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🧑‍🏭 Highest Labor-Force Participation

Share of people aged 15 and older who are working or actively seeking work (ILO modeled estimates).

📅 2025📏 % of population aged 15+181 entries
87.0% – 67.8%67.8% – 64.3%64.2% – 59.1%59.1% – 52.4%52.3% – 23.3%No data
1
🇶🇦Qatar
87.0%
2
🇲🇬Madagascar
85.5%
3
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
84.3%
4
🇹🇿Tanzania
83.7%
5
🇳🇬Nigeria
82.5%
6
🇰🇭Cambodia
82.4%
7
🇰🇵North Korea
82.2%
8
🇺🇬Uganda
80.0%
9
🇳🇪Niger
79.7%
10
🇲🇿Mozambique
78.7%
11
🇧🇴Bolivia
78.6%
12
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
78.6%
13
🇪🇷Eritrea
78.3%
14
🇧🇮Burundi
78.3%
15
🇱🇷Liberia
76.6%
16
🇧🇯Benin
76.4%
17
🇮🇸Iceland
74.9%
18
🇦🇴Angola
74.8%
19
🇧🇸Bahamas
73.8%
20
🇨🇫Central African Republic
73.4%
21
🇰🇼Kuwait
73.4%
22
🇵🇪Peru
72.9%
23
🇻🇳Vietnam
72.8%
24
🇲🇩Moldova
72.3%
25
🇧🇭Bahrain
70.4%
26
🇳🇿New Zealand
70.4%
27
🇵🇾Paraguay
70.2%
28
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
70.0%
29
🇸🇬Singapore
69.7%
30
🇯🇲Jamaica
69.6%
31
🇧🇼Botswana
68.8%
32
🇪🇹Ethiopia
68.5%
33
🇴🇲Oman
68.4%
34
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
68.3%
35
🇮🇩Indonesia
68.0%
36
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
67.9%
37
🇲🇴Macau
67.8%
38
🇨🇬Congo
67.8%
39
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
67.8%
40
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
67.7%
41
🇰🇪Kenya
67.4%
42
🇳🇱Netherlands
67.2%
43
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
67.1%
44
🇲🇱Mali
67.0%
45
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
67.0%
46
🇨🇾Cyprus
67.0%
47
🇨🇭Switzerland
66.7%
48
🇹🇭Thailand
66.7%
49
🇦🇺Australia
66.5%
50
🇵🇦Panama
66.3%

Highlights

As of 2025, Qatar ranks first with 87.0%, followed by Madagascar (85.5%) and Solomon Islands (84.3%).

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 87.0% (Qatar) to 23.3% (São Tomé and Príncipe), with a median of 61.7%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Africa, 3 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: % of population aged 15+.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 15, 2026