Data for 2007

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2007, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 87.864; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.018. The middle country reads 61.122. Against 2006, 187 values changed (94 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2007

HighestTanzania

87.864

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.018

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

187countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.864
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.548
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.327
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.511
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.951
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.099
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.826
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.797
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.727
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.226
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.518
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.041
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.390
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.524
15	Peru`PER`South America	78.228
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.677
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.320
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.254
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.159
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.121
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.032
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	74.106
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.070
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.053
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.803
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.351
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.873
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.581
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.038
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.954
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.822
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.789
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.390
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.294
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.620
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.607
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.223
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.947
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.816
40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.661
41	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.597
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.420
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	68.162
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.010
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	67.952
46	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.887
47	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.797
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.615
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.295
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.251
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.168
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.109
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.767
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.617
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.527
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.347
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.227
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.999
=59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.916
=59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.916
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.886
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.687
63	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	65.669
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.497
65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.275
66	United States`USA`Northern America	64.994
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.670
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.588
69	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.551
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.416
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.085
72	Colombia`COL`South America	63.887
73	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.823
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	63.817
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.702
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.537
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.452
78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	63.364
79	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	63.349
80	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.772
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.607
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.178
83	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.025
84	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.942
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.794
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.787
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.428
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.389
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.363
90	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.317
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.259
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.216
93	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.131
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	61.122
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.120
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.114
97	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.070
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.921
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.853
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.727
101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.685
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.565
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.514
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.395
105	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.199
106	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.987
107	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.721
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.423
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.210
110	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.133
111	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.065
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.958
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.873
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	58.847
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.846
116	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.774
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.722
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.335
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.208
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.198
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.190
122	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	57.800
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.418
124	Chile`CHL`South America	57.348
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.210
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	57.142
127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.124
128	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.538
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.380
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.240
131	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.122
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.076
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.064
134	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.877
135	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.423
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.292
137	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.189
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	54.974
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.281
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.275
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.156
142	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.009
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.979
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.656
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.547
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.502
147	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.870
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.701
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.307
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.302
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.274
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.427
153	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.094
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.707
155	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.607
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.045
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.592
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.497
159	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48.982
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.810
161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.649
162	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.578
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.486
164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.383
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.196
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.145
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.930
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.458
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	46.649
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.634
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.622
172	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.230
173	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	46.130
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.568
175	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.434
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.250
177	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.400
178	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.177
179	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.298
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.714
181	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.089
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.894
183	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.918
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.800
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.485
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.524
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.018

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania87.864
2Madagascar86.548
3Qatar85.327
4Solomon Islands84.511
5Mozambique83.951

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.018
186Djibouti33.524
185Somalia34.485
184Jordan39.800
183Palestine39.918

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.122. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
94 · 93rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau65.850 → 68.597+2.747
Jordan37.700 → 39.800+2.100
Peru76.140 → 78.228+2.088
Indonesia64.208 → 66.227+2.019
Uruguay61.981 → 63.817+1.836

Fell most

Guam62.700 → 57.800−4.900
Azerbaijan64.801 → 61.787−3.014
Vanuatu76.869 → 74.053−2.816
Tajikistan48.739 → 46.649−2.090
Syria45.810 → 44.250−1.560

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 2007.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 65.916. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2007). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2007

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