Labor force participation - Country rankings

The average for 2017 was 62.67 percent.The highest value was in Qatar: 86.9 percent and the lowest value was in Samoa: 31.53 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Labor force participation.

Labor force participation rate, 2017
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Qatar

2. Madagascar

3. Rwanda

4. Cambodia

5. Nepal

6. Zimbabwe

7. Tanzania

8. Ethiopia

9. Eritrea

10. North Korea

11. UA Emirates

12. Niger

13. Burundi

14. Mozambique

15. Laos

16. Vietnam

17. Angola

18. Togo

19. Iceland

20. Malawi

21. Ghana

22. Peru

23. Cameroon

24. Bahamas

25. Zambia

26. DR Congo

27. Bahrain

28. Botswana

29. G.-Bissau

30. Mali

31. C.A. Republic

32. Solomon Isl.

33. Chad

34. Kazakhstan

35. Benin

36. Macao

37. Uganda

38. Vanuatu

39. Paraguay

40. Colombia

41. Oman

42. Papua N.G.

43. R. of Congo

44. St. Vincent & ...

45. New Zealand

46. Kuwait

47. China

48. Thailand

49. Singapore

50. Switzerland

51. Saint Lucia

52. Ecuador

53. Haiti

54. Honduras

55. Georgia

56. Bolivia

57. Jamaica

58. Brunei

59. Belize

60. Panama

61. Bhutan

62. Domin. Rep.

63. Nicaragua

64. Burkina Faso

65. Lesotho

66. Indonesia

67. Azerbaijan

68. Barbados

69. Maldives

70. Uzbekistan

71. Turkmenistan

72. Kenya

73. Canada

74. Burma

75. Uruguay

76. Australia

77. Malaysia

78. Norway

79. Guinea

80. Israel

81. Sweden

82. Belarus

83. Brazil

84. Venezuela

85. Russia

86. Netherlands

87. Denmark

88. Cyprus

89. Estonia

90. N. Caledonia

91. South Korea

92. UK

93. Philippines

94. Chile

95. Tr.&Tobago

96. Guatemala

97. USA

98. Namibia

99. Kyrgyzstan

100. El Salvador

101. Mexico

102. Latvia

103. Lithuania

104. Germany

105. Cape Verde

106. Hong Kong

107. Austria

108. Japan

109. Armenia

110. Ireland

111. Czech Rep.

112. Argentina

113. Slovakia

114. Costa Rica

115. Tonga

116. Mongolia

117. Gambia

118. Tajikistan

119. Eq. Guinea

120. Djibouti

121. Mauritius

122. Finland

123. Fiji

124. Portugal

125. S.T.&Principe

126. Sierra Leone

127. Luxembourg

128. Spain

129. Guyana

130. Ivory Coast

131. Senegal

132. Poland

133. Bangladesh

134. Slovenia

135. Saudi Arabia

136. Albania

137. Liberia

138. Hungary

139. France

140. Nigeria

141. Macedonia

142. South Africa

143. Malta

144. Pakistan

145. Cuba

146. Swaziland

147. Afghanistan

148. Ukraine

149. India

150. Sri Lanka

151. Serbia

152. Bulgaria

153. Suriname

154. Romania

155. Belgium

156. Greece

157. Libya

158. Turkey

159. Gabon

160. Croatia

161. Mauritania

162. Morocco

163. Italy

164. Montenegro

165. Egypt

166. Lebanon

167. Tunisia

168. Bosnia & Herz.

169. Sudan

170. Iraq

171. Somalia

172. Palestine

173. Iran

174. Comoros

175. Moldova

176. Puerto Rico

177. Algeria

178. Syria

179. Jordan

180. Yemen

181. Samoa

Definition: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

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