Bangladesh Labor Force Participation

Bangladesh labor force participation data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 58.8%.
COUNTRY: Bangladesh
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:02:45
Economy Data Rating
Bangladesh · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
68 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 17.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 15.1 / 20
External stability 13.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 7 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2025 19902025
1990 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Bangladesh · labor force participation rate as a percentage of population ages 15+.

1990–2025
58.8 percent
58.9 percent
59.41 percent
51 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2025
labor force participation rate reference line

Countries by labor force participation

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 87.01
Nigeria 82.52
United Arab Emirates 78.59
Iceland 74.93
Kuwait 73.37
Peru 72.86
Vietnam 72.78
Bahrain 70.43

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
China 64.55
India 55.66
Japan 63.45
Germany 60.57

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.TLF.CACT.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-10 04:02:45

Bangladesh Snapshot

country profile
Population 173.56 m
GDP 456.32 bn
Debt/GDP 31.2%
Inflation 8.77%
Unemployment 3.78%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh. 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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