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👷 Labor force participation rate, total

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
89.3% – 77.9%77.8% – 71.6%71.2% – 66.6%66.5% – 59.2%59.1% – 23.4%No data
1
🇰🇵North Korea
89.3%
2
🇶🇦Qatar
88.1%
3
🇮🇸Iceland
87.5%
4
🇲🇬Madagascar
86.9%
5
🇰🇭Cambodia
86.1%
6
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
85.8%
7
🇳🇱Netherlands
85.6%
8
🇹🇿Tanzania
85.0%
9
🇨🇭Switzerland
84.0%
10
🇸🇪Sweden
83.9%
11
🇳🇬Nigeria
83.3%
12
🇧🇸Bahamas
82.9%
13
🇳🇿New Zealand
82.6%
14
🇯🇵Japan
82.3%
15
🇩🇰Denmark
82.2%
16
🇲🇹Malta
81.6%
17
🇺🇬Uganda
81.2%
18
🇪🇪Estonia
81.1%
19
🇪🇷Eritrea
80.9%
20
🇦🇺Australia
80.6%
21
🇧🇴Bolivia
80.5%
22
🇳🇪Niger
80.4%
23
🇳🇴Norway
80.3%
24
🇨🇦Canada
80.0%
25
🇩🇪Germany
80.0%
26
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
79.6%
27
🇧🇾Belarus
79.6%
28
🇫🇮Finland
79.4%
29
🇨🇾Cyprus
79.3%
30
🇲🇿Mozambique
79.1%
31
🇧🇮Burundi
79.1%
32
🇲🇴Macau
79.0%
33
🇱🇹Lithuania
78.7%
34
🇻🇳Vietnam
78.4%
35
🇧🇧Barbados
78.3%
36
🇭🇺Hungary
78.3%
37
🇦🇹Austria
77.9%
38
🇵🇹Portugal
77.8%
39
🇱🇷Liberia
77.6%
40
🇨🇿Czechia
77.5%
41
🇺🇾Uruguay
77.5%
42
🇧🇯Benin
77.5%
43
🇮🇪Ireland
77.2%
44
🇵🇪Peru
77.0%
45
🇦🇱Albania
77.0%
46
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
77.0%
47
🇸🇬Singapore
77.0%
48
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
77.0%
49
🇬🇧United Kingdom
76.7%
50
🇱🇻Latvia
76.6%

Highlights

As of 2025, North Korea ranks first with 89.3%, followed by Qatar (88.1%) and Iceland (87.5%).

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 89.3% (North Korea) to 23.4% (São Tomé and Príncipe), with a median of 69.9%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Europe, 3 from Asia, 2 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.

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

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