Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate)

Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.

📅 2025📏 %86 entries

TanzaniaUnited Arab EmiratesBoliviaCambodiaRwandaIcelandMoldovaParaguayVanuatuPeruBelarusGhanaNew ZealandThailandAngolaSingaporeMaltaSaudi ArabiaZimbabweAustraliaSaint LuciaSouth KoreaIrelandSeychellesDominican RepublicNorwayBhutanCyprusJapanEcuadorRussiaEstoniaCanadaUruguayUnited StatesBrazilMexicoColombiaMongoliaArgentinaChilePortugalFinlandHong KongFranceCosta RicaGambiaSenegalDjibouti

81.3% – 65.4%65.2% – 61.6%61.5% – 58.7%58.6% – 53.2%52.8% – 27.9%No data

🇹🇿Tanzania

81.3%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

80.8%

🇧🇴Bolivia

78.1%

🇰🇭Cambodia

77.0%

🇷🇼Rwanda

72.7%

🇮🇸Iceland

72.3%

🇲🇩Moldova

71.4%

🇵🇾Paraguay

68.7%

🇻🇺Vanuatu

68.6%

🇵🇪Peru

68.6%

🇧🇾Belarus

68.5%

🇬🇭Ghana

68.1%

🇳🇿New Zealand

66.8%

🇹🇭Thailand

66.6%

🇦🇴Angola

66.6%

🇳🇱Netherlands

66.0%

🇸🇬Singapore

65.7%

🇲🇹Malta

65.4%

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

65.2%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

65.1%

🇦🇺Australia

64.2%

🇨🇭Switzerland

64.1%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

63.6%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

63.3%

🇰🇷South Korea

63.1%

🇮🇪Ireland

63.1%

🇸🇨Seychelles

62.9%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

62.9%

🇬🇹Guatemala

62.7%

🇳🇴Norway

62.6%

🇧🇹Bhutan

62.6%

🇨🇾Cyprus

62.3%

🇯🇵Japan

62.2%

🇪🇨Ecuador

62.2%

🇸🇪Sweden

61.6%

🇷🇺Russia

61.5%

🇪🇪Estonia

61.5%

🇩🇰Denmark

61.0%

🇨🇦Canada

60.8%

🇺🇾Uruguay

60.7%

🇮🇱Israel

60.6%

🇬🇪Georgia

60.3%

🇧🇳Brunei

60.2%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

59.8%

🇺🇸United States

59.7%

🇸🇻El Salvador

59.6%

🇧🇷Brazil

59.5%

🇨🇿Czechia

59.3%

🇩🇪Germany

59.3%

🇲🇽Mexico

58.8%

Highlights

As of 2025, Tanzania ranks first with 81.3%, followed by United Arab Emirates (80.8%) and Bolivia (78.1%).

The top two are virtually level: Tanzania and United Arab Emirates differ by less than 1%.

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 81.3% (Tanzania) to 27.9% (Djibouti), with a median of 60.0%.

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

Source: World Bank Open Data — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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