# Countries by labor force participation rate, 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: `labor_force_participation_rate_15_plus`
- Unit: %
- Definition: The labor force, comprising employed and unemployed people, as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, annual.
- Source: World Bank, Labor force participation rate, total, % of total population ages 15+, modeled ILO estimate (SL.TLF.CACT.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Labor force participation rate, total, % of total population ages 15+, modeled ILO estimate (SL.TLF.CACT.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-15-plus/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Qatar | 87 |
| 2 | Madagascar | 85.5 |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 84.3 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 83.7 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 82.5 |
| 6 | Cambodia | 82.4 |
| 7 | North Korea | 82.2 |
| 8 | Uganda | 80 |
| 9 | Niger | 79.7 |
| 10 | Mozambique | 78.7 |
| 11 | Bolivia | 78.6 |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 78.6 |
| 13 | Eritrea | 78.3 |
| 14 | Burundi | 78.3 |
| 15 | Liberia | 76.6 |
| 16 | Benin | 76.4 |
| 17 | Iceland | 74.9 |
| 18 | Angola | 74.8 |
| 19 | Bahamas | 73.8 |
| 20 | Central African Republic | 73.4 |
| 21 | Kuwait | 73.4 |
| 22 | Peru | 72.9 |
| 23 | Vietnam | 72.8 |
| 24 | Moldova | 72.3 |
| 25 | Bahrain | 70.4 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 70.4 |
| 27 | Paraguay | 70.2 |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 70 |
| 29 | Singapore | 69.7 |
| 30 | Jamaica | 69.6 |
| 31 | Botswana | 68.8 |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 68.5 |
| 33 | Oman | 68.4 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 68.3 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 68 |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.9 |
| 37 | Macao | 67.8 |
| 38 | Republic of the Congo | 67.8 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 67.8 |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 67.7 |
| 41 | Kenya | 67.4 |
| 42 | Netherlands | 67.2 |
| 43 | Côte d’Ivoire | 67.1 |
| 44 | Mali | 67 |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 67 |
| 46 | Cyprus | 67 |
| 47 | Switzerland | 66.7 |
| 48 | Thailand | 66.7 |
| 49 | Australia | 66.5 |
| 50 | Panama | 66.3 |
| 51 | Malaysia | 66.1 |
| 52 | Laos | 66.1 |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 66.1 |
| 54 | Norway | 65.6 |
| 55 | Israel | 65.5 |
| 56 | Cameroon | 65.2 |
| 57 | Estonia | 65.1 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 65.1 |
| 59 | Uruguay | 65 |
| 60 | Denmark | 64.9 |
| 61 | Ireland | 64.8 |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 64.8 |
| 63 | Bhutan | 64.8 |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.8 |
| 65 | Barbados | 64.7 |
| 66 | Sweden | 64.6 |
| 67 | China | 64.6 |
| 68 | Canada | 64.5 |
| 69 | Ecuador | 64.5 |
| 70 | South Korea | 64.4 |
| 71 | Georgia | 64.3 |
| 72 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.3 |
| 73 | Albania | 64.3 |
| 74 | Brunei | 64.2 |
| 75 | Malta | 64 |
| 76 | Haiti | 63.9 |
| 77 | Rwanda | 63.7 |
| 78 | Maldives | 63.5 |
| 79 | Japan | 63.4 |
| 80 | Colombia | 63.4 |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 63.3 |
| 82 | Brazil | 63.1 |
| 83 | Lithuania | 62.9 |
| 84 | Belarus | 62.7 |
| 85 | Malawi | 62.6 |
| 86 | Chile | 62.3 |
| 87 | Guam | 62.3 |
| 88 | El Salvador | 62.1 |
| 89 | Zambia | 61.9 |
| 90 | Argentina | 61.9 |
| 91 | United States | 61.7 |
| 92 | Mexico | 61.6 |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 61.5 |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 61.4 |
| 95 | Philippines | 61.4 |
| 96 | Russia | 61.1 |
| 97 | Hungary | 60.6 |
| 98 | Germany | 60.6 |
| 99 | Latvia | 60.5 |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.5 |
| 101 | Slovakia | 60.4 |
| 102 | Czechia | 60.3 |
| 103 | Austria | 60.1 |
| 104 | Mongolia | 59.7 |
| 105 | Finland | 59.7 |
| 106 | Guatemala | 59.6 |
| 107 | Chad | 59.4 |
| 108 | Armenia | 59.4 |
| 109 | Serbia | 59.1 |
| 110 | Belize | 59.1 |
| 111 | Namibia | 58.8 |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 58.8 |
| 113 | Mauritius | 58.5 |
| 114 | Ghana | 58.5 |
| 115 | Poland | 58.3 |
| 116 | Portugal | 58.2 |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 58.1 |
| 118 | Montenegro | 58 |
| 119 | Togo | 57.8 |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.8 |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 57.7 |
| 122 | Slovenia | 57.6 |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 57.5 |
| 124 | Spain | 57.4 |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.4 |
| 126 | Fiji | 57.2 |
| 127 | Lesotho | 57.1 |
| 128 | Cape Verde | 57 |
| 129 | Honduras | 56.6 |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 56.4 |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 56.4 |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 56.1 |
| 133 | Comoros | 55.8 |
| 134 | India | 55.7 |
| 135 | South Africa | 55.6 |
| 136 | France | 55.3 |
| 137 | Myanmar | 55.1 |
| 138 | Guyana | 55 |
| 139 | Türkiye | 54.4 |
| 140 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 54.4 |
| 141 | Belgium | 54.3 |
| 142 | Suriname | 53.8 |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 53.4 |
| 144 | Guinea | 52.6 |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 52.4 |
| 146 | Pakistan | 52.3 |
| 147 | Cuba | 52.2 |
| 148 | Croatia | 52.1 |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 52.1 |
| 150 | Senegal | 52 |
| 151 | Greece | 52 |
| 152 | North Macedonia | 51.9 |
| 153 | Venezuela | 51.9 |
| 154 | Romania | 51.3 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 51.2 |
| 156 | Gabon | 51.1 |
| 157 | Tonga | 49.8 |
| 158 | Italy | 49.3 |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49 |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 48.5 |
| 161 | Libya | 48 |
| 162 | Gambia | 47.5 |
| 163 | Tunisia | 45.2 |
| 164 | Egypt | 44.6 |
| 165 | Morocco | 43.9 |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 42.8 |
| 167 | Samoa | 42.5 |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 42 |
| 169 | Iraq | 41.5 |
| 170 | Iran | 41 |
| 171 | Algeria | 40.8 |
| 172 | Mauritania | 40.8 |
| 173 | Jordan | 40.1 |
| 174 | Nepal | 39.2 |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 38.3 |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 37.5 |
| 177 | Syria | 36.9 |
| 178 | Somalia | 33.8 |
| 179 | Yemen | 33.1 |
| 180 | Djibouti | 31.7 |
| 181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 23.3 |