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Iceland - Labor Force Participation 2013

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

74.90% +0.62pp from 2012 Global rank: 19th

Iceland's labor force participation was 74.90% in 2013, increased +0.62pp from 74.28% in 2012. This was the 19th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2013▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2013
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	86.30%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.27%	-0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	84.58%	-0.7%
4th	Uganda	84.52%	20.9%
5th	Solomon Islands	84.27%	0.0%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.06%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	80.84%	-0.3%
8th	Mozambique	80.37%	-0.8%
9th	Cambodia	80.22%	-3.3%
10th	Eritrea	79.32%	-0.1%
11th	Burkina Faso	79.11%	-0.3%
12th	Burundi	78.84%	0.2%
13th	Peru	77.86%	-0.8%
14th	United Arab Emirates	77.33%	0.4%
15th	Viet Nam	77.23%	1.2%
16th	Liberia	76.98%	0.0%
17th	Angola	76.76%	-0.4%
18th	Niger	75.67%	-2.6%
19th	Iceland	74.90%	0.8%
20th	Kenya	74.06%	0.2%
21st	Bahamas, The	73.82%	0.0%
22nd	South Sudan	73.55%	0.0%
23rd	Cameroon	73.17%	-1.4%
24th	Central African Republic	73.11%	0.2%
25th	Benin	72.71%	0.6%
26th	Ghana	71.65%	-0.1%
27th	Bahrain	71.55%	-0.1%
28th	Kuwait	71.33%	0.9%
29th	Macao SAR, China	70.86%	0.2%
30th	Kazakhstan	70.63%	-0.1%
31st	Mali	70.60%	0.1%
32nd	Malawi	70.27%	-2.2%
33rd	China	69.97%	-0.6%
34th	Thailand	69.97%	-3.9%
35th	Paraguay	69.87%	-2.0%
36th	St. Lucia	69.25%	0.3%
37th	Barbados	68.29%	1.1%
38th	Congo, Republic of	67.97%	0.1%
39th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.89%	-0.3%
40th	Oman	67.80%	2.6%
41st	Singapore	67.77%	-0.3%
42nd	Switzerland	67.60%	0.0%
43rd	New Zealand	67.41%	-0.3%
44th	Colombia	67.27%	-1.2%
45th	Timor-Leste	67.16%	-0.1%
46th	Côte d'Ivoire	67.16%	-0.2%
47th	Norway	66.94%	-0.2%
48th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.76%	0.1%
49th	Indonesia	66.76%	-1.0%
50th	Netherlands	66.74%	-0.1%
51st	Canada	66.54%	0.0%
52nd	Georgia	66.49%	-0.4%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	66.18%	-0.3%
54th	Zimbabwe	66.15%	0.1%
55th	Haiti	65.82%	0.1%
56th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.78%	-0.4%
57th	Panama	65.74%	1.2%
58th	Bhutan	65.30%	1.4%
59th	Moldova	65.25%	0.7%
60th	Lesotho	65.24%	-0.9%
61st	Israel	65.11%	-0.2%
62nd	Australia	65.03%	-0.3%
63rd	Myanmar	64.99%	-0.2%
64th	Uruguay	64.84%	-0.6%
65th	Nicaragua	64.64%	0.5%
66th	Brazil	64.31%	-0.1%
67th	New Caledonia	64.06%	-0.2%
68th	Cyprus	64.04%	0.0%
69th	Malaysia	63.96%	1.6%
70th	Belarus	63.95%	0.4%
71st	Sweden	63.85%	0.5%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.67%	0.1%
73rd	Costa Rica	63.66%	-1.0%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.28%	-0.1%
75th	Russian Federation	62.87%	-0.2%
76th	United States	62.74%	-0.6%
77th	Honduras	62.66%	7.3%
78th	Belize	62.63%	0.4%
79th	Chad	62.61%	-0.8%
80th	Guam	62.49%	-0.1%
81st	Vanuatu	62.49%	-1.0%
82nd	Ecuador	62.26%	-0.3%
83rd	United Kingdom	62.01%	0.0%
84th	Ireland	61.91%	0.5%
85th	Azerbaijan	61.90%	0.5%
86th	Jamaica	61.84%	1.8%
87th	Chile	61.81%	0.2%
88th	Namibia	61.70%	7.2%
89th	Botswana	61.59%	0.7%
90th	Armenia	61.54%	0.0%
91st	Denmark	61.49%	-1.5%
92nd	Philippines	61.45%	-0.5%
93rd	Korea	61.40%	0.8%
94th	Estonia	61.27%	0.0%
95th	Mexico	61.03%	-0.3%
96th	Rwanda	60.78%	-0.1%
97th	El Salvador	60.52%	0.5%
98th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.49%	1.3%
99th	Equatorial Guinea	60.39%	0.6%
100th	Austria	60.36%	0.3%
101st	Fiji	60.30%	-2.3%
102nd	Germany	60.28%	0.5%
103rd	Lao PDR	60.27%	-0.2%
104th	Guatemala	60.22%	-7.5%
105th	Argentina	59.96%	-0.7%
106th	Mauritius	59.71%	1.7%
107th	Mongolia	59.50%	-0.3%
108th	Channel Islands	59.34%	-0.3%
109th	Latvia	59.31%	-0.6%
110th	Dominican Republic	59.27%	-0.3%
111th	Portugal	59.26%	-1.4%
112th	Czechia	59.26%	1.0%
113th	Slovak Republic	59.25%	0.1%
114th	Japan	59.25%	0.4%
115th	Cabo Verde	59.15%	0.0%
116th	Spain	59.13%	-0.5%
117th	Finland	59.11%	-0.8%
118th	Zambia	58.91%	-0.1%
119th	Luxembourg	58.53%	0.6%
120th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.50%	-4.9%
121st	Togo	58.18%	0.0%
122nd	Lithuania	57.99%	0.4%
123rd	Sierra Leone	57.90%	-1.6%
124th	Slovenia	57.63%	-0.3%
125th	Bangladesh	57.18%	-0.8%
126th	Saudi Arabia	57.15%	3.2%
127th	Guinea	57.05%	-1.2%
128th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.95%	-5.6%
129th	Poland	56.73%	-0.1%
130th	European Union	56.70%	0.0%
131st	Ukraine	56.28%	0.0%
132nd	France	56.27%	0.1%
133rd	French Polynesia	56.16%	-0.2%
134th	Guyana	56.04%	-0.3%
135th	Uzbekistan	55.88%	0.1%
136th	Tonga	55.64%	-0.5%
137th	Cuba	55.26%	0.3%
138th	Samoa	54.87%	0.0%
139th	Maldives	54.85%	1.3%
140th	North Macedonia	54.67%	0.7%
141st	Suriname	54.45%	1.0%
142nd	Malta	54.08%	2.7%
143rd	Bulgaria	53.94%	1.4%
144th	Belgium	53.62%	0.5%
145th	Hungary	53.52%	1.2%
146th	India	53.36%	-0.3%
147th	South Africa	53.08%	1.1%
148th	Albania	52.42%	-8.0%
149th	Sri Lanka	52.05%	-1.0%
150th	Greece	51.57%	-0.6%
151st	Eswatini	51.50%	-0.2%
152nd	Pakistan	51.45%	0.7%
153rd	Serbia	51.15%	2.0%
154th	Türkiye	50.84%	1.8%
155th	Croatia	50.76%	-1.1%
156th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.36%	-0.6%
157th	Romania	50.08%	0.1%
158th	Gabon	49.90%	0.6%
159th	Montenegro	49.42%	0.0%
160th	Papua New Guinea	49.39%	0.7%
161st	Libya	49.31%	0.3%
162nd	Italy	48.49%	-0.6%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.44%	-0.1%
164th	Morocco	48.31%	-0.2%
165th	Gambia, The	47.92%	-0.1%
166th	Tunisia	47.78%	-1.0%
167th	Afghanistan	47.03%	0.1%
168th	Sudan	46.81%	-2.2%
169th	Senegal	46.49%	-1.1%
170th	Lebanon	46.14%	1.0%
171st	Turkmenistan	44.27%	-1.2%
172nd	Comoros	44.16%	0.7%
173rd	Mauritania	43.06%	-1.1%
174th	Algeria	42.87%	-0.5%
175th	Iraq	41.96%	2.4%
176th	West Bank and Gaza	41.80%	0.3%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.15%	-1.5%
178th	Tajikistan	40.90%	-1.0%
179th	Nepal	40.51%	-0.5%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	39.30%	-1.5%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	37.78%	-3.6%
182nd	Yemen, Republic of	37.56%	-1.7%
183rd	Jordan	37.10%	-2.4%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.20%	-0.1%
185th	Djibouti	32.85%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.03%	0.1%

FAQ

What was Iceland's labor force participation in 2013?▾

Iceland's labor force participation in 2013 was 74.90%. This ranked 19th globally.

How did Iceland's labor force participation change in 2013?▾

Iceland's labor force participation increased by 0.8% in 2013 compared to 2012.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2013?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2013 at 86.30%.

What is the labor force participation of Iceland in 2013?▾

The labor force participation of Iceland in 2013 was 74.90%. This ranked 19th globally.

How does 2013 compare to 2012 for Iceland's labor force participation?▾

Iceland's labor force participation went from 74.28% in 2012 to 74.90% in 2013, a 0.8% increase.

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