Labor Force Participation - Ranking 2006
Year
In 2006, Tanzania (88.35%), Madagascar (86.53%), and Mozambique (84.49%) ranked highest in labor force participation among all countries. São Tomé and Principe ranked lowest at 24.02%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 88.35% | +0.4% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.53% | +0.0% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 84.49% | -0.6% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.47% | +0.0% |
| 5th | Qatar | 83.75% | +1.4% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.07% | +0.0% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.96% | -0.3% |
| 8th | Cameroon | 81.75% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Cambodia | 81.03% | +0.2% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 80.75% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 80.04% | +0.1% |
| 12th | Malawi | 79.69% | -1.4% |
| 13th | Niger | 79.34% | +0.1% |
| 14th | Burundi | 77.45% | -1.3% |
| 15th | Angola | 77.26% | 0.0% |
| 16th | United Arab Emirates | 77.22% | +0.7% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.10% | +0.0% |
| 18th | Iceland | 76.89% | +1.5% |
| 19th | Vanuatu | 76.87% | -0.2% |
| 20th | Peru | 76.14% | +4.1% |
| 21st | Viet Nam | 74.60% | +0.5% |
| 22nd | South Sudan | 74.23% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Bahamas, The | 74.15% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Uganda | 73.92% | -0.1% |
| 25th | Kenya | 73.23% | +0.2% |
| 26th | Central African Republic | 72.55% | +0.0% |
| 27th | Thailand | 72.48% | -0.8% |
| 28th | China | 72.28% | -0.4% |
| 29th | Ghana | 72.10% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Benin | 71.81% | +0.0% |
| 31st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 71.69% | -1.2% |
| 32nd | Mali | 70.27% | +0.0% |
| 33rd | Barbados | 69.79% | -0.3% |
| 34th | Timor-Leste | 69.69% | +0.3% |
| 35th | Kazakhstan | 69.68% | +0.3% |
| 36th | Bhutan | 69.53% | +0.1% |
| 37th | Lesotho | 69.21% | -0.8% |
| 38th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.12% | -0.2% |
| 39th | Georgia | 69.12% | -1.2% |
| 40th | Norway | 68.17% | +0.4% |
| 41st | Kuwait | 68.08% | -0.3% |
| 42nd | Ecuador | 67.95% | +1.5% |
| 43rd | Congo, Republic of | 67.85% | -0.1% |
| 44th | New Zealand | 67.74% | +0.8% |
| 45th | Brazil | 67.71% | -0.5% |
| 46th | Brunei Darussalam | 67.57% | -0.3% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 67.32% | +0.5% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 67.17% | -0.1% |
| 49th | Paraguay | 67.05% | -4.6% |
| 50th | Canada | 66.83% | +0.1% |
| 51st | Bahrain | 66.72% | +1.6% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.54% | +0.1% |
| 53rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.38% | +0.2% |
| 54th | Denmark | 66.34% | +0.6% |
| 55th | Chad | 66.17% | -0.7% |
| 56th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.13% | +0.4% |
| 57th | Myanmar | 66.12% | -0.3% |
| 58th | Ireland | 66.09% | +0.6% |
| 59th | Singapore | 66.08% | +1.4% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 65.85% | +3.0% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 65.66% | +0.1% |
| 62nd | St. Lucia | 65.63% | +0.4% |
| 63rd | United States | 65.18% | +0.2% |
| 64th | Jamaica | 64.94% | -0.4% |
| 65th | Australia | 64.85% | +0.5% |
| 66th | Azerbaijan | 64.80% | -2.6% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 64.63% | -0.1% |
| 68th | Colombia | 64.62% | -1.1% |
| 69th | Kyrgyz Republic | 64.50% | -0.5% |
| 70th | Sierra Leone | 64.35% | -1.4% |
| 71st | Indonesia | 64.21% | -0.3% |
| 72nd | Haiti | 64.19% | +0.6% |
| 73rd | Panama | 63.71% | -1.3% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.57% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Sweden | 63.34% | +0.2% |
| 76th | Cyprus | 63.30% | +0.0% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 62.80% | +0.4% |
| 78th | Guam | 62.70% | +2.6% |
| 79th | Finland | 62.28% | +0.1% |
| 80th | Nicaragua | 62.27% | +0.6% |
| 81st | Guatemala | 62.24% | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Israel | 62.22% | +0.7% |
| 83rd | United Kingdom | 62.10% | +0.7% |
| 84th | Portugal | 62.05% | +0.3% |
| 85th | Uruguay | 61.98% | +4.1% |
| 86th | Guinea | 61.80% | -1.1% |
| 87th | Argentina | 61.80% | +0.5% |
| 88th | Korea | 61.46% | -0.2% |
| 89th | Philippines | 61.42% | -0.3% |
| 90th | Russian Federation | 61.23% | +0.5% |
| 91st | Lao PDR | 61.19% | -0.2% |
| 92nd | Rwanda | 61.14% | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Belarus | 61.04% | +0.5% |
| 94th | Belize | 60.98% | +0.4% |
| 95th | El Salvador | 60.92% | +0.5% |
| 96th | Mexico | 60.88% | +1.3% |
| 97th | Armenia | 60.67% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Costa Rica | 60.65% | -1.1% |
| 99th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.54% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Estonia | 60.50% | +3.2% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 60.46% | +0.3% |
| 102nd | Japan | 60.42% | +0.0% |
| 103rd | Botswana | 59.89% | +0.4% |
| 104th | Honduras | 59.86% | -2.9% |
| 105th | Channel Islands | 59.71% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Slovenia | 59.47% | +0.2% |
| 107th | Czechia | 59.27% | -0.2% |
| 108th | Zambia | 59.26% | -0.1% |
| 109th | Mongolia | 59.19% | -0.1% |
| 110th | Slovak Republic | 59.06% | -0.7% |
| 111th | Mauritius | 59.02% | -0.4% |
| 112th | Germany | 59.00% | +1.1% |
| 113th | Latvia | 58.95% | +3.1% |
| 114th | Equatorial Guinea | 58.89% | -0.2% |
| 115th | Austria | 58.56% | +0.9% |
| 116th | India | 58.35% | -1.6% |
| 117th | Togo | 58.23% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Moldova | 58.09% | +6.0% |
| 119th | Bangladesh | 58.07% | -0.1% |
| 120th | Spain | 57.84% | +1.7% |
| 121st | Fiji | 57.80% | +1.9% |
| 122nd | Tonga | 57.37% | -0.4% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 57.30% | +1.2% |
| 124th | Chile | 56.88% | +2.0% |
| 125th | Cabo Verde | 56.65% | -0.5% |
| 126th | Oman | 56.65% | +0.5% |
| 127th | Guyana | 56.54% | +0.0% |
| 128th | French Polynesia | 56.41% | -0.6% |
| 129th | European Union | 56.21% | +0.4% |
| 130th | South Africa | 55.99% | -0.2% |
| 131st | France | 55.92% | -0.1% |
| 132nd | Namibia | 55.84% | +0.5% |
| 133rd | Ukraine | 55.81% | -0.4% |
| 134th | Albania | 55.35% | -1.9% |
| 135th | Samoa | 55.35% | -0.1% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 55.21% | -0.7% |
| 137th | Luxembourg | 55.15% | +0.0% |
| 138th | Lithuania | 55.14% | -1.8% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | 54.21% | -0.4% |
| 140th | Poland | 54.19% | -1.1% |
| 141st | Cuba | 54.06% | +0.3% |
| 142nd | Serbia | 53.41% | -0.5% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 53.25% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Belgium | 53.11% | -0.3% |
| 145th | Maldives | 53.00% | -0.6% |
| 146th | Greece | 52.43% | +0.5% |
| 147th | Eswatini | 52.41% | -0.2% |
| 148th | Hungary | 52.41% | +0.2% |
| 149th | Croatia | 52.11% | -1.0% |
| 150th | Bulgaria | 52.01% | +3.8% |
| 151st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.53% | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Morocco | 50.62% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Romania | 50.58% | +0.1% |
| 154th | Suriname | 50.53% | +1.1% |
| 155th | Turkmenistan | 50.05% | -2.2% |
| 156th | Pakistan | 50.03% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Senegal | 50.00% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Sudan | 49.11% | -0.6% |
| 159th | Italy | 48.88% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Malta | 48.85% | +0.3% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 48.74% | -4.1% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 48.58% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Saudi Arabia | 48.35% | +0.6% |
| 164th | Gabon | 48.29% | +0.3% |
| 165th | Montenegro | 48.19% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Gambia, The | 48.19% | -0.2% |
| 167th | Puerto Rico (US) | 47.23% | -1.0% |
| 168th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.97% | +2.1% |
| 169th | Libya | 46.97% | +0.7% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 46.57% | +0.1% |
| 171st | Tunisia | 46.49% | +0.9% |
| 172nd | Türkiye | 46.27% | -0.3% |
| 173rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 45.81% | -1.6% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 45.29% | -1.8% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 44.77% | -0.5% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 43.61% | -0.5% |
| 177th | Algeria | 43.25% | -0.2% |
| 178th | Comoros | 41.99% | +0.7% |
| 179th | Iraq | 41.77% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Yemen, Republic of | 41.36% | -1.2% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.17% | -0.2% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 38.63% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 37.70% | -1.6% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.41% | +0.3% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.64% | -0.2% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.02% | 0.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest labor force participation in 2006?▾
Tanzania has the highest labor force participation in 2006 at 88.35%.
Which country has the lowest labor force participation in 2006?▾
São Tomé and Principe has the lowest labor force participation in 2006 at 24.02%.
How many countries are ranked by labor force participation?▾
186 countries have labor force participation data for 2006.
What are the top 3 countries by labor force participation?▾
1. Tanzania (88.35%), 2. Madagascar (86.53%), 3. Mozambique (84.49%).