Data for 2024

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2024

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2024 covers 182 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.106; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.272. The middle country reads 57.694. Against 2023, 182 values changed (63 up, 119 down), 2 left.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2024

HighestQatar

87.106

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.272

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.106
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.059
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.866
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.445
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.165
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.053
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.262
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.255
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.781
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.774
11	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.789
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.766
13	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.022
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.379
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.679
16	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	73.529
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.448
18	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.977
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.963
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.130
21	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.804
22	Peru`PER`South America	69.023
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.830
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	67.651
25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.308
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.303
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.255
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.220
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.176
30	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.733
31	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.604
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.275
33	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	66.168
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	66.102
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.746
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.685
37	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.583
38	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.215
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.209
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.966
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.383
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.189
43	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.089
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.897
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.719
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.565
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.201
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.168
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.140
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.037
51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	62.907
52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.770
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.745
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.670
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.311
56	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.218
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.175
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	61.931
59	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.717
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.564
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.560
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.335
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.271
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.214
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.167
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.069
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.786
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.715
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.627
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	60.501
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.475
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.322
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.292
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.050
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.985
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.899
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.747
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.681
79	United States`USA`Northern America	59.467
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.298
81	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.048
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.031
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	58.995
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	58.968
85	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.871
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.849
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.780
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.251
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.144
90	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.931
91	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.811
92	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.576
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.439
94	Colombia`COL`South America	57.418
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.391
96	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.361
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.201
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.164
99	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.009
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.908
101	Chile`CHL`South America	56.864
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.762
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.758
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.640
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.323
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.223
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.856
108	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.809
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.727
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.468
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.434
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.410
113	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.140
114	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.139
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.879
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.826
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.644
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	54.623
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.349
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.152
121	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.911
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.815
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.686
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.537
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.317
126	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	53.307
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.275
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.485
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.243
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.922
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.905
132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	51.711
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.544
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.429
135	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.249
136	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	50.631
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.596
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.544
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.404
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.256
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.083
142	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.739
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.732
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.435
145	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.430
146	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.280
147	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49.209
148	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.683
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.591
150	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	48.249
151	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	48.039
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.593
153	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.089
154	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	46.667
155	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	46.540
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46.365
157	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.799
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.428
159	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.977
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.556
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.005
162	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.992
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	40.473
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	40.212
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.111
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.054
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.508
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.905
169	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37.632
170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.701
171	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.363
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.647
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.201
174	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.185
175	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.464
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.328
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	32.408
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.048
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.554
180	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.477
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.509
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.272

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.106
2Solomon Islands83.059
3Madagascar82.866
4Tanzania82.445
5Cambodia82.165

Lowest

182São Tomé and Príncipe21.272
181Djibouti23.509
180Somalia27.477
179Yemen27.554
178Syria32.048

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 57.694. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
63 · 119rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Serbia53.292 → 54.879+1.587
Costa Rica52.100 → 53.686+1.586
Moldova69.675 → 71.130+1.455
Sri Lanka45.254 → 46.540+1.286
Türkiye48.308 → 49.430+1.122

Fell most

Bangladesh58.845 → 56.762−2.083
New Zealand68.833 → 67.220−1.613
Canada61.822 → 60.627−1.195
Ireland63.376 → 62.218−1.158
Finland55.966 → 54.826−1.140

− Lebanon

− South 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 2024.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2024

0635 held

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