Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)

Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

📅 2025📏 %86 entries

IcelandTanzaniaAustraliaNorwayCambodiaNew ZealandBoliviaCanadaSaint LuciaRwandaParaguayUnited StatesGuatemalaBrazilFinlandUnited Arab EmiratesZimbabweMaltaAngolaIrelandPeruBurkina FasoJapanDominican RepublicTürkiyeUruguayVanuatuPakistanIsraelSeychellesColombiaMexicoFranceEcuadorBelarusMoldovaThailandGhanaArgentinaBruneiCosta RicaPortugalSingaporeGambiaDjiboutiChileRussiaHong KongMongoliaBhutanSouth Korea

83.3% – 55.2%54.7% – 46.6%45.5% – 37.7%36.1% – 30.6%30.5% – 19.1%No data

🇳🇱Netherlands

83.3%

🇮🇸Iceland

82.7%

🇹🇿Tanzania

70.8%

🇦🇺Australia

70.3%

🇩🇰Denmark

69.9%

🇳🇴Norway

67.8%

🇰🇭Cambodia

67.0%

🇨🇭Switzerland

65.8%

🇳🇿New Zealand

64.2%

🇧🇴Bolivia

63.5%

🇨🇦Canada

63.0%

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

58.8%

🇷🇼Rwanda

57.7%

🇸🇪Sweden

57.2%

🇦🇹Austria

56.9%

🇵🇾Paraguay

56.7%

🇺🇸United States

55.6%

🇬🇹Guatemala

55.2%

🇩🇪Germany

54.7%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

54.5%

🇧🇷Brazil

54.0%

🇫🇮Finland

54.0%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

53.5%

🇿🇼Zimbabwe

53.5%

🇲🇹Malta

53.3%

🇦🇴Angola

53.0%

🇮🇪Ireland

52.6%

🇵🇪Peru

52.5%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

51.9%

🇯🇵Japan

51.5%

🇭🇳Honduras

49.1%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

48.0%

🇹🇷Türkiye

47.6%

🇺🇾Uruguay

47.1%

🇻🇺Vanuatu

46.6%

🇵🇰Pakistan

45.5%

🇸🇻El Salvador

44.8%

🇮🇱Israel

44.6%

🇸🇨Seychelles

44.2%

🇨🇴Colombia

43.9%

🇲🇽Mexico

43.8%

🇪🇪Estonia

43.1%

🇫🇷France

43.0%

🇵🇦Panama

42.8%

🇪🇨Ecuador

42.8%

🇧🇾Belarus

39.8%

🇨🇾Cyprus

38.7%

🇲🇩Moldova

38.6%

🇹🇭Thailand

38.5%

🇬🇭Ghana

38.5%

Highlights

As of 2025, Netherlands ranks first with 83.3%, followed by Iceland (82.7%) and Tanzania (70.8%).

The top two are virtually level: Netherlands and Iceland differ by less than 1%.

Across 86 countries and territories, values run from 83.3% (Netherlands) to 19.1% (Bulgaria), with a median of 42.9%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 2 from Oceania, 1 from Africa, 1 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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