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Israel - Labor Force Participation 2016

Name: Israel Labor Force Participation 2016
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

65.64% +0.09pp from 2015 Global rank: 57th

Israel's labor force participation was 65.64% in 2016, increased +0.09pp from 65.55% in 2015. This was the 57th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	87.48%	0.2%
2nd	Madagascar	85.83%	-0.2%
3rd	Solomon Islands	84.34%	-0.1%
4th	Tanzania	83.89%	0.0%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.02%	-0.1%
6th	Cambodia	81.74%	2.7%
7th	Nigeria	80.84%	0.1%
8th	Burundi	79.92%	0.5%
9th	Eritrea	79.08%	-0.2%
10th	Mozambique	79.02%	0.0%
11th	United Arab Emirates	78.45%	0.6%
12th	Burkina Faso	78.37%	-0.3%
13th	Iceland	77.42%	1.0%
14th	Viet Nam	76.97%	-0.6%
15th	Liberia	76.94%	0.0%
16th	Angola	75.90%	-0.4%
17th	Peru	75.38%	-0.7%
18th	Kenya	74.41%	0.2%
19th	Bahamas, The	74.03%	0.1%
20th	South Sudan	73.98%	0.2%
21st	Benin	73.92%	0.5%
22nd	Uganda	73.78%	-2.4%
23rd	Central African Republic	73.42%	0.0%
24th	Niger	73.12%	-0.3%
25th	Kuwait	72.70%	0.5%
26th	Bahrain	71.98%	0.9%
27th	Kazakhstan	70.33%	-0.1%
28th	Oman	70.29%	1.2%
29th	Cameroon	70.23%	-1.3%
30th	Macao SAR, China	70.06%	-1.1%
31st	Paraguay	69.97%	3.0%
32nd	Moldova	69.91%	-0.4%
33rd	Mali	69.87%	-1.0%
34th	New Zealand	69.55%	1.7%
35th	St. Lucia	69.34%	0.0%
36th	Singapore	69.24%	-0.4%
37th	China	68.88%	-0.6%
38th	Switzerland	68.66%	0.7%
39th	Thailand	68.32%	-1.4%
40th	Congo, Republic of	68.15%	0.1%
41st	Ghana	68.07%	-1.7%
42nd	Ecuador	67.67%	3.1%
43rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.36%	-0.3%
44th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.03%	0.2%
45th	Côte d'Ivoire	66.83%	-0.2%
46th	Timor-Leste	66.82%	-0.1%
47th	Colombia	66.42%	-0.9%
48th	Indonesia	66.31%	-0.4%
49th	Netherlands	66.28%	-0.3%
50th	Norway	66.20%	-0.5%
51st	Panama	66.19%	0.8%
52nd	Zimbabwe	66.07%	-0.1%
53rd	Barbados	66.06%	1.0%
54th	Georgia	66.02%	-0.2%
55th	Haiti	65.88%	0.0%
56th	Canada	65.64%	-0.4%
57th	Israel	65.64%	0.1%
58th	Brunei Darussalam	65.42%	-0.4%
59th	Malawi	65.23%	-2.6%
60th	Nicaragua	65.21%	0.2%
61st	Malaysia	65.09%	-0.1%
62nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.03%	-0.4%
63rd	Australia	64.95%	-0.2%
64th	Jamaica	64.92%	-0.9%
65th	Azerbaijan	64.65%	1.8%
66th	Uruguay	64.61%	-0.5%
67th	Belarus	64.38%	0.2%
68th	Brazil	64.29%	0.0%
69th	Belize	64.25%	0.6%
70th	Sweden	64.08%	0.2%
71st	Cyprus	63.76%	-0.6%
72nd	Myanmar	63.38%	-2.1%
73rd	Honduras	63.32%	-1.2%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.09%	-0.1%
75th	Bhutan	62.96%	-0.3%
76th	Russian Federation	62.87%	0.3%
77th	Estonia	62.64%	1.3%
78th	Korea	62.63%	0.1%
79th	Botswana	62.46%	0.4%
80th	Dominican Republic	62.45%	0.7%
81st	United States	62.43%	0.3%
82nd	United Kingdom	62.41%	0.3%
83rd	Guam	62.39%	0.0%
84th	Chile	62.32%	0.1%
85th	Ireland	62.12%	0.6%
86th	Trinidad and Tobago	62.04%	-1.6%
87th	Denmark	61.74%	0.5%
88th	Armenia	61.64%	0.2%
89th	Philippines	61.59%	0.3%
90th	Lesotho	61.52%	-2.0%
91st	New Caledonia	61.45%	-2.0%
92nd	Equatorial Guinea	61.20%	0.3%
93rd	Chad	61.04%	-0.9%
94th	Austria	60.70%	0.8%
95th	Guatemala	60.69%	0.2%
96th	Saudi Arabia	60.69%	1.6%
97th	Vanuatu	60.56%	-1.1%
98th	Rwanda	60.56%	-0.1%
99th	Namibia	60.45%	-0.3%
100th	Mexico	60.43%	-0.2%
101st	Germany	60.41%	0.3%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.40%	-0.1%
103rd	Latvia	60.35%	0.5%
104th	Lithuania	60.31%	2.0%
105th	Slovak Republic	60.01%	0.6%
106th	Japan	59.99%	0.8%
107th	Lao PDR	59.90%	-0.2%
108th	Czechia	59.82%	0.8%
109th	Costa Rica	59.69%	-5.0%
110th	Mauritius	59.66%	-1.1%
111th	El Salvador	59.26%	1.0%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.22%	-0.5%
113th	Cabo Verde	59.17%	0.0%
114th	Luxembourg	59.11%	-1.3%
115th	Argentina	59.02%	-0.4%
116th	Channel Islands	58.91%	-0.1%
117th	Zambia	58.67%	-0.2%
118th	Finland	58.55%	-0.4%
119th	Portugal	58.41%	-0.2%
120th	Mongolia	58.40%	-2.1%
121st	Spain	58.33%	-0.5%
122nd	Virgin Islands (US)	58.32%	-0.6%
123rd	Togo	58.11%	0.0%
124th	Fiji	57.58%	-1.1%
125th	Albania	57.31%	3.3%
126th	Poland	57.31%	0.4%
127th	Hungary	57.30%	1.9%
128th	Maldives	56.89%	1.2%
129th	Slovenia	56.84%	-1.3%
130th	European Union	56.80%	0.2%
131st	Malta	56.58%	1.7%
132nd	Uzbekistan	56.45%	0.3%
133rd	Ukraine	56.30%	0.0%
134th	Suriname	56.12%	1.0%
135th	Bangladesh	56.09%	-0.6%
136th	French Polynesia	55.88%	-0.1%
137th	Guyana	55.67%	-0.2%
138th	Cuba	55.58%	0.1%
139th	Sierra Leone	55.44%	-1.3%
140th	France	55.40%	-0.4%
141st	Guinea	54.98%	-1.3%
142nd	South Africa	54.71%	0.2%
143rd	Tonga	54.69%	-0.6%
144th	Samoa	54.50%	-0.4%
145th	Sri Lanka	53.73%	0.1%
146th	North Macedonia	53.44%	-1.0%
147th	Bulgaria	53.31%	-1.7%
148th	Belgium	53.16%	-0.4%
149th	Serbia	52.97%	3.4%
150th	India	52.85%	-0.3%
151st	Montenegro	52.75%	0.7%
152nd	Türkiye	52.00%	1.4%
153rd	Pakistan	51.68%	-0.7%
154th	Croatia	51.16%	-2.7%
155th	Greece	51.15%	-0.1%
156th	Eswatini	51.14%	-0.2%
157th	Romania	50.94%	-0.6%
158th	Gabon	50.76%	0.6%
159th	Senegal	50.12%	10.2%
160th	Papua New Guinea	50.09%	0.6%
161st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.62%	-0.5%
162nd	Libya	49.37%	-0.1%
163rd	Italy	49.16%	1.1%
164th	Gambia, The	47.79%	-0.1%
165th	Tunisia	47.72%	0.5%
166th	Comoros	47.69%	3.5%
167th	Lebanon	47.51%	1.0%
168th	Afghanistan	47.24%	0.1%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.63%	-0.7%
170th	Morocco	46.55%	-1.9%
171st	West Bank and Gaza	43.77%	-0.5%
172nd	Sudan	43.51%	-2.5%
173rd	Turkmenistan	43.33%	-0.5%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.17%	2.9%
175th	Iraq	43.15%	0.3%
176th	Algeria	42.33%	-0.3%
177th	Mauritania	41.59%	-1.2%
178th	Nepal	40.10%	-0.3%
179th	Tajikistan	39.71%	-1.0%
180th	Jordan	38.94%	3.4%
181st	Puerto Rico (US)	38.16%	0.4%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	37.72%	0.0%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.14%	-0.1%
184th	Djibouti	32.43%	-0.5%
185th	Yemen, Republic of	32.28%	0.7%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	23.95%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Israel's labor force participation in 2016?▾

Israel's labor force participation in 2016 was 65.64%. This ranked 57th globally.

How did Israel's labor force participation change in 2016?▾

Israel's labor force participation increased by 0.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2016?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2016 at 87.48%.

What is the labor force participation of Israel in 2016?▾

The labor force participation of Israel in 2016 was 65.64%. This ranked 57th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Israel's labor force participation?▾

Israel's labor force participation went from 65.55% in 2015 to 65.64% in 2016, a 0.1% increase.

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