Labour

Labour force participation

Share of the population aged 15 and over that is economically active (ILO modelled estimate).

Year

Highest · 2025

Qatar

87.0%

Coverage · 2025

177

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value
1	Qatar	87.0%
2	Madagascar	85.5%
3	Solomon Islands	84.3%
4	Tanzania	83.7%
5	Nigeria	82.5%
6	Cambodia	82.4%
7	North Korea	82.2%
8	Uganda	80.0%
9	Niger	79.7%
10	Mozambique	78.7%
11	Bolivia	78.6%
12	United Arab Emirates	78.6%
13	Eritrea	78.3%
14	Burundi	78.3%
15	Liberia	76.6%
16	Benin	76.4%
17	Iceland	74.9%
18	Angola	74.8%
19	Bahamas	73.8%
20	Central African Republic	73.4%
21	Kuwait	73.4%
22	Peru	72.9%
23	Vietnam	72.8%
24	Moldova	72.3%
25	Bahrain	70.4%
26	New Zealand	70.4%
27	Paraguay	70.2%
28	Burkina Faso	70.0%
29	Singapore	69.7%
30	Jamaica	69.6%
31	Botswana	68.8%
32	Ethiopia	68.5%
33	Oman	68.4%
34	Saint Lucia	68.3%
35	Indonesia	68.0%
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.9%
37	Macao	67.8%
38	Congo	67.8%
39	Kazakhstan	67.8%
40	Zimbabwe	67.7%
41	Kenya	67.4%
42	Netherlands	67.2%
43	Côte d'Ivoire	67.1%
44	Mali	67.0%
45	Timor-Leste	67.0%
46	Cyprus	67.0%
47	Switzerland	66.7%
48	Thailand	66.7%
49	Australia	66.5%
50	Panama	66.3%
51	Malaysia	66.1%
52	Laos	66.1%
53	Nicaragua	66.1%
54	Norway	65.6%
55	Israel	65.5%
56	Cameroon	65.2%
57	Estonia	65.1%
58	Saudi Arabia	65.1%
59	Uruguay	65.0%
60	Denmark	64.9%
61	Ireland	64.8%
62	Dominican Republic	64.8%
63	Bhutan	64.8%
64	Guinea-Bissau	64.8%
65	Barbados	64.7%
66	Sweden	64.6%
67	China	64.6%
68	Canada	64.5%
69	Ecuador	64.5%
70	South Korea	64.4%
71	Georgia	64.3%
72	DR Congo	64.3%
73	Albania	64.3%
74	Brunei	64.2%
75	Malta	64.0%
76	Haiti	63.9%
77	Rwanda	63.7%
78	Maldives	63.5%
79	Japan	63.4%
80	Colombia	63.4%
81	Azerbaijan	63.3%
82	Brazil	63.1%
83	Lithuania	62.9%
84	Belarus	62.7%
85	Malawi	62.6%
86	Chile	62.3%
87	El Salvador	62.1%
88	Zambia	61.9%
89	Argentina	61.9%
90	United States	61.7%
91	Mexico	61.6%
92	Luxembourg	61.5%
93	United Kingdom	61.4%
94	Philippines	61.4%
95	Russia	61.1%
96	Hungary	60.6%
97	Germany	60.6%
98	Latvia	60.5%
99	Equatorial Guinea	60.5%
100	Slovakia	60.4%
101	Czechia	60.3%
102	Austria	60.1%
103	Mongolia	59.7%
104	Finland	59.7%
105	Guatemala	59.6%
106	Chad	59.4%
107	Armenia	59.4%
108	Serbia	59.1%
109	Belize	59.1%
110	Namibia	58.8%
111	Bangladesh	58.8%
112	Mauritius	58.5%
113	Ghana	58.5%
114	Poland	58.3%
115	Portugal	58.2%
116	Vanuatu	58.1%
117	Montenegro	58.0%
118	Togo	57.8%
119	Trinidad and Tobago	57.8%
120	Costa Rica	57.7%
121	Slovenia	57.6%
122	Uzbekistan	57.5%
123	Spain	57.4%
124	Kyrgyzstan	57.4%
125	Fiji	57.2%
126	Lesotho	57.1%
127	Cabo Verde	57.0%
128	Honduras	56.6%
129	Hong Kong	56.4%
130	Bulgaria	56.1%
131	Comoros	55.8%
132	India	55.7%
133	South Africa	55.6%
134	France	55.3%
135	Myanmar	55.1%
136	Guyana	55.0%
137	Turkey	54.4%
138	Belgium	54.3%
139	Suriname	53.8%
140	Sierra Leone	53.4%
141	Guinea	52.6%
142	Pakistan	52.3%
143	Cuba	52.2%
144	Croatia	52.1%
145	Papua New Guinea	52.1%
146	Senegal	52.0%
147	Greece	52.0%
148	North Macedonia	51.9%
149	Venezuela	51.9%
150	Romania	51.3%
151	Eswatini	51.2%
152	Gabon	51.1%
153	Tonga	49.8%
154	Italy	49.3%
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.0%
156	Sri Lanka	48.5%
157	Libya	48.0%
158	Gambia	47.5%
159	Tunisia	45.2%
160	Egypt	44.6%
161	Morocco	43.9%
162	Puerto Rico	42.8%
163	Samoa	42.5%
164	Turkmenistan	42.0%
165	Iraq	41.5%
166	Iran	41.0%
167	Algeria	40.8%
168	Mauritania	40.8%
169	Jordan	40.1%
170	Nepal	39.2%
171	Tajikistan	38.3%
172	Afghanistan	37.5%
173	Syria	36.9%
174	Somalia	33.8%
175	Yemen	33.1%
176	Djibouti	31.7%
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	23.3%

Source: World Bank — Labour force participation · Unit: % of population 15+ · Year: 2025 · 177 entries