Data for 2019

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2019

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2019 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.433; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.693. The middle country reads 61.203. Against 2018, 187 values changed (84 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

87.433

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.693

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.433
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.366
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.313
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.811
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.422
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.180
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.001
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.741
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79.467
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.917
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	78.388
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.617
13	Peru`PER`South America	77.362
14	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.242
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.823
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.615
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.698
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.095
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.021
20	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.401
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.158
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.937
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.424
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.328
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.438
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.392
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	71.573
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.414
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.174
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.080
31	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	69.789
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	69.778
33	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.726
34	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.332
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.986
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.799
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.510
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	68.323
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68.238
40	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.119
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.803
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.453
43	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.433
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.394
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	67.380
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.967
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.940
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.707
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.510
50	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.364
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.179
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.112
53	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.088
54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.934
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.871
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.825
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.809
58	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.795
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.598
60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	65.227
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	65.189
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64.996
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.995
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	64.926
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.887
66	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.793
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.684
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.583
69	Colombia`COL`South America	64.322
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64.296
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.263
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64.251
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.712
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	63.632
75	Uruguay`URY`South America	63.494
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.480
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.271
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	63.177
79	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.161
80	Chile`CHL`South America	63.072
81	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.994
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.928
83	United States`USA`Northern America	62.848
84	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.625
85	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.445
86	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.312
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.284
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.207
89	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	62.167
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.069
91	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.008
92	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.698
93	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.307
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	61.203
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.198
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.120
97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.086
98	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.898
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.685
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.502
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.306
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	60.289
103	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.283
104	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.118
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	60.041
106	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.995
107	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.944
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.887
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.747
110	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	59.556
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.544
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.470
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.444
114	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.184
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.169
116	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.976
117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.923
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	58.869
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.757
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.596
121	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.472
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.451
123	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.383
124	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	58.377
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.987
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.655
127	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.647
128	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.626
129	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.471
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.430
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.369
132	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.659
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.626
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.318
135	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.308
136	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.402
137	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.275
138	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.267
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.163
140	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.939
141	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.558
142	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.063
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.896
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.810
145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.468
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.023
147	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.951
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.879
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	52.328
150	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.303
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	52.284
152	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.249
153	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.067
154	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.020
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.597
156	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.420
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.138
158	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.868
159	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	50.855
160	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.712
161	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.226
162	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.147
163	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.680
164	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.589
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.201
166	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	48.894
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.796
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.753
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.161
170	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.270
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.027
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.814
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.756
174	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.203
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.199
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.045
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.522
178	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.373
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.765
180	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.242
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.591
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.836
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.139
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.030
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.729
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.955
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.693

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.433
2Madagascar85.366
3Solomon Islands84.313
4Tanzania83.811
5Cambodia82.422

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe23.693
186Djibouti31.955
185Yemen32.729
184Somalia34.030
183Tajikistan37.139

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.203. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 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

Mongolia59.746 → 65.598+5.852
Bhutan62.603 → 66.364+3.761
Uganda74.794 → 77.242+2.448
Belize67.295 → 69.726+2.431
Bolivia71.798 → 74.158+2.360

Fell most

Guyana55.791 → 52.067−3.724
Honduras66.492 → 63.177−3.315
Venezuela58.193 → 55.163−3.030
United States Virgin Islands55.066 → 52.303−2.763
Armenia61.329 → 58.757−2.572

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 2019.
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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) (2019). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2019

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