Data for 2023

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2023

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2023 covers 184 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.437; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.328. The middle country reads 58.158. Against 2022, 183 values changed (124 up, 59 down), 2 left.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

87.437

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.328

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.437
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.064
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.864
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.455
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.137
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.021
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.316
8	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.236
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.082
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.795
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.681
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	76.010
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.023
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.421
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.718
16	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.562
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.432
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.335
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.118
20	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.958
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.675
22	Peru`PER`South America	69.125
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.886
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.833
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.631
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.722
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.369
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.317
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.004
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.997
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.652
32	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.471
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	66.160
34	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	66.149
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.653
36	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.610
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.562
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.327
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.227
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.208
41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.727
42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.565
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.369
44	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.325
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.980
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.814
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.625
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.587
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.376
50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.188
51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.091
52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.962
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.862
54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.795
55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	62.756
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	62.718
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.547
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.225
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.047
60	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.822
61	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.519
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.449
63	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.420
64	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.372
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.305
66	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.265
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.881
68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	60.782
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.766
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.716
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.711
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.505
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	60.272
74	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.224
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.069
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.036
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.989
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.843
79	United States`USA`Northern America	59.821
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.718
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.323
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.188
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.175
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.070
85	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	58.961
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.875
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.845
88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.584
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.463
90	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.347
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.330
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.189
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.127
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.915
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.683
96	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.649
97	Colombia`COL`South America	57.623
98	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.605
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.597
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.397
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.278
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.066
103	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.042
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.796
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.646
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.117
107	Chile`CHL`South America	55.976
108	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.966
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.936
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.800
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.709
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.528
113	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.472
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.411
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.182
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.163
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.930
118	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.750
119	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.438
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.373
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.160
122	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	53.700
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.549
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.298
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.292
126	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.057
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.850
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.546
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	52.415
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.313
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.245
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.100
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.974
134	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.835
135	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.390
136	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	50.995
137	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.866
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.585
139	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.574
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.437
141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.335
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.096
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49.765
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.630
145	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.458
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.058
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.847
148	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.589
149	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	48.367
150	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.308
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.182
152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.066
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.617
154	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.157
155	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.091
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46.002
157	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.254
158	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.934
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.469
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.155
161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.653
162	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.301
163	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.117
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.309
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.290
166	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	39.722
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.430
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.865
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38.654
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.142
171	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37.359
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.682
173	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.673
174	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.413
175	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.285
176	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.269
177	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.494
178	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.455
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32.323
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.205
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.497
182	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.480
183	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.490
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.328

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.437
2Solomon Islands83.064
3Madagascar82.864
4Tanzania82.455
5Cambodia82.137

Lowest

184São Tomé and Príncipe21.328
183Djibouti23.490
182Somalia27.480
181Yemen27.497
180Syria32.205

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.158. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
183values changed, of 184 in both
124 · 59rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda51.089 → 55.800+4.711
Mauritius52.046 → 55.709+3.663
Montenegro47.244 → 50.866+3.622
Bhutan59.342 → 62.962+3.620
Botswana49.361 → 52.313+2.952

Fell most

Costa Rica54.527 → 52.100−2.427
Sri Lanka47.476 → 45.254−2.222
Moldova71.872 → 69.675−2.197
Peru71.277 → 69.125−2.152
Kyrgyzstan56.361 → 54.930−1.431

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2023

0635 held

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