Data for 2015

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.274; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.999. The middle country reads 61.413. Against 2014, 187 values changed (91 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2015

HighestQatar

87.274

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.999

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

187countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.274
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.042
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.427
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.935
5	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.081
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.793
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.603
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.489
9	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	79.205
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.053
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	78.617
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.997
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	77.984
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.430
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.965
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.677
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	76.187
18	Peru`PER`South America	75.903
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.584
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.289
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.938
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.829
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.519
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.421
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.342
26	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	72.324
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.359
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.153
29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.806
30	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.561
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.429
32	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.215
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.530
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	69.445
35	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.310
36	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.300
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.269
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	69.253
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	68.399
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.217
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.110
42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.926
43	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.538
44	Colombia`COL`South America	67.019
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	66.956
46	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	66.940
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.906
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.882
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.578
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.562
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.465
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.159
53	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.130
54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.887
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.868
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.682
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.658
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.651
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.550
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.496
61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	65.432
62	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.290
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.185
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.096
65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.076
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.934
67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.711
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.275
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64.269
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.160
71	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.092
72	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.922
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.872
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	63.537
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.157
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.140
77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.045
78	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.808
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	62.776
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.704
81	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	62.693
82	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.580
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.406
84	United States`USA`Northern America	62.267
85	Chile`CHL`South America	62.262
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.250
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	62.191
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	62.007
89	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	61.817
90	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.779
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.671
92	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.561
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.538
94	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.413
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.405
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.209
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.011
98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.640
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.639
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.596
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.552
102	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.465
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.342
104	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.224
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.220
106	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.036
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.016
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	59.869
109	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59.749
110	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.674
111	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.625
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.511
113	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.499
114	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.372
115	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.232
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	59.163
117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	59.150
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	58.991
=119	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.763
=119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	58.763
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.688
122	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	58.651
123	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.623
124	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.555
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.238
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.138
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.591
128	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.076
129	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.454
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.292
131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.286
132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	56.214
133	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.212
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56.193
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.957
136	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.769
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	55.671
138	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.634
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.621
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	55.561
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.552
142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.497
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.040
144	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.710
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.591
146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.209
147	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.004
148	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.669
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.369
150	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.031
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.587
152	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	52.374
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.026
154	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.300
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.254
156	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.240
157	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.222
158	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.201
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.477
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.864
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.798
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.401
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.621
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.835
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.495
166	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.470
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	47.165
168	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.053
169	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.978
170	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.084
171	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.486
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.612
173	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.967
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	43.535
175	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43.040
176	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.459
177	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.077
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.941
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.224
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.103
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.021
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.705
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.659
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.157
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.581
186	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.068
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.999

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.274
2Madagascar86.042
3Solomon Islands84.427
4Tanzania83.935
5North Korea82.081

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe23.999
186Yemen32.068
185Djibouti32.581
184Somalia34.157
183Jordan37.659

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
91 · 96rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador62.619 → 65.658+3.039
Jamaica62.549 → 65.496+2.947
Dominican Republic59.529 → 62.007+2.478
United States Virgin Islands56.265 → 58.651+2.386
Albania53.420 → 55.497+2.077

Fell most

Yemen36.972 → 32.068−4.904
Malawi68.636 → 66.956−1.680
Ethiopia79.608 → 77.984−1.624
Uganda77.206 → 75.584−1.622
Costa Rica64.189 → 62.808−1.381

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 2015.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 58.763. 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) (2015). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2015

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