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🧑‍🏭 Highest Youth Labor Participation

Labor-force participation among people aged 15–24; ILO modeled estimate.

📅 2025📏 %181 entries
83.3% – 53.3%52.8% – 43.7%43.4% – 36.4%35.4% – 28.2%28.2% – 13.4%No data
1
🇳🇱Netherlands
83.3%
2
🇮🇸Iceland
82.1%
3
🇰🇵North Korea
78.5%
4
🇲🇬Madagascar
72.4%
5
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
70.8%
6
🇳🇪Niger
70.8%
7
🇹🇿Tanzania
70.7%
8
🇰🇭Cambodia
70.6%
9
🇦🇺Australia
70.2%
10
🇺🇬Uganda
69.8%
11
🇩🇰Denmark
69.1%
12
🇪🇷Eritrea
68.5%
13
🇳🇴Norway
66.1%
14
🇳🇿New Zealand
65.8%
15
🇨🇭Switzerland
65.6%
16
🇲🇿Mozambique
65.0%
17
🇳🇬Nigeria
64.8%
18
🇨🇦Canada
63.1%
19
🇧🇴Bolivia
61.2%
20
🇨🇫Central African Republic
60.7%
21
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
60.6%
22
🇶🇦Qatar
59.7%
23
🇧🇸Bahamas
59.1%
24
🇦🇹Austria
57.2%
25
🇸🇪Sweden
56.9%
26
🇵🇾Paraguay
56.3%
27
🇲🇹Malta
56.0%
28
🇱🇷Liberia
55.3%
29
🇵🇪Peru
55.2%
30
🇧🇷Brazil
54.6%
31
🇩🇪Germany
54.6%
32
🇱🇦Laos
54.2%
33
🇦🇴Angola
54.1%
34
🇪🇹Ethiopia
53.8%
35
🇧🇿Belize
53.8%
36
🇮🇪Ireland
53.6%
37
🇫🇮Finland
53.3%
38
🇧🇮Burundi
52.8%
39
🇲🇱Mali
52.7%
40
🇧🇯Benin
52.5%
41
🇳🇮Nicaragua
52.5%
42
🇬🇧United Kingdom
52.4%
43
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
51.8%
44
🇲🇻Maldives
51.7%
45
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
51.6%
46
🇬🇹Guatemala
51.6%
47
🇯🇵Japan
51.2%
48
🇺🇸United States
50.8%
49
🇭🇳Honduras
50.3%
50
🇬🇾Guyana
49.4%

Highlights

As of 2025, Netherlands ranks first with 83.3%, followed by Iceland (82.1%) and North Korea (78.5%).

Across 181 countries and territories, values run from 83.3% (Netherlands) to 13.4% (Djibouti), with a median of 38.8%.

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

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

Source: World Bank Open Data — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026