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Hungary - Labor Force Participation 1998

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

50.82% −0.02pp from 1997 Global rank: 155th

Hungary's labor force participation was 50.82% in 1998, decreased +0.02pp from 50.84% in 1997. This was the 155th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.47%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.20%	0.1%
3rd	Mozambique	84.31%	0.4%
4th	Burundi	84.22%	-1.1%
5th	Nigeria	83.67%	-0.2%
6th	Solomon Islands	83.01%	0.2%
7th	Qatar	82.61%	-0.4%
8th	Burkina Faso	82.50%	-0.3%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.30%	0.0%
10th	Cameroon	82.03%	-0.1%
11th	Malawi	80.86%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.65%	0.2%
13th	Cambodia	80.54%	0.0%
14th	Niger	78.92%	0.0%
15th	Azerbaijan	78.89%	-1.3%
16th	Angola	77.39%	0.0%
17th	Liberia	77.13%	0.0%
18th	Vanuatu	76.86%	0.0%
19th	Viet Nam	75.33%	-1.1%
20th	China	75.25%	-0.7%
21st	Georgia	75.02%	-0.9%
22nd	Iceland	75.01%	2.0%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	74.88%	-0.6%
24th	Thailand	74.49%	-1.2%
25th	South Sudan	74.44%	-0.1%
26th	Bahamas, The	74.25%	0.2%
27th	Uganda	74.24%	0.1%
28th	Lesotho	73.07%	-0.2%
29th	Central African Republic	72.67%	0.0%
30th	Ghana	72.61%	-0.1%
31st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.52%	0.1%
32nd	Kenya	72.47%	-0.1%
33rd	Benin	71.91%	-0.1%
34th	Kazakhstan	71.65%	0.0%
35th	Timor-Leste	71.18%	0.2%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.49%	-0.2%
37th	Mali	70.34%	0.0%
38th	Bhutan	70.14%	0.0%
39th	Chad	70.02%	-0.7%
40th	Paraguay	69.95%	-0.3%
41st	Barbados	69.15%	0.2%
42nd	Guam	68.82%	-0.7%
43rd	Congo, Republic of	68.46%	0.0%
44th	Colombia	68.16%	-0.2%
45th	Brunei Darussalam	68.12%	0.2%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	68.05%	-0.1%
47th	Jamaica	67.97%	-0.7%
48th	Switzerland	67.86%	0.8%
49th	Myanmar	67.69%	-0.1%
50th	Netherlands	67.29%	0.3%
51st	Indonesia	66.93%	0.9%
52nd	Peru	66.85%	1.8%
53rd	Guatemala	66.80%	0.1%
54th	Ecuador	66.38%	3.3%
55th	Kuwait	66.34%	-0.7%
56th	Honduras	66.01%	0.1%
57th	United States	66.01%	-0.1%
58th	Norway	65.95%	0.9%
59th	Zimbabwe	65.94%	-0.4%
60th	New Caledonia	65.42%	-0.1%
61st	Macao SAR, China	65.42%	-0.3%
62nd	Denmark	65.32%	-0.6%
63rd	Singapore	65.18%	0.7%
64th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.17%	-0.1%
65th	Bahrain	65.16%	0.0%
66th	Brazil	64.92%	0.2%
67th	Canada	64.67%	0.4%
68th	New Zealand	64.58%	-0.7%
69th	Sierra Leone	64.56%	0.0%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.40%	0.3%
71st	Guinea	64.13%	0.2%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	63.90%	-0.1%
73rd	St. Lucia	63.81%	0.2%
74th	Albania	63.71%	-1.9%
75th	Haiti	63.70%	-0.7%
76th	Japan	63.33%	-0.5%
77th	Ireland	63.33%	1.5%
78th	Australia	63.13%	-0.2%
79th	Argentina	63.08%	0.5%
80th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.07%	0.4%
81st	Rwanda	62.90%	-0.5%
82nd	Panama	62.85%	2.0%
83rd	El Salvador	62.63%	3.5%
84th	Armenia	62.51%	-0.6%
85th	Sweden	62.08%	-1.0%
86th	Lao PDR	61.95%	-0.1%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	61.91%	0.2%
88th	Philippines	61.31%	0.1%
89th	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.15%	-0.1%
90th	Czechia	61.06%	-0.2%
91st	Uruguay	61.01%	0.6%
92nd	Lithuania	60.99%	-1.3%
93rd	United Kingdom	60.77%	-0.2%
94th	Cyprus	60.62%	-0.2%
95th	Portugal	60.57%	2.4%
96th	Mexico	60.48%	-0.5%
97th	Israel	60.45%	-1.0%
98th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.43%	-1.1%
99th	Estonia	60.23%	-2.1%
100th	Korea	60.21%	-2.9%
101st	Finland	60.17%	0.1%
102nd	Botswana	60.12%	-0.6%
103rd	Moldova	59.86%	0.5%
104th	Costa Rica	59.69%	2.7%
105th	Zambia	59.60%	0.0%
106th	Nicaragua	59.48%	0.9%
107th	Slovenia	59.45%	1.6%
108th	India	59.40%	0.6%
109th	Mauritius	59.25%	-0.3%
110th	Mongolia	59.19%	0.2%
111th	French Polynesia	59.16%	-0.4%
112th	Fiji	59.14%	-0.3%
113th	Slovak Republic	59.08%	-1.0%
114th	Latvia	59.02%	-0.7%
115th	Tonga	58.94%	-0.3%
116th	Malaysia	58.90%	0.6%
117th	Sri Lanka	58.82%	6.5%
118th	Cabo Verde	58.79%	-0.4%
119th	Channel Islands	58.72%	0.5%
120th	Belize	58.70%	-0.3%
121st	Togo	58.62%	-0.2%
122nd	Belarus	58.60%	-0.3%
123rd	Austria	58.40%	0.5%
124th	Dominican Republic	58.24%	0.3%
125th	Germany	58.17%	-0.1%
126th	Russian Federation	58.12%	-1.6%
127th	Guyana	58.07%	-0.7%
128th	Bangladesh	57.97%	0.2%
129th	South Africa	57.74%	-0.4%
130th	Ukraine	57.67%	-0.4%
131st	Uzbekistan	57.31%	-0.2%
132nd	Oman	56.85%	-0.5%
133rd	Chile	56.75%	0.2%
134th	Poland	56.74%	-0.8%
135th	Samoa	56.40%	0.1%
136th	Turkmenistan	55.98%	-1.5%
137th	Serbia	55.49%	-0.9%
138th	European Union	55.12%	0.2%
139th	France	55.04%	0.1%
140th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
141st	Eswatini	53.73%	-0.5%
142nd	Namibia	53.71%	0.4%
143rd	Croatia	53.46%	-0.9%
144th	Maldives	53.41%	1.3%
145th	Cuba	53.33%	0.3%
146th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.17%	-0.4%
147th	North Macedonia	53.17%	-1.1%
148th	Türkiye	52.80%	0.5%
149th	Greece	51.75%	2.2%
150th	Luxembourg	51.42%	0.3%
151st	Sudan	51.36%	-0.4%
152nd	Morocco	51.30%	-0.1%
153rd	Spain	51.24%	0.6%
154th	Romania	50.84%	0.5%
155th	Hungary	50.82%	0.0%
156th	Belgium	50.74%	0.5%
157th	Senegal	50.47%	-0.1%
158th	Malta	50.29%	0.1%
159th	Pakistan	49.95%	-0.3%
160th	Bulgaria	49.79%	-0.4%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	49.72%	0.4%
162nd	Montenegro	49.35%	-0.5%
163rd	Tunisia	48.78%	-0.8%
164th	Saudi Arabia	48.69%	-1.0%
165th	Gambia, The	48.37%	0.0%
166th	Papua New Guinea	48.34%	0.3%
167th	Gabon	48.09%	-0.2%
168th	Italy	47.57%	0.6%
169th	Puerto Rico (US)	47.55%	-0.3%
170th	Suriname	46.95%	-0.7%
171st	Afghanistan	46.67%	-0.1%
172nd	Libya	46.29%	0.4%
173rd	Mauritania	46.10%	-0.1%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.00%	-1.4%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	45.60%	0.8%
176th	Algeria	44.72%	-0.8%
177th	Lebanon	44.10%	-0.1%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.95%	0.0%
179th	Iraq	42.21%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.92%	-0.1%
181st	Nepal	41.41%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.18%	-0.2%
183rd	Jordan	39.45%	0.0%
184th	Djibouti	34.30%	-0.6%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.03%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.42%	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Hungary's labor force participation in 1998?▾

Hungary's labor force participation in 1998 was 50.82%. This ranked 155th globally.

How did Hungary's labor force participation change in 1998?▾

Hungary's labor force participation decreased by 0.0% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1998?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1998 at 86.47%.

What is the labor force participation of Hungary in 1998?▾

The labor force participation of Hungary in 1998 was 50.82%. This ranked 155th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Hungary's labor force participation?▾

Hungary's labor force participation went from 50.84% in 1997 to 50.82% in 1998, a 0.0% decrease.

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