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👷 Labor force participation rate, male — % of male population ages 15-64

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

📅 2025📏 %181 entries
96.3% – 83.1%83.1% – 79.8%79.7% – 75.7%75.7% – 69.0%68.8% – 24.1%No data
1
🇶🇦Qatar
96.3%
2
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
92.3%
3
🇰🇵North Korea
91.2%
4
🇮🇸Iceland
90.8%
5
🇰🇭Cambodia
90.4%
6
🇴🇲Oman
89.8%
7
🇰🇼Kuwait
89.6%
8
🇲🇬Madagascar
89.2%
9
🇳🇱Netherlands
89.0%
10
🇹🇿Tanzania
88.1%
11
🇧🇭Bahrain
87.9%
12
🇲🇹Malta
87.6%
13
🇯🇵Japan
87.5%
14
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
87.4%
15
🇨🇭Switzerland
87.3%
16
🇳🇪Niger
86.7%
17
🇧🇴Bolivia
86.0%
18
🇳🇿New Zealand
85.9%
19
🇪🇷Eritrea
85.8%
20
🇺🇬Uganda
85.6%
21
🇸🇪Sweden
85.3%
22
🇲🇴Macau
85.3%
23
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
84.9%
24
🇵🇾Paraguay
84.7%
25
🇳🇬Nigeria
84.7%
26
🇵🇪Peru
84.6%
27
🇧🇸Bahamas
84.5%
28
🇩🇰Denmark
84.5%
29
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
84.5%
30
🇨🇾Cyprus
84.1%
31
🇮🇩Indonesia
84.0%
32
🇳🇮Nicaragua
83.9%
33
🇩🇪Germany
83.9%
34
🇦🇺Australia
83.8%
35
🇬🇹Guatemala
83.7%
36
🇨🇦Canada
83.2%
37
🇲🇾Malaysia
83.1%
38
🇺🇾Uruguay
83.1%
39
🇵🇰Pakistan
83.0%
40
🇨🇿Czechia
82.9%
41
🇧🇾Belarus
82.7%
42
🇹🇭Thailand
82.7%
43
🇵🇦Panama
82.7%
44
🇧🇩Bangladesh
82.6%
45
🇳🇴Norway
82.5%
46
🇨🇫Central African Republic
82.4%
47
🇲🇱Mali
82.3%
48
🇭🇺Hungary
82.2%
49
🇦🇱Albania
82.1%
50
🇦🇹Austria
82.0%

Highlights

As of 2025, Qatar ranks first with 96.3%, followed by United Arab Emirates (92.3%) and North Korea (91.2%).

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 96.3% (Qatar) to 24.1% (São Tomé and Príncipe), with a median of 78.2%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from Africa and 2 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026