Labor force participation - Country rankings
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Labor force participation rate, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 181 countries was 60.32 percent.The highest value was in Qatar: 86.28 percent and the lowest value was in Jordan: 37.89 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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86.28
83.83
83.45
83.16
80.95
80.91
80.32
79.35
79.23
78.87
77.33
77.22
76.44
76.13
75.63
75.45
75.24
74.67
74.20
74.03
73.09
72.74
72.64
71.89
71.82
71.74
71.14
70.94
70.51
70.25
69.98
69.64
69.53
69.40
69.39
69.35
68.81
68.51
68.08
67.74
67.66
67.52
66.88
66.82
66.66
66.65
66.45
66.35
66.21
66.07
66.06
65.38
65.29
65.17
64.89
64.84
64.58
64.22
64.20
64.19
63.92
63.91
63.87
63.87
63.85
63.73
63.47
63.13
63.12
62.97
62.90
62.78
62.64
62.61
62.60
62.60
62.39
62.34
62.18
62.03
61.91
61.83
61.73
61.65
61.41
61.38
61.38
61.35
61.12
60.95
60.80
60.62
60.57
59.97
59.97
59.91
59.72
59.67
59.58
59.43
59.29
59.24
59.06
58.75
58.72
58.28
58.25
57.93
57.39
57.38
57.32
57.22
57.10
57.05
57.04
57.03
56.93
56.71
56.61
56.58
56.56
56.45
56.33
56.25
56.14
56.10
55.97
55.73
55.36
55.14
55.04
54.98
54.80
54.17
54.12
53.49
53.43
53.35
53.34
52.81
52.49
52.43
52.04
51.49
51.45
51.35
51.34
51.33
51.13
50.86
50.38
50.24
50.11
48.40
48.31
48.15
47.50
47.06
46.92
46.71
46.29
46.27
45.91
45.55
45.32
44.56
44.29
44.27
43.02
43.00
42.77
42.64
42.63
42.42
41.34
40.30
39.63
38.93
38.13
37.94
37.89
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21.6
43.1
64.7
86.28
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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