Data for 2014

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2014

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2014 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.747; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 24.023. The middle country reads 61.336. Against 2013, 187 values changed (84 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2014

HighestQatar

86.747

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

24.023

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

187countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.747
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.160
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.367
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.967
5	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.051
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.765
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.293
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.721
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.608
10	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.105
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.938
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.862
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.672
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.306
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.206
16	Peru`PER`South America	77.065
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.982
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	76.473
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.968
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.173
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.862
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.690
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.565
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.298
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.115
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.099
27	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.845
28	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	71.403
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.169
30	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.617
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.528
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.466
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.794
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.650
35	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.280
36	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.265
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.649
38	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.636
39	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.556
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.309
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.046
42	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.991
43	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.955
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.716
45	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.050
46	Colombia`COL`South America	66.991
47	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.980
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.823
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.624
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.557
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	66.340
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.298
=53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.158
=53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.158
55	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.022
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.946
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.873
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.869
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.698
60	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.620
61	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.533
62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.971
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	64.962
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.840
65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.787
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.633
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.189
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.152
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64.140
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.039
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	64.017
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.902
=73	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	63.898
=73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.898
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.492
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.221
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.837
78	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	62.761
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.619
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.610
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.549
82	United States`USA`Northern America	62.447
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.437
84	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.277
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.171
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.154
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.131
88	Chile`CHL`South America	62.118
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	62.085
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.917
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.853
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.705
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.527
94	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.336
95	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.079
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.825
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.734
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.732
99	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.714
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.476
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.378
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.326
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.172
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.140
105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.973
106	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.787
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.643
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.529
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.444
110	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.443
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.397
112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.270
113	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.234
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.180
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.154
116	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.978
117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.934
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	58.914
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.890
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.843
121	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.777
122	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.738
123	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.733
124	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	58.409
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.162
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.853
127	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.074
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56.948
129	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.817
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.364
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.286
132	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.265
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.061
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.045
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.895
136	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.764
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	55.532
138	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.397
139	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.364
140	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.172
141	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55.011
142	Suriname`SUR`South America	55.006
143	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.838
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.613
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.967
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.575
147	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.420
148	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.314
149	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.206
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.184
151	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.638
152	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.602
153	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.599
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.380
155	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.230
156	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.997
157	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.517
158	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.512
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.195
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.065
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.529
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.395
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.731
164	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.117
165	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.060
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.854
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.614
168	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	47.096
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	46.594
170	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.985
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.715
172	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.467
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	43.776
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.930
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.603
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.567
177	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	42.118
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.889
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.501
180	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.339
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.293
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.729
183	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.972
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	36.400
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.178
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.720
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	24.023

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.747
2Madagascar86.160
3Solomon Islands84.367
4Tanzania83.967
5North Korea82.051

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe24.023
186Djibouti32.720
185Somalia34.178
184Jordan36.400
183Yemen36.972

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.336. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
84 · 103rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Moldova65.249 → 69.265+4.016
Montenegro49.420 → 51.638+2.218
Honduras62.661 → 64.152+1.491
Hungary53.523 → 55.011+1.488
Croatia50.758 → 52.184+1.426

Fell most

Uganda84.524 → 77.206−7.318
Bhutan65.300 → 62.610−2.690
Niger75.666 → 73.565−2.101
Barbados68.292 → 66.340−1.952
Paraguay69.867 → 67.955−1.912

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 2014.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 66.158. 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) (2014). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2014

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