Labor Force Participation Rate by Country

Country Name 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Iceland 76.74% 77.93% 74.55% 72.86% 78.58%
Madagascar 71.43% 71.35% 71.57% 71.86% 72.81%
Netherlands 71.41% 69.35% 69.70% 68.76% 70.02%
Solomon Islands 71.27% 71.00% 69.25% 69.80% 70.47%
Eritrea 69.35% 69.14% 67.70% 68.03% 69.14%
Ethiopia 69.15% 69.09% 69.75% 69.90% 70.57%
New Zealand 68.93% 67.51% 64.85% 62.88% 63.53%
Australia 67.83% 68.33% 68.58% 66.24% 68.12%
North Korea 67.04% 66.98% 64.30% 63.69% 66.71%
Tanzania 66.05% 65.69% 65.91% 66.10% 67.50%
Norway 65.12% 64.30% 61.01% 55.60% 55.48%
Switzerland 64.63% 65.02% 65.38% 65.02% 66.48%
Canada 64.28% 64.46% 63.83% 61.75% 64.59%
Denmark 63.95% 62.80% 60.41% 60.22% 61.13%
St. Lucia 63.80% 59.26% 57.33% 53.93% 56.25%
South Sudan 61.20% 60.83% 60.09% 60.26% 60.83%
Qatar 60.64% 59.13% 57.56% 66.37% 68.20%
Mozambique 60.39% 60.34% 60.54% 60.64% 61.22%
Niger 60.16% 59.98% 60.98% 60.99% 61.58%
Austria 59.29% 56.61% 55.69% 55.56% 55.48%
Sweden 58.68% 56.92% 54.03% 52.05% 55.02%
Cambodia 57.63% 57.70% 58.15% 59.10% 59.67%
Malawi 57.49% 57.44% 56.88% 56.86% 55.74%
Paraguay 56.84% 55.91% 59.40% 56.12% 59.27%
Burundi 56.22% 56.06% 55.96% 56.16% 55.95%
Liberia 55.55% 55.25% 54.28% 54.20% 55.25%
Vanuatu 55.32% 55.12% 53.96% 54.02% 54.54%
United Kingdom 55.03% 54.36% 51.22% 54.67% 56.64%
Finland 54.94% 53.92% 52.90% 52.24% 53.90%
Ireland 54.56% 53.08% 50.20% 43.68% 47.06%
Brazil 54.49% 56.39% 54.83% 51.44% 57.04%
Germany 54.33% 53.59% 52.26% 51.84% 51.43%
Peru 54.21% 55.95% 57.79% 55.94% 62.22%
Malta 54.17% 51.37% 47.98% 53.95% 55.91%
Honduras 54.08% 54.01% 54.19% 54.38% 55.20%
St. Vincent And The Grenadines 53.37% 53.22% 50.75% 49.98% 53.21%
Angola 53.11% 53.14% 54.55% 54.09% 54.39%
Uganda 53.05% 53.12% 53.45% 53.67% 54.19%
Guatemala 51.88% 51.60% 50.91% 49.27% 51.41%
United States 51.04% 50.53% 50.49% 49.02% 50.81%
Central African Republic 51.00% 50.87% 50.13% 50.34% 50.82%
Mali 50.97% 50.35% 50.43% 50.62% 53.46%
Nicaragua 50.65% 50.46% 50.64% 50.64% 51.60%
Japan 49.84% 48.71% 48.88% 48.56% 49.09%
Burkina Faso 49.80% 49.96% 49.94% 49.93% 50.41%
Belize 49.71% 49.54% 50.27% 48.55% 49.90%
Channel Islands 49.44% 49.49% 48.60% 48.94% 49.42%
Zimbabwe 49.00% 48.75% 48.90% 49.53% 50.06%
Lao PDR 48.45% 48.35% 47.23% 47.71% 48.40%
Bahamas 48.41% 48.29% 48.93% 47.05% 51.95%
China 48.32% 48.42% 48.76% 46.88% 49.97%
Maldives 47.64% 47.24% 48.95% 48.17% 52.85%
Israel 47.61% 47.37% 45.75% 44.93% 48.69%
Azerbaijan 46.74% 46.59% 47.11% 46.26% 46.95%
Cameroon 46.54% 46.51% 46.60% 46.67% 47.12%
Vietnam 46.49% 43.72% 45.68% 52.84% 57.34%
Panama 46.01% 45.79% 45.48% 43.48% 46.44%
Uruguay 45.93% 45.09% 44.80% 42.73% 47.48%
UAE 45.86% 45.07% 46.27% 40.32% 51.96%
Indonesia 45.83% 45.29% 44.75% 47.08% 48.09%
Bolivia 45.72% 44.38% 44.48% 49.70% 49.08%
Ecuador 45.60% 45.87% 45.98% 39.73% 43.94%
Dominican Republic 45.41% 45.81% 45.54% 39.19% 45.27%
Guam 45.05% 45.26% 45.20% 44.97% 45.83%
Myanmar 44.82% 44.63% 44.74% 45.29% 46.55%
Mexico 44.74% 44.37% 44.23% 39.97% 44.91%
Colombia 44.56% 44.45% 48.35% 46.94% 46.74%
Guyana 44.54% 44.06% 43.02% 43.39% 43.81%
Malaysia 44.26% 44.44% 43.01% 42.73% 45.63%
Estonia 44.08% 44.75% 40.29% 42.96% 44.67%
Turkey 44.06% 43.85% 41.68% 38.98% 44.28%
Cyprus 43.65% 42.32% 41.97% 38.43% 38.95%
Kyrgyz Republic 43.64% 43.64% 44.17% 44.64% 41.68%
El Salvador 43.60% 43.69% 43.30% 41.01% 43.96%
Samoa 43.52% 43.43% 43.00% 43.13% 43.54%
Pakistan 43.16% 43.17% 43.77% 42.10% 39.99%
France 42.76% 40.33% 37.76% 33.85% 34.88%
Republic Of Congo 42.38% 42.16% 41.03% 41.23% 42.03%
Barbados 42.37% 42.59% 43.13% 42.28% 44.40%
Kazakhstan 42.26% 42.24% 42.46% 42.14% 42.95%
Belarus 42.04% 41.96% 42.57% 44.74% 44.82%
Lesotho 41.64% 41.67% 41.80% 42.28% 42.69%
Cuba 41.50% 41.17% 38.34% 37.15% 40.73%
Kenya 41.25% 41.12% 41.65% 41.83% 42.23%
Bahrain 41.18% 40.86% 41.25% 42.15% 43.31%
Ghana 41.05% 41.11% 41.31% 41.47% 42.18%
Rwanda 40.58% 39.89% 38.70% 47.76% 41.85%
Gambia 40.25% 40.08% 40.38% 40.36% 41.14%
Macao 39.78% 39.60% 42.84% 42.09% 44.24%
Fiji 39.77% 39.26% 36.47% 36.26% 38.61%
Chad 39.68% 39.51% 37.75% 37.69% 38.06%
Thailand 39.52% 39.14% 39.36% 40.17% 40.41%
Costa Rica 39.10% 42.97% 45.41% 43.93% 45.31%
Botswana 38.83% 38.81% 37.96% 35.24% 35.64%
Bangladesh 38.82% 39.04% 39.83% 40.05% 40.63%
Timor-Leste 38.49% 38.36% 38.01% 38.64% 39.01%
Armenia 38.35% 38.25% 34.49% 37.86% 43.76%
Brunei 38.35% 38.53% 38.26% 38.50% 39.28%
French Polynesia 38.20% 38.36% 38.53% 38.81% 39.25%
Argentina 37.73% 37.43% 37.01% 33.09% 39.00%
Moldova 37.16% 36.92% 38.99% 38.29% 38.74%
Oman 36.74% 36.12% 36.42% 36.28% 39.37%
Trinidad And Tobago 36.58% 36.46% 36.57% 34.77% 38.64%
Georgia 36.51% 36.65% 38.76% 38.89% 38.09%
Slovenia 36.34% 35.89% 33.86% 31.47% 36.23%
New Caledonia 35.83% 35.69% 35.90% 37.72% 33.85%
Lebanon 35.64% 35.53% 35.16% 34.31% 39.20%
Singapore 35.61% 37.75% 38.04% 36.08% 38.25%
Portugal 35.46% 31.10% 29.74% 30.16% 34.28%
Luxembourg 35.05% 33.42% 35.38% 32.36% 34.61%
Guinea-Bissau 35.03% 35.01% 34.56% 34.66% 34.99%
Uzbekistan 34.96% 35.02% 35.40% 35.57% 36.10%
Zambia 34.83% 34.96% 38.24% 39.34% 36.66%
Latvia 34.74% 36.09% 32.70% 34.82% 36.28%
Suriname 34.74% 34.40% 34.43% 34.01% 37.29%
Haiti 34.69% 34.77% 34.57% 34.83% 35.50%
Democratic Republic Of Congo 34.59% 34.53% 35.01% 35.08% 35.41%
Sao Tome And Principe 34.12% 33.92% 33.21% 33.28% 33.92%
Philippines 34.08% 33.50% 31.17% 30.13% 34.75%
Lithuania 34.00% 36.31% 36.31% 36.60% 37.33%
Afghanistan 33.99% 34.37% 33.65% 33.99% 36.06%
Jamaica 33.87% 32.72% 33.75% 34.46% 35.72%
Mauritius 33.84% 32.30% 29.97% 34.72% 39.92%
Albania 33.82% 34.16% 34.57% 33.77% 36.58%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 33.80% 33.49% 33.22% 32.84% 33.45%
Papua New Guinea 33.60% 33.79% 34.01% 34.48% 34.81%
Spain 32.94% 32.71% 31.55% 29.90% 32.99%
Poland 32.11% 31.08% 31.02% 31.82% 35.18%
Hong Kong 31.98% 31.94% 34.87% 35.97% 39.81%
Serbia 31.86% 32.72% 33.70% 28.29% 29.62%
Benin 31.86% 31.74% 32.10% 32.18% 32.48%
Belgium 31.45% 31.10% 30.26% 28.43% 30.98%
Montenegro 31.35% 30.26% 30.86% 30.81% 36.51%
South Africa 31.21% 29.82% 26.50% 26.15% 29.73%
Sierra Leone 31.19% 31.20% 31.27% 31.34% 31.64%
Hungary 31.16% 30.82% 31.79% 31.21% 32.21%
Sri Lanka 30.99% 30.92% 29.88% 28.91% 30.50%
Mongolia 30.84% 30.40% 28.37% 33.39% 34.85%
Croatia 30.49% 34.98% 32.94% 32.45% 33.19%
India 30.22% 28.90% 28.40% 28.55% 29.32%
Chile 29.93% 29.68% 26.83% 26.61% 31.68%
Turkmenistan 29.66% 29.44% 27.78% 27.77% 29.28%
Nepal 29.65% 29.56% 29.24% 29.30% 29.58%
Senegal 29.54% 29.70% 29.98% 30.11% 30.40%
Cabo Verde 28.93% 28.98% 30.15% 29.58% 31.76%
Bosnia 28.76% 28.50% 32.35% 32.00% 34.49%
Equatorial Guinea 28.59% 28.13% 26.53% 25.98% 28.03%
Czech Republic 28.52% 27.60% 27.04% 27.30% 29.71%
Tunisia 28.47% 28.02% 28.10% 27.88% 30.04%
North Macedonia 28.31% 28.41% 28.06% 30.91% 32.05%
Tonga 28.28% 28.06% 27.82% 28.08% 28.35%
Namibia 28.13% 27.71% 28.00% 27.86% 29.22%
Russia 27.99% 29.16% 31.56% 32.09% 33.11%
Saudi Arabia 27.72% 27.46% 24.96% 23.57% 19.84%
Slovak Republic 27.56% 26.59% 26.23% 28.14% 29.68%
Venezuela 27.22% 26.13% 26.34% 25.40% 28.38%
South Korea 27.04% 28.86% 27.51% 26.21% 27.55%
Iraq 26.66% 26.32% 26.62% 25.99% 27.68%
Morocco 26.53% 26.77% 26.79% 26.29% 27.98%
Italy 26.39% 26.00% 24.92% 23.83% 26.08%
Sudan 26.39% 26.83% 26.20% 26.24% 26.49%
Guinea 26.08% 26.16% 26.38% 26.20% 26.45%
Bhutan 26.05% 26.56% 27.40% 27.22% 26.65%
Jordan 26.03% 25.80% 23.80% 24.79% 25.69%
Tajikistan 24.99% 24.89% 25.36% 25.61% 25.86%
Romania 24.96% 25.50% 26.83% 29.73% 29.63%
Greece 24.85% 23.49% 20.81% 21.02% 22.31%
Nigeria 24.61% 24.39% 24.48% 24.49% 24.84%
Kuwait 24.43% 24.11% 24.42% 24.18% 26.16%
Togo 24.43% 24.38% 24.14% 24.19% 24.42%
Eswatini 24.04% 23.93% 23.40% 23.56% 23.96%
Egypt 24.02% 23.87% 24.11% 22.76% 22.81%
Syrian Arab Republic 23.75% 23.49% 23.48% 22.95% 24.63%
Algeria 23.26% 22.78% 22.82% 22.42% 24.37%
Puerto Rico 23.02% 23.02% 23.28% 22.68% 23.89%
Bulgaria 22.87% 22.20% 19.97% 21.89% 23.90%
Iran 22.44% 21.97% 22.07% 22.55% 26.16%
Yemen 22.28% 22.28% 22.20% 22.15% 22.38%
Mauritania 19.77% 19.63% 19.86% 19.88% 20.22%
Gabon 18.30% 18.04% 16.77% 16.47% 18.01%
Libya 17.12% 16.78% 15.95% 15.78% 16.78%
Somalia 16.00% 15.98% 15.79% 15.82% 15.97%
Djibouti 14.08% 14.14% 13.69% 13.57% 14.16%
Comoros 13.40% 13.55% 13.60% 13.71% 13.83%
West Bank And Gaza 0.00% 30.81% 28.84% 26.23% 30.27%
Ukraine 0.00% 0.00% 30.66% 31.94% 36.27%