National Estimate

Macro Region Labor Force Participation Rate
Africa 318 timeseries
Asia 115 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 126 timeseries
Europe 251 timeseries
Middle East 96 timeseries
North America 57.79 % in 2023 WB
Oceania 84 timeseries
South America 72 timeseries
Southeast Asia 78 timeseries
Country Labor Force Participation Rate (%)
Afghanistan 23.33 in 2021 WB
Albania 52.87 in 2019 WB
Algeria 17.13 in 2017 WB
Andorra 56.69 in 2008 WB
Angola 74.73 in 2021 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 66.24 in 2001 WB
Argentina 52.08 in 2022 WB
Armenia 62.8 in 2021 WB
Australia 62.33 in 2022 WB
Austria 56.55 in 2022 WB
Azerbaijan 61.9 in 2022 WB
Bahamas 69.8 in 2013 WB
Bahrain 43.54 in 2015 WB
Bangladesh 24.41 in 2022 WB
Barbados 59.03 in 2019 WB
Belarus 65.79 in 2022 WB
Belgium 50.8 in 2022 WB
Belize 48.56 in 2021 WB
Benin 56.62 in 2018 WB
Bhutan 53.48 in 2022 WB
Bolivia 71.84 in 2022 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.11 in 2022 WB
Botswana 60.06 in 2022 WB
Brazil 53.75 in 2022 WB
Brunei Darussalam 52.89 in 2022 WB
Bulgaria 50.57 in 2022 WB
Burkina Faso 37.95 in 2018 WB
Burundi 78.25 in 2020 WB
Cabo Verde 50.53 in 2019 WB
Cambodia 73.73 in 2021 WB
Cameroon 49 in 2021 WB
Canada 61.63 in 2023 WB
Central African Republic 69.05 in 1988 WB
Chad 49.29 in 2018 WB
Chile 50.13 in 2022 WB
China 63.73 in 2010 WB
Colombia 51.11 in 2022 WB
Comoros 41.13 in 2021 WB
Congo 43 in 2012 WB
Costa Rica 50.08 in 2022 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 56.24 in 2019 WB
Croatia 46.85 in 2022 WB
Cuba 57.3 in 2013 WB
Cyprus 59.63 in 2022 WB
Czech Republic 52.16 in 2022 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.29 in 2020 WB
Denmark 59.42 in 2022 WB
Djibouti 18.21 in 2017 WB
Dominica 45.06 in 2001 WB
Dominican Republic 50.87 in 2022 WB
Ecuador 53.57 in 2022 WB
Egypt 15.34 in 2021 WB
El Salvador 46.38 in 2022 WB
Equatorial Guinea 73.5 in 1994 WB
Estonia 60.63 in 2022 WB
Eswatini 44.87 in 2021 WB
Ethiopia 57.6 in 2021 WB
Fiji 38.55 in 2016 WB
Finland 58.17 in 2022 WB
France 52.52 in 2022 WB
Gabon 39.91 in 2010 WB
Gambia 45.38 in 2023 WB
Georgia 55 in 2020 WB
Germany 56.13 in 2022 WB
Ghana 69.49 in 2017 WB
Greece 44.67 in 2022 WB
Grenada 46.58 in 2020 WB
Guatemala 41.53 in 2022 WB
Guinea 42.87 in 2019 WB
Guinea Bissau 49.07 in 2018 WB
Guyana 39.29 in 2019 WB
Haiti 48.4 in 2012 WB
Honduras 49.63 in 2022 WB
Hong Kong 52.91 in 2022 WB
Hungary 53.68 in 2022 WB
Iceland 70.7 in 2022 WB
India 28.26 in 2022 WB
Indonesia 52.5 in 2022 WB
Iran 13.58 in 2022 WB
Iraq 10.77 in 2021 WB
Ireland 59.4 in 2022 WB
Israel 61.15 in 2022 WB
Italy 40.69 in 2022 WB
Jamaica 56.04 in 2021 WB
Japan 54.8 in 2023 WB
Jordan 13.81 in 2021 WB
Kazakhstan 63.3 in 2022 WB
Kenya 62.85 in 2021 WB
Kiribati 40.63 in 2020 WB
Kuwait 49.89 in 2016 WB
Kyrgyzstan 52.49 in 2021 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 61.47 in 2022 WB
Latvia 55.61 in 2022 WB
Lebanon 29.35 in 2019 WB
Lesotho 48.93 in 2019 WB
Liberia 43.51 in 2017 WB
Libya 33.76 in 2012 WB
Liechtenstein 53.1 in 2017 WB
Lithuania 58.84 in 2022 WB
Luxembourg 57.99 in 2022 WB
Macau 66.8 in 2020 WB
Madagascar 83.59 in 2015 WB
Malawi 63.23 in 2020 WB
Malaysia 55.79 in 2022 WB
Maldives 50.61 in 2019 WB
Mali 51.54 in 2020 WB
Malta 63.08 in 2022 WB
Marshall Islands 37.34 in 2021 WB
Mauritania 29.78 in 2019 WB
Mauritius 42.21 in 2022 WB
Mexico 45.03 in 2022 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 46.19 in 2014 WB
Monaco Adult 3 timeseries
Mongolia 53.48 in 2022 WB
Montenegro 44.41 in 2021 WB
Morocco 19.8 in 2022 WB
Mozambique 78.14 in 2015 WB
Myanmar 45.63 in 2020 WB
Namibia 55.42 in 2018 WB
Nauru 56.79 in 2021 WB
Nepal 27.91 in 2017 WB
Netherlands 63.58 in 2022 WB
New Zealand 66.9 in 2022 WB
Nicaragua 48.05 in 2014 WB
Niger 61.57 in 2019 WB
Nigeria 77.04 in 2022 WB
North Macedonia 42.22 in 2022 WB
Norway 62.53 in 2022 WB
Oman 39.93 in 2022 WB
Pakistan 24.53 in 2021 WB
Palau 59.21 in 2020 WB
Palestine 18.58 in 2022 WB
Panama 50.37 in 2023 WB
Papua New Guinea 47.68 in 2010 WB
Paraguay 59.06 in 2022 WB
Peru 66.73 in 2022 WB
Philippines 50.24 in 2022 WB
Poland 50.09 in 2022 WB
Portugal 54.7 in 2022 WB
Puerto Rico 31.93 in 2015 WB
Qatar 61.73 in 2022 WB
Republic of Korea 55.04 in 2022 WB
Republic of Moldova 71.5 in 2022 WB
Romania 42.29 in 2022 WB
Russian Federation 55.53 in 2022 WB
Rwanda 54.76 in 2022 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.42 in 2001 WB
Saint Lucia 62.66 in 2022 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44.27 in 1991 WB
Samoa 41.1 in 2017 WB
San Marino 70.36 in 2022 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 28.76 in 2006 WB
Saudi Arabia 34.46 in 2022 WB
Senegal 37.48 in 2019 WB
Serbia 50.97 in 2022 WB
Seychelles 64.29 in 2020 WB
Sierra Leone 51.58 in 2018 WB
Singapore 63.37 in 2022 WB
Slovakia 56.18 in 2022 WB
Slovenia 58.12 in 2022 WB
Solomon Islands 83.9 in 2013 WB
Somalia 21.46 in 2019 WB
South Africa 50.82 in 2022 WB
South Sudan 71.58 in 2008 WB
Spain 53.19 in 2022 WB
Sri Lanka 31.96 in 2020 WB
Sudan 28.33 in 2011 WB
Suriname 45.34 in 2016 WB
Sweden 63.68 in 2022 WB
Switzerland 61.49 in 2022 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 14.8 in 2011 WB
Tajikistan 32.64 in 2016 WB
Thailand 59.86 in 2022 WB
Timor-Leste 27.91 in 2021 WB
Togo 72.67 in 2019 WB
Tonga 42.96 in 2021 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 47.28 in 2022 WB
Tunisia 28.13 in 2019 WB
Turkey 35.11 in 2022 WB
Turkmenistan Adult 1 timeseries
Tuvalu 20.03 in 2022 WB
Uganda 74.53 in 2021 WB
Ukraine 47.77 in 2021 WB
United Arab Emirates 55.32 in 2022 WB
United Kingdom 58.46 in 2019 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 76.16 in 2020 WB
United States of America 57.33 in 2023 WB
Uruguay 55.65 in 2022 WB
Uzbekistan 39.92 in 2020 WB
Vanuatu 37.91 in 2020 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47.25 in 2020 WB
Viet Nam 68.54 in 2022 WB
Yemen 6.04 in 2014 WB
Zambia 54 in 2022 WB
Zimbabwe 60.01 in 2021 WB