Data for 2020

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.105; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.123. The middle country reads 60.151. Against 2019, 187 values changed (27 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

87.105

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.123

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

187countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.105
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.589
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.518
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.837
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.238
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	80.618
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	79.314
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	78.781
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.546
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.149
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.009
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	77.509
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.093
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.189
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.780
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.367
17	Niger`NER`Western Africa	74.144
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.555
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.319
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.234
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.726
22	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.264
23	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.117
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69.863
25	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.680
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	69.391
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.226
28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	69.200
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.199
30	Peru`PER`South America	68.924
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.712
32	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.672
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.264
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.082
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.984
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	67.827
37	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.401
38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.223
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.081
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.021
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.544
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	66.523
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.400
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.957
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.922
=46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.916
=46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.916
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65.734
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.721
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.678
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.473
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.199
53	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.028
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.941
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.893
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.834
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.665
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.363
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.152
60	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.097
61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64.030
62	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.954
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	63.440
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63.432
65	Colombia`COL`South America	63.415
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.406
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.399
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	63.104
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	63.039
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	62.912
71	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.660
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.658
73	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.573
74	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	62.502
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	62.414
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.274
77	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.144
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	61.947
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.615
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.565
81	United States`USA`Northern America	61.556
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	61.478
83	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.389
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.298
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.259
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.103
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.090
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	60.872
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.629
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.479
91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.478
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.365
93	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.363
94	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.151
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	60.103
96	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.033
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.770
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.495
99	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.460
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.374
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.367
102	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.182
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.975
104	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.906
105	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.848
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.760
107	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	58.637
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.446
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	58.304
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.039
111	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.811
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.677
113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.587
114	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.535
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.436
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57.397
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.310
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.107
119	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.001
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.520
121	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.426
122	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.401
123	Chile`CHL`South America	56.358
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.023
125	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.981
126	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.878
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.714
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.517
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.087
130	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.746
131	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.680
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	54.459
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.271
134	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	53.999
135	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.739
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.471
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	53.405
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.382
139	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53.373
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.299
141	Suriname`SUR`South America	52.653
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.552
143	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.454
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	52.389
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.376
146	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.107
147	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.998
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.587
149	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.547
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.004
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.970
152	Guyana`GUY`South America	50.741
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.716
154	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.548
155	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.495
156	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.373
157	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	50.055
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.493
159	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.334
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.218
161	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.178
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.881
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.675
164	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.572
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.468
166	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.448
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.506
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.021
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.539
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.616
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	41.579
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.547
173	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.359
174	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.936
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.548
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	40.307
177	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39.947
178	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.387
179	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	39.249
180	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.121
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.042
182	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.787
183	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.911
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.707
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.487
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.564
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.123

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.105
2Madagascar84.589
3Solomon Islands83.518
4Tanzania82.837
5Cambodia82.238

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe23.123
186Djibouti31.564
185Yemen32.487
184Somalia33.707
183Syria35.911

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.151. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
27 · 160rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malawi63.271 → 68.264+4.993
Rwanda58.451 → 62.660+4.209
Armenia58.757 → 61.259+2.502
Azerbaijan65.227 → 67.223+1.996
Niger72.438 → 74.144+1.706

Fell most

Saint Lucia68.799 → 53.739−15.060
Belize69.726 → 54.680−15.046
Peru77.362 → 68.924−8.438
Venezuela55.163 → 48.178−6.985
Chile63.072 → 56.358−6.714

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 2020.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 65.916. 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.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2020

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