Data for 2023

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023 covers 184 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.551; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.445. The middle country reads 61.777. Against 2022, 184 values changed (91 up, 93 down), 2 left.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

87.551

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.445

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.551
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.465
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.280
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.766
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82.559
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.348
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.162
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79.998
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.560
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.811
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.801
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.380
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	78.367
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	78.348
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.647
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	76.274
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.892
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.748
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.130
20	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.971
21	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.545
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.425
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	73.408
24	Peru`PER`South America	72.686
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.503
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	71.195
27	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.787
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.751
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.700
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.401
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.469
32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.394
33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.564
34	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.459
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.331
36	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.276
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.971
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.945
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.899
40	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.897
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.862
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.814
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.786
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.721
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.463
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	67.454
47	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.208
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.129
49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.023
50	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.577
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.184
52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	66.178
53	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.990
54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.944
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.891
56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.830
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65.604
58	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.552
59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.361
60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65.336
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.144
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.055
63	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	65.019
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.993
65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.931
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.796
67	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.733
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.584
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.489
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.487
71	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64.396
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.345
73	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.284
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.282
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.266
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.042
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.882
78	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63.752
79	Colombia`COL`South America	63.736
80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.664
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	63.572
82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	63.327
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.998
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.915
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.900
86	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.886
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.286
88	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.236
89	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	62.135
90	United States`USA`Northern America	62.080
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.961
92	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.811
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.743
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.560
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	61.538
96	Chile`CHL`South America	61.521
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.420
98	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	61.172
99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.142
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	61.050
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.985
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.885
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.853
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.833
105	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.610
106	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.434
107	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	60.275
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.987
109	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.702
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.586
111	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.270
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	59.230
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.067
114	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.996
115	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.898
116	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.564
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.555
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.399
119	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.095
120	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.057
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.921
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.743
123	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.620
124	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.588
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.460
126	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.247
127	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.216
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.201
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.122
130	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	57.084
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.921
132	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.896
133	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.831
134	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.485
135	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.938
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.422
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.192
138	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.020
139	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.700
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.697
141	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.564
142	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.407
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.633
144	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.583
145	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	53.353
146	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.313
147	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.165
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.812
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.372
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.257
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.962
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.881
153	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.801
154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.751
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.739
156	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.500
157	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.366
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.223
159	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	50.601
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.800
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.428
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.507
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.549
164	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	47.400
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.780
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.669
167	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.224
168	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.438
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.424
170	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.134
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.992
172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.628
173	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.517
174	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.507
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.926
176	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.123
177	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.379
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.094
179	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.588
180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.132
181	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.909
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.106
183	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.775
184	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.445

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.551
2Madagascar85.465
3Solomon Islands84.280
4Tanzania83.766
5Nigeria82.559

Lowest

184São Tomé and Príncipe23.445
183Djibouti31.775
182Yemen33.106
181Somalia33.909
180Syria37.132

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.777. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
91 · 93rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Botswana64.621 → 68.276+3.655
Rwanda60.164 → 63.664+3.500
Mauritius55.559 → 58.996+3.437
Montenegro55.484 → 58.564+3.080
Zimbabwe65.214 → 67.786+2.572

Fell most

Costa Rica61.491 → 56.831−4.660
Sri Lanka49.727 → 47.400−2.327
Kyrgyzstan59.182 → 56.921−2.261
Honduras58.637 → 56.485−2.152
Peru74.473 → 72.686−1.787

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2023

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