Data for 1992

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 88.994; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.702. The middle country reads 61.401. Against 1991, 184 values changed (88 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1992

HighestBurundi

88.994

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.702

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

187countries
1measure
1992the 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 Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992, 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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Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.994
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.633
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.151
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.059
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.732
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.519
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.018
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.967
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.230
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.803
11	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	81.766
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.962
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.750
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.919
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.873
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.234
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.870
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	77.627
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.342
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.308
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.974
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.060
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.952
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.381
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	73.638
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.403
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.251
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.992
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.879
30	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	72.745
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.567
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	72.303
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.216
34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.160
35	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	72.118
36	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.750
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.566
38	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	70.606
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.586
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	70.555
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.409
42	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.397
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	69.360
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.285
45	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.105
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.588
47	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.145
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.696
49	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.075
50	Colombia`COL`South America	66.964
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.896
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.742
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.736
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.437
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66.369
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.316
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.087
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	65.864
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.792
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	65.547
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.498
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.409
63	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.301
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.252
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.982
66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.895
67	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.880
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.756
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.730
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	64.677
71	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.397
72	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	64.176
73	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.032
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.989
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.801
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	63.361
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.234
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.134
79	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.002
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	62.990
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	62.942
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.891
83	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.756
84	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.403
85	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.392
86	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.321
87	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.138
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	62.137
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.075
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.714
91	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.571
92	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.539
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.460
94	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.401
95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.045
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.797
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.717
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.394
99	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.383
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.367
101	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.182
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.053
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.846
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.728
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.613
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.547
107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.487
108	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	59.349
109	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.148
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.141
111	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.076
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	59.060
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	59.052
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.009
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.004
116	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.955
117	Peru`PER`South America	58.900
118	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.715
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.398
120	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	58.244
121	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.219
122	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.047
123	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.022
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.997
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.830
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.790
127	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.600
128	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.404
129	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.282
130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.276
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.069
132	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.940
133	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.798
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56.680
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	56.620
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.365
137	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.010
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.990
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.806
140	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.660
141	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.162
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.092
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.090
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
145	Chile`CHL`South America	54.247
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.112
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.959
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.258
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.346
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.270
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.119
152	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.033
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.978
154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.831
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50.766
156	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.700
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.510
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.236
159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.065
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.891
161	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.796
162	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.680
163	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.620
164	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.523
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.095
166	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.558
167	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.522
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.278
169	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.245
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.219
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.190
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	47.087
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.384
174	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.307
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.799
176	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.584
177	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	45.570
178	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.601
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.142
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.377
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.745
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.557
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.316
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.401
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.002
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.862
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.702

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi88.994
2Tanzania86.633
3Madagascar86.151
4Mozambique84.059
5Burkina Faso83.732

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.702
186Somalia33.862
185Djibouti35.002
184Jordan39.401
183Palestine40.316

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.401. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 187 in both
88 · 96rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan69.731 → 72.303+2.572
Kyrgyzstan60.548 → 62.891+2.343
Turkmenistan48.473 → 50.766+2.293
Panama57.822 → 59.004+1.182
United States Virgin Islands69.524 → 70.606+1.082

Fell most

Sri Lanka59.057 → 56.620−2.437
Estonia66.776 → 64.677−2.099
Portugal60.979 → 58.955−2.024
Slovakia66.094 → 64.176−1.918
Italy50.334 → 48.522−1.812

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 1992.
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.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Labour Force Participation Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/1992

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