Employment to population ratio (% of population ages 15+)

Name: Employment to population ratio (% of population ages 15+)
Creator: World Bank

Every published economy, ranked by the latest year. Click a country in the list or the chart legend to show or hide it. Country desks cover a smaller set.

Year	Value
2025	67.71%
2024	67.31%
2023	67.00%
2022	67.23%
2021	67.41%
2020	65.89%
2019	66.85%
2018	66.10%
2017	66.05%
2016	66.42%
2015	66.89%
2014	65.99%
2013	65.15%
2012	65.42%
2011	64.75%
2010	64.59%
2009	62.67%
2008	63.98%
2007	62.94%
2006	63.12%
2005	61.55%
2004	60.80%
2003	60.86%
2002	60.97%

#CountryEmploymentChangeYear

1Qatar86.90%−0.21 pp2025

2Solomon Islands83.09%+0.03 pp2025

3Madagascar82.89%+0.03 pp2025

4Tanzania82.40%−0.04 pp2025

5Cambodia82.17%+0.01 pp2025

6Nigeria79.99%−0.06 pp2025

7Niger79.43%+0.17 pp2025

8Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.24%−0.02 pp2025

9Uganda77.83%+0.05 pp2025

10Burundi77.53%−0.24 pp2025

11United Arab Emirates76.89%+0.10 pp2025

12Bolivia76.29%+0.53 pp2025

13Benin75.14%+0.12 pp2025

14Liberia74.37%−0.01 pp2025

15Eritrea73.66%−0.02 pp2025

16Mozambique73.49%−0.04 pp2025

17Iceland72.21%−0.24 pp2025

18Kuwait71.77%−0.21 pp2025

19Viet Nam71.67%−0.29 pp2025

20Moldova71.20%+0.07 pp2025

21Bahrain69.65%−0.15 pp2025

22Peru69.13%+0.10 pp2025

23Central African Republic68.80%−0.03 pp2025

24Singapore67.71%+0.40 pp2025

25Burkina Faso67.57%−0.08 pp2025

26Jamaica67.28%+0.03 pp2025

27Bahamas, The66.98%−0.32 pp2025

28Paraguay66.87%+0.60 pp2025

29New Zealand66.78%−0.44 pp2025

30Macao SAR, China66.25%−0.48 pp2025

31Ethiopia66.19%+0.02 pp2025

32Thailand66.16%−0.45 pp2025

33Oman66.15%+0.05 pp2025

34Timor-Leste65.91%+0.17 pp2025

35Indonesia65.77%+0.08 pp2025

36Cote d'Ivoire65.53%−0.05 pp2025

37Lao PDR65.30%+0.09 pp2025

38Mali65.14%−0.07 pp2025

39Netherlands64.64%−0.32 pp2025

40Kazakhstan64.54%−2.64 pp2025

41South Sudan64.33%−0.04 pp2023

42Angola64.24%−0.15 pp2025

43Australia63.82%−0.27 pp2025

44Kenya63.71%−0.01 pp2025

45Cyprus63.66%−0.23 pp2025

46Malaysia63.63%+0.07 pp2025

47Switzerland63.49%−0.69 pp2025

48Israel63.20%+0.06 pp2025

49Saudi Arabia63.12%+0.21 pp2025

50Guinea-Bissau63.08%+0.04 pp2025

51Cameroon62.82%−0.34 pp2025

52Nicaragua62.74%−0.00 pp2025

53Bhutan62.73%−0.04 pp2025

54Korea, Rep.62.62%−0.05 pp2025

55Norway62.56%−0.64 pp2025

56Ecuador62.36%+0.05 pp2025

57Malta62.13%−0.05 pp2025

58Japan61.89%+0.18 pp2025

59Ireland61.84%−0.38 pp2025

60St. Lucia61.81%+0.54 pp2025

61China61.57%−0.36 pp2025

62Dominican Republic61.54%+0.32 pp2025

63Congo, Dem. Rep.61.45%−0.11 pp2025

64Zimbabwe61.42%+0.09 pp2025

65Denmark61.34%−0.22 pp2025

66Brunei Darussalam60.85%−0.32 pp2025

67Panama60.76%+0.05 pp2025

68Maldives60.63%+0.13 pp2025

69Belarus60.63%−0.44 pp2025

70Barbados60.47%−0.32 pp2025

71Uruguay60.10%+0.42 pp2025

72Canada60.06%−0.57 pp2025

73El Salvador60.06%+0.16 pp2025

74Philippines59.98%−0.07 pp2025

75Mexico59.96%−0.02 pp2025

76Azerbaijan59.83%−0.46 pp2025

77Russian Federation59.81%−0.51 pp2025

78Estonia59.71%−0.76 pp2025

79Malawi59.40%−0.34 pp2025

80Brazil59.37%+0.34 pp2025

81United States59.11%−0.35 pp2025

82Sweden58.98%−0.32 pp2025

83Chad58.81%−0.16 pp2025

84Guam58.80%−0.20 pp2025

85Lithuania58.68%−0.10 pp2025

86Czechia58.64%−0.41 pp2025

87United Kingdom58.46%−0.41 pp2025 88Germany58.32%−0.53 pp2025

89Zambia58.27%+0.02 pp2025

90Colombia58.14%+0.72 pp2025

91Guatemala58.07%−0.08 pp2025

92Hungary57.84%−0.09 pp2025

93Luxembourg57.60%−0.21 pp2025

94Argentina57.49%+0.05 pp2025

95Albania57.24%+0.08 pp2025

96Slovak Republic57.18%−0.39 pp2025

97Ghana56.78%−0.61 pp2025

98Austria56.77%−0.59 pp2025

99Chile56.71%−0.15 pp2025

100Togo56.69%−0.07 pp2025

101Poland56.58%−0.43 pp2025

102Bangladesh56.57%−0.19 pp2025

103Mongolia56.56%−0.64 pp2025

104Latvia56.55%−0.09 pp2025

105Georgia56.53%−0.38 pp2025

106Rwanda56.45%+0.12 pp2025

107Trinidad and Tobago55.83%−0.39 pp2025

108Slovenia55.74%−0.07 pp2025

109St. Vincent and the Grenadines55.68%−0.05 pp2025

110Equatorial Guinea55.47%−0.39 pp2025

111Kyrgyz Republic55.34%−0.12 pp2025

112Mauritius55.25%−0.16 pp2025

113Vanuatu55.16%−0.27 pp2025

114Serbia54.93%+0.05 pp2025

115Uzbekistan54.84%−0.30 pp2025

116Hong Kong SAR, China54.78%−0.36 pp2025

117Portugal54.58%−0.07 pp2025

118Haiti54.38%−0.25 pp2025

119Congo, Rep.54.34%−0.00 pp2025

120Bulgaria54.13%+0.22 pp2025

121Fiji54.10%−0.05 pp2025

122Finland54.03%−0.79 pp2025

123Belize53.87%+1.96 pp2025

124Honduras53.77%−0.04 pp2025

125Costa Rica53.71%+0.03 pp2025

126Comoros53.64%+0.37 pp2025

127Myanmar53.41%−0.13 pp2025

128Euro area53.39%−0.26 pp2025

129India53.31%−0.01 pp2025

130Channel Islands52.88%−0.43 pp2025

131Botswana51.96%−0.29 pp2025

132Armenia51.74%−0.74 pp2025

133Sierra Leone51.69%−0.23 pp2025

134Spain51.45%+0.20 pp2025

135Cuba51.34%−0.38 pp2025

136France51.17%−0.37 pp2025

137Belgium51.07%−0.36 pp2025

138Papua New Guinea50.73%+0.14 pp2025

139Senegal50.60%+0.19 pp2025

140Cabo Verde50.22%−0.04 pp2025

141New Caledonia50.12%−0.52 pp2025

142Montenegro50.10%−0.45 pp2025

143Guinea49.89%−0.19 pp2025

144Turkiye49.75%+0.32 pp2025

145Suriname49.61%−0.13 pp2025

146Croatia49.53%−0.20 pp2025

147Pakistan49.50%+0.06 pp2025

148Ukraine49.27%−0.60 pp2021

149Venezuela, RB49.17%−0.11 pp2025

150Tonga48.81%−0.40 pp2025

151Guyana48.41%−0.18 pp2025

152Romania48.26%−0.43 pp2025

153Virgin Islands (U.S.)48.14%−0.11 pp2025

154Lesotho47.80%−0.24 pp2025

155Greece47.52%+0.43 pp2025

156Namibia47.49%−0.11 pp2025

157Sri Lanka46.57%+0.03 pp2025

158French Polynesia46.26%−0.41 pp2025

159Italy46.15%−0.21 pp2025

160North Macedonia45.57%−0.23 pp2025

161Gambia, The44.36%−0.07 pp2025

162Bosnia and Herzegovina43.58%−0.39 pp2025

163Egypt, Arab Rep.41.55%−0.01 pp2025

164Gabon40.77%−0.24 pp2025

165Samoa40.41%−0.58 pp2025

166Turkmenistan40.24%−0.23 pp2025

167Puerto Rico (US)40.22%+0.00 pp2025

168Morocco39.99%−0.12 pp2025

169Libya38.97%−0.09 pp2025

170Lebanon38.65%+0.07 pp2023

171Tunisia38.39%−0.12 pp2025

172South Africa37.58%−0.05 pp2025

173Iran, Islamic Rep.37.56%−0.34 pp2025

174Mauritania36.56%−0.14 pp2025

175Algeria36.04%−0.32 pp2025

176Tajikistan35.62%−0.02 pp2025

177Nepal35.14%−0.05 pp2025

178Iraq35.10%−0.10 pp2025

179Sudan34.70%+0.60 pp2022

180West Bank and Gaza34.00%+2.08 pp2022

181Eswatini33.68%+0.22 pp2025

182Jordan33.43%+0.10 pp2025

183Afghanistan32.46%+0.05 pp2025

184Syrian Arab Republic31.89%−0.16 pp2025

185Somalia, Fed. Rep.27.43%−0.04 pp2025

186Yemen, Rep.27.37%−0.18 pp2025

187Djibouti23.49%−0.02 pp2025

188Sao Tome and Principe21.21%−0.06 pp2025

What the employment-to-population ratio is

Employment to population, ages 15+ (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS, ILO modelled). Ranked by each economy’s latest published year.

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).

Reading this series

This series is the employment-to-population ratio for people aged 15 and over: the share of that population who are employed. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate. It is not the unemployment rate. Students, retirees, people looking after a household and others outside the labour force are all in the denominator, so the ratio can fall even when unemployment is unchanged. The ratio also treats each employed person alike, whether they work an hour a week or a full year.

The indicator is modelled from national labour-force surveys and censuses and is revised when those inputs change. Population age structure and retirement ages differ between economies, so levels are not directly equivalent. The chart shows selected economies over the years you choose, and the ranked ledger shows each economy’s latest published year. Read the direction of travel and the broad level; small differences between neighbouring economies sit within the uncertainty of the estimates. Read it with the participation rate for context.