Labor Force Participation Rate by Country
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Country Name |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
Iceland |
78.63% |
74.55% |
72.86% |
78.58% |
80.32% |
Madagascar |
72.70% |
71.92% |
71.94% |
72.79% |
73.25% |
Netherlands |
72.22% |
69.24% |
68.76% |
70.02% |
68.89% |
Australia |
70.90% |
68.57% |
66.23% |
68.12% |
67.84% |
Ethiopia |
70.01% |
69.83% |
69.86% |
70.53% |
71.21% |
Solomon Islands |
69.80% |
69.93% |
69.80% |
70.47% |
70.32% |
Tanzania |
69.17% |
68.07% |
66.10% |
71.33% |
71.61% |
Eritrea |
68.26% |
67.53% |
67.98% |
69.10% |
69.46% |
North Korea |
66.36% |
65.86% |
65.74% |
67.00% |
66.98% |
New Zealand |
66.18% |
64.87% |
62.89% |
63.54% |
63.72% |
Switzerland |
65.41% |
65.38% |
65.02% |
66.48% |
67.99% |
Qatar |
65.04% |
64.39% |
66.37% |
68.20% |
69.52% |
Canada |
64.39% |
63.83% |
61.75% |
64.59% |
63.34% |
Norway |
63.85% |
61.01% |
55.60% |
55.48% |
54.35% |
Niger |
62.06% |
61.39% |
60.99% |
61.57% |
61.77% |
Denmark |
61.49% |
60.41% |
60.22% |
61.13% |
60.07% |
South Sudan |
61.07% |
60.14% |
60.22% |
60.79% |
61.19% |
Mozambique |
60.95% |
60.63% |
60.63% |
61.21% |
61.60% |
Cambodia |
58.90% |
58.94% |
59.10% |
59.67% |
59.96% |
St. Lucia |
58.00% |
57.33% |
53.93% |
56.25% |
62.04% |
Austria |
57.04% |
56.31% |
56.13% |
56.41% |
56.65% |
Brazil |
56.76% |
54.81% |
51.19% |
56.99% |
56.11% |
Sweden |
56.75% |
54.03% |
52.05% |
55.02% |
54.09% |
Malta |
56.59% |
53.11% |
53.95% |
55.91% |
55.99% |
Paraguay |
56.37% |
59.40% |
56.12% |
59.27% |
58.55% |
Angola |
56.20% |
55.67% |
55.71% |
56.79% |
57.09% |
Peru |
55.60% |
57.79% |
55.94% |
62.22% |
62.05% |
Malawi |
54.94% |
54.99% |
56.86% |
52.40% |
53.05% |
Liberia |
54.89% |
54.40% |
54.19% |
55.24% |
55.84% |
Ireland |
54.81% |
50.20% |
43.68% |
47.06% |
46.72% |
Honduras |
54.65% |
53.64% |
54.38% |
55.20% |
57.83% |
Mali |
54.41% |
53.02% |
50.62% |
58.17% |
58.55% |
Vanuatu |
54.33% |
54.06% |
54.02% |
54.54% |
54.64% |
Finland |
53.68% |
52.90% |
52.24% |
53.90% |
53.04% |
Germany |
53.47% |
52.26% |
51.84% |
51.43% |
50.27% |
Uganda |
53.42% |
53.26% |
53.66% |
54.18% |
54.94% |
Burundi |
52.93% |
52.14% |
51.76% |
52.26% |
52.39% |
St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
51.75% |
50.73% |
49.68% |
53.40% |
53.41% |
United Kingdom |
51.59% |
51.22% |
54.67% |
56.64% |
57.09% |
Nicaragua |
50.85% |
50.05% |
49.27% |
51.59% |
51.34% |
Central African Republic |
50.83% |
50.38% |
50.29% |
50.77% |
51.39% |
United States |
50.55% |
50.49% |
49.02% |
50.81% |
50.20% |
Burkina Faso |
50.50% |
50.28% |
49.92% |
50.40% |
50.70% |
Maldives |
50.33% |
49.22% |
48.55% |
52.84% |
51.86% |
Bahamas |
50.08% |
49.10% |
47.99% |
51.83% |
52.25% |
Zimbabwe |
49.75% |
49.27% |
49.59% |
50.06% |
50.47% |
Guatemala |
49.69% |
48.73% |
48.11% |
51.41% |
52.41% |
Japan |
49.19% |
48.81% |
48.61% |
49.09% |
47.40% |
Channel Islands |
49.02% |
48.70% |
48.83% |
49.30% |
49.56% |
China |
48.33% |
48.32% |
46.74% |
49.88% |
50.57% |
UAE |
47.75% |
46.27% |
40.32% |
51.96% |
57.36% |
Cameroon |
47.49% |
47.01% |
46.66% |
47.11% |
47.48% |
Lao PDR |
47.45% |
47.74% |
47.47% |
48.39% |
48.87% |
Dominican Republic |
47.04% |
45.54% |
39.18% |
45.27% |
44.69% |
Ecuador |
46.52% |
45.98% |
39.73% |
43.94% |
43.98% |
Estonia |
46.11% |
40.29% |
41.99% |
43.45% |
46.24% |
Colombia |
46.02% |
48.35% |
46.09% |
50.80% |
52.66% |
Bolivia |
45.88% |
44.48% |
49.70% |
49.08% |
49.61% |
Indonesia |
45.44% |
44.75% |
47.08% |
48.09% |
47.61% |
Panama |
45.41% |
43.68% |
43.10% |
46.44% |
45.61% |
Belize |
45.23% |
44.67% |
44.24% |
46.65% |
46.98% |
Guam |
44.99% |
45.04% |
44.97% |
45.83% |
45.94% |
Uruguay |
44.93% |
44.80% |
42.73% |
47.48% |
47.72% |
Israel |
44.61% |
43.70% |
42.29% |
45.99% |
47.08% |
Mexico |
44.51% |
44.23% |
39.95% |
44.91% |
43.77% |
Vietnam |
44.43% |
45.68% |
52.84% |
57.34% |
55.16% |
Pakistan |
44.00% |
43.77% |
39.55% |
39.99% |
40.05% |
Malaysia |
43.49% |
43.12% |
42.73% |
45.63% |
42.84% |
Azerbaijan |
43.41% |
43.86% |
46.26% |
43.34% |
43.56% |
Samoa |
43.34% |
43.20% |
43.13% |
43.54% |
43.92% |
Macao |
43.05% |
43.28% |
42.48% |
44.83% |
44.80% |
Guyana |
43.03% |
43.21% |
43.21% |
43.81% |
48.65% |
Barbados |
42.99% |
42.91% |
41.90% |
44.40% |
44.21% |
Turkey |
42.74% |
41.68% |
38.98% |
44.28% |
43.81% |
Belarus |
42.70% |
42.57% |
44.74% |
44.82% |
45.95% |
Costa Rica |
42.64% |
45.41% |
43.93% |
45.31% |
45.63% |
Lesotho |
42.50% |
42.35% |
42.26% |
42.67% |
43.04% |
Kenya |
42.26% |
41.78% |
41.80% |
42.21% |
43.19% |
Ghana |
41.84% |
41.63% |
41.36% |
42.16% |
42.52% |
El Salvador |
41.78% |
40.81% |
39.72% |
43.96% |
42.74% |
Republic Of Congo |
41.77% |
41.21% |
41.22% |
42.02% |
42.38% |
Cyprus |
41.49% |
41.94% |
38.29% |
38.82% |
39.22% |
Bahrain |
41.35% |
40.55% |
40.65% |
43.35% |
43.41% |
Gambia |
41.11% |
40.45% |
40.36% |
41.14% |
41.37% |
Rwanda |
40.85% |
41.74% |
44.22% |
38.85% |
38.93% |
Kazakhstan |
40.84% |
40.32% |
40.16% |
40.86% |
41.31% |
Armenia |
40.40% |
39.71% |
37.86% |
43.76% |
41.19% |
France |
40.39% |
39.71% |
35.64% |
36.79% |
37.50% |
Bangladesh |
40.14% |
39.84% |
39.86% |
40.63% |
40.59% |
Thailand |
39.80% |
40.40% |
40.17% |
40.41% |
41.63% |
Brunei |
39.74% |
39.65% |
39.44% |
39.82% |
40.66% |
Mauritius |
39.31% |
39.08% |
39.16% |
39.92% |
41.47% |
Cuba |
39.25% |
37.85% |
36.52% |
40.78% |
40.76% |
Timor-Leste |
39.03% |
38.62% |
38.63% |
39.00% |
40.85% |
French Polynesia |
38.61% |
38.56% |
38.50% |
39.24% |
39.46% |
Chad |
38.16% |
37.93% |
37.69% |
38.05% |
38.48% |
Georgia |
38.13% |
38.32% |
38.89% |
38.09% |
40.45% |
Zambia |
38.02% |
38.08% |
39.34% |
36.66% |
35.75% |
Fiji |
38.00% |
37.84% |
37.87% |
38.60% |
38.45% |
Oman |
37.93% |
36.08% |
35.60% |
39.38% |
39.77% |
Singapore |
37.08% |
38.04% |
36.08% |
38.25% |
38.16% |
Trinidad And Tobago |
37.04% |
36.57% |
34.77% |
38.64% |
41.73% |
Lithuania |
36.99% |
36.31% |
36.59% |
37.32% |
36.48% |
Argentina |
36.81% |
37.01% |
33.09% |
39.00% |
39.41% |
Lebanon |
36.75% |
35.57% |
34.56% |
39.20% |
38.48% |
Kyrgyz Republic |
36.69% |
36.50% |
36.25% |
36.79% |
38.05% |
Slovenia |
36.16% |
33.86% |
31.45% |
36.22% |
38.55% |
New Caledonia |
36.12% |
36.28% |
37.72% |
33.85% |
35.80% |
Botswana |
35.79% |
35.17% |
34.96% |
35.64% |
35.94% |
Croatia |
35.79% |
32.94% |
32.45% |
33.19% |
33.48% |
Uzbekistan |
35.75% |
35.69% |
35.57% |
36.09% |
36.43% |
Latvia |
35.66% |
32.70% |
34.82% |
36.28% |
37.70% |
Suriname |
35.65% |
34.92% |
34.42% |
37.30% |
37.31% |
Democratic Republic Of Congo |
35.52% |
35.16% |
35.08% |
35.41% |
35.64% |
Hong Kong |
35.07% |
34.87% |
36.53% |
40.20% |
40.16% |
Haiti |
34.96% |
34.84% |
34.85% |
35.53% |
35.40% |
Jamaica |
34.93% |
33.75% |
34.46% |
35.72% |
34.32% |
Guinea-Bissau |
34.89% |
34.59% |
34.66% |
34.99% |
35.27% |
Papua New Guinea |
34.44% |
34.49% |
34.46% |
34.79% |
35.17% |
Albania |
34.42% |
34.13% |
33.40% |
36.58% |
35.67% |
Sao Tome And Principe |
33.66% |
33.30% |
33.22% |
33.86% |
34.41% |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
33.27% |
33.40% |
32.99% |
33.59% |
33.79% |
Montenegro |
33.23% |
31.33% |
30.81% |
36.51% |
32.83% |
Spain |
33.13% |
31.55% |
29.90% |
32.99% |
32.99% |
Philippines |
32.94% |
31.65% |
30.13% |
34.75% |
35.70% |
Benin |
32.83% |
32.59% |
32.17% |
32.48% |
32.75% |
Luxembourg |
32.37% |
35.38% |
32.36% |
34.62% |
33.12% |
Bosnia |
32.36% |
32.35% |
32.00% |
34.49% |
31.83% |
Sierra Leone |
31.45% |
31.36% |
31.34% |
31.64% |
32.12% |
Poland |
31.42% |
31.02% |
31.82% |
35.18% |
35.07% |
Belgium |
30.83% |
30.26% |
28.43% |
30.98% |
29.63% |
Cabo Verde |
30.75% |
30.25% |
29.24% |
31.76% |
32.60% |
Senegal |
30.47% |
30.11% |
30.11% |
30.40% |
26.07% |
Hungary |
30.37% |
31.79% |
31.21% |
32.21% |
32.28% |
Portugal |
30.33% |
29.74% |
30.16% |
34.28% |
34.18% |
Sri Lanka |
30.18% |
30.32% |
29.92% |
30.50% |
29.89% |
West Bank And Gaza |
29.87% |
28.84% |
26.23% |
30.27% |
30.50% |
South Africa |
29.75% |
26.50% |
26.15% |
29.73% |
29.61% |
Serbia |
29.32% |
28.92% |
28.29% |
29.62% |
29.98% |
Namibia |
29.18% |
28.74% |
28.67% |
29.22% |
29.23% |
Chile |
29.16% |
26.72% |
26.28% |
31.68% |
33.68% |
Nepal |
29.05% |
28.87% |
28.98% |
29.54% |
29.53% |
South Korea |
29.00% |
27.51% |
26.21% |
27.55% |
27.26% |
Tunisia |
28.89% |
28.39% |
27.70% |
30.07% |
30.16% |
Mongolia |
28.89% |
28.37% |
33.39% |
34.85% |
28.86% |
Tonga |
28.30% |
28.16% |
28.08% |
28.35% |
28.30% |
North Macedonia |
28.24% |
28.06% |
30.91% |
32.18% |
31.82% |
Czech Republic |
28.11% |
27.01% |
27.30% |
29.71% |
30.41% |
India |
28.04% |
27.32% |
26.78% |
28.15% |
26.72% |
Venezuela |
27.89% |
27.06% |
25.92% |
28.69% |
31.69% |
Bhutan |
27.88% |
27.52% |
26.72% |
28.44% |
28.76% |
Equatorial Guinea |
27.58% |
26.94% |
26.44% |
28.00% |
28.21% |
Slovak Republic |
27.38% |
26.19% |
28.12% |
29.68% |
32.29% |
Syrian Arab Republic |
27.26% |
26.72% |
26.27% |
27.63% |
27.78% |
Iraq |
27.20% |
26.62% |
25.66% |
27.26% |
27.45% |
Morocco |
27.10% |
26.81% |
26.11% |
28.04% |
28.22% |
Yemen |
26.52% |
26.28% |
26.20% |
26.45% |
26.35% |
Sudan |
26.49% |
26.35% |
26.21% |
26.47% |
26.95% |
Guinea |
26.46% |
26.48% |
26.20% |
26.45% |
27.50% |
Italy |
26.11% |
24.92% |
23.83% |
26.08% |
26.08% |
Romania |
25.90% |
26.83% |
29.73% |
29.63% |
29.50% |
Kuwait |
25.64% |
24.55% |
24.30% |
26.18% |
26.09% |
Turkmenistan |
25.52% |
25.54% |
25.02% |
26.23% |
26.69% |
Tajikistan |
25.51% |
25.48% |
25.50% |
25.75% |
25.96% |
Jordan |
25.14% |
25.06% |
24.79% |
25.69% |
26.38% |
Nigeria |
25.09% |
24.65% |
24.49% |
24.84% |
24.63% |
Togo |
24.47% |
24.22% |
24.18% |
24.41% |
24.82% |
Iran |
24.43% |
23.69% |
22.55% |
26.16% |
27.20% |
Eswatini |
23.78% |
23.63% |
23.59% |
23.95% |
24.29% |
Algeria |
23.51% |
23.05% |
22.36% |
24.40% |
24.42% |
Puerto Rico |
23.40% |
23.00% |
22.69% |
23.90% |
23.82% |
Egypt |
23.34% |
22.98% |
22.70% |
22.81% |
24.50% |
Greece |
22.67% |
20.81% |
21.30% |
22.54% |
23.35% |
Bulgaria |
21.26% |
19.97% |
21.89% |
23.90% |
23.68% |
Saudi Arabia |
20.70% |
21.03% |
23.57% |
19.84% |
18.75% |
Mauritania |
20.33% |
20.09% |
19.90% |
20.22% |
20.42% |
Moldova |
18.44% |
18.06% |
18.30% |
21.21% |
21.00% |
Gabon |
17.49% |
17.02% |
16.65% |
18.01% |
17.86% |
Libya |
16.44% |
16.08% |
15.78% |
16.84% |
16.94% |
Somalia |
15.98% |
15.90% |
15.82% |
15.97% |
16.14% |
Djibouti |
13.75% |
13.62% |
13.24% |
14.16% |
14.47% |
Comoros |
13.69% |
13.71% |
13.70% |
13.83% |
14.02% |
Ukraine |
0.00% |
30.66% |
31.94% |
36.27% |
36.19% |
Myanmar |
0.00% |
0.00% |
45.29% |
46.55% |
49.71% |
Afghanistan |
0.00% |
0.00% |
33.99% |
39.51% |
39.40% |
Russia |
0.00% |
31.56% |
32.09% |
33.11% |
34.13% |