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Canada vs South Africa: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Canada's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 68.94, compared to South Africa's 61.74. That makes Canada's value 11.7% higher than South Africa's.

Canada

Rank #103 of 182 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2025)
68.94
Year-over-year
-0.3%
10-year change
-2.8%
Peak
72.81 (2008)
Trough
68.93 (2020)

South Africa

Rank #155 of 182 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2025)
61.74
Year-over-year
-0.1%
10-year change
-0.7%
Peak
65.34 (2006)
Trough
57.53 (2020)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.