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Senegal - Labor Force Participation 2015

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

45.49% −0.50pp from 2014 Global rank: 170th

Senegal's labor force participation was 45.49% in 2015, decreased +0.50pp from 45.99% in 2014. This was the 170th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 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 Senegal's labor force participation in 2015?▾

Senegal's labor force participation in 2015 was 45.49%. This ranked 170th globally.

How did Senegal's labor force participation change in 2015?▾

Senegal's labor force participation decreased by 1.1% 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 Senegal in 2015?▾

The labor force participation of Senegal in 2015 was 45.49%. This ranked 170th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Senegal's labor force participation?▾

Senegal's labor force participation went from 45.99% in 2014 to 45.49% in 2015, a 1.1% decrease.

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