Data for 2012

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012 covers 187 countries. Madagascar is highest, at 86.358; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.011. The middle country reads 61.256. Against 2011, 187 values changed (89 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2012

HighestMadagascar

86.358

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.011

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

187countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.358
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.270
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.174
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.305
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.987
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.072
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.337
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.055
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.008
10	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.360
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.346
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.701
13	Peru`PER`South America	78.459
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.650
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.046
16	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.037
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.962
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.323
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.278
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.218
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	73.940
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.797
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.565
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.956
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.825
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.295
27	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.850
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.715
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.586
30	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.277
31	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.739
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.726
33	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	70.724
34	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.537
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.410
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	69.919
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.030
38	Colombia`COL`South America	68.072
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.070
40	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.943
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.869
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.641
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.586
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.569
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.416
46	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.269
47	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.262
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	67.075
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.779
50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.759
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.672
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.558
53	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.382
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	66.110
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.092
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.025
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.822
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.721
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.260
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.245
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.223
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.144
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.118
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.957
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	64.787
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.409
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.400
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.332
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.302
70	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.171
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.036
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	63.667
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.622
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.527
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.323
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	63.128
77	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63.125
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.114
79	United States`USA`Northern America	63.110
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.964
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.952
82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.541
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.452
84	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.418
85	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.396
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.990
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.733
88	Chile`CHL`South America	61.688
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.686
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.594
91	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.589
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.550
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	61.505
94	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.256
95	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.221
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.169
97	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.928
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.854
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.731
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.411
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.362
102	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.337
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.207
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.197
105	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.128
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.008
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.958
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.744
109	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.677
110	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.654
111	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.588
112	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.501
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.431
114	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.403
115	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.183
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.137
117	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.012
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.972
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.842
120	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.690
121	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.641
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.400
123	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.202
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.187
125	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.830
126	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.746
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.742
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.647
129	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.533
130	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.995
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.765
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.273
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.264
134	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.226
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.198
136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.894
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.798
138	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.395
139	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.088
140	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.872
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.271
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	54.164
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.893
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.509
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.328
146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.174
147	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.869
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.657
149	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.570
150	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.507
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.893
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.600
153	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.325
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.113
155	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.680
156	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.154
157	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.042
158	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.958
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.615
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.436
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.153
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.059
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.809
164	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.494
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.410
166	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.251
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.949
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.835
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.986
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.956
171	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45.677
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.819
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.845
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.551
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.110
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.768
177	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.679
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.301
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.987
180	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.697
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	39.897
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.200
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.213
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.000
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.232
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.962
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.011

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Madagascar86.358
2Qatar86.270
3Tanzania85.174
4Solomon Islands84.305
5Cambodia82.987

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.011
186Djibouti32.962
185Somalia34.232
184Jordan38.000
183Yemen38.213

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.256. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
89 · 98rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala61.401 → 65.118+3.717
Costa Rica60.620 → 64.332+3.712
Paraguay67.916 → 71.277+3.361
Oman62.758 → 66.110+3.352
Israel63.036 → 65.260+2.224

Fell most

Uganda80.156 → 69.919−10.237
Syria43.400 → 39.200−4.200
Bhutan67.410 → 64.400−3.010
Albania59.938 → 56.995−2.943
Cambodia85.439 → 82.987−2.452

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2012

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