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DEFINITION
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
Labor Statistics > force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Burundi :
93.02 %
2005 ...
#2
Tanzania :
89.45 %
2005 ...
#3
Malawi :
88.02 %
2005 ...
#4
Iceland :
86.73 %
2005 ...
#5
Guinea :
85.71 %
2005 ...
#6
Burkina Faso :
84.85 %
2005 ...
#7
Vanuatu :
84.77 %
2005 ...
#8
Niger :
84.51 %
2005 ...
#9
Uganda :
84.27 %
2005 ...
#10
Mozambique :
83.83 %
2005 ...
#11
Angola :
83.76 %
2005 ...
#12
Rwanda :
83.39 %
2005 ...
#13
Madagascar :
83.07 %
2005 ...
#14
Ethiopia :
81.99 %
2005 ...
#15
China :
81.97 %
2005 ...
#16
Switzerland :
81.38 %
2005 ...
#17
Barbados :
80.7 %
2005 ...
#18
Norway :
80.52 %
2005 ...
#19
Kenya :
80.49 %
2005 ...
#20
Zambia :
79.94 %
2005 ...
#21
Vietnam :
79.88 %
2005 ...
#22
Mali :
79.83 %
2005 ...
#23
Central African Republic :
79.8 %
2005 ...
#24
Cambodia :
79.65 %
2005 ...
#25
Burma :
78.76 %
2005 ...
#26
Denmark :
78.48 %
2005 ...
#27
Paraguay :
77.84 %
2005 ...
#28
United Arab Emirates :
77.8 %
2005 ...
#29
Somalia :
77.8 %
2005 ...
#30
Guinea-Bissau :
77.77 %
2005 ...
#31
Canada :
77.7 %
2005 ...
#32
Thailand :
77.65 %
2005 ...
#33
Netherlands :
77.16 %
2005 ...
#34
New Zealand :
77.14 %
2005 ...
#35
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
76.97 %
2005 ...
#36
Sweden :
76.95 %
2005 ...
#37
Kazakhstan :
76.72 %
2005 ...
#38
Sierra Leone :
76.13 %
2005 ...
#39
Uruguay :
76.1 %
2005 ...
#40
United States :
75.75 %
2005 ...
#41
United Kingdom :
75.56 %
2005 ...
#42
Colombia :
75.38 %
2005 ...
#43
Qatar :
74.84 %
2005 ...
#44
Finland :
74.83 %
2005 ...
#45
Eritrea :
74.77 %
2005 ...
#46
Zimbabwe :
74.75 %
2005 ...
#47
Ecuador :
74.74 %
2005 ...
#48
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
74.36 %
2005 ...
#49
Bolivia :
74.27 %
2005 ...
#50
Australia :
74.06 %
2005 ...
#51
Papua New Guinea :
74.03 %
2005 ...
#52
Gabon :
73.99 %
2005 ...
#53
Venezuela :
73.82 %
2005 ...
#54
Ghana :
73.75 %
2005 ...
#55
Portugal :
73.66 %
2005 ...
#56
Honduras :
73.58 %
2005 ...
#57
Germany :
73.41 %
2005 ...
#58
Comoros :
73.4 %
2005 ...
#59
Gambia, The :
73.27 %
2005 ...
#60
Kuwait :
73.1 %
2005 ...
#61
Macau :
73.09 %
2005 ...
#62
Japan :
72.72 %
2005 ...
#63
Equatorial Guinea :
72.59 %
2005 ...
#64
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
72.55 %
2005 ...
#65
Peru :
72.44 %
2005 ...
#66
Brazil :
72.12 %
2005 ...
#67
Bangladesh :
72.04 %
2005 ...
#68
Azerbaijan :
71.94 %
2005 ...
#69
Bahamas, The :
71.8 %
2005 ...
#70
Saint Lucia :
71.73 %
2005 ...
#71
Argentina :
71.65 %
2005 ...
#72
Chad :
71.44 %
2005 ...
#73
Ireland :
71.34 %
2005 ...
#74
Congo, Republic of the :
71.19 %
2005 ...
#75
Cyprus :
71.13 %
2005 ...
#76
Slovenia :
71.12 %
2005 ...
#77
Russia :
71.03 %
2005 ...
#78
Hong Kong :
70.94 %
2005 ...
#79
Benin :
70.8 %
2005 ...
#80
Turkmenistan :
70.75 %
2005 ...
#81
Togo :
70.75 %
2005 ...
#82
Czech Republic :
70.71 %
2005 ...
#83
Philippines :
70.69 %
2005 ...
#84
Austria :
70.64 %
2005 ...
#85
Moldova :
70.54 %
2005 ...
#86
Senegal :
70.54 %
2005 ...
#87
Mauritania :
70.5 %
2005 ...
#88
East Timor :
70.48 %
2005 ...
#89
Haiti :
70.22 %
2005 ...
#90
Indonesia :
70.07 %
2005 ...
#91
Singapore :
69.88 %
2005 ...
#92
Solomon Islands :
69.78 %
2005 ...
#93
Mongolia :
69.73 %
2005 ...
#94
Liberia :
69.7 %
2005 ...
#95
Fiji :
69.49 %
2005 ...
#96
Slovakia :
69.36 %
2005 ...
#97
Laos :
69.3 %
2005 ...
#98
Djibouti :
69.29 %
2005 ...
#99
Belarus :
69.28 %
2005 ...
#100
Panama :
69.05 %
2005 ...
#101
Spain :
69.04 %
2005 ...
#102
Lithuania :
69 %
2005 ...
#103
Estonia :
68.82 %
2005 ...
#104
Virgin Islands :
68.65 %
2005 ...
#105
Kyrgyzstan :
68.6 %
2005 ...
#106
Jamaica :
68.47 %
2005 ...
#107
Guam :
68.11 %
2005 ...
#108
Uzbekistan :
68.11 %
2005 ...
#109
France :
67.96 %
2005 ...
#110
Greece :
67.5 %
2005 ...
#111
Ukraine :
67.43 %
2005 ...
#112
Cameroon :
67.42 %
2005 ...
#113
Latvia :
67.26 %
2005 ...
#114
Costa Rica :
67.04 %
2005 ...
#115
Trinidad and Tobago :
66.76 %
2005 ...
#116
Cuba :
66.61 %
2005 ...
#117
Dominican Republic :
66.36 %
2005 ...
#118
Nigeria :
66.33 %
2005 ...
#119
Malaysia :
66.2 %
2005 ...
#120
Nepal :
66.19 %
2005 ...
#121
Korea, South :
65.92 %
2005 ...
#122
Netherlands Antilles :
65.72 %
2005 ...
#123
Bahrain :
65.59 %
2005 ...
#124
Luxembourg :
65.52 %
2005 ...
#125
Mauritius :
65.51 %
2005 ...
#126
Serbia and Montenegro :
65.49 %
2005 ...
#127
Guyana :
65.38 %
2005 ...
#128
Belize :
65.33 %
2005 ...
#129
Côte d'Ivoire :
65.3 %
2005 ...