Data for 2000

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2000

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2000 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 86.441; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.185. The middle country reads 61.163. Against 1999, 186 values changed (75 up, 111 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2000

HighestTanzania

86.441

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.185

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

187countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.441
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.314
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.015
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.982
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.371
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	82.655
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.635
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.211
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.074
10	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	82.073
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.949
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.843
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.760
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.429
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.013
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.862
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.362
18	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.097
19	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.820
20	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	76.800
21	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.508
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.366
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.359
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.298
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	74.190
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.012
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	73.483
28	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.393
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.625
30	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.527
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.512
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.486
33	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.408
34	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.832
35	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.958
36	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.281
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.152
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.879
39	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.684
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.350
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.156
42	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	69.083
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	68.406
44	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.248
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.804
46	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	67.800
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.756
48	Colombia`COL`South America	67.625
49	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.339
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.296
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	66.997
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.894
53	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.785
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.669
55	United States`USA`Northern America	66.146
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.932
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.807
58	Peru`PER`South America	65.780
59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.757
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.614
61	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.520
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.507
63	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.474
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.365
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.351
66	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.291
67	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.765
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	64.686
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.619
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.380
71	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.358
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.233
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.038
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.013
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.813
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.449
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.282
78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.075
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.998
80	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	62.770
81	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.442
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.315
83	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	62.139
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.121
85	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	61.994
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.772
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.704
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.538
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	61.407
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.353
91	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.338
92	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.272
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.256
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.163
95	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.798
96	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.754
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.705
98	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.415
99	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.361
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.184
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	60.183
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.164
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.079
104	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.912
105	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.902
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.662
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.571
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.552
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.544
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.541
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.506
112	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.344
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.300
114	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.906
115	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.870
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.842
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.826
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.600
119	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	58.565
120	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.554
121	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.514
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.469
123	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.429
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.254
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.163
126	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.989
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.557
128	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.263
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	57.207
130	Guyana`GUY`South America	57.203
131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.977
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.304
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.175
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.151
135	Chile`CHL`South America	55.909
136	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55.745
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	55.570
138	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.486
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.303
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	54.800
142	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.130
143	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.708
144	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.417
145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.335
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	53.236
147	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.889
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.811
149	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.742
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.632
151	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.243
152	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.442
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.322
154	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.157
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.067
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.890
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.838
158	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.410
159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.337
160	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.952
161	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.948
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.690
163	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.316
164	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.995
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.498
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.413
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.133
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.969
169	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.818
170	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.169
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.571
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.562
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.222
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.000
175	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	45.940
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.198
177	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.275
178	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.197
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.133
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.096
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.719
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.364
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.254
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.400
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.087
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.013
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.185

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania86.441
2Madagascar86.314
3Mozambique85.015
4Solomon Islands83.982
5Nigeria83.371

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.185
186Djibouti34.013
185Somalia34.087
184Jordan39.400
183Palestine40.254

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.163. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
75 · 111rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Iceland76.268 → 77.862+1.594
Luxembourg52.254 → 53.417+1.163
Spain51.771 → 52.889+1.118
United States Virgin Islands58.935 → 59.902+0.967
Saudi Arabia48.221 → 48.995+0.774

Fell most

Timor-Leste72.651 → 69.684−2.967
Türkiye52.700 → 49.948−2.752
Peru68.160 → 65.780−2.380
Sri Lanka57.310 → 55.570−1.740
Latvia57.697 → 56.151−1.546

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 2000.
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) (2000). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2000

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