Which country has the highest Workforce Participation Rate?

Qatar has the highest Workforce Participation Rate in 2025, at 87.26, followed by Madagascar (85.089) and Solomon Islands (84.376).

Which country has the lowest Workforce Participation Rate?

Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest Workforce Participation Rate in 2025, at 23.507.

What is the median Workforce Participation Rate across countries?

The median is 61.654 across the 181 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this workforce participation by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Labor force participation rate - The World Bank; United States Labour Force Participation Rate - CEIC.

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Workforce Participation by Country

Name: Workforce Participation by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Qatar has the highest Workforce Participation Rate in 2025 (87.26), followed by Madagascar (85.089) and Solomon Islands (84.376). Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest (23.507).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

61.654

Middle half 54.104 – 66.194

Average

60.399

181 countries

Highest

87.26

Qatar

Lowest

23.507

Sao Tome and Principe

Over time · 2019–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

Median of all countries
Qatar
Madagascar
Solomon Islands
Tanzania
Nigeria

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181 countries · # = rank by Workforce Participation Rate

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1	Qatar	87.26	95.363	63.39
2	Madagascar	85.089	87.634	82.561
3	Solomon Islands	84.376	86.241	82.446
4	Tanzania	83.7	87.433	80.129
5	Nigeria	82.533	84.375	80.654
6	North Korea	82.129	86.725	77.7
7	Uganda	80.903	85.417	76.566
8	Cambodia	79.968	86.454	73.939
9	Bolivia	78.976	85.106	72.902
10	Mozambique	78.848	79.751	78.04
11	Burundi	78.32	76.993	79.606
12	Eritrea	78.148	84.309	72.297
13	United Arab Emirates	77.827	89.546	54.701
14	Liberia	76.79	81.632	72.046
15	Benin	75.747	77.072	74.433
16	Angola	75.659	78.374	73.065
17	Iceland	74.537	78.725	70.145
18	Kuwait	73.634	88.229	48.5
19	Central African Republic	73.543	82.829	65.686
20	Vietnam	73.329	78.247	68.759
21	Peru	72.74	80.459	65.215
22	Niger	72.514	84.64	60.026
23	Bahamas	71.724	77.94	66.189
24	New Zealand	71.389	76.004	66.892
25	Moldova	71.021	71.905	70.307
26	Paraguay	70.797	82.618	59.103
27	Bahrain	70.581	85.798	42.855
28	Singapore	70.203	77.266	62.637
29	Kazakhstan	70.071	75.221	65.363
30	Mali	69.196	80.268	57.96
31	Saint Lucia	68.98	75.473	62.731
32	Botswana	68.839	73.637	64.124
33	Jamaica	68.11	75.103	61.361
34	Republic of the Congo	67.912	69.633	66.214
35	Oman	67.879	86.988	30.648
36	Ethiopia	67.606	78.22	57.178
37	Cyprus	67.522	72.764	62.247
38	Netherlands	67.272	71.92	62.73
39	Indonesia	66.963	81.384	52.61
40	Switzerland	66.734	71.836	61.751
41	Malawi	66.731	70.86	62.92
42	Ivory Coast	66.656	74.166	58.817
43	Australia	66.588	71.039	62.268
44	Kenya	66.474	71.167	61.903
45	Timor-Leste	66.434	71.697	61.135
46	Laos	66.194	70.852	61.553
47	Thailand	66.042	74.298	58.373
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.863	75.486	55.893
49	Malaysia	65.64	78.349	51.587
50	Nicaragua	65.444	81.591	50.186
51	Kyrgyzstan	65.359	78.646	52.83
52	DR Congo	65.338	68.476	62.302
53	Ireland	65.223	70.388	60.235
54	Israel	65.203	68.204	62.291
55	Haiti	65.122	70.573	59.877
56	Canada	65.069	69.379	60.864
57	China	65.015	70.697	59.223
58	Norway	65.012	68.37	61.622
59	Estonia	64.978	70.043	60.503
60	Panama	64.926	77.448	52.611
61	Sweden	64.894	68.152	61.614
62	Bhutan	64.869	72.19	56.333
63	Zimbabwe	64.851	71.105	59.537
64	Cameroon	64.835	73.883	55.988
65	Dominican Republic	64.705	76.527	53.23
66	Ecuador	64.285	76.458	52.368
67	Macau	64.24	72.326	57.577
68	South Korea	64.046	72.278	55.902
69	Maldives	63.934	76.875	41.141
70	Uruguay	63.834	70.875	57.359
71	Malta	63.728	71.326	55.517
72	Saudi Arabia	63.715	80.518	34.663
73	Denmark	63.639	67.674	59.698
74	Colombia	63.495	75.888	51.628
75	Japan	63.447	71.707	55.688
76	Brunei	63.433	72.721	52.809
77	Rwanda	63.364	69.498	57.714
78	Georgia	62.909	72.506	54.948
79	Ghana	62.717	64.179	61.28
80	Guinea-Bissau	62.675	69.253	56.43
81	Lithuania	62.634	68.351	57.659
82	Barbados	62.604	66.265	59.31
83	Guam	62.557	68.618	56.432
84	Belarus	62.49	69.667	56.458
85	Brazil	62.473	72.618	52.828
86	Azerbaijan	62.22	64.985	59.66
87	Argentina	62.193	71.717	52.968
88	Bangladesh	62.034	80.813	44.526
89	Belize	61.976	74.628	49.236
90	United States	61.782	67.168	56.39
91	Mexico	61.654	77.298	47.367
92	United Kingdom	61.585	66.17	57.209
93	Chile	61.428	71.032	52.03
94	Armenia	61.117	67.453	55.908
95	Luxembourg	61.047	65.146	56.914
96	Albania	60.874	68.307	53.763
97	El Salvador	60.782	77.071	46.755
98	Philippines	60.635	72.001	49.529
99	Germany	60.548	65.972	55.323
100	Slovakia	60.477	66.229	55.09
101	Hungary	60.453	67.815	53.795
102	Russia	60.361	68.091	53.946
103	Latvia	60.269	66.912	54.734
104	Austria	60.226	65.436	55.242
105	Chad	60.205	72.228	48.317
106	Finland	60.162	63.052	57.368
107	Guatemala	60.088	80.57	40.349
108	Mongolia	59.944	67.767	52.393
109	Czechia	59.873	67.228	52.814
110	Equatorial Guinea	59.862	66.205	52.419
111	Zambia	59.303	65.014	53.779
112	Namibia	59.215	63.259	55.442
113	South Africa	58.533	64.447	53.051
114	Portugal	58.312	62.635	54.462
115	Poland	58.213	65.785	51.244
116	Vanuatu	58.156	62.825	53.522
117	Togo	58.099	60.098	56.079
118	Slovenia	57.985	63.027	52.922
119	Lesotho	57.484	67.442	48.312
120	Cape Verde	57.375	64.293	50.257
121	Trinidad and Tobago	57.347	65.635	49.358
122	Fiji	57.195	76.656	38.406
123	Serbia	57.159	65.407	49.883
124	Honduras	57.034	74.782	39.307
125	Spain	57.012	61.97	52.296
126	Bulgaria	56.535	62.797	50.784
127	Hong Kong	56.534	62.741	51.593
128	New Caledonia	56.365	61.594	51.36
129	Costa Rica	56.361	69.65	43.579
130	India	55.532	77.061	32.761
131	Uzbekistan	55.495	71.932	39.171
132	Mauritius	55.255	68.054	42.497
133	France	55.228	59.296	51.488
134	Myanmar	55.025	69.624	40.85
135	Suriname	54.115	63.726	44.651
136	Turkey	54.104	71.652	36.832
136	Belgium	54.104	58.688	49.699
138	United States Virgin Islands	54.072	58.601	50.131
139	Sierra Leone	53.288	55.684	50.932
140	Pakistan	52.57	80.363	24.294
141	Venezuela	52.319	68.046	37.366
142	Papua New Guinea	52.055	53.374	50.674
143	North Macedonia	51.974	63.273	41.484
144	Croatia	51.872	57.371	46.848
145	Cuba	51.838	65.158	39.092
146	Guinea	51.756	62.83	41.243
147	French Polynesia	51.7	58.047	45.277
148	Greece	51.378	59.099	44.248
149	Romania	51.268	61.707	41.66
150	Tonga	51.258	63.261	41.491
151	Comoros	50.96	60.092	41.813
152	Gabon	50.862	59.811	41.564
153	Senegal	50.487	63.555	37.312
154	Sri Lanka	49.641	69.565	31.507
155	Italy	49.502	58.342	41.15
156	Guyana	49.436	59.51	40.205
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.041	60.03	39.288
158	Libya	47.906	62.913	32.503
159	Montenegro	47.717	55.143	41.044
160	Turkmenistan	47.555	46.414	48.617
161	Gambia	47.421	49.719	45.185
162	Eswatini	46.934	49.239	44.76
163	Burkina Faso	46.874	53.222	40.732
164	Tunisia	45.242	64.929	26.478
165	Morocco	43.855	68.211	19.369
166	Egypt	42.39	69.724	14.88
167	Samoa	42.067	54.233	30.076
168	Tajikistan	41.112	51.109	31.759
169	Iraq	41.067	71.839	10.74
170	Mauritania	40.759	56.722	26.054
171	Puerto Rico	40.602	50.133	32.316
172	Algeria	40.36	65.879	13.829
173	Iran	39.918	65.861	13.307
174	Nepal	39.707	53.619	27.718
175	Jordan	38.381	61.199	13.933
176	Syria	37.769	62.648	13.273
177	Afghanistan	37.318	69.515	5.054
178	Somalia	33.867	47.029	20.946
179	Yemen	32.76	60.332	4.88
180	Djibouti	32.005	45.72	18.754
181	Sao Tome and Principe	23.507	23.957	23.07

What correlates with Workforce Participation Rate (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,428 other country metrics sharing at least 109 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Workforce Participation Rate tend to score higher on these

Labor Force ParticipationLabor Force Participation Rate by Country
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 180
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Female ParticipationLabor Force Participation Rate by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 180
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Women’s Employment 2020 to 2024Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.70 · very strong · n = 177
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Women’s Employment 2018 to 2022Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 172
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Male ParticipationLabor Force Participation Rate by Country
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 180
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Women’s Employment 2011 to 2016Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.59 · strong · n = 164
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Workforce Participation Rate tend to score lower on these

Unemployment Rate - CIAUnemployment by Country
r = −0.45 · moderate · n = 181
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Unemployment Rate - ILOUnemployment by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 139
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Unemployment Rate (%)Economic Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 181
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Wheat Consumption per CapitaWheat Consumption by Country
r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 172
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% Muslim via PewMuslim Population by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 178
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% of PopulationMuslim Population by Country
r = −0.34 · moderate · n = 179
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Workforce Participation Rate?: Qatar has the highest Workforce Participation Rate in 2025, at 87.26, followed by Madagascar (85.089) and Solomon Islands (84.376).
Which country has the lowest Workforce Participation Rate?: Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest Workforce Participation Rate in 2025, at 23.507.
What is the median Workforce Participation Rate across countries?: The median is 61.654 across the 181 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this workforce participation by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Labor force participation rate - The World Bank; United States Labour Force Participation Rate - CEIC.

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