7%	-1.1%	▼ 4
66	China	64.6%	-6.8%	▼ 31
67	Sweden	64.6%	+1.1%	▲ 6
68	Canada	64.5%	-2.1%	▼ 14
69	Ecuador	64.5%	-1.8%	▼ 12
70	South Korea	64.4%	+2.9%	▲ 12
71	Albania	64.3%	+15.9%	▲ 70
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	64.3%	-1.5%	▼ 10
73	Georgia	64.3%	-2.9%	▼ 21
74	Brunei	64.2%	-2.3%	▼ 18
75	Malta	64%	+15.1%	▲ 64
76	Haiti	63.9%	-3.0%	▼ 21
77	Rwanda	63.7%	+5.1%	▲ 24
78	Maldives	63.5%	+13.0%	▲ 54
79	Colombia	63.4%	-5.4%	▼ 35
80	Japan	63.4%	+6.6%	▲ 32
81	Azerbaijan	63.3%	-0.3%	▼ 7
82	Brazil	63.1%	-1.9%	▼ 13
83	Lithuania	62.9%	+6.2%	▲ 34
84	Belarus	62.7%	-2.5%	▼ 16
85	Malawi	62.6%	-6.6%	▼ 40
86	Chile	62.3%	+0.0%	▼ 2
87	Guam	62.3%	-0.2%	▼ 4
88	El Salvador	62.1%	+5.8%	▲ 32
89	Argentina	61.9%	+4.6%	▲ 26
90	Zambia	61.9%	+5.3%	▲ 29
91	United States	61.7%	-1.0%	▼ 5
92	Mexico	61.6%	+1.7%	▲ 7
93	Luxembourg	61.5%	+2.7%	▲ 15
94	United Kingdom	61.4%	-1.4%	▼ 9
95	Philippines	61.4%	+0.0%	=
96	Russia	61.1%	-2.6%	▼ 15
97	Germany	60.6%	+0.7%	▲ 8
98	Hungary	60.6%	+7.8%	▲ 33
99	Equatorial Guinea	60.5%	-0.8%	▼ 2
100	Latvia	60.5%	+0.8%	▲ 7
101	Slovakia	60.4%	+1.3%	▲ 10
102	Czechia	60.3%	+1.5%	▲ 12
103	Austria	60.1%	-0.2%	▲ 1
104	Finland	59.7%	+1.5%	▲ 14
105	Mongolia	59.7%	+0.0%	▲ 4
106	Guatemala	59.6%	-1.7%	▼ 8
107	Armenia	59.4%	-3.4%	▼ 14
108	Chad	59.4%	-3.6%	▼ 16
109	Belize	59.1%	-7.5%	▼ 37
110	Republic of Serbia	59.1%	+15.4%	▲ 47
111	Bangladesh	58.8%	+4.1%	▲ 17
112	Namibia	58.8%	-3.0%	▼ 12
113	Ghana	58.5%	-15.6%	▼ 77
114	Mauritius	58.5%	-3.0%	▼ 11
115	Poland	58.3%	+2.1%	▲ 12
116	Portugal	58.2%	-0.7%	▲ 7
117	Vanuatu	58.1%	-5.1%	▼ 21
118	Montenegro	58%	+10.7%	▲ 33
119	Togo	57.8%	-0.5%	▲ 6
120	Trinidad and Tobago	57.8%	-8.3%	▼ 43
121	Costa Rica	57.7%	-8.1%	▼ 43
122	Slovenia	57.6%	+0.0%	▲ 4
123	Uzbekistan	57.5%	+2.1%	▲ 7
124	Spain	57.4%	-2.0%	▼ 2
125	Kyrgyzstan	57.4%	-3.5%	▼ 12
126	Fiji	57.2%	-1.7%	▼ 2
127	Lesotho	57.1%	-9.1%	▼ 48
128	Cabo Verde	57%	-3.7%	▼ 12
129	Honduras	56.6%	-11.7%	▼ 58
130	Hong Kong S.A.R.	56.4%	-6.8%	▼ 28
131	New Caledonia	56.4%	-10.0%	▼ 51
132	Bulgaria	56.1%	+3.5%	▲ 13
133	Comoros	55.8%	+21.0%	▲ 36
134	India	55.7%	+5.1%	▲ 15
135	South Africa	55.6%	+1.8%	▲ 9
136	France	55.3%	-0.5%	▲ 2
137	Myanmar	55.1%	-14.8%	▼ 70
138	Guyana	55%	-1.4%	▼ 3
139	Turkey	54.4%	+6.0%	▲ 15
140	United States Virgin Islands	54.4%	-7.3%	▼ 19
141	Belgium	54.3%	+1.7%	▲ 7
142	Suriname	53.8%	-3.2%	▼ 2
143	Sierra Leone	53.4%	-5.0%	▼ 10
144	Guinea	52.6%	-5.6%	▼ 8
145	French Polynesia	52.4%	-6.4%	▼ 11
146	Pakistan	52.3%	+0.6%	▲ 6
147	Cuba	52.2%	-6.1%	▼ 10
148	Croatia	52.1%	-1.0%	▲ 2
149	Papua New Guinea	52.1%	+4.6%	▲ 11
150	Greece	52%	+1.6%	▲ 5
151	Senegal	52%	+14.3%	▲ 19
152	North Macedonia	51.9%	-3.9%	▼ 6
153	Venezuela	51.9%	-15.9%	▼ 62
154	Romania	51.3%	+0.2%	▲ 2
155	Eswatini	51.2%	-0.2%	▼ 2
156	Gabon	51.1%	+1.2%	▲ 2
157	Tonga	49.8%	-9.5%	▼ 15
158	Italy	49.3%	+1.4%	▲ 4
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49%	-1.8%	=
160	Sri Lanka	48.5%	-9.7%	▼ 13
161	Libya	48%	-2.8%	=
162	Gambia	47.5%	-0.6%	▲ 1
163	Tunisia	45.2%	-4.8%	▲ 2
164	Egypt	44.6%	-5.1%	▲ 4
165	Morocco	43.9%	-7.6%	▼ 1
166	Puerto Rico	42.8%	+12.6%	▲ 14
167	Samoa	42.5%	-22.3%	▼ 24
168	Turkmenistan	42%	-3.4%	▲ 5
169	Iraq	41.5%	-3.5%	▲ 5
170	Iran	41%	-2.1%	▲ 7
171	Algeria	40.8%	-4.0%	▲ 4
172	Mauritania	40.8%	-3.1%	▲ 4
173	Jordan	40.1%	+6.4%	▲ 8
174	Nepal	39.2%	-2.5%	▲ 4
175	Tajikistan	38.3%	-4.5%	▲ 4
176	Afghanistan	37.5%	-20.6%	▼ 10
177	Syria	36.9%	-2.1%	▲ 5
178	Somalia	33.8%	-1.2%	▲ 5
179	Yemen	33.1%	+3.1%	▲ 6
180	Djibouti	31.7%	-2.8%	▲ 4
181	São Tomé and Principe	23.3%	-2.9%	▲ 5

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Countries by labor force participation

Share of people aged 15+ who work or are looking for work. 181 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

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1Qatar87%

2Madagascar85.5%

3Solomon Islands84.3%

		Value
1	Qatar	87%	-0.3%	=
2	Madagascar	85.5%	-0.6%	=
3	Solomon Islands	84.3%	-0.1%	=
4	United Republic of Tanzania	83.7%	-0.2%	=
5	Nigeria	82.5%	+2.1%	▲ 1
6	Cambodia	82.4%	+3.5%	▲ 1
7	North Korea	82.2%	+0.1%	▼ 2
8	Uganda	80%	+5.8%	▲ 11
9	Niger	79.7%	+8.7%	▲ 16
10	Mozambique	78.7%	-0.5%	=
11	United Arab Emirates	78.6%	+0.8%	▲ 1
12	Bolivia	78.6%	+16.4%	▲ 31
13	Burundi	78.3%	-1.5%	▼ 5
14	Eritrea	78.3%	-1.1%	▼ 5
15	Liberia	76.6%	-0.5%	=
16	Benin	76.4%	+3.9%	▲ 7
17	Iceland	74.9%	-2.3%	▼ 1
18	Angola	74.8%	-1.8%	▼ 1
19	The Bahamas	73.8%	-0.1%	▲ 2
20	Central African Republic	73.4%	+0.0%	▲ 4
21	Kuwait	73.4%	+1.5%	▲ 5
22	Peru	72.9%	-4.0%	▼ 4
23	Vietnam	72.8%	-5.9%	▼ 9
24	Moldova	72.3%	+3.0%	▲ 8
25	Bahrain	70.4%	-1.4%	▲ 2
26	New Zealand	70.4%	+2.9%	▲ 13
27	Paraguay	70.2%	+3.4%	▲ 15
28	Burkina Faso	70%	-10.9%	▼ 17
29	Singapore	69.7%	+0.3%	▲ 4
30	Jamaica	69.6%	+6.3%	▲ 30
31	Botswana	68.8%	+10.6%	▲ 56
32	Ethiopia	68.5%	-12.2%	▼ 19
33	Oman	68.4%	-1.4%	▲ 1
34	Saint Lucia	68.3%	-1.4%	▲ 3
35	Indonesia	68%	+2.1%	▲ 14
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.9%	+1.5%	▲ 12
37	Republic of the Congo	67.8%	-0.4%	▲ 4
38	Kazakhstan	67.8%	-3.7%	▼ 7
39	Macao S.A.R	67.8%	-4.2%	▼ 10
40	Zimbabwe	67.7%	+2.4%	▲ 13
41	Kenya	67.4%	-9.3%	▼ 21
42	Netherlands	67.2%	+1.1%	▲ 9
43	Ivory Coast	67.1%	+0.3%	▲ 3
44	Cyprus	67%	+4.4%	▲ 26
45	Mali	67%	-5.1%	▼ 15
46	Timor-Leste	67%	+0.1%	▲ 1
47	Switzerland	66.7%	-2.2%	▼ 7
48	Thailand	66.7%	-3.8%	▼ 10
49	Australia	66.5%	+2.2%	▲ 15
50	Panama	66.3%	+0.9%	▲ 8
51	Laos	66.1%	+10.2%	▲ 55
52	Malaysia	66.1%	+1.4%	▲ 11
53	Nicaragua	66.1%	+1.5%	▲ 12
54	Norway	65.6%	-1.5%	▼ 4
55	Israel	65.5%	-0.2%	▲ 4
56	Cameroon	65.2%	-8.4%	▼ 28
57	Estonia	65.1%	+5.3%	▲ 32
58	Saudi Arabia	65.1%	+9.0%	▲ 52
59	Uruguay	65%	+0.2%	▲ 7
60	Denmark	64.9%	+5.7%	▲ 34
61	Bhutan	64.8%	+2.7%	▲ 15
62	Dominican Republic	64.8%	+4.5%	▲ 26
63	Guinea-Bissau	64.8%	+2.5%	▲ 12
64	Ireland	64.8%	+4.9%	▲ 26
65	Barbados	64.7%	-1.1%	▼ 4
66	China	64.6%	-6.8%	▼ 31
67	Sweden	64.6%	+1.1%	▲ 6
68	Canada	64.5%	-2.1%	▼ 14
69	Ecuador	64.5%	-1.8%	▼ 12
70	South Korea	64.4%	+2.9%	▲ 12
71	Albania	64.3%	+15.9%	▲ 70
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	64.3%	-1.5%	▼ 10
73	Georgia	64.3%	-2.9%	▼ 21
74	Brunei	64.2%	-2.3%	▼ 18
75	Malta	64%	+15.1%	▲ 64
76	Haiti	63.9%	-3.0%	▼ 21
77	Rwanda	63.7%	+5.1%	▲ 24
78	Maldives	63.5%	+13.0%	▲ 54
79	Colombia	63.4%	-5.4%	▼ 35
80	Japan	63.4%	+6.6%	▲ 32
81	Azerbaijan	63.3%	-0.3%	▼ 7
82	Brazil	63.1%	-1.9%	▼ 13
83	Lithuania	62.9%	+6.2%	▲ 34
84	Belarus	62.7%	-2.5%	▼ 16
85	Malawi	62.6%	-6.6%	▼ 40
86	Chile	62.3%	+0.0%	▼ 2
87	Guam	62.3%	-0.2%	▼ 4
88	El Salvador	62.1%	+5.8%	▲ 32
89	Argentina	61.9%	+4.6%	▲ 26
90	Zambia	61.9%	+5.3%	▲ 29
91	United States	61.7%	-1.0%	▼ 5
92	Mexico	61.6%	+1.7%	▲ 7
93	Luxembourg	61.5%	+2.7%	▲ 15
94	United Kingdom	61.4%	-1.4%	▼ 9
95	Philippines	61.4%	+0.0%	=
96	Russia	61.1%	-2.6%	▼ 15
97	Germany	60.6%	+0.7%	▲ 8
98	Hungary	60.6%	+7.8%	▲ 33
99	Equatorial Guinea	60.5%	-0.8%	▼ 2
100	Latvia	60.5%	+0.8%	▲ 7
101	Slovakia	60.4%	+1.3%	▲ 10
102	Czechia	60.3%	+1.5%	▲ 12
103	Austria	60.1%	-0.2%	▲ 1
104	Finland	59.7%	+1.5%	▲ 14
105	Mongolia	59.7%	+0.0%	▲ 4
106	Guatemala	59.6%	-1.7%	▼ 8
107	Armenia	59.4%	-3.4%	▼ 14
108	Chad	59.4%	-3.6%	▼ 16
109	Belize	59.1%	-7.5%	▼ 37
110	Republic of Serbia	59.1%	+15.4%	▲ 47
111	Bangladesh	58.8%	+4.1%	▲ 17
112	Namibia	58.8%	-3.0%	▼ 12
113	Ghana	58.5%	-15.6%	▼ 77
114	Mauritius	58.5%	-3.0%	▼ 11
115	Poland	58.3%	+2.1%	▲ 12
116	Portugal	58.2%	-0.7%	▲ 7
117	Vanuatu	58.1%	-5.1%	▼ 21
118	Montenegro	58%	+10.7%	▲ 33
119	Togo	57.8%	-0.5%	▲ 6
120	Trinidad and Tobago	57.8%	-8.3%	▼ 43
121	Costa Rica	57.7%	-8.1%	▼ 43
122	Slovenia	57.6%	+0.0%	▲ 4
123	Uzbekistan	57.5%	+2.1%	▲ 7
124	Spain	57.4%	-2.0%	▼ 2
125	Kyrgyzstan	57.4%	-3.5%	▼ 12
126	Fiji	57.2%	-1.7%	▼ 2
127	Lesotho	57.1%	-9.1%	▼ 48
128	Cabo Verde	57%	-3.7%	▼ 12
129	Honduras	56.6%	-11.7%	▼ 58
130	Hong Kong S.A.R.	56.4%	-6.8%	▼ 28
131	New Caledonia	56.4%	-10.0%	▼ 51
132	Bulgaria	56.1%	+3.5%	▲ 13
133	Comoros	55.8%	+21.0%	▲ 36
134	India	55.7%	+5.1%	▲ 15
135	South Africa	55.6%	+1.8%	▲ 9
136	France	55.3%	-0.5%	▲ 2
137	Myanmar	55.1%	-14.8%	▼ 70
138	Guyana	55%	-1.4%	▼ 3
139	Turkey	54.4%	+6.0%	▲ 15
140	United States Virgin Islands	54.4%	-7.3%	▼ 19
141	Belgium	54.3%	+1.7%	▲ 7
142	Suriname	53.8%	-3.2%	▼ 2
143	Sierra Leone	53.4%	-5.0%	▼ 10
144	Guinea	52.6%	-5.6%	▼ 8
145	French Polynesia	52.4%	-6.4%	▼ 11
146	Pakistan	52.3%	+0.6%	▲ 6
147	Cuba	52.2%	-6.1%	▼ 10
148	Croatia	52.1%	-1.0%	▲ 2
149	Papua New Guinea	52.1%	+4.6%	▲ 11
150	Greece	52%	+1.6%	▲ 5
151	Senegal	52%	+14.3%	▲ 19
152	North Macedonia	51.9%	-3.9%	▼ 6
153	Venezuela	51.9%	-15.9%	▼ 62
154	Romania	51.3%	+0.2%	▲ 2
155	Eswatini	51.2%	-0.2%	▼ 2
156	Gabon	51.1%	+1.2%	▲ 2
157	Tonga	49.8%	-9.5%	▼ 15
158	Italy	49.3%	+1.4%	▲ 4
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49%	-1.8%	=
160	Sri Lanka	48.5%	-9.7%	▼ 13
161	Libya	48%	-2.8%	=
162	Gambia	47.5%	-0.6%	▲ 1
163	Tunisia	45.2%	-4.8%	▲ 2
164	Egypt	44.6%	-5.1%	▲ 4
165	Morocco	43.9%	-7.6%	▼ 1
166	Puerto Rico	42.8%	+12.6%	▲ 14
167	Samoa	42.5%	-22.3%	▼ 24
168	Turkmenistan	42%	-3.4%	▲ 5
169	Iraq	41.5%	-3.5%	▲ 5
170	Iran	41%	-2.1%	▲ 7
171	Algeria	40.8%	-4.0%	▲ 4
172	Mauritania	40.8%	-3.1%	▲ 4
173	Jordan	40.1%	+6.4%	▲ 8
174	Nepal	39.2%	-2.5%	▲ 4
175	Tajikistan	38.3%	-4.5%	▲ 4
176	Afghanistan	37.5%	-20.6%	▼ 10
177	Syria	36.9%	-2.1%	▲ 5
178	Somalia	33.8%	-1.2%	▲ 5
179	Yemen	33.1%	+3.1%	▲ 6
180	Djibouti	31.7%	-2.8%	▲ 4
181	São Tomé and Principe	23.3%	-2.9%	▲ 5

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