France vs Japan: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , France's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 59.55, compared to Japan's 71.48. That makes France's value 16.7% lower than Japan's.
France
Rank #162 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 59.55
- Year-over-year
- -0.6%
- 10-year change
- -1.9%
- Peak
- 62.14 (2006)
- Trough
- 58.88 (2020)
Japan
Rank #79 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 71.48
- Year-over-year
- 0.0%
- 10-year change
- +1.8%
- Peak
- 73.11 (2006)
- Trough
- 70.21 (2015)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.