Countries by Labor Force Participation

Compare countries by labor force participation using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Labor Force Participation
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:33:32+02:00

Full ranking · Labor Force Participation

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

Keyphrase synonyms: labor force participation by country, global labor force participation ranking, country ranking labor force participation.