Labor Force Participation

%The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)

As of 2025-12-31, Qatar has the highest Labor Force Participation at 87.01%, while Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest at 23.34%. Median across 187 economies is 61.5%. Source: The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Last updated 2025-12-31

Countries

187

Highest

Qatar87.01%

Lowest

Sao Tome and Principe23.34%

Median

61.5%

Average

60.49%

Ranked by latest value

highest to lowest · 187 countries

Which country has the highest Labor Force Participation?

#	Country	Last	Change	Date
1	Qatar	87.01%	0.207%	2025-12-31
2	Madagascar	85.5%	0.02%	2025-12-31
3	Solomon Islands	84.3%	0.02%	2025-12-31
4	Tanzania	83.72%	0.033%	2025-12-31
5	Nigeria	82.52%	0.049%	2025-12-31
6	Cambodia	82.39%	0.019%	2025-12-31
7	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	82.15%	0.01%	2025-12-31
8	Uganda	80.03%	0.056%	2025-12-31
9	Niger	79.74%	0.18%	2025-12-31
10	Mozambique	78.71%	0.074%	2025-12-31
11	Bolivia	78.63%	0.296%	2025-12-31
12	United Arab Emirates	78.59%	0.11%	2025-12-31
13	Eritrea	78.35%	0.01%	2025-12-31
14	Burundi	78.26%	0.237%	2025-12-31
15	Liberia	76.58%	0.029%	2025-12-31
16	Benin	76.36%	0.086%	2025-12-31
17	Iceland	74.93%	0.227%	2025-12-31
18	Angola	74.79%	0.095%	2025-12-31
19	Bahamas, The	73.78%	0.224%	2025-12-31
20	South Sudan	73.41%	0.128%	2023-12-31
21	Central African Republic	73.39%	0.032%	2025-12-31
22	Kuwait	73.37%	0.194%	2025-12-31
23	Peru	72.86%	0.048%	2025-12-31
24	Viet Nam	72.78%	0.356%	2025-12-31
25	Moldova	72.29%	0.131%	2025-12-31
26	Bahrain	70.43%	0.14%	2025-12-31
27	New Zealand	70.35%	0.201%	2025-12-31
28	Paraguay	70.25%	0.023%	2025-12-31
29	Burkina Faso	70.01%	0.057%	2025-12-31
30	Singapore	69.67%	0.471%	2025-12-31
31	Jamaica	69.57%	0.123%	2025-12-31
32	Botswana	68.8%	0.229%	2025-12-31
33	Ethiopia	68.46%	0.005%	2025-12-31
34	Oman	68.38%	0.088%	2025-12-31
35	St. Lucia	68.27%	0.035%	2025-12-31
36	Indonesia	67.97%	0.038%	2025-12-31
37	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.9%	0.137%	2025-12-31
38	Macao SAR, China	67.85%	0.43%	2025-12-31
39	Congo, Rep.	67.83%	0.022%	2025-12-31
40	Kazakhstan	67.77%	2.82%	2025-12-31
41	Zimbabwe	67.72%	0.007%	2025-12-31
42	Kenya	67.39%	0.033%	2025-12-31
43	Netherlands	67.25%	0.214%	2025-12-31
44	Cote d'Ivoire	67.09%	0.018%	2025-12-31
45	Mali	67.04%	0.137%	2025-12-31
46	Timor-Leste	66.98%	0.217%	2025-12-31
47	Cyprus	66.96%	0.228%	2025-12-31
48	Switzerland	66.75%	0.356%	2025-12-31
49	Thailand	66.68%	0.451%	2025-12-31
50	Australia	66.54%	0.182%	2025-12-31
51	Panama	66.3%	0.015%	2025-12-31
52	Malaysia	66.12%	0.013%	2025-12-31
53	Lao PDR	66.09%	0.098%	2025-12-31
54	Nicaragua	66.07%	0.041%	2025-12-31
55	Norway	65.61%	0.228%	2025-12-31
56	Israel	65.49%	0.005%	2025-12-31
57	Cameroon	65.17%	0.357%	2025-12-31
58	Estonia	65.13%	0.321%	2025-12-31
59	Saudi Arabia	65.1%	0.103%	2025-12-31
60	Uruguay	64.99%	0.028%	2025-12-31
61	Denmark	64.94%	0.11%	2025-12-31
62	Ireland	64.84%	0.17%	2025-12-31
63	Dominican Republic	64.84%	0.191%	2025-12-31
64	Bhutan	64.82%	0.08%	2025-12-31
65	Guinea-Bissau	64.81%	0.063%	2025-12-31
66	Barbados	64.69%	0.29%	2025-12-31
67	Sweden	64.6%	0.14%	2025-12-31
68	China	64.55%	0.359%	2025-12-31
69	Canada	64.52%	0.223%	2025-12-31
70	Ecuador	64.5%	0.043%	2025-12-31
71	Korea, Rep.	64.35%	0.114%	2025-12-31
72	Georgia	64.31%	0.033%	2025-12-31
73	Congo, Dem. Rep.	64.31%	0.105%	2025-12-31
74	Albania	64.26%	0.257%	2025-12-31
75	Brunei Darussalam	64.24%	0.274%	2025-12-31
76	Malta	63.98%	0.184%	2025-12-31
77	Haiti	63.93%	0.038%	2025-12-31
78	Rwanda	63.68%	0.16%	2025-12-31
79	Maldives	63.5%	0.297%	2025-12-31
80	Japan	63.45%	0.148%	2025-12-31
81	Colombia	63.4%	0.13%	2025-12-31
82	Azerbaijan	63.29%	0.613%	2025-12-31
83	Brazil	63.14%	0.2%	2025-12-31
84	Lithuania	62.92%	0.186%	2025-12-31
85	Belarus	62.75%	0.509%	2025-12-31
86	Malawi	62.58%	0.349%	2025-12-31
87	Chile	62.3%	0.009%	2025-12-31
88	Guam	62.27%	0.001%	2025-12-31
89	El Salvador	62.11%	0.188%	2025-12-31
90	Zambia	61.93%	0.031%	2025-12-31
91	Argentina	61.91%	0.051%	2025-12-31
92	United States	61.7%	0.255%	2025-12-31
93	Mexico	61.61%	0.026%	2025-12-31
94	Luxembourg	61.5%	0.262%	2025-12-31
95	United Kingdom	61.37%	0.187%	2025-12-31
96	Philippines	61.35%	0.052%	2025-12-31
97	Russian Federation	61.11%	0.711%	2025-12-31
98	Hungary	60.58%	0.082%	2025-12-31
99	Germany	60.57%	0.35%	2025-12-31
100	Latvia	60.52%	0.319%	2025-12-31
101	Equatorial Guinea	60.51%	0.395%	2025-12-31
102	Slovak Republic	60.42%	0.376%	2025-12-31
103	Czechia	60.34%	0.283%	2025-12-31
104	Austria	60.12%	0.383%	2025-12-31
105	Mongolia	59.69%	0.623%	2025-12-31
106	Finland	59.68%	0.172%	2025-12-31
107	Guatemala	59.62%	0.085%	2025-12-31
108	Chad	59.44%	0.155%	2025-12-31
109	Armenia	59.39%	0.529%	2025-12-31
110	Serbia	59.14%	0.02%	2025-12-31
111	Belize	59.1%	2.25%	2025-12-31
112	Namibia	58.84%	0.033%	2025-12-31
113	Bangladesh	58.8%	0.107%	2025-12-31
114	Mauritius	58.55%	0.116%	2025-12-31
115	Ghana	58.52%	0.532%	2025-12-31
116	Poland	58.31%	0.344%	2025-12-31
117	Portugal	58.16%	0.282%	2025-12-31
118	Vanuatu	58.11%	0.234%	2025-12-31
119	Montenegro	57.97%	0.268%	2025-12-31
120	Togo	57.85%	0.041%	2025-12-31
121	Trinidad and Tobago	57.75%	0.403%	2025-12-31
122	Costa Rica	57.66%	0.028%	2025-12-31
123	Slovenia	57.57%	0.388%	2025-12-31
124	Uzbekistan	57.5%	0.202%	2025-12-31
125	Spain	57.41%	0.433%	2025-12-31
126	Kyrgyz Republic	57.37%	0.109%	2025-12-31
127	Fiji	57.16%	0.059%	2025-12-31
128	Lesotho	57.12%	0.304%	2025-12-31
129	Cabo Verde	57.03%	0.009%	2025-12-31
130	Honduras	56.56%	0.038%	2025-12-31
131	New Caledonia	56.42%	0.462%	2025-12-31
132	Channel Islands	56.36%	0.372%	2025-12-31
133	Hong Kong SAR, China	56.36%	0.482%	2025-12-31
134	Bulgaria	56.12%	0.16%	2025-12-31
135	Comoros	55.77%	0.385%	2025-12-31
136	India	55.66%	0.019%	2025-12-31
137	South Africa	55.58%	0.014%	2025-12-31
138	France	55.35%	0.317%	2025-12-31
139	Myanmar	55.09%	0.041%	2025-12-31
140	Guyana	54.99%	0.151%	2025-12-31
141	Ukraine	54.64%	0.448%	2021-12-31
142	Turkiye	54.38%	0.179%	2025-12-31
143	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	54.36%	0.115%	2025-12-31
144	Belgium	54.27%	0.264%	2025-12-31
145	Suriname	53.82%	0.012%	2025-12-31
146	Sierra Leone	53.37%	0.212%	2025-12-31
147	Guinea	52.61%	0.182%	2025-12-31
148	French Polynesia	52.37%	0.43%	2025-12-31
149	Pakistan	52.34%	0.027%	2025-12-31
150	Cuba	52.25%	0.387%	2025-12-31
151	Croatia	52.14%	0.213%	2025-12-31
152	Papua New Guinea	52.07%	0.11%	2025-12-31
153	Senegal	52.02%	0.169%	2025-12-31
154	Greece	51.96%	0.375%	2025-12-31
155	North Macedonia	51.94%	0.267%	2025-12-31
156	Venezuela, RB	51.93%	0.123%	2025-12-31
157	Romania	51.33%	0.13%	2025-12-31
158	Eswatini	51.19%	0.011%	2025-12-31
159	Gabon	51.06%	0.257%	2025-12-31
160	Tonga	49.81%	0.388%	2025-12-31
161	Italy	49.3%	0.286%	2025-12-31
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.99%	0.25%	2025-12-31
163	Sri Lanka	48.52%	0.083%	2025-12-31
164	Libya	47.96%	0.303%	2025-12-31
165	Gambia, The	47.46%	0.05%	2025-12-31
166	Tunisia	45.22%	0.267%	2025-12-31
167	West Bank and Gaza	44.99%	1.62%	2022-12-31
168	Egypt, Arab Rep.	44.57%	0.028%	2025-12-31
169	Morocco	43.94%	0.188%	2025-12-31
170	Lebanon	43.42%	0.024%	2023-12-31
171	Puerto Rico (US)	42.78%	0.164%	2025-12-31
172	Samoa	42.53%	0.55%	2025-12-31
173	Turkmenistan	42.03%	0.138%	2025-12-31
174	Iraq	41.53%	0.023%	2025-12-31
175	Iran, Islamic Rep.	40.97%	0.301%	2025-12-31
176	Algeria	40.78%	0.377%	2025-12-31
177	Mauritania	40.77%	0.124%	2025-12-31
178	Jordan	40.05%	0.046%	2025-12-31
179	Nepal	39.24%	0.069%	2025-12-31
180	Tajikistan	38.28%	0.071%	2025-12-31
181	Sudan	37.52%	0.83%	2022-12-31
182	Afghanistan	37.46%	0.09%	2025-12-31
183	Syrian Arab Republic	36.9%	0.091%	2025-12-31
184	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.85%	0.054%	2025-12-31
185	Yemen, Rep.	33.1%	0.082%	2025-12-31
186	Djibouti	31.74%	0.029%	2025-12-31
187	Sao Tome and Principe	23.34%	0.049%	2025-12-31