The share of the population aged 15 and over that actually works.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2021 to 2025.
Top-20 · % of population aged 15+
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Qatar
|
86.9 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Solomon Islands
|
83.09 | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Madagascar
|
82.9 | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Tanzania
|
82.4 | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Cambodia
|
82.18 | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Nigeria
|
79.99 | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Niger
|
79.43 | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
North Korea
|
79.24 | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Uganda
|
77.83 | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Burundi
|
77.53 | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
United Arab Emirates
|
76.89 | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Bolivia
|
76.29 | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Benin
|
75.14 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Liberia
|
74.37 | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Eritrea
|
73.66 | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Mozambique
|
73.49 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Iceland
|
72.21 | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Kuwait
|
71.77 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Vietnam
|
71.67 | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Moldova
|
71.2 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Bahrain
|
69.65 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Peru
|
69.13 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Central African Republic
|
68.8 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Singapore
|
67.71 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Burkina Faso
|
67.57 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Jamaica
|
67.28 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Bahamas
|
66.98 | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Paraguay
|
66.87 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
New Zealand
|
66.78 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Macao
|
66.26 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Ethiopia
|
66.19 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Thailand
|
66.16 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Oman
|
66.15 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Timor-Leste
|
65.91 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Indonesia
|
65.77 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
65.53 | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Laos
|
65.3 | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Mali
|
65.14 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Netherlands
|
64.64 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Kazakhstan
|
64.54 | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
South Sudan
|
64.33 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Angola
|
64.24 | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Australia
|
63.82 | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Kenya
|
63.71 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Cyprus
|
63.66 | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Malaysia
|
63.63 | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Switzerland
|
63.49 | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Israel
|
63.2 | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Saudi Arabia
|
63.12 | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
63.08 | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Cameroon
|
62.82 | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Nicaragua
|
62.74 | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Bhutan
|
62.73 | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
South Korea
|
62.62 | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Norway
|
62.56 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Ecuador
|
62.36 | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Malta
|
62.13 | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Japan
|
61.89 | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Ireland
|
61.84 | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Saint Lucia
|
61.81 | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
China
|
61.57 | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Dominican Republic
|
61.54 | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
61.45 | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Zimbabwe
|
61.42 | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Denmark
|
61.35 | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
60.85 | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Panama
|
60.76 | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Maldives
|
60.63 | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Belarus
|
60.63 | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Barbados
|
60.47 | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Uruguay
|
60.11 | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Canada
|
60.06 | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
El Salvador
|
60.06 | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Philippines
|
59.98 | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Mexico
|
59.96 | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Azerbaijan
|
59.83 | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Russia
|
59.81 | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Estonia
|
59.71 | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Malawi
|
59.4 | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Brazil
|
59.37 | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
United States
|
59.11 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Sweden
|
58.98 | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Chad
|
58.81 | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Guam
|
58.8 | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Lithuania
|
58.68 | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Czechia
|
58.64 | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
United Kingdom
|
58.46 | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Germany
|
58.32 | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Zambia
|
58.27 | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Colombia
|
58.14 | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Guatemala
|
58.07 | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Hungary
|
57.84 | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Luxembourg
|
57.6 | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Argentina
|
57.49 | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Albania
|
57.24 | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Slovakia
|
57.18 | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Ghana
|
56.78 | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Austria
|
56.77 | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Chile
|
56.71 | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Togo
|
56.69 | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Poland
|
56.58 | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Bangladesh
|
56.57 | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Mongolia
|
56.57 | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Latvia
|
56.55 | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Georgia
|
56.53 | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Rwanda
|
56.45 | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
55.83 | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Slovenia
|
55.74 | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
55.68 | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
55.47 | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
55.34 | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Mauritius
|
55.25 | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Vanuatu
|
55.16 | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Serbia
|
54.93 | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Uzbekistan
|
54.84 | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Hong Kong
|
54.78 | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Portugal
|
54.58 | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Haiti
|
54.38 | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Republic of the Congo
|
54.34 | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Bulgaria
|
54.13 | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Fiji
|
54.1 | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Finland
|
54.04 | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Belize
|
53.87 | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Honduras
|
53.77 | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Costa Rica
|
53.71 | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Comoros
|
53.64 | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Myanmar
|
53.41 | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
India
|
53.31 | 2025 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Channel Islands
|
52.88 | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Botswana
|
51.96 | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Armenia
|
51.74 | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Sierra Leone
|
51.69 | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Spain
|
51.45 | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Cuba
|
51.34 | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
France
|
51.17 | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Belgium
|
51.07 | 2025 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Papua New Guinea
|
50.73 | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Senegal
|
50.6 | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Cabo Verde
|
50.22 | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
New Caledonia
|
50.12 | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Montenegro
|
50.1 | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Guinea
|
49.89 | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Türkiye
|
49.75 | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Suriname
|
49.61 | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Croatia
|
49.54 | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Pakistan
|
49.5 | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Ukraine
|
49.27 | 2021 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Venezuela
|
49.17 | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Tonga
|
48.81 | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Guyana
|
48.41 | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Romania
|
48.26 | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
48.14 | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Lesotho
|
47.8 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Greece
|
47.52 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Namibia
|
47.49 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Sri Lanka
|
46.57 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
French Polynesia
|
46.26 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Italy
|
46.15 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
North Macedonia
|
45.57 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Gambia
|
44.36 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
43.58 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Egypt
|
41.55 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Gabon
|
40.77 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Samoa
|
40.41 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Turkmenistan
|
40.24 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Puerto Rico
|
40.22 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Morocco
|
39.99 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Libya
|
38.97 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Lebanon
|
38.65 | 2023 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Tunisia
|
38.39 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
South Africa
|
37.58 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Iran
|
37.57 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Mauritania
|
36.56 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Algeria
|
36.04 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Tajikistan
|
35.62 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Nepal
|
35.14 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Iraq
|
35.1 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Sudan
|
34.7 | 2022 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Palestine
|
34 | 2022 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Eswatini
|
33.68 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Jordan
|
33.43 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Afghanistan
|
32.46 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Syria
|
31.89 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Somalia
|
27.43 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Yemen
|
27.37 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Djibouti
|
23.49 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
21.21 | 2025 | 187 |
The ratio of the employed to the population aged 15 and over. Unlike the unemployment rate it does not depend on whether a person is looking for work, so it captures the actual involvement of the population in the economy better. Employment and unemployment together give the full picture: low unemployment alongside low employment means mass withdrawal from the labor force.
How much output one employed person creates in a year — in constant PPP dollars.
Labor 1991–2025 Unemployment rateThe share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.
Labor 1990–2025 Labor force participation rateWhat share of the population aged 15 and over works or looks for work.
Labor 1991–2025 Self-employedThe share of workers who work for themselves — from entrepreneurs to the informally employed.