Qatar - Labor Force Participation 2015
87.27%
+0.53pp from 2014
Qatar's labor force participation was 87.27% in 2015, increased +0.53pp from 86.75% in 2014. This was the 1st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 87.27% | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.04% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.43% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.94% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.08% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Nigeria | 80.79% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 79.60% | -0.9% |
| 8th | Burundi | 79.49% | 0.7% |
| 9th | Eritrea | 79.21% | 0.1% |
| 10th | Mozambique | 79.05% | -0.8% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 78.62% | -0.3% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 78.00% | 0.4% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | 77.43% | 0.2% |
| 14th | Liberia | 76.97% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Iceland | 76.68% | 0.9% |
| 16th | Angola | 76.19% | -0.4% |
| 17th | Peru | 75.90% | -1.5% |
| 18th | Uganda | 75.58% | -2.1% |
| 19th | Kenya | 74.29% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 73.94% | 0.1% |
| 21st | South Sudan | 73.83% | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Benin | 73.52% | 0.6% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 73.42% | 0.2% |
| 24th | Niger | 73.34% | -0.3% |
| 25th | Kuwait | 72.32% | 0.7% |
| 26th | Bahrain | 71.36% | 0.3% |
| 27th | Cameroon | 71.15% | -1.3% |
| 28th | Macao SAR, China | 70.81% | -0.8% |
| 29th | Mali | 70.56% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 70.43% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Moldova | 70.22% | 1.4% |
| 32nd | Singapore | 69.53% | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Oman | 69.45% | 1.2% |
| 34th | St. Lucia | 69.31% | 0.0% |
| 35th | China | 69.30% | -0.5% |
| 36th | Thailand | 69.27% | -0.8% |
| 37th | Ghana | 69.25% | -1.7% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 68.40% | 0.1% |
| 39th | Switzerland | 68.22% | 0.3% |
| 40th | Congo, Republic of | 68.11% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Paraguay | 67.93% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.54% | -0.3% |
| 43rd | Colombia | 67.02% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Malawi | 66.96% | -2.4% |
| 45th | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.94% | -0.2% |
| 46th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.91% | 0.1% |
| 47th | Timor-Leste | 66.88% | -0.1% |
| 48th | Indonesia | 66.58% | -0.1% |
| 49th | Norway | 66.56% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 66.47% | 0.5% |
| 51st | Georgia | 66.16% | -0.2% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 66.13% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Canada | 65.89% | -0.2% |
| 54th | Haiti | 65.87% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Brunei Darussalam | 65.68% | -0.4% |
| 56th | Ecuador | 65.66% | 4.9% |
| 57th | Panama | 65.65% | -0.1% |
| 58th | Israel | 65.55% | -0.1% |
| 59th | Jamaica | 65.50% | 4.7% |
| 60th | Barbados | 65.43% | -1.4% |
| 61st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 65.29% | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 65.19% | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Nicaragua | 65.10% | 0.2% |
| 64th | Australia | 65.08% | 0.4% |
| 65th | Uruguay | 64.93% | -1.4% |
| 66th | Myanmar | 64.71% | -0.2% |
| 67th | Brazil | 64.28% | 0.4% |
| 68th | Belarus | 64.27% | 0.2% |
| 69th | Cyprus | 64.16% | -0.7% |
| 70th | Honduras | 64.09% | -0.1% |
| 71st | Sweden | 63.92% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Belize | 63.87% | 0.6% |
| 73rd | Azerbaijan | 63.54% | 1.2% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.16% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Bhutan | 63.14% | 0.8% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.05% | -1.3% |
| 77th | Costa Rica | 62.81% | -2.2% |
| 78th | Lesotho | 62.78% | -1.9% |
| 79th | Russian Federation | 62.70% | -0.2% |
| 80th | New Caledonia | 62.69% | -1.9% |
| 81st | Korea | 62.58% | 0.5% |
| 82nd | Guam | 62.41% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | United States | 62.27% | -0.3% |
| 84th | Chile | 62.26% | 0.2% |
| 85th | United Kingdom | 62.25% | 0.2% |
| 86th | Botswana | 62.19% | 0.4% |
| 87th | Dominican Republic | 62.01% | 4.2% |
| 88th | Estonia | 61.82% | 1.2% |
| 89th | Ireland | 61.78% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Chad | 61.56% | -0.8% |
| 91st | Armenia | 61.54% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Denmark | 61.41% | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Philippines | 61.41% | -1.2% |
| 94th | Vanuatu | 61.21% | -1.0% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.01% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Rwanda | 60.64% | -0.1% |
| 97th | Namibia | 60.64% | -0.3% |
| 98th | Guatemala | 60.60% | -0.2% |
| 99th | Mexico | 60.55% | 0.1% |
| 100th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.47% | 0.2% |
| 101st | Mauritius | 60.34% | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Austria | 60.22% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Germany | 60.22% | -0.3% |
| 104th | Latvia | 60.04% | 1.4% |
| 105th | Lao PDR | 60.02% | -0.2% |
| 106th | Luxembourg | 59.87% | 1.5% |
| 107th | Saudi Arabia | 59.75% | 2.3% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 59.67% | 0.1% |
| 109th | Slovak Republic | 59.63% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.51% | 0.6% |
| 111th | Japan | 59.50% | 0.1% |
| 112th | Czechia | 59.37% | 0.2% |
| 113th | Argentina | 59.23% | -0.4% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 59.16% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Lithuania | 59.15% | 0.4% |
| 116th | Channel Islands | 58.99% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Finland | 58.76% | 0.0% |
| 118th | Zambia | 58.76% | -0.1% |
| 119th | El Salvador | 58.69% | -1.2% |
| 120th | Virgin Islands (US) | 58.65% | 4.2% |
| 121st | Spain | 58.62% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Portugal | 58.56% | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Fiji | 58.24% | -1.1% |
| 124th | Togo | 58.14% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Slovenia | 57.59% | -0.5% |
| 126th | Poland | 57.08% | 0.0% |
| 127th | European Union | 56.72% | 0.0% |
| 128th | Bangladesh | 56.45% | -0.6% |
| 129th | Ukraine | 56.29% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 56.29% | 0.4% |
| 131st | Maldives | 56.21% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Hungary | 56.21% | 2.2% |
| 133rd | Sierra Leone | 56.19% | -1.3% |
| 134th | French Polynesia | 55.96% | -0.2% |
| 135th | Guyana | 55.77% | -0.2% |
| 136th | Guinea | 55.67% | -1.2% |
| 137th | Malta | 55.63% | 0.8% |
| 138th | France | 55.62% | -0.3% |
| 139th | Suriname | 55.56% | 1.0% |
| 140th | Cuba | 55.55% | 0.3% |
| 141st | Albania | 55.50% | 3.9% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 55.04% | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Samoa | 54.71% | -0.2% |
| 144th | South Africa | 54.59% | 2.4% |
| 145th | Bulgaria | 54.21% | 0.4% |
| 146th | North Macedonia | 54.00% | -1.1% |
| 147th | Sri Lanka | 53.67% | 4.0% |
| 148th | Belgium | 53.37% | -0.4% |
| 149th | India | 53.03% | -0.3% |
| 150th | Croatia | 52.59% | 0.8% |
| 151st | Montenegro | 52.37% | 1.4% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | 52.03% | 2.0% |
| 153rd | Türkiye | 51.30% | 1.6% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 51.25% | -0.2% |
| 155th | Romania | 51.24% | 1.4% |
| 156th | Serbia | 51.22% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Greece | 51.20% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Gabon | 50.48% | 0.6% |
| 159th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.86% | -0.4% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | 49.80% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Libya | 49.40% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Italy | 48.62% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 47.84% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 47.50% | -0.2% |
| 165th | Morocco | 47.47% | -1.2% |
| 166th | Afghanistan | 47.17% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Lebanon | 47.05% | 1.0% |
| 168th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.98% | -2.4% |
| 169th | Comoros | 46.08% | 3.6% |
| 170th | Senegal | 45.49% | -1.1% |
| 171st | Sudan | 44.61% | -2.4% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 43.97% | 4.4% |
| 173rd | Turkmenistan | 43.54% | -0.6% |
| 174th | Iraq | 43.04% | 0.3% |
| 175th | Algeria | 42.46% | -0.3% |
| 176th | Mauritania | 42.08% | -1.2% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.94% | 2.6% |
| 178th | Nepal | 40.22% | -0.3% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 40.10% | -1.0% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 38.02% | -0.7% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.71% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 37.66% | 3.5% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.16% | -0.1% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 32.58% | -0.4% |
| 185th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.07% | -13.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.00% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Qatar's labor force participation in 2015?▾
Qatar's labor force participation in 2015 was 87.27%. This ranked 1st globally.
How did Qatar's labor force participation change in 2015?▾
Qatar's labor force participation increased by 0.6% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2015?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2015 at 87.27%.
What is the labor force participation of Qatar in 2015?▾
The labor force participation of Qatar in 2015 was 87.27%. This ranked 1st globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Qatar's labor force participation?▾
Qatar's labor force participation went from 86.75% in 2014 to 87.27% in 2015, a 0.6% increase.
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