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Labour force participation rate (ages 15+) · % of population ages 15+ · 182 countries ranked · 2025

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  1. 1QatarWorld rank 1st of 182
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  2. 2MadagascarWorld rank 2nd of 182
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  3. 3Solomon IslandsWorld rank 3rd of 182
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  4. 4TanzaniaWorld rank 4th of 182
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  5. 5NigeriaWorld rank 5th of 182
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  6. 6CambodiaWorld rank 6th of 182
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  7. 7North KoreaWorld rank 7th of 182
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  8. 8UgandaWorld rank 8th of 182
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  9. 9NigerWorld rank 9th of 182
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  10. 10MozambiqueWorld rank 10th of 182
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  11. 11BoliviaWorld rank 11th of 182
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  12. 12United Arab EmiratesWorld rank 12th of 182
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  13. 13EritreaWorld rank 13th of 182
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  14. 14BurundiWorld rank 14th of 182
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  15. 15LiberiaWorld rank 15th of 182
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  16. 16BeninWorld rank 16th of 182
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  17. 17IcelandWorld rank 17th of 182
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  18. 18AngolaWorld rank 18th of 182
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  19. 19BahamasWorld rank 19th of 182
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  20. 20Central African RepublicWorld rank 20th of 182
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  21. 21KuwaitWorld rank 21st of 182
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  22. 22PeruWorld rank 22nd of 182
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  23. 23VietnamWorld rank 23rd of 182
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  24. 24MoldovaWorld rank 24th of 182
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  25. 25BahrainWorld rank 25th of 182
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Participation, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Labour force participation rate (ages 15+), 2025World map of Labour force participation rate (ages 15+) (2025) for 182 countries, from 23.3 % to 87.0 %.Fiji: 57.2 %Tanzania: 83.7 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 64.5 %United States: 61.7 %Kazakhstan: 67.8 %Uzbekistan: 57.5 %Papua New Guinea: 52.1 %Indonesia: 68.0 %Argentina: 61.9 %Chile: 62.3 %DR Congo: 64.3 %Somalia: 33.8 %Kenya: 67.4 %Sudan: —Chad: 59.4 %Haiti: 63.9 %Dominican Republic: 64.8 %Russia: 61.1 %Bahamas: 73.8 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 65.6 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 67.0 %South Africa: 55.6 %Lesotho: 57.1 %Mexico: 61.6 %Uruguay: 65.0 %Brazil: 63.1 %Bolivia: 78.6 %Peru: 72.9 %Colombia: 63.4 %Panama: 66.3 %Costa Rica: 57.7 %Nicaragua: 66.1 %Honduras: 56.6 %El Salvador: 62.1 %Guatemala: 59.6 %Belize: 59.1 %Venezuela: 51.9 %Guyana: 55.0 %Suriname: 53.8 %France: 55.3 %Ecuador: 64.5 %Puerto Rico: 42.8 %Jamaica: 69.6 %Cuba: 52.2 %Zimbabwe: 67.7 %Botswana: 68.8 %Namibia: 58.8 %Senegal: 52.0 %Mali: 67.0 %Mauritania: 40.8 %Benin: 76.4 %Niger: 79.7 %Nigeria: 82.5 %Cameroon: 65.2 %Togo: 57.8 %Ghana: 58.5 %Côte d'Ivoire: 67.1 %Guinea: 52.6 %Guinea-Bissau: 64.8 %Liberia: 76.6 %Sierra Leone: 53.4 %Burkina Faso: 70.0 %Central African Republic: 73.4 %Republic of the Congo: 67.8 %Gabon: 51.1 %Equatorial Guinea: 60.5 %Zambia: 61.9 %Malawi: 62.6 %Mozambique: 78.7 %Eswatini: 51.2 %Angola: 74.8 %Burundi: 78.3 %Israel: 65.5 %Lebanon: —Madagascar: 85.5 %Palestine: —Gambia: 47.5 %Tunisia: 45.2 %Algeria: 40.8 %Jordan: 40.1 %United Arab Emirates: 78.6 %Qatar: 87.0 %Kuwait: 73.4 %Iraq: 41.5 %Oman: 68.4 %Vanuatu: 58.1 %Cambodia: 82.4 %Thailand: 66.7 %Laos: 66.1 %Myanmar: 55.1 %Vietnam: 72.8 %North Korea: 82.2 %South Korea: 64.4 %Mongolia: 59.7 %India: 55.7 %Bangladesh: 58.8 %Bhutan: 64.8 %Nepal: 39.2 %Pakistan: 52.3 %Afghanistan: 37.5 %Tajikistan: 38.3 %Kyrgyzstan: 57.4 %Turkmenistan: 42.0 %Iran: 41.0 %Syria: 36.9 %Armenia: 59.4 %Sweden: 64.6 %Belarus: 62.7 %Ukraine: —Poland: 58.3 %Austria: 60.1 %Hungary: 60.6 %Moldova: 72.3 %Romania: 51.3 %Lithuania: 62.9 %Latvia: 60.5 %Estonia: 65.1 %Germany: 60.6 %Bulgaria: 56.1 %Greece: 52.0 %Türkiye: 54.4 %Albania: 64.3 %Croatia: 52.1 %Switzerland: 66.7 %Luxembourg: 61.5 %Belgium: 54.3 %Netherlands: 67.2 %Portugal: 58.2 %Spain: 57.4 %Ireland: 64.8 %New Caledonia: 56.4 %Solomon Islands: 84.3 %New Zealand: 70.4 %Australia: 66.5 %Sri Lanka: 48.5 %China: 64.6 %Taiwan: —Italy: 49.3 %Denmark: 64.9 %United Kingdom: 61.4 %Iceland: 74.9 %Azerbaijan: 63.3 %Georgia: 64.3 %Philippines: 61.4 %Malaysia: 66.1 %Brunei: 64.2 %Slovenia: 57.6 %Finland: 59.7 %Slovakia: 60.4 %Czechia: 60.3 %Eritrea: 78.3 %Japan: 63.4 %Paraguay: 70.2 %Yemen: 33.1 %Saudi Arabia: 65.1 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 67.0 %Morocco: 43.9 %Egypt: 44.6 %Libya: 48.0 %Ethiopia: 68.5 %Djibouti: 31.7 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 80.0 %Rwanda: 63.7 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 49.0 %North Macedonia: 51.9 %Serbia: 59.1 %Montenegro: 58.0 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 57.8 %South Sudan: —
  • 23.3 % – 52.0 %
  • 52.0 % – 57.6 %
  • 57.6 % – 61.7 %
  • 61.7 % – 64.8 %
  • 64.8 % – 68.7 %
  • 68.7 % – 87.0 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

QatarMadagascarSolomon Islands
Rank over timeRank by year for Qatar, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, 1990–2025.1990199520002005201020152020202512468RankQatar · 1Madagascar · 2Solomon Islands · 3

Rank by year for Qatar, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, 1990–2025.