Labor Force Participation - Ranking 2007
Year
In 2007, Tanzania (87.86%), Madagascar (86.55%), and Qatar (85.33%) ranked highest in labor force participation among all countries. São Tomé and Principe ranked lowest at 24.02%.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 87.86% | -0.5% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.55% | +0.0% |
| 3rd | Qatar | 85.33% | +1.9% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.51% | +0.0% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 83.95% | -0.6% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.10% | +0.0% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.80% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Cameroon | 81.73% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Cambodia | 81.23% | +0.2% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 80.52% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 80.04% | +0.0% |
| 12th | Niger | 79.39% | +0.1% |
| 13th | Malawi | 78.52% | -1.5% |
| 14th | Peru | 78.23% | +2.7% |
| 15th | Burundi | 77.68% | +0.3% |
| 16th | United Arab Emirates | 77.32% | +0.1% |
| 17th | Angola | 77.25% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Iceland | 77.16% | +0.3% |
| 19th | Liberia | 77.12% | +0.0% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 75.03% | +0.6% |
| 21st | South Sudan | 74.11% | -0.2% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 74.07% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Vanuatu | 74.05% | -3.7% |
| 24th | Uganda | 73.80% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Kenya | 73.35% | +0.2% |
| 26th | Thailand | 72.87% | +0.5% |
| 27th | Central African Republic | 72.58% | +0.0% |
| 28th | Ghana | 72.04% | -0.1% |
| 29th | China | 71.95% | -0.5% |
| 30th | Benin | 71.82% | +0.0% |
| 31st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 70.79% | -1.3% |
| 32nd | Kazakhstan | 70.39% | +1.0% |
| 33rd | Mali | 70.29% | +0.0% |
| 34th | Barbados | 69.62% | -0.2% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 69.61% | +0.1% |
| 36th | Timor-Leste | 69.22% | -0.7% |
| 37th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.95% | -0.3% |
| 38th | Paraguay | 68.82% | +2.6% |
| 39th | Lesotho | 68.66% | -0.8% |
| 40th | Macao SAR, China | 68.60% | +4.2% |
| 41st | Norway | 68.42% | +0.4% |
| 42nd | Georgia | 68.16% | -1.4% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | 68.01% | +0.4% |
| 44th | Bahrain | 67.95% | +1.8% |
| 45th | Kuwait | 67.89% | -0.3% |
| 46th | Congo, Republic of | 67.80% | -0.1% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 67.62% | +0.4% |
| 48th | Brazil | 67.30% | -0.6% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 67.25% | -0.5% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 67.17% | +0.0% |
| 51st | Canada | 67.11% | +0.4% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 66.77% | -1.7% |
| 53rd | Ireland | 66.62% | +0.8% |
| 54th | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.53% | +0.2% |
| 55th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.35% | +0.3% |
| 56th | Indonesia | 66.23% | +3.1% |
| 57th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.00% | -0.8% |
| 58th | St. Lucia | 65.92% | +0.4% |
| 59th | Myanmar | 65.92% | -0.3% |
| 60th | Denmark | 65.89% | -0.7% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 65.69% | +0.0% |
| 62nd | Chad | 65.67% | -0.8% |
| 63rd | Singapore | 65.50% | -0.9% |
| 64th | Australia | 65.28% | +0.7% |
| 65th | United States | 64.99% | -0.3% |
| 66th | Jamaica | 64.67% | -0.4% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 64.59% | -0.1% |
| 68th | Haiti | 64.55% | +0.6% |
| 69th | Panama | 64.09% | +0.6% |
| 70th | Colombia | 63.89% | -1.1% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 63.82% | +0.8% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 63.82% | +3.0% |
| 73rd | Sweden | 63.70% | +0.6% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.54% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Sierra Leone | 63.45% | -1.4% |
| 76th | Kyrgyz Republic | 63.36% | -1.8% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 63.35% | +0.9% |
| 78th | Israel | 62.77% | +0.9% |
| 79th | Nicaragua | 62.61% | +0.5% |
| 80th | Portugal | 62.18% | +0.2% |
| 81st | Russian Federation | 62.03% | +1.3% |
| 82nd | United Kingdom | 61.94% | -0.3% |
| 83rd | Guatemala | 61.79% | -0.7% |
| 84th | Azerbaijan | 61.79% | -4.7% |
| 85th | Costa Rica | 61.43% | +1.3% |
| 86th | El Salvador | 61.39% | +0.8% |
| 87th | Belarus | 61.36% | +0.5% |
| 88th | Korea | 61.32% | -0.2% |
| 89th | Philippines | 61.26% | -0.3% |
| 90th | Belize | 61.22% | +0.4% |
| 91st | Guinea | 61.13% | -1.1% |
| 92nd | Finland | 61.12% | -1.9% |
| 93rd | Rwanda | 61.12% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Argentina | 61.11% | -1.1% |
| 95th | Lao PDR | 61.07% | -0.2% |
| 96th | Mexico | 60.92% | +0.1% |
| 97th | Botswana | 60.85% | +1.6% |
| 98th | Armenia | 60.73% | +0.1% |
| 99th | Malaysia | 60.69% | +0.4% |
| 100th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.57% | +0.0% |
| 101st | Estonia | 60.51% | +0.0% |
| 102nd | Japan | 60.40% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Latvia | 60.20% | +2.1% |
| 104th | Slovenia | 59.99% | +0.9% |
| 105th | Channel Islands | 59.72% | +0.0% |
| 106th | Austria | 59.42% | +1.5% |
| 107th | Zambia | 59.21% | -0.1% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 59.13% | -0.1% |
| 109th | Germany | 59.07% | +0.1% |
| 110th | Honduras | 58.96% | -1.5% |
| 111th | Fiji | 58.87% | +1.8% |
| 112th | Equatorial Guinea | 58.85% | -0.1% |
| 113th | Moldova | 58.85% | +1.3% |
| 114th | Czechia | 58.77% | -0.8% |
| 115th | Slovak Republic | 58.72% | -0.6% |
| 116th | Spain | 58.34% | +0.9% |
| 117th | Mauritius | 58.21% | -1.4% |
| 118th | Bangladesh | 58.20% | +0.2% |
| 119th | Togo | 58.19% | -0.1% |
| 120th | Guam | 57.80% | -7.8% |
| 121st | India | 57.42% | -1.6% |
| 122nd | Chile | 57.35% | +0.8% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 57.21% | -0.2% |
| 124th | Tonga | 57.14% | -0.4% |
| 125th | Oman | 57.12% | +0.8% |
| 126th | Guyana | 56.54% | +0.0% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | 56.38% | -0.5% |
| 128th | European Union | 56.31% | +0.2% |
| 129th | Ukraine | 56.24% | +0.8% |
| 130th | Namibia | 56.12% | +0.5% |
| 131st | French Polynesia | 56.08% | -0.6% |
| 132nd | France | 56.06% | +0.3% |
| 133rd | South Africa | 55.88% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Lithuania | 55.42% | +0.5% |
| 135th | Samoa | 55.29% | -0.1% |
| 136th | Luxembourg | 55.19% | +0.1% |
| 137th | Uzbekistan | 54.97% | -0.4% |
| 138th | North Macedonia | 54.28% | +1.9% |
| 139th | Albania | 54.28% | -1.9% |
| 140th | Cuba | 54.16% | +0.2% |
| 141st | Poland | 54.01% | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | 53.98% | -0.4% |
| 143rd | Belgium | 53.66% | +1.0% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 53.55% | +2.9% |
| 145th | Serbia | 53.50% | +0.2% |
| 146th | Croatia | 52.87% | +1.5% |
| 147th | Maldives | 52.70% | -0.6% |
| 148th | Hungary | 52.31% | -0.2% |
| 149th | Eswatini | 52.30% | -0.2% |
| 150th | Greece | 52.27% | -0.3% |
| 151st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.43% | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Suriname | 51.09% | +1.1% |
| 153rd | Romania | 50.71% | +0.3% |
| 154th | Morocco | 50.61% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 50.05% | +0.0% |
| 156th | Malta | 49.59% | +1.5% |
| 157th | Senegal | 49.50% | -1.0% |
| 158th | Turkmenistan | 48.98% | -2.1% |
| 159th | Sudan | 48.81% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Saudi Arabia | 48.65% | +0.6% |
| 161st | Italy | 48.58% | -0.6% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 48.49% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 48.38% | +0.2% |
| 164th | Montenegro | 48.20% | +0.0% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 48.15% | -0.1% |
| 166th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 47.93% | +2.0% |
| 167th | Libya | 47.46% | +1.0% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | 46.65% | -4.3% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 46.63% | +0.3% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 46.62% | +0.1% |
| 171st | Türkiye | 46.23% | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.13% | -2.3% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 44.57% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.43% | -1.9% |
| 175th | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.25% | -3.4% |
| 176th | Lebanon | 43.40% | -0.5% |
| 177th | Algeria | 43.18% | -0.2% |
| 178th | Comoros | 42.30% | +0.7% |
| 179th | Iraq | 41.71% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Nepal | 41.09% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 40.89% | -1.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 39.92% | +3.3% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.80% | +5.6% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.49% | +0.2% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.52% | -0.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.02% | +0.0% |
FAQ
Which country has the highest labor force participation in 2007?▾
Tanzania has the highest labor force participation in 2007 at 87.86%.
Which country has the lowest labor force participation in 2007?▾
São Tomé and Principe has the lowest labor force participation in 2007 at 24.02%.
How many countries are ranked by labor force participation?▾
186 countries have labor force participation data for 2007.
What are the top 3 countries by labor force participation?▾
1. Tanzania (87.86%), 2. Madagascar (86.55%), 3. Qatar (85.33%).