Botswana - Labor Force Participation 2018
63.11%
+0.34pp from 2017
Botswana's labor force participation was 63.11% in 2018, increased +0.34pp from 62.77% in 2017. This was the 76th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 87.50% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 85.50% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.30% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.83% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.18% | 0.1% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 81.91% | 0.6% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 80.96% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Burundi | 80.05% | -0.1% |
| 9th | United Arab Emirates | 79.11% | 0.4% |
| 10th | Mozambique | 78.95% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 78.69% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Burkina Faso | 77.87% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | 77.48% | 0.4% |
| 14th | Peru | 77.18% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Liberia | 76.87% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Iceland | 75.98% | -1.2% |
| 17th | Angola | 75.32% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Uganda | 74.79% | 4.2% |
| 19th | Benin | 74.71% | 0.5% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 74.30% | 0.2% |
| 21st | South Sudan | 74.24% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Kuwait | 73.57% | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 73.43% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Niger | 72.67% | -0.3% |
| 25th | Bahrain | 72.07% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Paraguay | 71.87% | 1.2% |
| 27th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.80% | 4.6% |
| 28th | Oman | 70.52% | -0.3% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 70.51% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 70.13% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Kenya | 70.10% | -3.0% |
| 32nd | Macao SAR, China | 70.08% | 0.3% |
| 33rd | St. Lucia | 69.88% | 0.7% |
| 34th | Singapore | 68.58% | -0.5% |
| 35th | Switzerland | 68.58% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Cameroon | 68.39% | -1.3% |
| 37th | Mali | 68.28% | -1.3% |
| 38th | Congo, Republic of | 68.15% | 0.0% |
| 39th | China | 67.81% | -0.8% |
| 40th | Thailand | 67.80% | 0.4% |
| 41st | Indonesia | 67.65% | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Panama | 67.57% | 2.6% |
| 43rd | Belize | 67.30% | 5.1% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.29% | 0.2% |
| 45th | Timor-Leste | 67.20% | 0.2% |
| 46th | Moldova | 67.05% | -1.9% |
| 47th | Ecuador | 66.66% | -2.2% |
| 48th | Honduras | 66.49% | 3.3% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 66.43% | 1.9% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 66.38% | 0.4% |
| 51st | Haiti | 65.93% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Norway | 65.91% | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Zimbabwe | 65.89% | -0.1% |
| 54th | Australia | 65.80% | 0.9% |
| 55th | Barbados | 65.71% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Malaysia | 65.57% | 0.6% |
| 57th | Canada | 65.55% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Jamaica | 65.48% | -0.3% |
| 59th | Israel | 65.43% | -0.1% |
| 60th | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.41% | -1.1% |
| 61st | Azerbaijan | 65.40% | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 65.38% | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Ghana | 65.28% | -2.4% |
| 64th | Colombia | 65.24% | -1.2% |
| 65th | Nicaragua | 65.16% | -0.3% |
| 66th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.52% | -0.4% |
| 67th | Brazil | 64.50% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Sweden | 64.50% | 0.2% |
| 69th | Belarus | 64.41% | -0.1% |
| 70th | Georgia | 63.93% | -2.9% |
| 71st | Dominican Republic | 63.77% | 2.3% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 63.68% | -0.7% |
| 73rd | Estonia | 63.50% | 0.4% |
| 74th | Malawi | 63.37% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Chile | 63.21% | 0.4% |
| 76th | Botswana | 63.11% | 0.5% |
| 77th | Guinea-Bissau | 62.90% | -0.2% |
| 78th | Korea | 62.76% | -0.2% |
| 79th | United Kingdom | 62.62% | 0.3% |
| 80th | Bhutan | 62.60% | -0.3% |
| 81st | United States | 62.59% | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Russian Federation | 62.45% | -0.1% |
| 83rd | Guam | 62.36% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Myanmar | 62.36% | 0.5% |
| 85th | Costa Rica | 62.21% | 3.9% |
| 86th | Ireland | 62.14% | 0.4% |
| 87th | Denmark | 61.91% | 0.1% |
| 88th | Lithuania | 61.54% | 1.5% |
| 89th | Japan | 61.45% | 1.7% |
| 90th | Maldives | 61.43% | 3.8% |
| 91st | Latvia | 61.34% | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Armenia | 61.33% | -0.2% |
| 93rd | Equatorial Guinea | 61.31% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.15% | -0.7% |
| 95th | Lao PDR | 60.99% | 2.0% |
| 96th | Austria | 60.92% | 0.4% |
| 97th | Germany | 60.86% | 0.3% |
| 98th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.65% | 0.3% |
| 99th | Guatemala | 60.50% | -0.7% |
| 100th | Mexico | 60.43% | 0.4% |
| 101st | Rwanda | 60.38% | -0.1% |
| 102nd | Czechia | 60.37% | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Chad | 59.97% | -0.9% |
| 104th | Mongolia | 59.75% | 1.0% |
| 105th | Slovak Republic | 59.73% | -0.3% |
| 106th | Argentina | 59.60% | 1.3% |
| 107th | Saudi Arabia | 59.42% | 0.7% |
| 108th | Finland | 59.31% | 1.1% |
| 109th | Albania | 59.30% | 2.1% |
| 110th | Luxembourg | 59.29% | 0.9% |
| 111th | Mauritius | 59.27% | -1.0% |
| 112th | Malta | 59.26% | 2.8% |
| 113th | Vanuatu | 59.25% | -1.1% |
| 114th | Philippines | 58.98% | -0.3% |
| 115th | Lesotho | 58.96% | -2.1% |
| 116th | Portugal | 58.95% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Slovenia | 58.95% | 0.7% |
| 118th | New Caledonia | 58.94% | -2.1% |
| 119th | Bangladesh | 58.92% | 1.0% |
| 120th | Namibia | 58.88% | -1.3% |
| 121st | El Salvador | 58.73% | -0.5% |
| 122nd | Channel Islands | 58.55% | -0.3% |
| 123rd | Zambia | 58.48% | -0.2% |
| 124th | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.46% | 2.8% |
| 125th | Hungary | 58.30% | 0.8% |
| 126th | Togo | 58.03% | -0.1% |
| 127th | Spain | 57.63% | -0.7% |
| 128th | Poland | 57.53% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Fiji | 57.36% | -0.2% |
| 130th | European Union | 57.08% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 56.55% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Ukraine | 56.31% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Suriname | 56.30% | 0.3% |
| 134th | Guyana | 55.79% | 0.3% |
| 135th | French Polynesia | 55.61% | -0.4% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | 55.56% | -6.1% |
| 137th | Cuba | 55.46% | -0.2% |
| 138th | Bulgaria | 55.32% | -0.2% |
| 139th | France | 55.30% | 0.1% |
| 140th | South Africa | 55.16% | -0.4% |
| 141st | Virgin Islands (US) | 55.07% | -6.9% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 54.00% | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Serbia | 53.96% | 0.8% |
| 144th | Sierra Leone | 53.91% | -1.4% |
| 145th | Belgium | 53.67% | 0.6% |
| 146th | Guinea | 53.58% | -1.3% |
| 147th | Montenegro | 53.57% | 1.8% |
| 148th | Türkiye | 53.21% | 0.7% |
| 149th | North Macedonia | 52.80% | -0.7% |
| 150th | India | 52.48% | -0.4% |
| 151st | Samoa | 52.35% | -3.8% |
| 152nd | Romania | 51.83% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Sri Lanka | 51.72% | -4.2% |
| 154th | Gabon | 51.28% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 50.99% | -0.7% |
| 156th | Croatia | 50.94% | -0.9% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | 50.83% | 0.8% |
| 158th | Greece | 50.80% | -0.4% |
| 159th | Comoros | 50.79% | 3.1% |
| 160th | Eswatini | 50.53% | -0.6% |
| 161st | Italy | 49.62% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Libya | 49.28% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.13% | -0.6% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 48.61% | 2.4% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 48.43% | 1.0% |
| 166th | Senegal | 48.35% | 5.1% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 47.77% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Morocco | 45.83% | 0.7% |
| 169th | Afghanistan | 45.57% | -3.7% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.39% | 0.4% |
| 171st | West Bank and Gaza | 43.45% | -1.3% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 43.30% | -3.7% |
| 173rd | Turkmenistan | 42.93% | -0.4% |
| 174th | Algeria | 42.28% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Sudan | 41.35% | -2.5% |
| 176th | Iraq | 41.24% | -1.5% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 41.08% | -0.1% |
| 178th | Nepal | 39.74% | -0.4% |
| 179th | Jordan | 39.18% | -2.6% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 38.58% | 0.9% |
| 181st | Tajikistan | 37.98% | -2.3% |
| 182nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.78% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.06% | -0.1% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.61% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 32.11% | -0.5% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.79% | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Botswana's labor force participation in 2018?▾
Botswana's labor force participation in 2018 was 63.11%. This ranked 76th globally.
How did Botswana's labor force participation change in 2018?▾
Botswana's labor force participation increased by 0.5% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2018?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2018 at 87.50%.
What is the labor force participation of Botswana in 2018?▾
The labor force participation of Botswana in 2018 was 63.11%. This ranked 76th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Botswana's labor force participation?▾
Botswana's labor force participation went from 62.77% in 2017 to 63.11% in 2018, a 0.5% increase.
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