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Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

World Bank code: SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS • Data available for 187 countries • Latest year: 2025

In , Qatar led Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) at 95.56.

The world median across 182 reporting countries was 69.79.

What this measures: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

How "Labor & Business" indicators are measured

Labor market indicators rely on household labor force surveys, which are conducted infrequently in many countries — annual data for some economies is partly modeled. Unemployment rates are particularly sensitive to definitions (ILO-standard versus national-standard, including or excluding discouraged workers). Informal-sector employment is undercounted in many low-income economies.

Distribution — 2025

Reporting
182 countries
Median
69.79
Mean
69.85
25th percentile
63.65
75th percentile
75.69
Range
23.95 – 95.56

World at a Glance — 2025

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 70.69AUBrunei Darussalam: 72.80BNCambodia: 87.82KHChina: 69.85CNFiji: 76.54FJFrench Polynesia: 58.04PFGuam: 67.95GUHong Kong SAR, China: 62.07HKIndonesia: 82.28IDJapan: 71.48JPKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 86.76KPKorea, Rep.: 72.00KRLao PDR: 70.63LAMacao SAR, China: 73.61MOMalaysia: 79.21MYMongolia: 68.22MNMyanmar: 69.66MMNew Caledonia: 62.01NCNew Zealand: 74.74NZPapua New Guinea: 53.26PGPhilippines: 72.46PHSamoa: 54.50WSSingapore: 75.37SGSolomon Islands: 86.19SBThailand: 74.98THTimor-Leste: 72.25TLTonga: 58.98TOVanuatu: 62.95VUViet Nam: 77.33VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 70.22ALArmenia: 69.52AMAustria: 65.42ATAzerbaijan: 66.02AZBelarus: 69.86BYBelgium: 58.95BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 59.98BABulgaria: 62.36BGChannel Islands: 63.65JGCroatia: 57.36HRCyprus: 72.67CYCzechia: 67.52CZDenmark: 69.18DKEstonia: 69.82EEFinland: 62.98FIFrance: 59.55FRGeorgia: 73.49GEGermany: 66.05DEGreece: 59.86GRHungary: 67.51HUIceland: 79.61ISIreland: 70.11IEItaly: 58.30ITKazakhstan: 73.37KZKyrgyz Republic: 71.40KGLatvia: 66.85LVLithuania: 68.95LTLuxembourg: 65.50LUMoldova: 72.24MDMontenegro: 65.45MENetherlands: 71.89NLNorth Macedonia: 61.84MKNorway: 69.09NOPoland: 65.59PLPortugal: 62.13PTRomania: 61.68RORussian Federation: 69.03RUSerbia: 66.53RSSlovak Republic: 66.08SKSlovenia: 62.81SISpain: 62.23ESSweden: 67.63SESwitzerland: 71.38CHTajikistan: 55.78TJTurkiye: 71.89TRTurkmenistan: 46.10TMUnited Kingdom: 65.60GBUzbekistan: 73.93UZLatin America & CaribbeanArgentina: 71.66ARBahamas, The: 77.20BSBarbados: 68.75BBBelize: 71.64BZBolivia: 84.44BOBrazil: 73.37BRChile: 71.93CLColombia: 75.69COCosta Rica: 69.76CRCuba: 65.07CUDominican Republic: 76.36DOEcuador: 76.87ECEl Salvador: 77.27SVGuatemala: 81.71GTGuyana: 63.32GYHaiti: 69.74HTHonduras: 73.54HNJamaica: 76.34JMMexico: 77.11MXNicaragua: 81.76NIPanama: 77.86PAParaguay: 81.61PYPeru: 80.87PEPuerto Rico (US): 49.60PRSt. Lucia: 74.78LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 76.28VCSuriname: 62.87SRTrinidad and Tobago: 68.10TTUruguay: 73.40UYVenezuela, RB: 67.52VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 56.18VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 69.76AFAlgeria: 66.41DZBahrain: 85.87BHDjibouti: 44.56DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 70.51EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 67.24IRIraq: 72.58IQIsrael: 68.80ILJordan: 62.47JOKuwait: 88.56KWLibya: 62.55LYMalta: 71.55MTMorocco: 68.06MAOman: 88.10OMPakistan: 80.14PKQatar: 95.56QASaudi Arabia: 83.33SASyrian Arab Republic: 61.45SYTunisia: 64.86TNUnited Arab Emirates: 91.55AEYemen, Rep.: 61.23YENorth AmericaCanada: 68.94CAUnited States: 67.06USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 80.40BDBhutan: 71.78BTIndia: 77.62INMaldives: 76.43MVNepal: 52.90NPSri Lanka: 67.77LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 77.47AOBenin: 77.56BJBotswana: 73.98BWBurkina Faso: 76.14BFBurundi: 76.97BICabo Verde: 63.40CVCameroon: 73.94CMCentral African Republic: 82.76CFChad: 71.72TDComoros: 63.88KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 66.85CDCongo, Rep.: 70.10CGCote d'Ivoire: 74.41CIEquatorial Guinea: 67.24GQEritrea: 84.15EREswatini: 54.03SZEthiopia: 78.64ETGabon: 60.13GAGambia, The: 49.51GMGhana: 61.84GHGuinea: 63.11GNGuinea-Bissau: 69.58GWKenya: 71.85KELesotho: 66.92LSLiberia: 81.23LRMadagascar: 88.09MGMalawi: 67.34MWMali: 81.02MLMauritania: 56.61MRMauritius: 69.67MUMozambique: 80.52MZNamibia: 63.04NANiger: 86.50NENigeria: 84.30NGRwanda: 70.61RWSao Tome and Principe: 23.95STSenegal: 65.71SNSierra Leone: 55.17SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 47.24SOSouth Africa: 61.74ZATanzania: 87.31TZTogo: 59.04TGUganda: 84.64UGZambia: 67.63ZMZimbabwe: 74.26ZW

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Highest Values — 2025

# Country Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 95.56
2 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 91.55
3 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 88.56
4 Oman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 88.10
5 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 88.09
6 Cambodia East Asia & Pacific 87.82
7 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 87.31
8 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. East Asia & Pacific 86.76
9 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 86.50
10 Solomon Islands East Asia & Pacific 86.19

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 69.10
Upper middle income 48 70.25
Lower middle income 46 69.18
Low income 23 72.10
Not classified 2 73.08

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 29 71.19
Europe & Central Asia 48 66.14
Latin America & Caribbean 31 72.66
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 21 72.62
North America 2 68.00
South Asia 6 71.15
Sub-Saharan Africa 45 69.60

Lowest Values — 2025

# Country Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Sao Tome and Principe 23.95
2 Djibouti 44.56
3 Turkmenistan 46.10
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 47.24
5 Gambia, The 49.51
6 Puerto Rico (US) 49.60
7 Nepal 52.90
8 Papua New Guinea 53.26
9 Eswatini 54.03
10 Samoa 54.50
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2025.