Data for 2022

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022 covers 186 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.575; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.509. The middle country reads 61.462. Against 2021, 186 values changed (149 up, 37 down), 1 left.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

87.575

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.509

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

186countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.575
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.448
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.284
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.770
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.338
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.149
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	81.268
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.030
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.612
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.104
11	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.817
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	78.350
13	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.267
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.242
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.686
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	76.280
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.247
18	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.484
19	Peru`PER`South America	74.473
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.468
21	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	74.352
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.150
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.536
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.426
25	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.531
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	72.337
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.929
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.580
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.285
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.196
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.734
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	69.156
33	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.472
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.251
35	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.946
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.654
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.624
38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.550
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.503
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.236
41	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.229
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.180
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.149
44	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.078
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.018
46	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.890
47	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.648
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.560
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.316
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	66.223
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66.001
52	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.964
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.832
54	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.800
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.640
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.576
57	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	65.345
58	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.247
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.214
60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65.113
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.838
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.798
63	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.776
64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	64.738
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.621
66	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.558
67	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.444
68	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64.363
69	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.083
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	64.042
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.001
72	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.801
73	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.794
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.686
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.527
76	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63.504
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	63.424
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.224
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	63.181
80	Colombia`COL`South America	63.155
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.094
82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.070
83	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.748
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.614
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.502
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.192
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.161
88	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.936
89	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.905
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.873
91	United States`USA`Northern America	61.794
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.491
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.484
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.439
95	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.157
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.130
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.946
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	60.942
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.935
100	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.883
101	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.835
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	60.422
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.241
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.164
105	Chile`CHL`South America	60.138
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.080
107	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.865
108	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.856
109	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.786
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.532
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.182
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.101
113	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.053
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.946
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.908
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.817
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.637
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.425
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	58.350
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.320
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.936
122	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.851
123	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.785
124	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.729
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.685
126	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.592
127	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.571
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.501
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.198
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.116
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.066
132	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.735
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.835
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.559
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.484
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.468
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.218
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.576
139	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.524
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.019
141	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	53.961
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.669
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.665
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.587
145	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.499
146	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.411
147	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.055
148	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.925
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.820
150	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.637
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.508
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.406
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.989
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.946
155	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.826
156	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.578
157	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	51.378
158	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.883
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.434
160	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.727
161	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.034
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.838
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.725
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.597
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.404
166	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	44.991
167	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.300
168	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.733
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.400
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.837
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.202
172	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41.829
173	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.795
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.478
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.939
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.562
177	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.428
178	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	38.555
179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.828
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.640
181	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.523
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.327
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.922
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.025
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.789
186	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.509

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.575
2Madagascar85.448
3Solomon Islands84.284
4Tanzania83.770
5Cambodia82.338

Lowest

186São Tomé and Príncipe23.509
185Djibouti31.789
184Yemen33.025
183Somalia33.922
182Syria37.327

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.462. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
149 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro48.102 → 55.484+7.382
Philippines56.471 → 61.439+4.968
Bahamas69.658 → 74.150+4.492
Kuwait70.585 → 74.352+3.767
Saint Lucia65.499 → 69.156+3.657

Fell most

Bhutan69.094 → 63.094−6.000
Armenia61.946 → 58.817−3.129
Afghanistan40.684 → 37.640−3.044
Guatemala62.937 → 60.241−2.696
Macau68.924 → 66.648−2.276

− Ukraine

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 2022.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2022

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