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China - Labor Force Participation 2019

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

67.38% −0.43pp from 2018 Global rank: 44th

China's labor force participation was 67.38% in 2019, decreased +0.43pp from 67.81% in 2018. This was the 44th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	87.43%	-0.1%
2nd	Madagascar	85.37%	-0.2%
3rd	Solomon Islands	84.31%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	83.81%	0.0%
5th	Cambodia	82.42%	0.6%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.18%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	81.00%	0.1%
8th	Burundi	79.74%	-0.4%
9th	United Arab Emirates	79.47%	0.5%
10th	Mozambique	78.92%	0.0%
11th	Eritrea	78.39%	-0.4%
12th	Burkina Faso	77.62%	-0.3%
13th	Peru	77.36%	0.2%
14th	Uganda	77.24%	3.3%
15th	Liberia	76.82%	-0.1%
16th	Viet Nam	76.62%	-1.1%
17th	Iceland	75.70%	-0.4%
18th	Benin	75.10%	0.5%
19th	Angola	75.02%	-0.4%
20th	Bahamas, The	74.40%	0.1%
21st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	74.16%	3.3%
22nd	South Sudan	73.94%	-0.4%
23rd	Central African Republic	73.42%	0.0%
24th	Kuwait	73.33%	-0.3%
25th	Niger	72.44%	-0.3%
26th	Paraguay	72.39%	0.7%
27th	Bahrain	71.41%	-0.9%
28th	New Zealand	70.17%	-0.5%
29th	Kazakhstan	70.08%	-0.1%
30th	Macao SAR, China	69.79%	-0.4%
31st	Oman	69.78%	-1.0%
32nd	Belize	69.73%	3.6%
33rd	Moldova	69.33%	3.4%
34th	Singapore	68.99%	0.6%
35th	St. Lucia	68.80%	-1.5%
36th	Panama	68.51%	1.4%
37th	Switzerland	68.32%	-0.4%
38th	Indonesia	68.24%	0.9%
39th	Congo, Republic of	68.12%	0.0%
40th	Kenya	67.80%	-3.3%
41st	Cameroon	67.45%	-1.4%
42nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.43%	0.2%
43rd	Mali	67.39%	-1.3%
44th	China	67.38%	-0.6%
45th	Jamaica	66.97%	2.3%
46th	Thailand	66.94%	-1.3%
47th	Netherlands	66.71%	0.5%
48th	Timor-Leste	66.51%	-1.0%
49th	Bhutan	66.36%	6.0%
50th	Ecuador	66.18%	-0.7%
51st	Cyprus	66.11%	1.1%
52nd	Australia	66.09%	0.4%
53rd	Norway	65.93%	0.0%
54th	Malaysia	65.87%	0.5%
55th	Haiti	65.83%	-0.2%
56th	Canada	65.81%	0.4%
57th	Zimbabwe	65.80%	-0.2%
58th	Mongolia	65.60%	9.8%
59th	Azerbaijan	65.23%	-0.3%
60th	Dominican Republic	65.19%	2.2%
61st	Israel	65.00%	-0.7%
62nd	Nicaragua	65.00%	-0.2%
63rd	Barbados	64.93%	-1.2%
64th	Brazil	64.89%	0.6%
65th	Brunei Darussalam	64.79%	-2.5%
66th	Côte d'Ivoire	64.68%	-1.1%
67th	Sweden	64.58%	0.1%
68th	Colombia	64.32%	-1.4%
69th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	64.30%	-0.3%
70th	Costa Rica	64.26%	3.3%
71st	Belarus	64.25%	-0.2%
72nd	Ghana	63.71%	-2.4%
73rd	Maldives	63.63%	3.6%
74th	Uruguay	63.49%	-0.3%
75th	Botswana	63.48%	0.6%
76th	Malawi	63.27%	-0.2%
77th	Honduras	63.18%	-5.0%
78th	Estonia	63.16%	-0.5%
79th	Chile	63.07%	-0.2%
80th	Korea	62.99%	0.4%
81st	Georgia	62.93%	-1.6%
82nd	United States	62.85%	0.4%
83rd	United Kingdom	62.63%	0.0%
84th	Denmark	62.45%	0.9%
85th	Ireland	62.31%	0.3%
86th	Guam	62.28%	-0.1%
87th	Lao PDR	62.21%	2.0%
88th	Guinea-Bissau	62.17%	-1.2%
89th	Lithuania	62.07%	0.9%
90th	Japan	62.01%	0.9%
91st	Russian Federation	61.70%	-1.2%
92nd	Germany	61.31%	0.7%
93rd	Saudi Arabia	61.20%	3.0%
94th	Equatorial Guinea	61.20%	-0.2%
95th	Mexico	61.12%	1.1%
96th	Latvia	61.09%	-0.4%
97th	Austria	60.90%	0.0%
98th	Trinidad and Tobago	60.69%	-0.8%
99th	Myanmar	60.50%	-3.0%
100th	Albania	60.31%	1.7%
101st	Argentina	60.29%	1.2%
102nd	Malta	60.28%	1.7%
103rd	Czechia	60.12%	-0.4%
104th	Luxembourg	60.04%	1.3%
105th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.00%	-1.1%
106th	Chad	59.94%	-0.1%
107th	El Salvador	59.89%	2.0%
108th	Mauritius	59.75%	0.8%
109th	Slovak Republic	59.56%	-0.3%
110th	Zambia	59.54%	1.8%
111th	Bangladesh	59.47%	0.9%
112th	Philippines	59.44%	0.8%
113th	Finland	59.18%	-0.2%
114th	Guatemala	59.17%	-2.2%
115th	Portugal	58.98%	0.0%
116th	Namibia	58.92%	0.1%
117th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.87%	0.7%
118th	Armenia	58.76%	-4.2%
119th	Vanuatu	58.60%	-1.1%
120th	Hungary	58.47%	0.3%
121st	Rwanda	58.45%	-3.2%
122nd	Slovenia	58.38%	-1.0%
123rd	Channel Islands	58.38%	-0.3%
124th	Togo	57.99%	-0.1%
125th	Lesotho	57.66%	-2.2%
126th	New Caledonia	57.65%	-2.2%
127th	Spain	57.63%	0.0%
128th	Poland	57.47%	-0.1%
129th	Cabo Verde	57.43%	3.4%
130th	Fiji	57.37%	0.0%
131st	European Union	57.17%	0.2%
132nd	Bulgaria	56.66%	2.4%
133rd	Uzbekistan	56.63%	0.1%
134th	Ukraine	56.32%	0.0%
135th	Suriname	56.31%	0.0%
136th	French Polynesia	55.40%	-0.4%
137th	Cuba	55.28%	-0.3%
138th	South Africa	55.27%	0.2%
139th	France	54.94%	-0.7%
140th	Montenegro	54.56%	1.9%
141st	Serbia	54.06%	0.2%
142nd	Belgium	53.90%	0.4%
143rd	Sierra Leone	53.81%	-0.2%
144th	Tonga	53.47%	-1.0%
145th	North Macedonia	53.02%	0.4%
146th	Türkiye	52.95%	-0.5%
147th	Guinea	52.88%	-1.3%
148th	Comoros	52.33%	3.0%
149th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.30%	-5.0%
150th	India	52.28%	-0.4%
151st	Sri Lanka	52.25%	1.0%
152nd	Guyana	52.07%	-6.7%
153rd	Romania	52.02%	0.4%
154th	Pakistan	51.60%	1.2%
155th	Gabon	51.42%	0.3%
156th	Papua New Guinea	51.14%	0.6%
157th	Croatia	50.87%	-0.1%
158th	Greece	50.86%	0.1%
159th	Senegal	50.71%	4.9%
160th	Eswatini	50.23%	-0.6%
161st	Samoa	50.15%	-4.2%
162nd	Tunisia	49.68%	2.2%
163rd	Italy	49.59%	-0.1%
164th	Libya	49.20%	-0.2%
165th	Lebanon	48.89%	1.0%
166th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.80%	-0.7%
167th	Gambia, The	47.75%	0.0%
168th	Morocco	46.16%	0.7%
169th	West Bank and Gaza	44.27%	1.9%
170th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.03%	-0.8%
171st	Afghanistan	43.81%	-3.8%
172nd	Turkmenistan	42.76%	-0.4%
173rd	Algeria	42.20%	-0.2%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.20%	-2.5%
175th	Mauritania	41.05%	-0.1%
176th	Iraq	40.52%	-1.8%
177th	Sudan	40.37%	-2.4%
178th	Nepal	39.77%	0.1%
179th	Jordan	39.24%	0.2%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	38.59%	0.0%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	37.84%	0.1%
182nd	Tajikistan	37.14%	-2.2%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.03%	-0.1%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	32.73%	0.4%
185th	Djibouti	31.96%	-0.5%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	23.69%	-0.4%

FAQ

What was China's labor force participation in 2019?▾

China's labor force participation in 2019 was 67.38%. This ranked 44th globally.

How did China's labor force participation change in 2019?▾

China's labor force participation decreased by 0.6% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2019?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2019 at 87.43%.

What is the labor force participation of China in 2019?▾

The labor force participation of China in 2019 was 67.38%. This ranked 44th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for China's labor force participation?▾

China's labor force participation went from 67.81% in 2018 to 67.38% in 2019, a 0.6% decrease.

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