Data for 2005

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 87.987; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.023. The middle country reads 61.100. Against 2004, 187 values changed (85 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2005

HighestTanzania

87.987

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.023

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.987
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.503
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.020
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.453
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.562
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82.172
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.040
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	82.019
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.765
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.973
11	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.826
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.810
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.992
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.287
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.430
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.270
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.085
18	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.998
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.708
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.730
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.336
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.247
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.217
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.029
25	Peru`PER`South America	73.114
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.113
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	73.038
28	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.605
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	72.581
30	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.535
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.166
32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.793
33	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.279
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.241
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.968
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.941
37	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.759
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.471
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	69.450
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.449
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.294
42	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.302
43	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.050
44	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.918
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.907
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.792
47	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.204
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.194
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.977
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66.960
51	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.731
52	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.663
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.542
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	66.464
55	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.343
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.228
57	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.933
58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.832
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.695
60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.665
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.624
62	Colombia`COL`South America	65.339
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.332
64	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.234
65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.197
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.177
67	United States`USA`Northern America	65.049
68	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	64.814
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.704
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.540
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.509
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.399
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.275
74	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	63.911
75	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.830
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.600
77	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.297
78	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.236
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.674
80	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	62.524
81	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.459
82	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.210
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.921
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.843
85	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.799
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.667
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.666
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.589
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.558
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.511
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.326
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.309
93	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.183
94	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	61.100
95	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	60.914
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.768
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	60.761
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.740
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.600
100	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.567
101	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.418
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.267
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.120
104	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.738
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.665
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.514
107	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.463
108	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.420
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.342
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.301
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.289
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.266
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.261
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	59.035
115	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58.608
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.332
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.267
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.120
119	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.064
120	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.624
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.199
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.918
123	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.881
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.727
125	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.726
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.623
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.511
128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.428
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.362
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.157
131	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.129
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.044
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.989
134	Chile`CHL`South America	55.735
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.595
136	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.555
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.424
138	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.132
139	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	54.815
140	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.796
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.435
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.927
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.700
144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.302
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.294
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.274
147	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.658
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.496
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.322
150	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.161
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.685
152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	51.174
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	50.834
154	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.640
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.529
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.381
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.129
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.034
159	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.972
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.404
161	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.916
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.718
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.621
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.327
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.263
166	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.141
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.060
168	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	47.700
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.648
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.569
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.532
172	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.431
173	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.119
174	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.082
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.020
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.977
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.813
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.348
179	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.865
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.823
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.683
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.244
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.642
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.300
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.303
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.715
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.023

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania87.987
2Madagascar86.503
3Mozambique85.020
4Solomon Islands84.453
5Qatar82.562

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.023
186Djibouti33.715
185Somalia34.303
184Jordan38.300
183Palestine38.642

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.100. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
85 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Costa Rica58.867 → 61.309+2.442
Belgium51.947 → 53.294+1.347
Ireland64.364 → 65.665+1.301
Macau62.704 → 63.911+1.207
Spain55.730 → 56.881+1.151

Fell most

Tajikistan52.926 → 50.834−2.092
Fiji58.200 → 56.727−1.473
Turkmenistan52.635 → 51.174−1.461
Azerbaijan67.969 → 66.542−1.427
Colombia66.686 → 65.339−1.347

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 2005.
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) (2005). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2005

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