Labor force participation - Country rankings

(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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Labor force participation - Country rankings:

The average for 2018 was 62.34 percent.The highest value was in Qatar: 86.87 percent and the lowest value was in Samoa: 31.37 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Labor force participation rate, 2018
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Qatar

2. Madagascar

3. Rwanda

4. Zimbabwe

5. Tanzania

6. UA Emirates

7. Nepal

8. Cambodia

9. North Korea

10. Eritrea

11. Ethiopia

12. Burundi

13. Niger

14. Mozambique

15. Laos

16. Togo

17. Angola

18. Vietnam

19. Malawi

20. Peru

21. Iceland

22. Cameroon

23. Zambia

24. Bahamas

25. Kuwait

26. G.-Bissau

27. Bahrain

28. Botswana

29. C.A. Republic

30. Oman

31. Solomon Isl.

32. Chad

33. Benin

34. Uganda

35. Mali

36. Kazakhstan

37. Macao

38. Paraguay

39. Vanuatu

40. New Zealand

41. Colombia

42. R. of Congo

43. Ecuador

44. Cape Verde

45. China

46. St. Vincent & ...

47. Singapore

48. Switzerland

49. Bolivia

50. Haiti

51. Georgia

52. Saint Lucia

53. Thailand

54. Ghana

55. Belize

56. Indonesia

57. Jamaica

58. Bhutan

59. Lesotho

60. Nicaragua

61. Burkina Faso

62. Panama

63. Azerbaijan

64. Kenya

65. Afghanistan

66. Barbados

67. Uzbekistan

68. Maldives

69. Canada

70. Honduras

71. Brunei

72. Turkmenistan

73. Australia

74. Guinea

75. Malaysia

76. Uruguay

77. Sweden

78. Israel

79. Domin. Rep.

80. Brazil

81. Belarus

82. DR Congo

83. Norway

84. Netherlands

85. Estonia

86. Djibouti

87. South Korea

88. N. Caledonia

89. Chile

90. UK

91. Guatemala

92. Venezuela

93. Cyprus

94. Eq. Guinea

95. Burma

96. USA

97. Russia

98. Denmark

99. Kyrgyzstan

100. Ireland

101. Mexico

102. Latvia

103. Lithuania

104. El Salvador

105. Namibia

106. Japan

107. Germany

108. Tr.&Tobago

109. Argentina

110. Hong Kong

111. Czech Rep.

112. Austria

113. Costa Rica

114. Mongolia

115. Philippines

116. Slovakia

117. S.T.&Principe

118. Tonga

119. Gambia

120. Armenia

121. Bangladesh

122. Portugal

123. Finland

124. Mauritius

125. Luxembourg

126. Sierra Leone

127. Slovenia

128. Guyana

129. Spain

130. Ivory Coast

131. Fiji

132. Poland

133. Saudi Arabia

134. Hungary

135. Liberia

136. Albania

137. South Africa

138. Bulgaria

139. Nigeria

140. France

141. Macedonia

142. Malta

143. Romania

144. Serbia

145. Ukraine

146. Cuba

147. Pakistan

148. Belgium

149. Swaziland

150. Greece

151. Turkey

152. Sri Lanka

153. Libya

154. Gabon

155. India

156. Croatia

157. Suriname

158. Montenegro

159. Italy

160. Egypt

161. Lebanon

162. Sudan

163. Papua N.G.

164. Bosnia & Herz.

165. Tunisia

166. Senegal

167. Somalia

168. Mauritania

169. Palestine

170. Morocco

171. Comoros

172. Iran

173. Tajikistan

174. Iraq

175. Moldova

176. Algeria

177. Puerto Rico

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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