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Labor force participation

Share of the adult population working or looking for work. Countries count ages 15+, US states the 16+ civilian noninstitutional population — a negligible difference.

Darker = better (higher), by rank · 178 countries · World Bank / ILO · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

178 · World Bank / ILO
  1. 1stQatar872025
  2. 2ndMadagascar85.52025
  3. 3rdSolomon Islands84.32025
  4. 4thTanzania83.72025
  5. 5thNigeria82.52025
  6. 6thCambodia82.42025
  7. 7thNorth Korea82.22025
  8. 8thUganda802025
  9. 9thNiger79.72025
  10. 10thMozambique78.72025
  11. 11thBolivia78.62025
  12. 12thUnited Arab Emirates78.62025
  13. 13thEritrea78.32025
  14. 14thBurundi78.32025
  15. 15thLiberia76.62025
  16. 16thBenin76.42025
  17. 17thIceland74.92025
  18. 18thAngola74.82025
  19. 19thBahamas73.82025
  20. 20thSouth Sudan73.42023
  21. 21stCentral African Republic73.42025
  22. 22ndKuwait73.42025
  23. 23rdPeru72.92025
  24. 24thVietnam72.82025
  25. 25thMoldova72.32025
  26. 26thBahrain70.42025
  27. 27thNew Zealand70.42025
  28. 28thParaguay70.22025
  29. 29thBurkina Faso702025
  30. 30thSingapore69.72025
  31. 31stJamaica69.62025
  32. 32ndBotswana68.82025
  33. 33rdEthiopia68.52025
  34. 34thOman68.42025
  35. 35thSaint Lucia68.32025
  36. 36thIndonesia682025
  37. 37thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines67.92025
  38. 38thRepublic of the Congo67.82025
  39. 39thKazakhstan67.82025
  40. 40thZimbabwe67.72025
  41. 41stKenya67.42025
  42. 42ndNetherlands67.22025
  43. 43rdIvory Coast67.12025
  44. 44thMali672025
  45. 45thTimor-Leste672025
  46. 46thCyprus672025
  47. 47thSwitzerland66.72025
  48. 48thThailand66.72025
  49. 49thAustralia66.52025
  50. 50thPanama66.32025
  51. 51stMalaysia66.12025
  52. 52ndLaos66.12025
  53. 53rdNicaragua66.12025
  54. 54thNorway65.62025
  55. 55thIsrael65.52025
  56. 56thCameroon65.22025
  57. 57thEstonia65.12025
  58. 58thSaudi Arabia65.12025
  59. 59thUruguay652025
  60. 60thDenmark64.92025
  61. 61stIreland64.82025
  62. 62ndDominican Republic64.82025
  63. 63rdBhutan64.82025
  64. 64thGuinea-Bissau64.82025
  65. 65thBarbados64.72025
  66. 66thSweden64.62025
  67. 67thChina64.62025
  68. 68thCanada64.52025
  69. 69thEcuador64.52025
  70. 70thSouth Korea64.42025
  71. 71stGeorgia64.32025
  72. 72ndDR Congo64.32025
  73. 73rdAlbania64.32025
  74. 74thBrunei64.22025
  75. 75thMalta642025
  76. 76thHaiti63.92025
  77. 77thRwanda63.72025
  78. 78thMaldives63.52025
  79. 79thJapan63.42025
  80. 80thColombia63.42025
  81. 81stAzerbaijan63.32025
  82. 82ndBrazil63.12025
  83. 83rdLithuania62.92025
  84. 84thBelarus62.72025
  85. 85thMalawi62.62025
  86. 86thChile62.32025
  87. 87thEl Salvador62.12025
  88. 88thZambia61.92025
  89. 89thArgentina61.92025
  90. 90thUnited States61.72025
  91. 91stMexico61.62025
  92. 92ndLuxembourg61.52025
  93. 93rdUnited Kingdom61.42025
  94. 94thPhilippines61.42025
  95. 95thRussia61.12025
  96. 96thHungary60.62025
  97. 97thGermany60.62025
  98. 98thLatvia60.52025
  99. 99thEquatorial Guinea60.52025
  100. 100thSlovakia60.42025
  101. 101stCzechia60.32025
  102. 102ndAustria60.12025
  103. 103rdMongolia59.72025
  104. 104thFinland59.72025
  105. 105thGuatemala59.62025
  106. 106thChad59.42025
  107. 107thArmenia59.42025
  108. 108thSerbia59.12025
  109. 109thBelize59.12025
  110. 110thNamibia58.82025
  111. 111thBangladesh58.82025
  112. 112thMauritius58.52025
  113. 113thGhana58.52025
  114. 114thPoland58.32025
  115. 115thPortugal58.22025
  116. 116thVanuatu58.12025
  117. 117thMontenegro582025
  118. 118thTogo57.82025
  119. 119thTrinidad and Tobago57.82025
  120. 120thCosta Rica57.72025
  121. 121stSlovenia57.62025
  122. 122ndUzbekistan57.52025
  123. 123rdSpain57.42025
  124. 124thKyrgyzstan57.42025
  125. 125thFiji57.22025
  126. 126thLesotho57.12025
  127. 127thCape Verde572025
  128. 128thHonduras56.62025
  129. 129thBulgaria56.12025
  130. 130thComoros55.82025
  131. 131stIndia55.72025
  132. 132ndSouth Africa55.62025
  133. 133rdFrance55.32025
  134. 134thMyanmar55.12025
  135. 135thGuyana552025
  136. 136thUkraine54.62021
  137. 137thTürkiye54.42025
  138. 138thBelgium54.32025
  139. 139thSuriname53.82025
  140. 140thSierra Leone53.42025
  141. 141stGuinea52.62025
  142. 142ndPakistan52.32025
  143. 143rdCuba52.22025
  144. 144thCroatia52.12025
  145. 145thPapua New Guinea52.12025
  146. 146thSenegal522025
  147. 147thGreece522025
  148. 148thNorth Macedonia51.92025
  149. 149thVenezuela51.92025
  150. 150thRomania51.32025
  151. 151stEswatini51.22025
  152. 152ndGabon51.12025
  153. 153rdTonga49.82025
  154. 154thItaly49.32025
  155. 155thBosnia and Herzegovina492025
  156. 156thSri Lanka48.52025
  157. 157thLibya482025
  158. 158thGambia47.52025
  159. 159thTunisia45.22025
  160. 160thEgypt44.62025
  161. 161stMorocco43.92025
  162. 162ndLebanon43.42023
  163. 163rdSamoa42.52025
  164. 164thTurkmenistan422025
  165. 165thIraq41.52025
  166. 166thIran412025
  167. 167thAlgeria40.82025
  168. 168thMauritania40.82025
  169. 169thJordan40.12025
  170. 170thNepal39.22025
  171. 171stTajikistan38.32025
  172. 172ndSudan37.52022
  173. 173rdAfghanistan37.52025
  174. 174thSyria36.92025
  175. 175thSomalia33.82025
  176. 176thYemen33.12025
  177. 177thDjibouti31.72025
  178. 178thSão Tomé and Príncipe23.32025

US states

51 · BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
  1. 1stDistrict of Columbia72.7
  2. 2ndNebraska69.4
  3. 3rdNorth Dakota69.3
  4. 4thUtah68.6
  5. 5thMinnesota68.1
  6. 6thSouth Dakota68
  7. 7thColorado67.8
  8. 8thKansas67.3
  9. 9thIowa67.1
  10. 10thMassachusetts66.4
  11. 11thNew Hampshire65.5
  12. 12thWisconsin65.3
  13. 13thVirginia65.3
  14. 14thMaryland65.1
  15. 15thAlaska65.1
  16. 16thIllinois65
  17. 17thVermont65
  18. 18thTexas64.8
  19. 19thRhode Island64.6
  20. 20thConnecticut64.4
  21. 21stNew Jersey64
  22. 22ndIdaho63.8
  23. 23rdIndiana63.7
  24. 24thMissouri63.6
  25. 25thWashington63.3
  26. 26thOklahoma63.1
  27. 27thMontana63
  28. 28thWyoming62.8
  29. 29thNevada62.8
  30. 30thOhio62.7
  31. 31stOregon62.6
  32. 32ndCalifornia62.2
  33. 33rdPennsylvania62.1
  34. 34thArizona61.9
  35. 35thMichigan61.9
  36. 36thGeorgia61.6
  37. 37thNew York60.8
  38. 38thNorth Carolina60.3
  39. 39thHawaii60.3
  40. 40thMaine60.1
  41. 41stDelaware60.1
  42. 42ndTennessee60
  43. 43rdFlorida58.5
  44. 44thSouth Carolina58.4
  45. 45thArkansas58.2
  46. 46thKentucky58.2
  47. 46thLouisiana58.2
  48. 48thNew Mexico57.7
  49. 49thAlabama57.6
  50. 50thMississippi55.1
  51. 51stWest Virginia55.1

178 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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