Data for 2013

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2013

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2013 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.296; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.025. The middle country reads 61.446. Against 2012, 186 values changed (79 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2013

HighestQatar

86.296

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.025

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

187countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.296
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.268
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.580
4	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.524
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.273
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.061
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.238
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.844
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.373
10	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.219
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.317
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.105
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.839
14	Peru`PER`South America	77.863
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.334
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.234
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.981
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	76.756
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.666
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.897
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.057
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.815
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.553
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.172
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.105
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.707
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	71.651
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.549
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.329
30	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.859
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.627
32	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.597
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	70.268
=34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.970
=34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.970
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.867
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.250
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.292
39	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.965
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.893
41	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	67.800
42	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.768
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.602
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.406
45	Colombia`COL`South America	67.273
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.163
47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.160
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.944
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.761
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.757
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.735
52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.541
53	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.486
54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.184
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.148
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.819
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.778
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.744
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.300
60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.249
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.240
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.111
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.025
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.991
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.844
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.637
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.314
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.064
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.036
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.964
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	63.946
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.854
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.669
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63.662
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.275
76	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.866
77	United States`USA`Northern America	62.735
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.661
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.635
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.631
81	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	62.606
=82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.492
=82	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	62.492
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.261
85	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.009
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.905
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.896
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	61.843
89	Chile`CHL`South America	61.811
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.701
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.587
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.540
93	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.490
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.446
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.400
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.272
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.033
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.784
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.524
100	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.493
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.389
102	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.362
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.296
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.278
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.272
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.220
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.962
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.708
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.497
110	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	59.337
111	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.311
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.269
113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.260
114	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.255
115	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.248
116	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.245
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.146
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.131
119	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.112
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.914
121	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.529
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	58.500
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.179
124	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.991
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.898
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.628
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.180
128	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.152
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.054
130	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.950
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	56.729
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.279
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.270
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.160
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.042
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.877
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.639
138	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.260
139	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.869
140	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	54.849
141	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.665
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.450
143	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	54.080
144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.937
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.617
146	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.523
147	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.364
148	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.078
149	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.418
150	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.053
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.565
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.496
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.451
154	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.154
155	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.840
156	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.758
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.361
158	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.081
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.901
160	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	49.420
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.394
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.312
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.494
164	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.436
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.310
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.923
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.776
168	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	47.026
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.806
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.485
171	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.135
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.271
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.156
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.058
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.874
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.956
177	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.801
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.150
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.900
180	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.511
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	39.297
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.780
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.564
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.100
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.200
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.847
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.025

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.296
2Madagascar86.268
3Tanzania84.580
4Uganda84.524
5Solomon Islands84.273

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.025
186Djibouti32.847
185Somalia34.200
184Jordan37.100
183Yemen37.564

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.446. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
79 · 107rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Uganda69.919 → 84.524+14.605
Honduras58.400 → 62.661+4.261
Namibia57.533 → 61.701+4.168
Saudi Arabia55.395 → 57.152+1.757
Oman66.110 → 67.800+1.690

Fell most

Guatemala65.118 → 60.220−4.898
Albania56.995 → 52.418−4.577
United States Virgin Islands60.337 → 56.950−3.387
Kyrgyzstan61.505 → 58.500−3.005
Thailand72.825 → 69.970−2.855

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 2013.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 69.970. 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) (2013). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2013

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