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Male labor force participation rate, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 178 countries was 69.61 percent. The highest value was in Qatar: 96.38 percent and the lowest value was in Djibouti: 44.77 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Male labor force participation, 2021 Global rank Available data
Qatar 96.38 1 1990 - 2022
UA Emirates 92.02 2 1990 - 2022
Madagascar 87.53 3 1990 - 2022
Ethiopia 86.09 4 1990 - 2022
Tanzania 86.06 5 1990 - 2022
Bahrain 85.93 6 1990 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 85.38 7 1990 - 2022
Oman 84.76 8 1990 - 2022
Kuwait 84.53 9 1990 - 2022
Eritrea 84.2 10 1990 - 2022
Paraguay 84.08 11 1990 - 2022
Niger 83.72 12 1990 - 2022
Nicaragua 83.13 13 1990 - 2022
Cambodia 82.2 14 1990 - 2022
Pakistan 80.81 15 1990 - 2022
Liberia 80.65 16 1990 - 2022
Mali 80.57 17 1990 - 2022
Guatemala 80.46 18 1990 - 2022
Bangladesh 80.16 19 1990 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 79.92 20 1990 - 2022
Indonesia 79.69 21 1990 - 2022
North Korea 79.64 22 1990 - 2022
Belize 79.46 23 1990 - 2022
Peru 79.25 24 1990 - 2022
Angola 78.64 25 1990 - 2022
Bolivia 78.64 26 1990 - 2022
Mozambique 78.52 27 1990 - 2022
Malaysia 78.16 28 1990 - 2022
Bahamas 78.11 29 1990 - 2022
Ecuador 78.07 30 1990 - 2022
Vietnam 77.85 31 1990 - 2022
Vanuatu 77.79 32 1990 - 2022
Singapore 77.63 33 1990 - 2022
Colombia 77.55 34 1990 - 2022
Iceland 77.48 35 1990 - 2022
Burundi 77.47 36 1990 - 2022
C.A. Republic 77.35 37 1990 - 2022
Maldives 77.22 38 1990 - 2022
Mexico 76.71 39 1990 - 2022
Honduras 75.93 40 1990 - 2022
Panama 75.8 41 1990 - 2022
Cameroon 75.77 42 1990 - 2022
Kenya 75.63 43 1990 - 2022
New Zealand 75.61 44 1990 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 75.45 45 1990 - 2022
Thailand 75.24 46 1990 - 2022
Fiji 75.09 47 1990 - 2022
Kazakhstan 75 48 1990 - 2022
Macao 74.79 49 1990 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 74.38 50 1990 - 2022
Jamaica 74.33 51 1990 - 2022
Costa Rica 73.52 52 1990 - 2022
Georgia 73.5 53 1990 - 2022
Saint Lucia 73.4 54 1990 - 2022
Uzbekistan 73.28 55 1990 - 2022
El Salvador 73.25 56 1990 - 2022
Burkina Faso 72.94 57 1990 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 72.88 58 1990 - 2022
China 72.79 59 1990 - 2022
India 72.7 60 1990 - 2022
Switzerland 72.68 61 1990 - 2022
South Korea 72.63 62 1990 - 2022
Ivory Coast 72.62 63 1990 - 2022
Malawi 72.59 64 1990 - 2022
Brazil 72.39 65 1990 - 2022
Brunei 72.36 66 1990 - 2022
Ghana 72.28 67 1990 - 2022
Uganda 71.79 68 1990 - 2022
Sri Lanka 71.77 69 1990 - 2022
Syria 71.72 70 1990 - 2022
Zimbabwe 71.55 71 1990 - 2022
Mauritius 71.47 72 1990 - 2022
Lesotho 71.38 73 1990 - 2022
Malta 71.38 74 1990 - 2022
Japan 71.31 75 1990 - 2022
Argentina 70.87 76 1990 - 2022
Australia 70.62 77 1990 - 2022
Chad 70.62 78 1990 - 2022
Uruguay 70.48 79 1990 - 2022
Russia 70.44 80 1990 - 2021
Turkey 70.14 81 1990 - 2022
Palestine 70.05 82 1990 - 2022
Belarus 70 83 1990 - 2022
Cyprus 69.98 84 1990 - 2022
Yemen 69.93 85 1990 - 2022
Netherlands 69.86 86 1990 - 2022
Morocco 69.84 87 1990 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 69.77 88 1990 - 2022
Botswana 69.66 89 1990 - 2022
Canada 69.62 90 1990 - 2022
Azerbaijan 69.43 91 1990 - 2022
Estonia 69.42 92 1990 - 2022
Iraq 69.17 93 1990 - 2022
Philippines 69.14 94 1990 - 2022
DR Congo 69.12 95 1990 - 2022
Haiti 69.03 96 1990 - 2022
Ireland 68.94 97 1990 - 2022
Benin 68.75 98 1990 - 2022
Iran 68.65 99 1990 - 2022
Armenia 68.6 100 1990 - 2022
Sudan 68.38 101 1990 - 2022
Chile 68.33 102 1990 - 2022
Bhutan 68.29 103 1990 - 2022
Lithuania 68.05 104 1990 - 2022
R. of Congo 68.05 105 1990 - 2022
Czechia 68.01 106 1990 - 2022
Norway 68 107 1990 - 2022
Sweden 67.78 108 1990 - 2022
Egypt 67.71 109 1990 - 2022
Zambia 67.56 110 1990 - 2022
Latvia 67.28 111 1990 - 2022
Denmark 67.11 112 1990 - 2022
USA 67.04 113 1990 - 2022
Hungary 66.98 114 1990 - 2022
Austria 66.65 115 1990 - 2022
Mongolia 66.57 116 1990 - 2022
Israel 66.51 117 1990 - 2022
Slovakia 66.46 118 1990 - 2022
Poland 66.36 119 1990 - 2022
Samoa 66.24 120 1990 - 2022
UK 66.15 121 1990 - 2022
Lebanon 66.08 122 1990 - 2022
Albania 66.07 123 1990 - 2022
Germany 65.83 124 1990 - 2022
Tunisia 65.81 125 1990 - 2022
Hong Kong 65.7 126 1990 - 2022
Luxembourg 65.67 127 1990 - 2022
North Macedonia 65.55 128 1990 - 2022
Gambia 65.38 129 1990 - 2022
Tonga 65.13 130 1990 - 2022
Nigeria 65.06 131 1990 - 2022
Venezuela 64.92 132 1990 - 2022
Serbia 64.9 133 1990 - 2022
Senegal 64.75 134 1990 - 2022
Suriname 64.6 135 1990 - 2022
Barbados 64.07 136 1990 - 2022
Guinea 63.66 137 1990 - 2022
Algeria 63.39 138 1990 - 2022
Finland 62.96 139 1990 - 2022
Montenegro 62.93 140 1990 - 2022
Ukraine 62.9 141 1990 - 2021
Slovenia 62.88 142 1990 - 2022
G.-Bissau 62.87 143 1990 - 2022
Rwanda 62.67 144 1990 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 62.54 145 1990 - 2022
Spain 62.53 146 1990 - 2022
Jordan 62.46 147 1990 - 2022
South Africa 62.46 148 1990 - 2022
Laos 62.43 149 1990 - 2022
Portugal 62.38 150 1990 - 2022
Namibia 62.13 151 1990 - 2022
Bulgaria 62 152 1990 - 2022
Romania 61.94 153 1990 - 2022
Cape Verde 61.89 154 1990 - 2022
N. Caledonia 61.55 155 1990 - 2022
Guyana 61.29 156 1990 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 60.57 157 1990 - 2022
Libya 59.99 158 1990 - 2022
France 59.84 159 1990 - 2022
Togo 59.33 160 1990 - 2022
Belgium 59.11 161 1990 - 2022
Croatia 58.25 162 1990 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 57.89 163 1990 - 2022
Italy 57.62 164 1990 - 2022
Greece 57.22 165 1990 - 2022
Mauritania 56.34 166 1990 - 2022
Sierra Leone 55.43 167 1990 - 2022
Gabon 55.22 168 1990 - 2022
Comoros 54.74 169 1990 - 2022
Swaziland 53.89 170 1990 - 2022
Nepal 52.78 171 1990 - 2022
Tajikistan 51.13 172 1990 - 2022
Puerto Rico 50.89 173 1990 - 2022
Papua N.G. 47.7 174 1990 - 2022
Somalia 46.84 175 1990 - 2022
Moldova 46.53 176 1990 - 2022
Turkmenistan 44.95 177 1990 - 2022
Djibouti 44.77 178 1990 - 2022


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.
96.38
92.02
87.53
86.09
86.06
85.93
85.38
84.76
84.53
84.20
84.08
83.72
83.13
82.20
80.81
80.65
80.57
80.46
80.16
79.92
79.69
79.64
79.46
79.25
78.64
78.64
78.52
78.16
78.11
78.07
77.85
77.79
77.63
77.55
77.48
77.47
77.35
77.22
76.71
75.93
75.80
75.77
75.63
75.61
75.45
75.24
75.09
75.00
74.79
74.38
74.33
73.52
73.50
73.40
73.28
73.25
72.94
72.88
72.79
72.70
72.68
72.63
72.62
72.59
72.39
72.36
72.28
71.79
71.77
71.72
71.55
71.47
71.38
71.38
71.31
70.87
70.62
70.62
70.48
70.44
70.14
70.05
70.00
69.98
69.93
69.86
69.84
69.77
69.66
69.62
69.43
69.42
69.17
69.14
69.12
69.03
68.94
68.75
68.65
68.60
68.38
68.33
68.29
68.05
68.05
68.01
68.00
67.78
67.71
67.56
67.28
67.11
67.04
66.98
66.65
66.57
66.51
66.46
66.36
66.24
66.15
66.08
66.07
65.83
65.81
65.70
65.67
65.55
65.38
65.13
65.06
64.92
64.90
64.75
64.60
64.07
63.66
63.39
62.96
62.93
62.90
62.88
62.87
62.67
62.54
62.53
62.46
62.46
62.43
62.38
62.13
62.00
61.94
61.89
61.55
61.29
60.57
59.99
59.84
59.33
59.11
58.25
57.89
57.62
57.22
56.34
55.43
55.22
54.74
53.89
52.78
51.13
50.89
47.70
46.84
46.53
44.95
44.77
0
24.1
48.2
72.3
96.38
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