Data for 1996

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1996

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 1996
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1996, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 1996 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 86.459; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.586. The middle country reads 61.304. Against 1995, 185 values changed (82 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 1996

HighestTanzania

86.459

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.586

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

187countries
1measure
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.459
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.104
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.054
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.947
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.892
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.838
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.919
8	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.653
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.128
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.127
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.925
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.843
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.516
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	80.508
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.246
16	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.865
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.415
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	77.311
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.179
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.113
21	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.898
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.271
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.032
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.495
25	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.478
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.382
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.986
28	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.983
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	73.328
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.739
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.682
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.603
33	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.276
34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.996
35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.914
36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.098
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	70.947
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.388
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.341
40	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.187
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.966
42	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69.812
43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.519
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.947
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.899
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.431
47	Colombia`COL`South America	68.119
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.823
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.796
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.428
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.322
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.945
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.870
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.636
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.431
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.911
57	United States`USA`Northern America	65.775
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.435
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.394
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.265
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.234
62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.154
63	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.628
64	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.623
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	64.550
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.505
67	Peru`PER`South America	64.317
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.287
69	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64.226
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.225
71	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.973
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.949
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.946
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.928
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.649
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.587
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.504
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.488
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.480
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.466
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.373
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.004
83	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.928
84	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.562
85	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.550
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.077
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.000
88	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.780
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.692
90	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.669
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.475
92	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.434
93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.385
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.304
95	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	61.300
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.212
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.894
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.814
99	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.791
100	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60.701
101	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.387
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.310
103	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.158
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.068
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.635
106	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	59.625
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.613
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.586
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.464
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.450
111	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	59.382
112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.347
113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.315
114	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.234
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.967
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.876
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.792
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.729
119	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.499
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.450
121	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.394
122	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	58.165
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.150
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	58.133
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.094
126	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.037
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.010
128	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.962
129	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.799
130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.734
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.690
132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.613
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.502
134	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	56.818
135	Chile`CHL`South America	56.630
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.181
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.970
138	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.400
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.351
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
141	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	54.587
142	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.481
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.188
144	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.028
145	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.005
146	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.734
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	53.516
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.920
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.010
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	51.774
151	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.275
152	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50.960
153	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	50.899
154	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.875
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.615
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.415
157	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.399
158	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.261
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.089
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.855
161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.658
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.443
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.368
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.240
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.135
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.314
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.297
168	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.016
169	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.637
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.279
171	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.275
172	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	46.880
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.803
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.192
175	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.912
176	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.446
177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.855
178	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.081
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.931
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.315
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.971
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.460
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.322
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.468
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.698
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.960
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.586

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania86.459
2Madagascar86.104
3Burundi86.054
4Mozambique83.947
5Nigeria83.892

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.586
186Somalia33.960
185Djibouti34.698
184Jordan39.468
183Palestine40.322

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.304. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 187 in both
82 · 103rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland64.087 → 67.428+3.341
Peru62.920 → 64.317+1.397
Macau63.287 → 64.550+1.263
Ireland61.718 → 62.928+1.210
Uruguay59.190 → 60.310+1.120

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands65.989 → 61.780−4.209
Costa Rica58.030 → 55.970−2.060
Georgia79.129 → 77.311−1.818
Brazil65.663 → 63.949−1.714
El Salvador62.371 → 60.814−1.557

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 1996.
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) (1996). Labour Force Participation Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/1996

0636 held

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