# Countries by employment-population ratio, ages 15 and over, 2025

All 181 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable. 5 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `employment_population_ratio_15_plus`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, annual.
- Source: World Bank, Employment to population ratio, 15+, total, %, modeled ILO estimate (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment to population ratio, 15+, total, %, modeled ILO estimate (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employment-population-ratio-15-plus/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Qatar | 86.9 |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 83.1 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 82.9 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 82.4 |
| 5 | Cambodia | 82.2 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 80 |
| 7 | Niger | 79.4 |
| 8 | North Korea | 79.2 |
| 9 | Uganda | 77.8 |
| 10 | Burundi | 77.5 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 76.9 |
| 12 | Bolivia | 76.3 |
| 13 | Benin | 75.1 |
| 14 | Liberia | 74.4 |
| 15 | Eritrea | 73.7 |
| 16 | Mozambique | 73.5 |
| 17 | Iceland | 72.2 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 71.8 |
| 19 | Vietnam | 71.7 |
| 20 | Moldova | 71.2 |
| 21 | Bahrain | 69.7 |
| 22 | Peru | 69.1 |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 68.8 |
| 24 | Singapore | 67.7 |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 67.6 |
| 26 | Jamaica | 67.3 |
| 27 | Bahamas | 67 |
| 28 | Paraguay | 66.9 |
| 29 | New Zealand | 66.8 |
| 30 | Macao | 66.3 |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 66.2 |
| 32 | Thailand | 66.2 |
| 33 | Oman | 66.2 |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 65.9 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 65.8 |
| 36 | Côte d’Ivoire | 65.5 |
| 37 | Laos | 65.3 |
| 38 | Mali | 65.1 |
| 39 | Netherlands | 64.6 |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 64.5 |
| 41 | Angola | 64.2 |
| 42 | Australia | 63.8 |
| 43 | Kenya | 63.7 |
| 44 | Cyprus | 63.7 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 63.6 |
| 46 | Switzerland | 63.5 |
| 47 | Israel | 63.2 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 63.1 |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.1 |
| 50 | Cameroon | 62.8 |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 62.7 |
| 52 | Bhutan | 62.7 |
| 53 | South Korea | 62.6 |
| 54 | Norway | 62.6 |
| 55 | Ecuador | 62.4 |
| 56 | Malta | 62.1 |
| 57 | Japan | 61.9 |
| 58 | Ireland | 61.8 |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 61.8 |
| 60 | China | 61.6 |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 61.5 |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.5 |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 61.4 |
| 64 | Denmark | 61.3 |
| 65 | Brunei | 60.8 |
| 66 | Panama | 60.8 |
| 67 | Maldives | 60.6 |
| 68 | Belarus | 60.6 |
| 69 | Barbados | 60.5 |
| 70 | Uruguay | 60.1 |
| 71 | Canada | 60.1 |
| 72 | El Salvador | 60.1 |
| 73 | Philippines | 60 |
| 74 | Mexico | 60 |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 59.8 |
| 76 | Russia | 59.8 |
| 77 | Estonia | 59.7 |
| 78 | Malawi | 59.4 |
| 79 | Brazil | 59.4 |
| 80 | United States | 59.1 |
| 81 | Sweden | 59 |
| 82 | Chad | 58.8 |
| 83 | Guam | 58.8 |
| 84 | Lithuania | 58.7 |
| 85 | Czechia | 58.6 |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 58.5 |
| 87 | Germany | 58.3 |
| 88 | Zambia | 58.3 |
| 89 | Colombia | 58.1 |
| 90 | Guatemala | 58.1 |
| 91 | Hungary | 57.8 |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 57.6 |
| 93 | Argentina | 57.5 |
| 94 | Albania | 57.2 |
| 95 | Slovakia | 57.2 |
| 96 | Ghana | 56.8 |
| 97 | Austria | 56.8 |
| 98 | Chile | 56.7 |
| 99 | Togo | 56.7 |
| 100 | Poland | 56.6 |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 56.6 |
| 102 | Mongolia | 56.6 |
| 103 | Latvia | 56.5 |
| 104 | Georgia | 56.5 |
| 105 | Rwanda | 56.4 |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.8 |
| 107 | Slovenia | 55.7 |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.7 |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.5 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.3 |
| 111 | Mauritius | 55.2 |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 55.2 |
| 113 | Serbia | 54.9 |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 54.8 |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 54.8 |
| 116 | Portugal | 54.6 |
| 117 | Haiti | 54.4 |
| 118 | Republic of the Congo | 54.3 |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 54.1 |
| 120 | Fiji | 54.1 |
| 121 | Finland | 54 |
| 122 | Belize | 53.9 |
| 123 | Honduras | 53.8 |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 53.7 |
| 125 | Comoros | 53.6 |
| 126 | Myanmar | 53.4 |
| 127 | India | 53.3 |
| 128 | Botswana | 52 |
| 129 | Armenia | 51.7 |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 51.7 |
| 131 | Spain | 51.5 |
| 132 | Cuba | 51.3 |
| 133 | France | 51.2 |
| 134 | Belgium | 51.1 |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 50.7 |
| 136 | Senegal | 50.6 |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 50.2 |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 50.1 |
| 139 | Montenegro | 50.1 |
| 140 | Guinea | 49.9 |
| 141 | Türkiye | 49.7 |
| 142 | Suriname | 49.6 |
| 143 | Croatia | 49.5 |
| 144 | Pakistan | 49.5 |
| 145 | Venezuela | 49.2 |
| 146 | Tonga | 48.8 |
| 147 | Guyana | 48.4 |
| 148 | Romania | 48.3 |
| 149 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 48.1 |
| 150 | Lesotho | 47.8 |
| 151 | Greece | 47.5 |
| 152 | Namibia | 47.5 |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 46.6 |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 46.3 |
| 155 | Italy | 46.2 |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 45.6 |
| 157 | Gambia | 44.4 |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.6 |
| 159 | Egypt | 41.5 |
| 160 | Gabon | 40.8 |
| 161 | Samoa | 40.4 |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 40.2 |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 40.2 |
| 164 | Morocco | 40 |
| 165 | Libya | 39 |
| 166 | Tunisia | 38.4 |
| 167 | South Africa | 37.6 |
| 168 | Iran | 37.6 |
| 169 | Mauritania | 36.6 |
| 170 | Algeria | 36 |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 35.6 |
| 172 | Nepal | 35.1 |
| 173 | Iraq | 35.1 |
| 174 | Eswatini | 33.7 |
| 175 | Jordan | 33.4 |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 32.5 |
| 177 | Syria | 31.9 |
| 178 | Somalia | 27.4 |
| 179 | Yemen | 27.4 |
| 180 | Djibouti | 23.5 |
| 181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 21.2 |