Data for 2010

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2010

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2010, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2010 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.559; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.028. The middle country reads 60.710. Against 2009, 187 values changed (77 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2010

HighestQatar

86.559

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.028

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

187countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.559
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.492
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.305
4	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	84.751
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.335
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.232
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.094
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.534
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.282
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.821
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.703
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.499
13	Peru`PER`South America	79.241
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.422
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.260
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.107
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.643
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.268
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.230
20	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	74.737
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.685
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.845
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.761
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.705
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.350
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.737
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.865
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.845
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.745
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.657
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.960
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.924
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.413
34	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	69.986
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.899
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	68.700
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.422
38	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68.150
39	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67.977
40	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.738
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.735
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.698
43	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.652
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.541
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.370
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.331
47	Colombia`COL`South America	67.079
48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.013
=49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.973
=49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.973
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	66.783
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.732
53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.589
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.583
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.558
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.501
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.145
58	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.925
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.620
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.480
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.370
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.878
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64.385
64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.327
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.285
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.190
67	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	64.152
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.854
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.815
70	United States`USA`Northern America	63.732
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.628
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63.604
73	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.413
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	63.370
75	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.257
76	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.196
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	62.826
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.684
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.647
80	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.597
81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.342
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.026
83	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.958
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.926
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.915
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.801
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.602
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.434
89	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	61.400
90	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.201
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.997
92	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.898
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.864
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.710
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.682
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.508
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.491
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.458
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.391
100	Chile`CHL`South America	60.369
101	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.334
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.187
103	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.959
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.889
105	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.876
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.862
107	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.714
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	59.642
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.579
110	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.362
111	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.357
112	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.312
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	59.283
114	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.214
115	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.203
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.120
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.108
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.062
119	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.835
120	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.823
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.818
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.808
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.576
124	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.343
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.173
126	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	57.054
127	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.970
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.706
129	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.629
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.500
131	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.410
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.260
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.216
134	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.161
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.156
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.374
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.202
138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.921
139	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.824
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.766
141	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.162
142	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.503
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.295
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.189
145	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.894
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.789
147	Suriname`SUR`South America	52.775
148	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.535
149	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.265
150	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.990
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.841
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.426
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.154
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.997
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.625
156	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.260
157	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.653
158	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.610
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.368
160	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.077
=161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.804
=161	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.804
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.742
164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.343
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.260
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.105
167	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.994
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.989
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.425
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.815
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.551
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44.764
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.957
174	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.507
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.224
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.700
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.296
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.106
179	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41.900
180	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.278
181	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.908
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.997
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.719
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.500
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.438
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.180
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.028

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.559
2Madagascar86.492
3Tanzania86.305
4Cambodia84.751
5Solomon Islands84.335

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.028
186Djibouti33.180
185Somalia34.438
184Jordan39.500
183Yemen39.719

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.710. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
77 · 110rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cabo Verde55.841 → 59.120+3.279
Romania47.207 → 50.260+3.053
Cambodia82.016 → 84.751+2.735
Moldova60.685 → 63.370+2.685
Chile58.345 → 60.369+2.024

Fell most

Vanuatu67.794 → 64.385−3.409
Botswana62.682 → 59.862−2.820
United States Virgin Islands62.879 → 60.898−1.981
Cameroon78.180 → 76.230−1.950
Paraguay69.623 → 67.738−1.885

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 2010.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 66.973. 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) (2010). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2010

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