Labor Force Participation Rate by Country
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
| Country Name |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
| Iceland |
79.80% |
81.82% |
82.82% |
79.91% |
77.68% |
| Nepal |
76.20% |
76.07% |
75.77% |
75.27% |
75.09% |
| North Korea |
75.22% |
75.33% |
75.30% |
75.41% |
75.63% |
| Madagascar |
74.61% |
75.04% |
75.50% |
76.01% |
76.82% |
| Zimbabwe |
74.19% |
74.46% |
74.56% |
74.42% |
74.28% |
| Cambodia |
71.98% |
72.67% |
73.18% |
71.90% |
71.91% |
| Tanzania |
71.48% |
71.86% |
72.18% |
72.46% |
72.61% |
| Ethiopia |
70.98% |
71.75% |
72.52% |
73.27% |
74.21% |
| Solomon Islands |
70.53% |
70.57% |
70.61% |
70.66% |
70.62% |
| Eritrea |
68.97% |
69.48% |
69.95% |
70.53% |
70.04% |
| Netherlands |
68.84% |
68.35% |
68.22% |
68.45% |
67.27% |
| Switzerland |
68.11% |
68.79% |
68.49% |
67.69% |
67.97% |
| Australia |
67.50% |
66.67% |
66.70% |
67.26% |
66.54% |
| Rwanda |
64.00% |
64.22% |
64.50% |
64.95% |
65.35% |
| Qatar |
63.96% |
64.53% |
66.02% |
67.97% |
66.45% |
| New Zealand |
63.86% |
63.21% |
62.46% |
61.53% |
60.22% |
| Canada |
63.39% |
63.97% |
63.76% |
64.24% |
64.13% |
| Denmark |
63.04% |
63.13% |
66.08% |
62.00% |
61.40% |
| Mozambique |
62.10% |
62.60% |
63.05% |
63.41% |
63.91% |
| Togo |
62.10% |
62.69% |
63.21% |
63.67% |
64.10% |
| Niger |
61.66% |
61.82% |
61.92% |
61.93% |
62.02% |
| Malawi |
61.60% |
62.46% |
63.30% |
64.20% |
64.94% |
| Peru |
61.48% |
61.42% |
59.67% |
60.38% |
64.15% |
| South Sudan |
61.05% |
61.40% |
61.72% |
62.05% |
62.54% |
| Lao PDR |
59.99% |
60.55% |
61.10% |
61.62% |
62.16% |
| Mali |
59.93% |
60.29% |
60.56% |
60.76% |
60.32% |
| Paraguay |
59.04% |
56.64% |
58.36% |
55.07% |
57.18% |
| Maldives |
58.45% |
58.02% |
56.64% |
56.06% |
56.31% |
| Honduras |
58.06% |
56.42% |
54.59% |
55.41% |
53.26% |
| Vietnam |
57.78% |
59.01% |
58.95% |
60.89% |
60.56% |
| United Kingdom |
56.71% |
57.16% |
57.95% |
58.22% |
57.45% |
| Guam |
56.62% |
56.66% |
56.51% |
56.58% |
56.83% |
| Angola |
56.58% |
56.88% |
57.11% |
57.24% |
57.39% |
| Austria |
56.33% |
55.93% |
57.54% |
57.61% |
58.17% |
| Liberia |
56.04% |
56.72% |
57.36% |
55.18% |
55.78% |
| Brazil |
55.79% |
55.80% |
55.01% |
54.80% |
54.92% |
| Central African Republic |
55.45% |
56.07% |
56.62% |
57.09% |
56.96% |
| Cameroon |
55.36% |
55.81% |
56.18% |
56.46% |
56.75% |
| Vanuatu |
55.26% |
55.41% |
55.67% |
55.86% |
55.27% |
| Chad |
55.19% |
55.70% |
56.15% |
56.52% |
57.02% |
| Sweden |
54.97% |
55.67% |
55.91% |
56.03% |
56.04% |
| Norway |
54.47% |
53.81% |
54.65% |
56.00% |
54.39% |
| Malta |
54.27% |
51.93% |
51.21% |
51.31% |
52.48% |
| Zambia |
54.10% |
54.87% |
55.58% |
56.15% |
56.69% |
| Burundi |
53.82% |
54.11% |
54.29% |
54.34% |
54.27% |
| Bahamas |
53.68% |
53.96% |
54.12% |
54.06% |
53.84% |
| Guatemala |
53.41% |
53.66% |
53.87% |
52.73% |
52.84% |
| UAE |
53.40% |
52.20% |
51.04% |
51.45% |
52.32% |
| Finland |
53.20% |
53.35% |
52.32% |
52.33% |
52.14% |
| Colombia |
52.68% |
53.18% |
54.06% |
55.22% |
55.05% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
52.38% |
52.69% |
52.92% |
53.07% |
53.28% |
| Uganda |
51.94% |
52.68% |
53.34% |
53.93% |
54.43% |
| United States |
51.87% |
52.22% |
51.72% |
51.30% |
51.12% |
| Burkina Faso |
51.54% |
51.83% |
52.09% |
52.32% |
52.56% |
| St. Lucia |
51.51% |
51.76% |
51.90% |
51.85% |
51.52% |
| Myanmar |
50.93% |
51.52% |
55.84% |
60.35% |
61.18% |
| Nicaragua |
50.42% |
50.67% |
51.25% |
51.76% |
52.21% |
| Bolivia |
50.20% |
45.23% |
44.38% |
45.05% |
52.04% |
| Germany |
50.18% |
49.67% |
49.07% |
48.62% |
49.43% |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
49.77% |
49.49% |
49.23% |
49.14% |
49.79% |
| Guyana |
49.72% |
50.21% |
49.91% |
49.52% |
49.08% |
| Belize |
49.54% |
49.74% |
48.73% |
47.63% |
48.86% |
| Channel Islands |
49.31% |
49.18% |
49.30% |
49.81% |
49.96% |
| Uruguay |
49.04% |
49.52% |
51.04% |
52.20% |
53.66% |
| Israel |
48.00% |
48.91% |
48.97% |
49.21% |
49.78% |
| Estonia |
47.97% |
46.83% |
44.00% |
42.15% |
39.29% |
| Indonesia |
47.44% |
47.61% |
45.87% |
45.88% |
46.62% |
| Japan |
47.38% |
44.53% |
44.46% |
42.87% |
43.10% |
| Ireland |
46.86% |
46.96% |
50.62% |
47.39% |
48.22% |
| Macao |
46.80% |
45.89% |
44.40% |
44.65% |
45.34% |
| Belarus |
46.59% |
48.00% |
48.09% |
48.18% |
48.55% |
| Uzbekistan |
46.30% |
46.38% |
46.35% |
46.23% |
46.02% |
| Barbados |
45.79% |
46.25% |
46.67% |
43.50% |
45.05% |
| Costa Rica |
45.53% |
43.50% |
42.26% |
45.80% |
47.42% |
| Ecuador |
45.45% |
46.80% |
45.76% |
43.86% |
41.23% |
| China |
45.44% |
46.28% |
47.29% |
48.56% |
50.05% |
| Turkmenistan |
45.35% |
45.90% |
46.28% |
46.39% |
46.26% |
| New Caledonia |
45.12% |
44.13% |
43.24% |
43.08% |
43.50% |
| Panama |
44.77% |
43.29% |
43.55% |
43.14% |
44.08% |
| Mexico |
44.56% |
44.67% |
45.08% |
45.47% |
45.94% |
| Turkey |
44.46% |
43.90% |
43.12% |
42.69% |
41.72% |
| Botswana |
44.43% |
45.18% |
45.83% |
46.27% |
46.34% |
| Dominican Republic |
44.27% |
44.90% |
45.40% |
44.89% |
41.69% |
| Azerbaijan |
43.88% |
42.01% |
39.88% |
37.36% |
35.71% |
| Bahrain |
43.58% |
44.89% |
44.85% |
43.85% |
42.93% |
| El Salvador |
43.54% |
43.80% |
43.43% |
42.40% |
43.10% |
| Lesotho |
43.49% |
43.97% |
44.41% |
44.71% |
45.41% |
| Kenya |
43.46% |
44.37% |
45.33% |
44.79% |
44.35% |
| Oman |
43.03% |
43.10% |
41.80% |
40.63% |
41.64% |
| Congo, Rep. |
42.50% |
42.82% |
43.07% |
43.25% |
43.32% |
| Benin |
42.39% |
42.66% |
42.90% |
43.10% |
43.36% |
| Guinea |
42.30% |
42.98% |
43.66% |
44.34% |
44.82% |
| Timor-Leste |
42.05% |
42.25% |
40.72% |
40.53% |
42.80% |
| Bangladesh |
42.00% |
41.95% |
39.51% |
40.11% |
40.72% |
| Singapore |
41.68% |
40.94% |
40.65% |
41.84% |
39.94% |
| Pakistan |
41.67% |
41.71% |
41.76% |
41.83% |
41.35% |
| Thailand |
41.45% |
40.54% |
41.17% |
41.55% |
42.48% |
| Ghana |
41.43% |
41.74% |
42.04% |
42.29% |
42.40% |
| Mauritius |
41.28% |
42.46% |
42.86% |
43.47% |
41.37% |
| Hong Kong |
41.26% |
40.94% |
40.68% |
40.38% |
38.97% |
| Malaysia |
41.14% |
41.35% |
41.72% |
41.47% |
42.30% |
| Gambia |
41.10% |
41.31% |
41.45% |
41.53% |
41.74% |
| Kazakhstan |
40.40% |
41.79% |
44.54% |
46.93% |
45.03% |
| Afghanistan |
40.20% |
40.03% |
39.92% |
39.86% |
39.80% |
| Djibouti |
40.17% |
40.68% |
41.15% |
41.48% |
42.09% |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
40.04% |
40.95% |
41.87% |
43.92% |
43.54% |
| Cyprus |
39.88% |
37.32% |
38.57% |
40.38% |
42.16% |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
39.83% |
39.54% |
41.70% |
43.26% |
44.29% |
| Latvia |
39.56% |
42.04% |
41.55% |
42.01% |
40.62% |
| French Polynesia |
39.00% |
38.51% |
38.09% |
38.32% |
39.29% |
| Argentina |
38.94% |
38.45% |
38.54% |
38.55% |
38.50% |
| Georgia |
38.77% |
39.43% |
40.02% |
42.56% |
41.55% |
| Fiji |
38.69% |
39.32% |
39.96% |
39.32% |
38.41% |
| France |
38.47% |
37.59% |
37.56% |
37.47% |
36.68% |
| Slovenia |
38.45% |
38.83% |
33.68% |
35.30% |
33.48% |
| Brunei |
37.77% |
39.16% |
39.62% |
40.22% |
40.97% |
| Lithuania |
37.61% |
36.30% |
36.21% |
33.95% |
33.92% |
| Philippines |
37.27% |
38.25% |
41.08% |
41.91% |
43.63% |
| Cuba |
37.07% |
37.28% |
37.57% |
38.13% |
38.93% |
| Tonga |
36.49% |
36.15% |
36.05% |
36.09% |
36.68% |
| Papua New Guinea |
35.75% |
35.53% |
35.43% |
35.62% |
36.37% |
| Poland |
35.75% |
35.41% |
34.96% |
33.24% |
34.17% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
35.60% |
35.81% |
35.94% |
35.96% |
36.04% |
| Cabo Verde |
35.36% |
36.18% |
37.20% |
38.04% |
38.95% |
| Armenia |
35.10% |
36.13% |
35.86% |
40.35% |
38.44% |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
35.01% |
35.64% |
36.22% |
36.72% |
37.16% |
| Venezuela |
34.73% |
36.37% |
37.60% |
38.58% |
39.12% |
| Portugal |
34.64% |
34.37% |
33.45% |
33.60% |
34.08% |
| Jamaica |
34.23% |
36.53% |
35.24% |
34.01% |
33.37% |
| Croatia |
34.08% |
35.89% |
37.09% |
33.01% |
33.55% |
| Chile |
34.02% |
34.83% |
35.38% |
36.52% |
36.75% |
| Somalia |
33.92% |
33.70% |
33.49% |
33.31% |
33.17% |
| Haiti |
33.63% |
33.84% |
34.04% |
34.25% |
34.41% |
| Spain |
33.61% |
33.83% |
33.29% |
34.70% |
35.38% |
| Montenegro |
33.55% |
31.91% |
33.40% |
30.79% |
30.11% |
| Russia |
33.17% |
34.66% |
36.94% |
37.35% |
38.09% |
| Luxembourg |
33.12% |
30.94% |
30.96% |
35.28% |
27.43% |
| Ukraine |
33.05% |
33.68% |
34.63% |
36.13% |
38.36% |
| Tunisia |
32.61% |
32.74% |
32.78% |
32.72% |
32.71% |
| Slovak Republic |
32.44% |
33.49% |
32.68% |
31.71% |
30.86% |
| Bosnia |
32.42% |
30.93% |
29.85% |
31.59% |
29.64% |
| Hungary |
32.35% |
32.77% |
32.65% |
31.25% |
29.64% |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
32.31% |
32.77% |
33.05% |
33.31% |
33.68% |
| Samoa |
31.70% |
31.66% |
31.63% |
31.93% |
31.94% |
| Bhutan |
31.70% |
32.33% |
32.86% |
33.35% |
28.80% |
| North Macedonia |
31.55% |
32.65% |
31.27% |
32.83% |
32.55% |
| Albania |
30.91% |
31.41% |
31.37% |
31.28% |
29.24% |
| Equatorial Guinea |
30.89% |
30.98% |
31.35% |
31.83% |
31.86% |
| Czech Republic |
30.76% |
32.26% |
32.56% |
32.73% |
32.18% |
| West Bank And Gaza |
30.43% |
31.31% |
30.86% |
30.74% |
27.85% |
| Sri Lanka |
30.37% |
32.43% |
34.61% |
35.14% |
33.87% |
| South Korea |
30.23% |
31.43% |
31.17% |
30.67% |
29.25% |
| Romania |
30.03% |
30.48% |
28.42% |
31.77% |
29.88% |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
29.75% |
29.61% |
29.48% |
29.61% |
29.61% |
| Belgium |
29.69% |
28.27% |
28.66% |
30.08% |
30.03% |
| Lebanon |
29.63% |
29.53% |
29.38% |
29.19% |
28.91% |
| Nigeria |
29.56% |
29.82% |
29.98% |
27.72% |
25.64% |
| Namibia |
29.24% |
32.47% |
35.68% |
34.10% |
32.57% |
| Serbia |
29.04% |
29.68% |
29.62% |
28.88% |
28.39% |
| Egypt |
28.94% |
29.05% |
31.70% |
32.36% |
34.23% |
| Mongolia |
28.74% |
29.37% |
30.64% |
31.84% |
32.65% |
| Sierra Leone |
28.41% |
28.79% |
29.14% |
29.48% |
29.83% |
| Senegal |
28.32% |
28.56% |
28.74% |
28.86% |
30.04% |
| Iran |
28.17% |
28.51% |
27.17% |
25.37% |
24.84% |
| India |
27.64% |
28.48% |
29.36% |
30.27% |
31.22% |
| Iraq |
27.33% |
27.22% |
28.88% |
29.64% |
30.46% |
| Sudan |
27.18% |
27.62% |
28.04% |
28.44% |
28.88% |
| Tajikistan |
26.95% |
26.96% |
26.96% |
26.80% |
26.68% |
| Morocco |
26.74% |
26.98% |
28.61% |
30.18% |
31.71% |
| Yemen |
26.65% |
26.60% |
26.49% |
26.25% |
25.92% |
| Kuwait |
26.20% |
26.05% |
25.49% |
25.52% |
25.72% |
| Italy |
26.14% |
26.28% |
26.69% |
26.18% |
27.04% |
| Suriname |
26.00% |
26.17% |
26.30% |
26.13% |
26.02% |
| Algeria |
25.89% |
26.07% |
26.13% |
26.16% |
26.13% |
| Eswatini |
25.52% |
25.81% |
26.06% |
26.37% |
26.42% |
| South Africa |
25.51% |
26.93% |
26.82% |
27.24% |
26.06% |
| Mauritania |
25.08% |
25.30% |
25.48% |
25.61% |
25.84% |
| Bulgaria |
24.39% |
26.90% |
24.43% |
26.27% |
27.08% |
| Greece |
24.26% |
25.45% |
24.82% |
26.35% |
28.20% |
| Jordan |
23.03% |
23.07% |
23.09% |
23.08% |
23.05% |
| Moldova |
20.79% |
19.42% |
19.54% |
21.63% |
19.26% |
| Puerto Rico |
20.79% |
21.71% |
22.51% |
23.20% |
23.94% |
| Saudi Arabia |
19.15% |
19.02% |
18.78% |
17.45% |
18.81% |
| Gabon |
18.49% |
18.47% |
18.39% |
18.25% |
18.27% |
| Libya |
16.86% |
16.95% |
17.04% |
17.14% |
17.27% |
| Comoros |
13.93% |
14.11% |
14.28% |
14.41% |
14.58% |
