Labor force participation - Country rankings

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Labor force participation rate, 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 was 62.28 percent.The highest value was in Qatar: 87.02 percent and the lowest value was in Samoa: 31.24 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank

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1. Qatar

2. Madagascar

3. Rwanda

4. Zimbabwe

5. Tanzania

6. Nepal

7. UA Emirates

8. Cambodia

9. Eritrea

10. North Korea

11. Ethiopia

12. Burundi

13. Niger

14. Mozambique

15. Laos

16. Angola

17. Togo

18. Malawi

19. Peru

20. Vietnam

21. Cameroon

22. Iceland

23. Zambia

24. Bahamas

25. Kuwait

26. Bahrain

27. G.-Bissau

28. Botswana

29. Oman

30. C.A. Republic

31. Solomon Isl.

32. Benin

33. Chad

34. Uganda

35. Mali

36. Paraguay

37. Vanuatu

38. Macao

39. Kazakhstan

40. Colombia

41. New Zealand

42. Cape Verde

43. R. of Congo

44. Ecuador

45. St. Vincent & ...

46. China

47. Switzerland

48. Haiti

49. Singapore

50. Bolivia

51. Georgia

52. Saint Lucia

53. Ghana

54. Belize

55. Jamaica

56. Thailand

57. Lesotho

58. Bhutan

59. Indonesia

60. Nicaragua

61. Burkina Faso

62. Panama

63. Kenya

64. Azerbaijan

65. Afghanistan

66. Maldives

67. Uzbekistan

68. Honduras

69. Barbados

70. Turkmenistan

71. Canada

72. Australia

73. Brunei

74. Malaysia

75. Guinea

76. Uruguay

77. Sweden

78. Domin. Rep.

79. Israel

80. Brazil

81. DR Congo

82. Norway

83. Belarus

84. Netherlands

85. Estonia

86. Djibouti

87. South Korea

88. Chile

89. N. Caledonia

90. Eq. Guinea

91. Guatemala

92. UK

93. Venezuela

94. Cyprus

95. Denmark

96. Burma

97. USA

98. Russia

99. Kyrgyzstan

100. Namibia

101. Mexico

102. El Salvador

103. Ireland

104. Lithuania

105. Latvia

106. Japan

107. Germany

108. Argentina

109. Tr.&Tobago

110. Austria

111. Costa Rica

112. Czech Rep.

113. Hong Kong

114. Philippines

115. Mongolia

116. Gambia

117. Tonga

118. Slovakia

119. S.T.&Principe

120. Armenia

121. Bangladesh

122. Finland

123. Portugal

124. Luxembourg

125. Sierra Leone

126. Mauritius

127. Guyana

128. Slovenia

129. Ivory Coast

130. Fiji

131. Spain

132. Saudi Arabia

133. Poland

134. Hungary

135. Liberia

136. Albania

137. South Africa

138. Bulgaria

139. Nigeria

140. Macedonia

141. France

142. Malta

143. Romania

144. Serbia

145. Ukraine

146. Cuba

147. Pakistan

148. Swaziland

149. Belgium

150. Greece

151. Turkey

152. Libya

153. Sri Lanka

154. Gabon

155. India

156. Suriname

157. Croatia

158. Montenegro

159. Italy

160. Egypt

161. Lebanon

162. Sudan

163. Bosnia & Herz.

164. Papua N.G.

165. Senegal

166. Somalia

167. Tunisia

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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