Samoa Labor Force Participation Rate 1960-2024

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.
  • Samoa labor force participation rate for 2022 was 43.43%, a 0.43% increase from 2021.
  • Samoa labor force participation rate for 2021 was 43.00%, a 0.13% decline from 2020.
  • Samoa labor force participation rate for 2020 was 43.13%, a 0.41% decline from 2019.
  • Samoa labor force participation rate for 2019 was 43.54%, a 0.38% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Participation Rate for Ages 15-24
St. Lucia 59.26%
Brazil 56.39%
Peru 55.95%
Paraguay 55.91%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 53.22%
Guatemala 51.60%
Belize 49.54%
China 48.42%
Maldives 47.24%
Azerbaijan 46.59%
Ecuador 45.87%
Dominican Republic 45.81%
Colombia 44.45%
Malaysia 44.44%
Mexico 44.37%
Guyana 44.06%
Turkey 43.85%
Samoa 43.43%
Costa Rica 42.97%
Kazakhstan 42.24%
Belarus 41.96%
Cuba 41.17%
Fiji 39.26%
Thailand 39.14%
Botswana 38.81%
Armenia 38.25%
Lebanon 35.53%
Suriname 34.40%
Albania 34.16%
Serbia 32.72%
Jamaica 32.72%
Mauritius 32.30%
Montenegro 30.26%
South Africa 29.82%
Turkmenistan 29.44%
Russia 29.16%
Bosnia 28.50%
North Macedonia 28.41%
Equatorial Guinea 28.13%
Tonga 28.06%
Namibia 27.71%
Iraq 26.32%
Venezuela 26.13%
Jordan 25.80%
Romania 25.50%
Algeria 22.78%
Bulgaria 22.20%
Iran 21.97%
Gabon 18.04%
Libya 16.78%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Samoa Labor Force Participation Rate - Historical Data
Year Participation Rate for Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 43.43% 0.43%
2021 43.00% -0.13%
2020 43.13% -0.41%
2019 43.54% -0.38%
2018 43.92% 0.31%
2017 43.61% -0.08%
2016 43.69% -0.90%
2015 44.59% -0.44%
2014 45.03% 0.09%
2013 44.94% 0.16%
2012 44.78% 0.63%
2011 44.15% -0.41%
2010 44.56% 0.03%
2009 44.52% 0.70%
2008 43.82% -0.04%
2007 43.86% -0.68%
2006 44.55% -0.16%
2005 44.71% -0.43%
2004 45.14% -0.49%
2003 45.63% -0.48%
2002 46.11% -0.46%
2001 46.57% -0.78%
2000 47.35% -0.78%
1999 48.13% -0.22%
1998 48.34% -0.21%
1997 48.56% -0.01%
1996 48.57% -0.79%
1995 49.36% -0.71%
1994 50.07% 0.45%
1993 49.63% -0.38%
1992 50.01% 0.14%
1991 49.87% 49.87%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%