Data for 2025

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025

Name: Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025 covers 182 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.013; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 23.342. The middle country reads 61.657. Against 2024, 182 values changed (41 up, 141 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Force Participation Rate · Data for 2025

HighestQatar

87.013

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

23.342

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
181distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.013
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.495
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	84.296
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.716
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	82.517
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.392
7	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	82.152
8	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.028
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.741
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.709
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.626
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	78.594
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	78.348
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.255
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.582
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	76.356
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.926
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.786
19	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.775
20	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.389
21	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73.365
22	Peru`PER`South America	72.856
23	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.778
24	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.290
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.429
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.352
27	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.247
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.005
29	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.673
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.566
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.798
32	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68.461
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.377
34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.265
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.965
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	67.900
37	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.848
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.825
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.770
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.718
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.385
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.248
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.090
44	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	67.036
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.980
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.961
47	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66.747
48	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.678
49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.537
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.304
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	66.120
52	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66.087
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	66.074
54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.606
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	65.489
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.171
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65.128
58	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65.098
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.990
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	64.935
61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.844
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.839
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.820
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.814
65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	64.685
66	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.595
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.551
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.516
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.497
70	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.351
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.312
72	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	64.306
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.263
74	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.235
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.980
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.930
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.681
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	63.501
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.448
80	Colombia`COL`South America	63.398
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	63.288
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.139
83	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.918
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	62.747
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.577
86	Chile`CHL`South America	62.304
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	62.265
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.107
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.933
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.913
91	United States`USA`Northern America	61.704
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.609
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	61.502
94	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.369
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.350
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	61.113
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.578
98	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.571
99	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.519
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.513
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.422
102	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60.341
103	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.124
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.689
105	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.681
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.619
107	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.440
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.388
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.142
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.100
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.838
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.796
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.548
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.524
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.312
116	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.161
117	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.111
118	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	57.966
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.845
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.750
121	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.659
122	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.565
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.499
124	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.410
125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.366
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.160
127	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.117
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.025
129	Honduras`HND`Central America	56.556
130	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	56.421
=131	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	56.356
=131	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.356
133	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.115
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	55.772
135	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.658
136	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.584
137	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.346
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.088
139	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.987
140	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.379
141	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.356
142	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.274
143	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.823
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	53.372
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.610
146	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.369
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.335
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.248
149	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.143
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.070
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.019
152	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.958
153	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	51.935
154	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.927
155	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.331
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.191
157	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.058
158	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	49.808
159	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.302
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.991
161	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48.517
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.963
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.457
164	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	45.219
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.568
166	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.941
167	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.779
168	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.534
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.031
170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.533
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.965
172	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.784
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.772
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.052
175	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.244
176	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.276
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.457
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.898
179	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.846
180	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.103
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.744
182	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	23.342

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.013
2Madagascar85.495
3Solomon Islands84.296
4Tanzania83.716
5Nigeria82.517

Lowest

182São Tomé and Príncipe23.342
181Djibouti31.744
180Yemen33.103
179Somalia33.846
178Syria36.898

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.657. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
41 · 141rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize56.850 → 59.100+2.250
Singapore69.202 → 69.673+0.471
Comoros55.387 → 55.772+0.385
Maldives63.204 → 63.501+0.297
Bolivia78.330 → 78.626+0.296

Fell most

Kazakhstan70.587 → 67.770−2.817
Russia61.824 → 61.113−0.711
Mongolia60.312 → 59.689−0.623
Azerbaijan63.901 → 63.288−0.613
Samoa43.084 → 42.534−0.550

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 2025.
181 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 56.356. 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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2025). Labour Force Participation Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/labour-participation/2025

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