Data for 2003

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2003, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 87.232; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.059. The middle country reads 60.879. Against 2002, 186 values changed (75 up, 111 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2003

HighestTanzania

87.232

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.059

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

187countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.232
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.497
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.030
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.662
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.217
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82.671
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.122
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	82.067
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.819
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.420
11	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.815
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.420
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.226
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.201
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.173
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.302
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.229
18	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.092
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.071
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.471
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.463
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.334
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.163
24	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.096
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	73.246
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	73.015
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.873
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.566
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.563
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.294
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.764
32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	71.466
33	Peru`PER`South America	70.999
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	70.836
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	70.534
36	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.223
37	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.020
38	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.752
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.639
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.534
41	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.522
42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	68.185
43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.067
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.849
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.776
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.670
47	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	67.642
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.598
49	Colombia`COL`South America	67.436
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.388
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.133
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.111
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.898
54	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.781
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.927
56	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	65.830
57	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.768
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.671
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.519
60	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	65.504
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.400
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.372
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.335
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.220
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.996
66	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.989
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.743
68	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64.698
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.640
70	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.310
71	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.187
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.798
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.769
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.715
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.680
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.408
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.074
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.762
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	62.640
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.538
81	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.135
82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.051
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.982
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.766
85	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	61.701
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.528
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.368
88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.363
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.230
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.229
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.143
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.113
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.036
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.879
95	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.766
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.749
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.519
98	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	60.377
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.304
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.262
101	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.040
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.032
103	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.982
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.979
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.974
106	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.752
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.606
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.521
109	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.498
110	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.497
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.391
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.195
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.113
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.815
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.750
116	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.728
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.557
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.357
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.342
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.187
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	58.025
122	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.846
123	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	57.512
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.454
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	57.248
126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.897
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.712
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.633
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.510
130	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.504
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.391
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.135
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.090
134	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.989
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.698
136	Chile`CHL`South America	55.031
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.008
138	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.986
139	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.948
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.889
141	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.819
142	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.518
143	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.902
144	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.802
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53.560
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.483
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.071
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.714
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.179
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.966
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.775
152	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.404
153	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.255
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.721
155	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.673
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.590
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.160
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.119
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.992
160	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.753
161	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.850
162	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.736
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.669
164	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.624
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.348
166	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.331
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	48.090
168	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.061
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.891
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.760
171	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	46.710
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.497
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.445
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.386
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.959
176	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.129
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.117
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.661
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	43.048
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.932
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.523
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.307
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.759
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.400
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.176
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.753
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.059

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania87.232
2Madagascar86.497
3Mozambique86.030
4Solomon Islands84.662
5Qatar83.217

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.059
186Djibouti33.753
185Somalia34.176
184Jordan37.400
183Palestine38.759

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.879. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 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

Palestine35.907 → 38.759+2.852
Mauritius58.257 → 60.519+2.262
Lithuania58.022 → 59.974+1.952
Estonia56.958 → 58.750+1.792
El Salvador60.350 → 61.766+1.416

Fell most

Macau64.133 → 61.701−2.432
Azerbaijan72.482 → 70.534−1.948
Slovenia58.377 → 56.712−1.665
United States Virgin Islands61.243 → 59.752−1.491
Türkiye49.577 → 48.331−1.246

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 2003.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2003). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2003

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