Countries by Labor Force Participation

Global country ranking by labor force participation with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public.
INDICATOR: Labor Force Participation
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:02:45

Full ranking · Labor Force Participation

SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Qatar 87.01 open
2 Nigeria 82.52 open
3 United Arab Emirates 78.59 open
4 Iceland 74.93 open
5 Kuwait 73.37 open
6 Peru 72.86 open
7 Vietnam 72.78 open
8 Bahrain 70.43 open
9 New Zealand 70.35 open
10 Singapore 69.67 open
11 Ethiopia 68.46 open
12 Oman 68.38 open
13 Indonesia 67.97 open
14 Kazakhstan 67.77 open
15 Kenya 67.39 open
16 Netherlands 67.25 open
17 Switzerland 66.75 open
18 Thailand 66.68 open
19 Australia 66.54 open
20 Malaysia 66.12 open
21 Norway 65.61 open
22 Israel 65.49 open
23 Estonia 65.13 open
24 Saudi Arabia 65.1 open
25 Denmark 64.94 open
26 Ireland 64.84 open
27 Sweden 64.6 open
28 China 64.55 open
29 Canada 64.52 open
30 South Korea 64.35 open
31 Japan 63.45 open
32 Colombia 63.4 open
33 Brazil 63.14 open
34 Lithuania 62.92 open
35 Chile 62.3 open
36 Argentina 61.91 open
37 United States 61.7 open
38 Mexico 61.61 open
39 Luxembourg 61.5 open
40 United Kingdom 61.37 open
41 Philippines 61.35 open
42 Russia 61.11 open
43 Hungary 60.58 open
44 Germany 60.57 open
45 Latvia 60.52 open
46 Slovakia 60.42 open
47 Czech Republic 60.34 open
48 Austria 60.12 open
49 Finland 59.68 open
50 Serbia 59.14 open
51 Bangladesh 58.8 open
52 Ghana 58.52 open
53 Poland 58.31 open
54 Portugal 58.16 open
55 Slovenia 57.57 open
56 Spain 57.41 open
57 Hong Kong 56.36 open
58 Bulgaria 56.12 open
59 India 55.66 open
60 South Africa 55.58 open
61 France 55.35 open
62 Ukraine 54.64 open
63 Turkey 54.38 open
64 Belgium 54.27 open
65 Pakistan 52.34 open
66 Croatia 52.14 open
67 Greece 51.96 open
68 Romania 51.33 open
69 Italy 49.3 open
70 Tunisia 45.22 open
71 Egypt 44.57 open
72 Morocco 43.94 open
73 Algeria 40.78 open
74 Jordan 40.05 open

Ranking interpretation

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This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Labor Force Participation: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Labor Force Participation for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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