Countries by Employment Rate

Compare countries by employment rate using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Employment Rate
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:01:39

Full ranking · Employment Rate

SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Qatar 86.9 open
2 Nigeria 79.99 open
3 United Arab Emirates 76.89 open
4 Iceland 72.21 open
5 Kuwait 71.77 open
6 Vietnam 71.67 open
7 Bahrain 69.65 open
8 Peru 69.13 open
9 Singapore 67.71 open
10 New Zealand 66.78 open
11 Ethiopia 66.19 open
12 Thailand 66.16 open
13 Oman 66.15 open
14 Indonesia 65.77 open
15 Netherlands 64.64 open
16 Kazakhstan 64.54 open
17 Australia 63.82 open
18 Kenya 63.71 open
19 Malaysia 63.63 open
20 Switzerland 63.49 open
21 Israel 63.2 open
22 Saudi Arabia 63.12 open
23 South Korea 62.62 open
24 Norway 62.56 open
25 Japan 61.89 open
26 Ireland 61.84 open
27 China 61.57 open
28 Denmark 61.35 open
29 Canada 60.06 open
30 Philippines 59.98 open
31 Mexico 59.96 open
32 Russia 59.81 open
33 Estonia 59.71 open
34 Brazil 59.37 open
35 United States 59.11 open
36 Sweden 58.98 open
37 Lithuania 58.68 open
38 Czech Republic 58.64 open
39 United Kingdom 58.46 open
40 Germany 58.32 open
41 Colombia 58.14 open
42 Hungary 57.84 open
43 Luxembourg 57.6 open
44 Argentina 57.49 open
45 Slovakia 57.18 open
46 Ghana 56.78 open
47 Austria 56.77 open
48 Chile 56.71 open
49 Poland 56.58 open
50 Bangladesh 56.57 open
51 Latvia 56.55 open
52 Slovenia 55.74 open
53 Serbia 54.93 open
54 Hong Kong 54.78 open
55 Portugal 54.58 open
56 Bulgaria 54.13 open
57 Finland 54.04 open
58 India 53.31 open
59 Spain 51.45 open
60 France 51.17 open
61 Belgium 51.07 open
62 Turkey 49.75 open
63 Croatia 49.54 open
64 Pakistan 49.5 open
65 Ukraine 49.27 open
66 Romania 48.26 open
67 Greece 47.52 open
68 Italy 46.15 open
69 Egypt 41.55 open
70 Morocco 39.99 open
71 Tunisia 38.39 open
72 South Africa 37.58 open
73 Algeria 36.04 open
74 Jordan 33.43 open

Ranking interpretation

context

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

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Employment Rate: 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 Employment Rate 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.

Keyphrase synonyms: employment rate by country, global employment rate ranking, country ranking employment rate.