Data for 2011

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2011

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2011
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2011, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2011 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.455; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.010. The middle country reads 61.190. Against 2010, 187 values changed (88 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2011

HighestQatar

86.455

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.010

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

187countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.455
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.434
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.749
4	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	85.439
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.239
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.088
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.628
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.435
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.119
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.156
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.584
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.516
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.514
14	Peru`PER`South America	78.652
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.565
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.315
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.022
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.869
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.372
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.238
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.187
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.823
23	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.807
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.622
25	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	73.380
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	73.226
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.820
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.880
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.780
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.188
31	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.867
32	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.860
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.825
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.464
35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.701
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.641
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.247
38	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.916
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.902
40	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.788
41	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.525
42	Colombia`COL`South America	67.514
43	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	67.410
44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.409
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.376
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.163
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.142
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.122
49	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	67.070
50	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67.009
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.913
52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.618
53	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.594
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.505
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	66.400
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.385
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.016
58	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.013
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.759
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.514
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.274
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.870
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	64.395
64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.271
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.966
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.828
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	63.759
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63.640
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.626
70	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.531
71	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.368
=72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	63.299
=72	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	63.299
74	United States`USA`Northern America	63.232
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63.167
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.056
77	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.036
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.006
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.939
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.783
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.758
82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.600
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.230
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.161
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.937
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.927
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.814
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.780
89	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.778
90	Chile`CHL`South America	61.715
91	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.475
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.401
93	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.255
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.190
95	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.927
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.816
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.651
98	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.636
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.620
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.571
101	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.547
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.526
103	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.473
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.938
105	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.909
106	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.853
107	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.820
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.805
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.779
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.727
111	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	59.617
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.579
113	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.373
114	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.360
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.326
116	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.249
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.129
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.018
119	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.801
120	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.497
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.427
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.426
123	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.265
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.184
=125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.157
=125	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.157
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.112
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.403
129	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.252
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.887
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.397
132	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.325
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.266
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.212
135	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.173
136	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.019
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.550
138	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.944
139	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.774
140	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.525
141	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.131
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.477
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.370
144	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.335
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.296
146	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.867
147	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.551
148	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.234
149	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.171
150	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.155
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.758
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.711
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.382
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.910
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.775
156	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.907
157	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.864
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49.749
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.326
160	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.160
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.037
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.786
163	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.785
164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.739
165	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	48.268
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.957
167	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.882
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.632
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.487
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.884
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.496
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45.220
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.754
174	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.534
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.400
176	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.321
177	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.703
178	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.362
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.132
180	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.835
181	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.616
182	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	40.500
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.000
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.924
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.336
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.071
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.010

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.455
2Madagascar86.434
3Tanzania85.749
4Cambodia85.439
5Solomon Islands84.239

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.010
186Djibouti33.071
185Somalia34.336
184Yemen38.924
183Jordan39.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.190. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
88 · 99rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda73.350 → 80.156+6.806
Albania55.202 → 59.938+4.736
Oman59.642 → 62.758+3.116
Saudi Arabia51.426 → 53.370+1.944
Uruguay64.285 → 66.016+1.731

Fell most

Honduras61.915 → 59.727−2.188
Panama64.878 → 63.006−1.872
Iran42.296 → 40.616−1.680
Puerto Rico41.900 → 40.500−1.400
Malawi74.737 → 73.380−1.357

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 2011.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 63.299. 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) (2011). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2011

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