Data for 2021

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.243; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.079. The middle country reads 56.066. Against 2020, 187 values changed (132 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2021

HighestQatar

86.243

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.079

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.243
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.169
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.162
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.058
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.195
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.210
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	77.731
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.591
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.899
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.812
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.681
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.661
13	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.848
14	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.831
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	73.405
16	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.892
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.981
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.935
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.646
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.987
21	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.488
22	Peru`PER`South America	68.264
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	67.873
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.760
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.738
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.406
27	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.393
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.661
29	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.139
30	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.776
31	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.567
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.498
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.914
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	64.533
35	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.496
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.341
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.306
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	64.091
39	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.056
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.733
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.621
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.348
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.274
44	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	63.249
45	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.825
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.817
47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.728
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.718
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.574
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.286
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61.941
52	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.842
53	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.569
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.524
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.482
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.293
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.761
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.310
59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.288
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.274
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.272
62	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60.257
63	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.070
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.853
65	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.506
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.493
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.374
68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.306
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.283
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.159
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.024
72	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.959
73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.526
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.456
75	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	58.432
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.309
77	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.224
78	United States`USA`Northern America	58.211
79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.057
80	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.871
81	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	57.784
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.751
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.517
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.021
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.975
86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	56.785
87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.780
88	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.738
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.715
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.612
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.409
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.382
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.360
94	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.066
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.051
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.986
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.704
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.654
99	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.610
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.563
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.526
102	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	55.515
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.501
104	Colombia`COL`South America	55.389
105	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.216
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.085
107	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.070
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.552
109	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.238
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.142
111	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	53.978
112	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.816
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.168
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.024
115	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.016
116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.836
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.796
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	52.770
119	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.589
120	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.530
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.416
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.364
123	Chile`CHL`South America	52.211
124	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	52.063
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.708
126	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	51.673
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.615
128	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.179
129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.124
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.838
131	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	50.728
132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.671
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.648
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.106
135	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.906
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	49.564
137	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.534
138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.388
139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.266
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.208
141	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.171
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.017
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.730
144	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.609
145	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.525
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	48.145
147	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.440
148	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.354
149	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.636
150	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46.452
151	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	46.327
152	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.212
153	Venezuela`VEN`South America	45.195
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.677
155	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.660
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.842
157	Guyana`GUY`South America	43.726
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.461
159	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	42.954
160	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.552
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.608
162	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.520
163	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	40.144
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	39.842
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.788
166	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39.730
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.220
168	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.029
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.706
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.233
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	36.471
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.173
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.800
174	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.677
175	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	34.332
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.222
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.101
178	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.248
179	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.177
180	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.716
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.922
182	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	30.999
183	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.925
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.100
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.392
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.003
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.079

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.243
2Solomon Islands83.169
3Tanzania82.162
4Madagascar82.058
5Cambodia79.195

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.079
186Djibouti23.003
185Yemen26.392
184Somalia27.100
183Syria30.925

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.066. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
132 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia40.184 → 52.063+11.879
Bolivia66.553 → 73.831+7.278
Ecuador56.361 → 62.728+6.367
Argentina49.602 → 55.085+5.483
Belize48.795 → 54.142+5.347

Fell most

Myanmar59.263 → 52.796−6.467
Rwanda55.248 → 49.017−6.231
Malawi64.360 → 59.374−4.986
Mongolia59.364 → 56.382−2.982
Cambodia82.097 → 79.195−2.902

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2021

0635 held

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