Labour-force participation
Share of working-age people in the labour force. It is the number that makes the unemployment rate readable: people who have stopped looking for work are not counted as unemployed, so a low participation rate hides joblessness the headline figure misses.
Latest
55.66
Published by
World Bank / ILO
Labour-force participation over time
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| Period | Labour-force participation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.7% |
| 2024 | 55.6% |
| 2023 | 54.7% |
| 2022 | 53.6% |
| 2021 | 52.5% |
| 2020 | 51.5% |
| 2019 | 52.3% |
| 2018 | 52.5% |
| 2017 | 52.7% |
| 2016 | 52.9% |
| 2015 | 53.0% |
| 2014 | 53.2% |
| 2013 | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 53.5% |
| 2011 | 54.1% |
| 2010 | 54.8% |
| 2009 | 55.6% |
| 2008 | 56.5% |
| 2007 | 57.4% |
| 2006 | 58.3% |
| 2005 | 59.3% |
| 2004 | 59.4% |
| 2003 | 59.6% |
| 2002 | 59.8% |
| 2001 | 59.9% |
| 2000 | 60.1% |
| 1999 | 59.7% |
| 1998 | 59.4% |
| 1997 | 59.1% |
| 1996 | 58.7% |
| 1995 | 58.4% |
| 1994 | 58.1% |
| 1993 | 58.0% |
| 1992 | 58.0% |
| 1991 | 58.0% |
| 1990 | 57.9% |
Compared with
Source
World Bank / ILO — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS