Data for 1994

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1994, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 87.504; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.677. The middle country reads 61.318. Against 1993, 186 values changed (90 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1994

HighestBurundi

87.504

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.677

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

187countries
1measure
1994the 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.504
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.484
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.082
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.010
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.960
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.770
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.329
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.768
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.197
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	81.943
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.861
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.820
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.669
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.512
15	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.948
16	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.859
17	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	78.573
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.525
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.401
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.267
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.246
22	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.870
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.811
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	74.957
25	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.435
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.612
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.585
28	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	73.513
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.177
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.866
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.742
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.629
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.124
34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.078
35	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	71.853
36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.659
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.359
38	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.790
39	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	70.568
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.413
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.279
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.816
43	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.800
44	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.617
45	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.309
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.736
47	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.490
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.986
49	Colombia`COL`South America	67.743
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.382
51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.854
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.821
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.798
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	66.602
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.536
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.874
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.825
58	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.710
59	United States`USA`Northern America	65.475
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.452
61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.417
62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.381
63	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.137
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.751
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.506
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.482
67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.451
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.324
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.019
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.008
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	63.923
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.871
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.680
74	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.609
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.463
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.436
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.397
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.361
79	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.357
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.139
81	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.077
82	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.064
83	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.945
84	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	62.704
85	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.239
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.009
87	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.875
88	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	61.834
89	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.823
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.718
91	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.677
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.654
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.422
94	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.318
95	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.298
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.130
97	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60.827
98	Peru`PER`South America	60.780
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.717
100	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.698
101	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.680
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	60.513
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.496
104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	59.924
105	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.887
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.868
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.842
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.749
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.663
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.599
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.591
112	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	59.564
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.405
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.355
115	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.325
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.927
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.853
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.824
119	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.694
120	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.684
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	58.593
122	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.506
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.204
124	Uruguay`URY`South America	58.110
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.063
126	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.936
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.902
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.822
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.779
130	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.508
131	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.505
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.404
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.375
134	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	57.040
135	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.020
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.515
137	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.070
138	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55.637
139	Chile`CHL`South America	55.206
140	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.080
141	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.067
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.847
144	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.649
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	54.314
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.226
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.888
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.390
149	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.198
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.258
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	51.063
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.996
153	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.952
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.790
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.645
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50.560
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.546
158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.307
159	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.229
160	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	50.072
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.996
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.875
163	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.792
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.150
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.103
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.880
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.464
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.268
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.043
170	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.948
171	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.242
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.950
173	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	46.610
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.288
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.761
176	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.686
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.226
178	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.341
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.118
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.355
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.909
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.533
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.308
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.462
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.869
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.876
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.677

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi87.504
2Tanzania86.484
3Madagascar86.082
4Mozambique84.010
5Nigeria83.960

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.677
186Somalia33.876
185Djibouti34.869
184Jordan39.462
183Palestine40.308

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.318. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
90 · 96rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Kyrgyzstan65.541 → 69.309+3.768
Azerbaijan75.515 → 78.573+3.058
Turkmenistan50.861 → 53.888+3.027
Türkiye52.153 → 54.649+2.496
Kuwait63.852 → 65.874+2.022

Fell most

Slovakia62.159 → 59.887−2.272
Russia63.840 → 61.875−1.965
Denmark66.438 → 64.506−1.932
Albania67.876 → 66.602−1.274
Switzerland65.043 → 64.008−1.035

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 1994.
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) (1994). Labour Force Participation Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/1994

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