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: 2026-09-07 05:10:50

Full ranking · Labor Force Participation

SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Qatar 87.01 open
2 Solomon Islands 84.3 open
3 Nigeria 82.52 open
4 Cambodia 82.39 open
5 North Korea 82.15 open
6 United Arab Emirates 78.59 open
7 Iceland 74.93 open
8 Kuwait 73.37 open
9 Peru 72.86 open
10 Vietnam 72.78 open
11 Bahrain 70.43 open
12 New Zealand 70.35 open
13 Singapore 69.67 open
14 Ethiopia 68.46 open
15 Oman 68.38 open
16 Indonesia 67.97 open
17 Macao 67.85 open
18 Kazakhstan 67.77 open
19 Kenya 67.39 open
20 Netherlands 67.25 open
21 Timor-Leste 66.98 open
22 Cyprus 66.96 open
23 Switzerland 66.75 open
24 Thailand 66.68 open
25 Australia 66.54 open
26 Malaysia 66.12 open
27 Laos 66.09 open
28 Norway 65.61 open
29 Israel 65.49 open
30 Estonia 65.13 open
31 Saudi Arabia 65.1 open
32 Denmark 64.94 open
33 Ireland 64.84 open
34 Bhutan 64.82 open
35 Sweden 64.6 open
36 China 64.55 open
37 Canada 64.52 open
38 South Korea 64.35 open
39 Georgia 64.31 open
40 Brunei 64.24 open
41 Maldives 63.5 open
42 Japan 63.45 open
43 Colombia 63.4 open
44 Azerbaijan 63.29 open
45 Brazil 63.14 open
46 Lithuania 62.92 open
47 Chile 62.3 open
48 Argentina 61.91 open
49 United States 61.7 open
50 Mexico 61.61 open
51 Luxembourg 61.5 open
52 United Kingdom 61.37 open
53 Philippines 61.35 open
54 Russia 61.11 open
55 Hungary 60.58 open
56 Germany 60.57 open
57 Latvia 60.52 open
58 Slovakia 60.42 open
59 Czech Republic 60.34 open
60 Austria 60.12 open
61 Mongolia 59.69 open
62 Finland 59.68 open
63 Armenia 59.39 open
64 Serbia 59.14 open
65 Bangladesh 58.8 open
66 Ghana 58.52 open
67 Poland 58.31 open
68 Portugal 58.16 open
69 Vanuatu 58.11 open
70 Slovenia 57.57 open
71 Spain 57.41 open
72 Kyrgyzstan 57.37 open
73 Fiji 57.16 open
74 Hong Kong 56.36 open
75 Bulgaria 56.12 open
76 India 55.66 open
77 South Africa 55.58 open
78 France 55.35 open
79 Myanmar 55.09 open
80 Ukraine 54.64 open
81 Turkey 54.38 open
82 Belgium 54.27 open
83 Pakistan 52.34 open
84 Croatia 52.14 open
85 Papua New Guinea 52.07 open
86 Greece 51.96 open
87 Romania 51.33 open
88 Tonga 49.81 open
89 Italy 49.3 open
90 Sri Lanka 48.52 open
91 Tunisia 45.22 open
92 West Bank and Gaza 44.99 open
93 Egypt 44.57 open
94 Morocco 43.94 open
95 Lebanon 43.42 open
96 Samoa 42.53 open
97 Turkmenistan 42.03 open
98 Iraq 41.53 open
99 Iran 40.97 open
100 Algeria 40.78 open
101 Jordan 40.05 open
102 Nepal 39.24 open
103 Tajikistan 38.28 open
104 Afghanistan 37.46 open
105 Syria 36.9 open
106 Yemen 33.1 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, best countries by labor force participation.