Data for 2008

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2008

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2008
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2008 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 87.362; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.028. The middle country reads 60.958. Against 2007, 187 values changed (85 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2008

HighestTanzania

87.362

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.028

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

187countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.362
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.547
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.094
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.456
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.393
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.053
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.729
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.609
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.288
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	80.012
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.972
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.434
13	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.939
14	Peru`PER`South America	78.223
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.879
16	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	77.309
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.253
18	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.120
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.059
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.416
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.587
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.994
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.992
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.661
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.469
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.877
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.603
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.974
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.837
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.625
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.120
32	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.024
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.327
34	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	69.868
35	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	69.757
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.666
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.420
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.309
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.302
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.773
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	68.669
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.425
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.192
44	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.103
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.970
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.968
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.937
48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.795
49	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.268
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.173
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.152
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.900
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.676
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.615
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.549
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.497
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.373
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	66.207
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.939
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.834
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.746
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.734
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.656
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.564
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.208
66	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	65.167
67	United States`USA`Northern America	64.985
68	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.909
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.467
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.385
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.294
72	Colombia`COL`South America	64.158
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.006
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.865
75	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.678
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.500
77	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	63.012
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.949
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.811
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.549
81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.547
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.286
83	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.185
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.002
85	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.814
86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.783
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.513
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.453
89	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	61.426
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.351
91	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.157
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.096
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.065
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.958
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.945
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.924
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.909
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.823
99	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.813
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.638
101	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.461
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.444
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.428
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.155
105	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.077
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.933
107	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.783
108	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.765
109	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.727
110	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.658
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.587
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.576
113	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.175
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.161
115	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.087
116	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.084
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	58.899
118	Chile`CHL`South America	58.546
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.454
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.409
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.324
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.305
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.170
124	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.768
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.585
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.965
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.518
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	56.511
129	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.405
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.247
131	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.132
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.111
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.075
134	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55.787
135	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.786
136	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.223
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.142
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	54.898
139	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.862
140	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.701
141	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.583
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.238
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.751
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.695
145	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.192
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.080
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	52.792
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.400
149	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.328
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.176
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.150
152	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.655
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.374
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.967
155	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.590
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.084
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.718
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.135
159	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.994
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.921
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.624
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.557
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.463
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.277
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.131
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.917
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.643
168	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.551
169	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.886
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.830
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.682
172	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	44.800
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.570
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.365
175	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.854
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.594
177	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.149
178	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.606
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.271
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.568
181	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.014
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.467
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.500
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.376
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.497
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.407
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.028

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania87.362
2Madagascar86.547
3Qatar86.094
4Solomon Islands84.456
5Mozambique83.393

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.028
186Djibouti33.407
185Somalia34.497
184Palestine39.376
183Jordan39.500

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.958. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 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

Guam57.800 → 59.765+1.965
Panama64.085 → 65.656+1.571
Bahrain67.952 → 69.309+1.357
Bulgaria53.547 → 54.862+1.315
Latvia60.199 → 61.513+1.314

Fell most

Vanuatu74.053 → 71.024−3.029
Cambodia81.226 → 78.939−2.287
Iran44.434 → 42.271−2.163
Tajikistan46.649 → 44.570−2.079
Cameroon81.727 → 80.012−1.715

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 2008.
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) (2008). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2008

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