Labor Force Participation - Ranking 2003
Year
In 2003, Tanzania (87.23%), Madagascar (86.50%), and Mozambique (86.03%) ranked highest in labor force participation among all countries. São Tomé and Principe ranked lowest at 24.06%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 87.23% | +0.5% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.50% | +0.0% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 86.03% | +0.4% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.66% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Qatar | 83.22% | +0.3% |
| 6th | Nigeria | 82.67% | -0.3% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.12% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Cameroon | 81.82% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Burkina Faso | 81.42% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Malawi | 80.82% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 80.42% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 80.23% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Burundi | 80.20% | -1.0% |
| 14th | Niger | 79.17% | +0.1% |
| 15th | Angola | 77.30% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Iceland | 77.23% | +0.7% |
| 17th | Vanuatu | 77.09% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Liberia | 77.07% | 0.0% |
| 19th | United Arab Emirates | 75.47% | +0.6% |
| 20th | South Sudan | 74.46% | +0.1% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 74.33% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Uganda | 74.16% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Viet Nam | 74.10% | -0.4% |
| 24th | China | 73.25% | -0.4% |
| 25th | Thailand | 73.02% | -0.3% |
| 26th | Kenya | 72.87% | +0.2% |
| 27th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.57% | +0.0% |
| 28th | Central African Republic | 72.56% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Ghana | 72.29% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Benin | 71.76% | +0.0% |
| 31st | Georgia | 71.47% | -1.6% |
| 32nd | Peru | 71.00% | +1.6% |
| 33rd | Lesotho | 70.84% | -0.7% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | 70.53% | -2.7% |
| 35th | Mali | 70.22% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Kazakhstan | 70.02% | -0.1% |
| 37th | Timor-Leste | 69.75% | +0.1% |
| 38th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.64% | -0.2% |
| 39th | Barbados | 69.53% | +0.1% |
| 40th | Bhutan | 69.52% | -0.1% |
| 41st | Brunei Darussalam | 68.19% | -0.3% |
| 42nd | Congo, Republic of | 68.07% | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Switzerland | 67.85% | +0.1% |
| 44th | Guatemala | 67.78% | +1.2% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 67.67% | -0.3% |
| 46th | Chad | 67.64% | -0.7% |
| 47th | Paraguay | 67.60% | -1.7% |
| 48th | Colombia | 67.44% | +1.3% |
| 49th | Norway | 67.39% | +0.1% |
| 50th | Kuwait | 67.13% | +1.0% |
| 51st | Canada | 67.11% | +1.1% |
| 52nd | Brazil | 66.90% | -0.1% |
| 53rd | Myanmar | 66.78% | -0.3% |
| 54th | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.93% | +0.2% |
| 55th | New Zealand | 65.83% | -0.3% |
| 56th | Denmark | 65.77% | -0.3% |
| 57th | Indonesia | 65.67% | -0.5% |
| 58th | Zimbabwe | 65.52% | +0.0% |
| 59th | Kyrgyz Republic | 65.50% | -1.4% |
| 60th | Jamaica | 65.40% | -0.5% |
| 61st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.37% | +0.4% |
| 62nd | Ecuador | 65.34% | +1.0% |
| 63rd | United States | 65.22% | -0.6% |
| 64th | New Caledonia | 65.00% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 64.99% | -0.4% |
| 66th | St. Lucia | 64.74% | +0.5% |
| 67th | Singapore | 64.70% | +0.1% |
| 68th | Sierra Leone | 64.64% | +0.0% |
| 69th | Ireland | 64.31% | -0.2% |
| 70th | Trinidad and Tobago | 64.19% | +1.8% |
| 71st | Panama | 63.80% | +0.2% |
| 72nd | Guinea | 63.77% | -1.0% |
| 73rd | Australia | 63.72% | +0.3% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.68% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Haiti | 63.41% | +0.3% |
| 76th | Cyprus | 63.07% | +2.0% |
| 77th | Honduras | 62.76% | -0.9% |
| 78th | Sweden | 62.64% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Finland | 62.14% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Guam | 62.05% | -0.6% |
| 81st | Portugal | 61.98% | -0.1% |
| 82nd | El Salvador | 61.77% | +2.3% |
| 83rd | Macao SAR, China | 61.70% | -3.8% |
| 84th | Lao PDR | 61.53% | -0.1% |
| 85th | United Kingdom | 61.37% | +0.2% |
| 86th | Rwanda | 61.36% | -0.3% |
| 87th | Armenia | 61.23% | -0.5% |
| 88th | Nicaragua | 61.23% | +0.6% |
| 89th | Philippines | 61.14% | -0.1% |
| 90th | Korea | 61.11% | -0.8% |
| 91st | Argentina | 61.04% | +1.5% |
| 92nd | Israel | 60.88% | +0.5% |
| 93rd | Japan | 60.77% | -0.8% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.75% | -0.8% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 60.52% | +3.9% |
| 96th | Belarus | 60.38% | +0.4% |
| 97th | Slovak Republic | 60.30% | +0.6% |
| 98th | Belize | 60.26% | +0.4% |
| 99th | Costa Rica | 60.04% | +0.5% |
| 100th | Equatorial Guinea | 60.03% | -1.0% |
| 101st | Russian Federation | 59.98% | -0.5% |
| 102nd | Malaysia | 59.98% | +0.2% |
| 103rd | Lithuania | 59.97% | +3.4% |
| 104th | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.75% | -2.4% |
| 105th | India | 59.61% | -0.3% |
| 106th | Mongolia | 59.52% | -0.1% |
| 107th | Czechia | 59.50% | -0.5% |
| 108th | Channel Islands | 59.50% | +0.0% |
| 109th | Zambia | 59.39% | -0.1% |
| 110th | Botswana | 59.20% | +0.3% |
| 111th | Uruguay | 59.11% | -1.4% |
| 112th | Mexico | 58.82% | +0.6% |
| 113th | Estonia | 58.75% | +3.1% |
| 114th | Austria | 58.73% | +0.1% |
| 115th | Albania | 58.56% | -1.8% |
| 116th | Fiji | 58.36% | -0.3% |
| 117th | Togo | 58.34% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Bangladesh | 58.19% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Tonga | 58.03% | -0.3% |
| 120th | Germany | 57.85% | +0.1% |
| 121st | French Polynesia | 57.51% | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Cabo Verde | 57.45% | -0.5% |
| 123rd | Moldova | 57.25% | +0.0% |
| 124th | Latvia | 56.90% | -1.5% |
| 125th | Slovenia | 56.71% | -2.9% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 56.63% | -1.6% |
| 127th | Ukraine | 56.51% | -0.4% |
| 128th | South Africa | 56.50% | -0.4% |
| 129th | Guyana | 56.39% | +0.2% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 56.14% | -0.6% |
| 131st | Oman | 56.09% | +0.3% |
| 132nd | France | 55.99% | +1.1% |
| 133rd | Samoa | 55.70% | -0.3% |
| 134th | European Union | 55.62% | +0.4% |
| 135th | Chile | 55.03% | +1.0% |
| 136th | Tajikistan | 55.01% | +0.0% |
| 137th | Namibia | 54.99% | +0.5% |
| 138th | Poland | 54.95% | -0.8% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | 54.89% | -0.4% |
| 140th | Spain | 54.82% | +2.2% |
| 141st | Serbia | 54.52% | -0.6% |
| 142nd | Maldives | 53.90% | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Cuba | 53.80% | +0.0% |
| 144th | Luxembourg | 53.56% | -1.2% |
| 145th | North Macedonia | 53.48% | +0.9% |
| 146th | Turkmenistan | 53.07% | -0.4% |
| 147th | Eswatini | 52.71% | -0.3% |
| 148th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.18% | -0.5% |
| 149th | Hungary | 51.97% | +0.4% |
| 150th | Croatia | 51.78% | +0.0% |
| 151st | Greece | 51.40% | +0.8% |
| 152nd | Belgium | 51.26% | +0.3% |
| 153rd | Romania | 50.72% | +0.0% |
| 154th | Morocco | 50.67% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 50.59% | +0.3% |
| 156th | Bulgaria | 50.16% | -1.6% |
| 157th | Senegal | 50.12% | -0.2% |
| 158th | Sudan | 49.99% | -0.6% |
| 159th | Malta | 49.75% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Suriname | 48.85% | +1.2% |
| 161st | Montenegro | 48.74% | -0.5% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 48.67% | +0.0% |
| 163rd | Italy | 48.62% | +0.8% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | 48.35% | +0.0% |
| 165th | Türkiye | 48.33% | -2.5% |
| 166th | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.09% | -1.9% |
| 167th | Gabon | 48.06% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Saudi Arabia | 47.89% | -0.2% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 46.76% | -0.8% |
| 170th | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.71% | +1.1% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 46.50% | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Libya | 46.45% | +0.1% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 45.39% | -0.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.96% | +0.9% |
| 175th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 44.13% | +2.2% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 44.12% | -0.1% |
| 177th | Algeria | 43.66% | -0.5% |
| 178th | Yemen, Republic of | 43.05% | -1.5% |
| 179th | Iraq | 41.93% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.52% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.31% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 38.76% | +7.9% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 37.40% | -2.6% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.18% | +0.1% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.75% | -0.1% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.06% | -0.1% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest labor force participation in 2003?▾
Tanzania has the highest labor force participation in 2003 at 87.23%.
Which country has the lowest labor force participation in 2003?▾
São Tomé and Principe has the lowest labor force participation in 2003 at 24.06%.
How many countries are ranked by labor force participation?▾
186 countries have labor force participation data for 2003.
What are the top 3 countries by labor force participation?▾
1. Tanzania (87.23%), 2. Madagascar (86.50%), 3. Mozambique (86.03%).