Data for 2006

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2006

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2006 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 88.349; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.016. The middle country reads 61.143. Against 2005, 187 values changed (87 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2006

HighestTanzania

88.349

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.016

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

187countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.349
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.533
3	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.493
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.474
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.747
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.069
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.963
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.923
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.746
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.027
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.747
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.039
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	79.691
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.341
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.447
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.260
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.223
18	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.102
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.890
20	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.869
21	Peru`PER`South America	76.140
22	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.596
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.225
24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.147
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.919
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.232
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.549
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.482
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.281
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.102
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.808
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	71.694
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.267
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.790
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.685
36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	69.680
37	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.532
38	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	69.213
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.121
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.119
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.171
42	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.084
43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.949
44	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.846
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.742
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.705
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.571
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.320
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.165
50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.047
51	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.827
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66.721
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	66.542
54	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.378
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	66.341
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.168
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.126
58	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.123
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.086
60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.080
61	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.850
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.658
63	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.625
64	United States`USA`Northern America	65.175
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.940
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.860
67	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.850
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.801
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.631
70	Colombia`COL`South America	64.616
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	64.498
72	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.348
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.208
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.191
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.712
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.569
77	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.335
78	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.300
79	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	62.798
80	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.700
81	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	62.276
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.265
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.235
84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.222
85	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.098
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.047
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.981
88	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.798
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.795
90	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.463
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.418
92	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.227
93	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.189
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.143
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.038
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.978
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.921
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.875
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.674
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.647
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.544
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.497
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.455
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.423
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.894
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.856
107	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.713
108	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.466
109	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.273
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.256
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.188
112	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.062
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.024
114	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.997
115	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.948
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	58.889
117	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.563
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.345
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.226
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.093
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.071
122	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.835
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.804
124	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.365
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.304
126	Chile`CHL`South America	56.875
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.649
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.646
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.537
130	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.407
131	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.994
132	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.916
133	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.839
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.810
135	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.354
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.345
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.209
138	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.149
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.137
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.207
141	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.194
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.062
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.413
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.250
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.109
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.002
147	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.427
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.412
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.408
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.107
151	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.014
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.529
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.623
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.577
155	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.533
156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50.046
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.032
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.000
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.111
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.880
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.850
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	48.739
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.578
164	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.347
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.294
166	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.191
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.188
168	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	47.230
169	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.970
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.969
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.571
172	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.487
173	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.272
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.810
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.293
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.772
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.606
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.247
179	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.990
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.768
181	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.361
182	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.172
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.630
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.700
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.407
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.635
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.016

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania88.349
2Madagascar86.533
3Mozambique84.493
4Solomon Islands84.474
5Qatar83.747

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.016
186Djibouti33.635
185Somalia34.407
184Jordan37.700
183Palestine38.630

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.143. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
87 · 100rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Moldova54.815 → 58.093+3.278
Peru73.114 → 76.140+3.026
Uruguay59.514 → 61.981+2.467
Macau63.911 → 65.850+1.939
Estonia58.608 → 60.497+1.889

Fell most

Paraguay70.279 → 67.047−3.232
Tajikistan50.834 → 48.739−2.095
Honduras61.667 → 59.856−1.811
Azerbaijan66.542 → 64.801−1.741
Turkmenistan51.174 → 50.046−1.128

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 2006.
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) (2006). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2006

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