China vs India: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , China's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 69.85, compared to India's 77.62. That makes China's value 10.0% lower than India's.
China
Rank #90 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 69.85
- Year-over-year
- -0.6%
- 10-year change
- -7.9%
- Peak
- 79.02 (2006)
- Trough
- 69.85 (2025)
India
Rank #32 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 77.62
- Year-over-year
- +0.0%
- 10-year change
- -0.5%
- Peak
- 81.81 (2006)
- Trough
- 75.69 (2020)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.