Labour force participation rate

Ranked among 183 profiles with 2026 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.

Unit: percent of population ages 15+. Preferred source: ilo-stat. Some later years may be projections.

Rank	Profile	Status	2026 value
1	Qatar	UN member	86.8 projection
2	Madagascar	UN member	85.5 projection
3	Solomon Islands	UN member	84.3 projection
4	Tanzania	UN member	83.7 projection
5	Nigeria	UN member	82.5 projection
6	Cambodia	UN member	82.4 projection
7	North Korea	UN member	82.1 projection
8	Uganda	UN member	80.1 projection
9	Niger	UN member	79.9 projection
10	Bolivia	UN member	78.9 projection
11	United Arab Emirates	UN member	78.7 projection
12	Mozambique	UN member	78.6 projection
13	Eritrea	UN member	78.4 projection
14	Burundi	UN member	78 projection
15	Liberia	UN member	76.6 projection
16	Benin	UN member	76.4 projection
17	Iceland	UN member	74.7 projection
18	Angola	UN member	74.7 projection
19	Bahamas	UN member	73.5 projection
20	Central African Republic	UN member	73.4 projection
21	Kuwait	UN member	73.2 projection
22	Peru	UN member	72.9 projection
23	Vietnam	UN member	72.4 projection
24	Moldova	UN member	72.4 projection
25	Bahrain	UN member	70.3 projection
26	Paraguay	UN member	70.2 projection
27	New Zealand	UN member	70.1 projection
28	Singapore	UN member	70.1 projection
29	Burkina Faso	UN member	70 projection
30	Jamaica	UN member	69.6 projection
31	Botswana	UN member	69 projection
32	Ethiopia	UN member	68.5 projection
33	Oman	UN member	68.4 projection
34	Saint Lucia	UN member	68.3 projection
35	Indonesia	UN member	68 projection
36	Republic of the Congo	UN member	67.8 projection
37	Kazakhstan	UN member	67.8 projection
38	Zimbabwe	UN member	67.7 projection
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member	67.7 projection
40	Macau	Special administrative region	67.4 projection
41	Kenya	UN member	67.4 projection
42	Timor-Leste	UN member	67.2 projection
43	Côte d’Ivoire	UN member	67.1 projection
44	Netherlands	UN member	67 projection
45	Mali	UN member	66.9 projection
46	Cyprus	UN member	66.7 projection
47	Switzerland	UN member	66.4 projection
48	Australia	UN member	66.3 projection
49	Panama	UN member	66.3 projection
50	Thailand	UN member	66.2 projection
51	Laos	UN member	66.2 projection
52	Malaysia	UN member	66.1 projection
53	Nicaragua	UN member	66.1 projection
54	Israel	UN member	65.5 projection
55	Norway	UN member	65.4 projection
56	Saudi Arabia	UN member	65 projection
57	Dominican Republic	UN member	65 projection
58	Uruguay	UN member	65 projection
59	Cameroon	UN member	64.9 projection
60	Guinea-Bissau	UN member	64.9 projection
61	Estonia	UN member	64.8 projection
62	Denmark	UN member	64.8 projection
63	Bhutan	UN member	64.8 projection
64	Ireland	UN member	64.7 projection
65	Albania	UN member	64.5 projection
66	Ecuador	UN member	64.5 projection
67	Sweden	UN member	64.4 projection
68	Barbados	UN member	64.4 projection
69	Georgia	UN member	64.3 projection
70	Canada	UN member	64.3 projection
71	China	UN member	64.2 projection
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	UN member	64.2 projection
73	South Korea	UN member	64.2 projection
74	Brunei	UN member	63.9 projection
75	Haiti	UN member	63.9 projection
76	Rwanda	UN member	63.8 projection
77	Maldives	UN member	63.7 projection
78	Malta	UN member	63.7 projection
79	Japan	UN member	63.6 projection
80	Colombia	UN member	63.3 projection
81	Brazil	UN member	62.9 projection
82	Azerbaijan	UN member	62.7 projection
83	Lithuania	UN member	62.6 projection
84	Chile	UN member	62.3 projection
85	Malawi	UN member	62.3 projection
86	Guam	Territory	62.3 projection
87	El Salvador	UN member	62.3 projection
88	Belarus	UN member	62.2 projection
89	Zambia	UN member	62 projection
90	Argentina	UN member	62 projection
91	Mexico	UN member	61.6 projection
92	United States	UN member	61.5 projection
93	Philippines	UN member	61.3 projection
94	Luxembourg	UN member	61.2 projection
95	United Kingdom	UN member	61.2 projection
96	Hungary	UN member	60.5 projection
97	Russia	UN member	60.4 projection
98	Latvia	UN member	60.2 projection
99	Germany	UN member	60.2 projection
100	Equatorial Guinea	UN member	60.1 projection
101	Czechia	UN member	60.1 projection
102	Slovakia	UN member	60 projection
103	Austria	UN member	59.7 projection
104	Guatemala	UN member	59.5 projection
105	Finland	UN member	59.5 projection
106	Taiwan	Special status	59.3 projection
107	Chad	UN member	59.3 projection
108	Serbia	UN member	59.1 projection
109	Belize	UN member	59.1 projection
110	Mongolia	UN member	59 projection
111	Armenia	UN member	58.8 projection
112	Namibia	UN member	58.8 projection
113	Bangladesh	UN member	58.7 projection
114	Mauritius	UN member	58.4 projection
115	Ghana	UN member	58.1 projection
116	Poland	UN member	58 projection
117	Vanuatu	UN member	57.9 projection
118	Portugal	UN member	57.8 projection
119	Togo	UN member	57.8 projection
120	Montenegro	UN member	57.7 projection
121	Costa Rica	UN member	57.6 projection
122	Trinidad and Tobago	UN member	57.3 projection
123	Kyrgyzstan	UN member	57.3 projection
124	Uzbekistan	UN member	57.3 projection
125	Western Sahara	Special status	57.2 projection
126	Slovenia	UN member	57.1 projection
127	Fiji	UN member	57.1 projection
128	Cabo Verde	UN member	57 projection
129	Spain	UN member	57 projection
130	Lesotho	UN member	56.9 projection
131	Honduras	UN member	56.5 projection
132	Comoros	UN member	56.1 projection
133	New Caledonia	Dependency	56.1 projection
134	Bulgaria	UN member	55.9 projection
135	Hong Kong	Special administrative region	55.8 projection
136	India	UN member	55.7 projection
137	South Africa	UN member	55.6 projection
138	Myanmar	UN member	55 projection
139	France	UN member	55 projection
140	Guyana	UN member	54.9 projection
141	Türkiye	UN member	54.5 projection
142	U.S. Virgin Islands	Territory	54.3 projection
143	Belgium	UN member	54 projection
144	Suriname	UN member	53.8 projection
145	Sierra Leone	UN member	53.2 projection
146	Guinea	UN member	52.5 projection
147	Pakistan	UN member	52.4 projection
148	Papua New Guinea	UN member	52.2 projection
149	Senegal	UN member	52.1 projection
150	French Polynesia	Dependency	52 projection
151	Croatia	UN member	51.9 projection
152	Cuba	UN member	51.8 projection
153	Venezuela	UN member	51.8 projection
154	North Macedonia	UN member	51.7 projection
155	Greece	UN member	51.6 projection
156	Romania	UN member	51.2 projection
157	Eswatini	UN member	51.2 projection
158	Gabon	UN member	50.8 projection
159	Tonga	UN member	49.5 projection
160	Italy	UN member	49 projection
161	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member	48.7 projection
162	Sri Lanka	UN member	48.4 projection
163	Libya	UN member	47.6 projection
164	Gambia	UN member	47.4 projection
165	Tunisia	UN member	45 projection
166	Egypt	UN member	44.5 projection
167	Morocco	UN member	43.8 projection
168	Puerto Rico	Territory	42.9 projection
169	Samoa	UN member	42 projection
170	Turkmenistan	UN member	41.9 projection
171	Iraq	UN member	41.5 projection
172	Mauritania	UN member	40.7 projection
173	Iran	UN member	40.6 projection
174	Algeria	UN member	40.4 projection
175	Jordan	UN member	40.1 projection
176	Nepal	UN member	39.2 projection
177	Tajikistan	UN member	38.2 projection
178	Afghanistan	UN member	37.4 projection
179	Syria	UN member	36.8 projection
180	Somalia	UN member	33.8 projection
181	Yemen	UN member	33 projection
182	Djibouti	UN member	31.7 projection
183	Sao Tome and Principe	UN member	23.3 projection

No 2026 figure

These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.

Åland Islands Statistical area
American Samoa Territory
Andorra UN member
Anguilla Dependency
Antigua and Barbuda UN member
Aruba Dependency
Bermuda Dependency
British Virgin Islands Dependency
Caribbean Netherlands Territory
Cayman Islands Dependency
Christmas Island Territory
Cocos Islands Territory
Cook Islands Associated state
Curaçao Dependency
Dominica UN member
Falkland Islands Dependency
Faroe Islands Dependency
French Guiana Territory
Gibraltar Dependency
Greenland Dependency
Grenada UN member
Guadeloupe Territory
Guernsey Dependency
Holy See UN observer
Isle of Man Dependency
Jersey Dependency
Kiribati UN member
Kosovo Special status
Lebanon UN member
Liechtenstein UN member
Marshall Islands UN member
Martinique Territory
Mayotte Territory
Micronesia UN member
Monaco UN member
Montserrat Dependency
Nauru UN member
Niue Associated state
Norfolk Island Territory
Northern Mariana Islands Territory
Palau UN member
Palestine UN observer
Réunion Territory
Saint Barthélemy Dependency
Saint Helena Dependency
Saint Kitts and Nevis UN member
Saint Martin Dependency
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Dependency
San Marino UN member
Seychelles UN member
Sint Maarten Dependency
South Sudan UN member
Sudan UN member
Tokelau Territory
Turks and Caicos Islands Dependency
Tuvalu UN member
Ukraine UN member
Wallis and Futuna Dependency