Data for 1995

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1995

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 1995
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1995, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1995 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 86.881; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.640. The middle country reads 61.511. Against 1994, 186 values changed (83 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1995

HighestBurundi

86.881

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.640

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

187countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.881
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.435
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.078
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	84.095
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.976
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.836
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.125
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.542
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.168
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.047
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.891
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.837
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.497
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	80.495
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.404
16	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.129
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.857
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.415
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.315
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.210
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.900
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.773
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.160
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.669
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.254
26	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.447
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.810
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.789
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	73.423
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.803
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.670
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.658
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.099
34	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.062
35	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.037
36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	71.402
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.286
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	70.455
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.403
40	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.303
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.228
42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.085
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.044
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.691
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.396
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.460
47	Colombia`COL`South America	68.095
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.901
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.612
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.251
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.834
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.815
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.674
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.623
55	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	65.989
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.949
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.663
58	United States`USA`Northern America	65.604
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.430
60	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.342
61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.321
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.251
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.080
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.732
65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.478
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.441
67	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.404
68	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.312
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.087
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.003
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.947
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.909
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.902
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.764
75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.752
76	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.683
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.678
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.498
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.474
80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.419
81	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.287
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	63.253
83	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.222
84	Peru`PER`South America	62.920
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.371
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.159
87	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.124
88	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.843
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.718
90	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.682
91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.666
92	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.552
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.529
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.511
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.460
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.413
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.374
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.307
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.287
100	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.771
101	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60.628
102	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.440
103	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.827
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.753
105	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.715
106	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	59.688
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.643
108	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	59.629
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.605
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.579
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.545
112	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.401
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.377
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.270
115	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.190
116	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.884
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.861
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.811
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.690
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.395
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	58.363
122	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.260
123	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.253
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.245
125	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.030
126	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.024
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.910
128	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.828
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.797
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.773
131	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.742
132	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.645
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.555
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.533
135	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.019
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.334
137	Chile`CHL`South America	56.030
138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	55.348
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.054
140	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55.043
141	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
142	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.880
143	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.554
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.381
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.350
146	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.125
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	53.830
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.604
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	51.397
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.353
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.310
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.929
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.700
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.439
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.382
156	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	50.344
157	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50.339
158	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.164
159	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50.127
160	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.116
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.866
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.656
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.193
164	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.107
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.381
166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.360
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.289
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.100
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.980
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.920
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.876
172	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46.868
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.240
174	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	46.100
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.780
176	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.601
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.599
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.479
179	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.263
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.329
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.952
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.500
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.293
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.441
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.795
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.921
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.640

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi86.881
2Tanzania86.435
3Madagascar86.078
4Nigeria84.095
5Mozambique83.976

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.640
186Somalia33.921
185Djibouti34.795
184Jordan39.441
183Palestine40.293

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.511. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
83 · 103rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Iceland73.177 → 75.669+2.492
Peru60.780 → 62.920+2.140
Azerbaijan78.573 → 80.495+1.922
Turkmenistan53.888 → 55.348+1.460
Macau61.834 → 63.287+1.453

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands70.568 → 65.989−4.579
Sri Lanka57.040 → 54.880−2.160
Albania66.602 → 64.732−1.870
Luxembourg52.198 → 50.339−1.859
Estonia63.064 → 61.843−1.221

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 1995.
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) (1995). Labour Force Participation Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/1995

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