Data for 2009

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2009

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2009 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 86.842; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.034. The middle country reads 60.983. Against 2008, 186 values changed (82 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2009

HighestTanzania

86.842

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.034

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.842
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.529
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.492
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.509
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.821
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.078
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.016
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.632
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.517
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.056
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.814
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.471
13	Peru`PER`South America	78.577
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.180
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.159
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.257
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.112
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.596
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.046
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.039
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.829
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.917
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.899
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.587
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.508
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.835
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.661
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.909
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.851
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.294
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.022
32	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.705
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.367
34	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	69.968
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.700
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.623
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.162
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	68.931
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.598
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.275
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.218
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	68.172
43	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	68.130
44	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68.023
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.794
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.760
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.746
48	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	67.541
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.401
50	Colombia`COL`South America	66.954
51	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.952
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.825
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.818
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.665
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.588
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.570
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	66.496
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.047
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.830
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.543
61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.502
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.265
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.945
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.743
65	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	64.661
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.506
67	United States`USA`Northern America	64.368
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.342
69	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.083
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.042
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.013
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.701
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.521
74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.458
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.360
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.289
77	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	62.879
78	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.874
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	62.682
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.659
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	62.330
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.175
83	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.060
84	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.994
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.895
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	61.700
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.690
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.632
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.435
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.304
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.267
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.056
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.985
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.983
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.905
96	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.825
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.807
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.780
99	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.759
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.685
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.556
102	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.485
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.421
104	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	60.384
105	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.224
106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.074
107	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.976
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.921
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.864
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.787
111	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.671
112	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.643
113	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.251
114	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.211
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.111
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	59.045
117	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.702
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.679
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.584
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.554
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.450
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.433
123	Chile`CHL`South America	58.345
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.162
125	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.457
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.775
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.688
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.536
129	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.476
130	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.310
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.253
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.106
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.841
134	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.627
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.476
136	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.470
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.405
138	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.253
139	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.132
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.993
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.701
142	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.100
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.956
144	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.523
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.514
146	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.051
147	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.734
148	Suriname`SUR`South America	52.216
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.099
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.989
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.562
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.312
153	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.961
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.535
155	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.100
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.005
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.582
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.868
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.694
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.492
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.483
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.367
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.283
164	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.247
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.120
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.902
167	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.880
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.227
169	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.207
170	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.160
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.746
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.308
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.161
174	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	43.200
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.164
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.032
177	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.940
178	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.915
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.510
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.423
181	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.953
182	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.100
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.077
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.530
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.473
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.290
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.034

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania86.842
2Madagascar86.529
3Qatar86.492
4Solomon Islands84.509
5Mozambique82.821

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.034
186Djibouti33.290
185Somalia34.473
184Palestine39.530
183Yemen40.077

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.983. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
82 · 104rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia78.939 → 82.016+3.077
Colombia64.158 → 66.954+2.796
Luxembourg55.223 → 57.457+2.234
Guam59.765 → 61.700+1.935
Albania53.192 → 54.993+1.801

Fell most

Romania50.967 → 47.207−3.760
Vanuatu71.024 → 67.794−3.230
Ecuador66.549 → 64.013−2.536
Jamaica64.385 → 62.175−2.210
Panama65.656 → 63.521−2.135

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 2009.
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) (2009). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2009

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