Data for 2022

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2022

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2022 covers 186 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.461; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.402. The middle country reads 57.688. Against 2021, 186 values changed (158 up, 28 down), 1 left.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

87.461

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.402

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.461
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.042
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.725
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.453
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.137
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.309
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.291
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.385
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.158
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.722
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.487
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.023
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.995
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.420
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.623
16	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.466
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.314
18	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.766
19	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.872
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	71.646
21	Peru`PER`South America	71.277
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	69.567
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.395
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.810
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.589
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.291
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.230
28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.784
29	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.549
30	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	66.153
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.999
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.812
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.631
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.598
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.537
36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.203
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.018
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.892
39	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.858
40	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.698
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.619
42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.396
43	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.363
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.313
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.833
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.747
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.620
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.388
49	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.185
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.110
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.021
52	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.523
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.379
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.346
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.971
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.802
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	61.779
58	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.754
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.567
60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.486
61	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.441
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.116
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.953
64	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.868
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.756
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	60.695
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.688
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.601
69	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	60.235
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.904
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.843
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.770
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.744
74	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.573
75	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.541
76	United States`USA`Northern America	59.538
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.342
78	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.140
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.031
80	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.011
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.961
82	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.926
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.886
84	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	58.844
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.636
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.533
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.403
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.279
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	58.204
90	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.146
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	58.137
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.843
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.712
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.663
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.404
96	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.400
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.300
98	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.289
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.797
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.783
101	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.684
102	Colombia`COL`South America	56.498
103	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.362
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.361
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.285
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.036
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	55.964
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.792
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.459
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.457
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.376
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.353
113	Chile`CHL`South America	55.177
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.114
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.528
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.527
117	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.382
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.309
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.267
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.238
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.030
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.527
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.492
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.317
125	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.257
126	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.687
127	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.250
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52.046
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.981
130	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.758
131	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.536
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.424
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.089
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.003
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.905
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.591
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.472
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.349
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.197
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.087
141	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.068
142	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.682
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.633
144	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.361
145	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.152
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	48.931
147	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.010
148	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.942
149	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	47.931
150	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.598
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	47.587
152	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.503
153	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.476
154	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.353
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.244
156	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.386
157	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.264
158	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.078
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.710
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.656
161	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.525
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.097
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.506
164	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.130
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.033
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.351
167	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	39.319
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	39.304
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.581
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.877
171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.632
172	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.620
173	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	35.701
174	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.224
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.161
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.087
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.698
178	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	34.004
179	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.383
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32.333
181	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.040
182	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.538
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.438
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.337
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.437
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.402

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.461
2Solomon Islands83.042
3Madagascar82.725
4Tanzania82.453
5Cambodia82.137

Lowest

186São Tomé and Príncipe21.402
185Djibouti23.437
184Yemen27.337
183Somalia27.438
182Jordan31.538

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 57.688. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
158 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro40.144 → 47.244+7.100
Saint Lucia52.063 → 58.137+6.074
Bahamas61.941 → 67.291+5.350
Philippines54.552 → 59.843+5.291
Barbados55.515 → 60.601+5.086

Fell most

Bhutan65.776 → 59.342−6.434
Afghanistan35.800 → 32.333−3.467
Guatemala61.569 → 58.403−3.166
Macau67.393 → 65.018−2.375
Honduras55.526 → 53.492−2.034

− Ukraine

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 2022.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2022

0635 held

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