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South Africa - Labor Force Participation 2005

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

56.13% −0.17pp from 2004 Global rank: 129th

South Africa's labor force participation was 56.13% in 2005, decreased +0.17pp from 56.30% in 2004. This was the 129th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.99%	0.4%
2nd	Madagascar	86.50%	0.0%
3rd	Mozambique	85.02%	-0.6%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.45%	-0.1%
5th	Qatar	82.56%	0.2%
6th	Nigeria	82.17%	-0.3%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.04%	-0.1%
8th	Cameroon	81.77%	0.0%
9th	Burkina Faso	80.97%	-0.3%
10th	Cambodia	80.83%	0.3%
11th	Malawi	80.81%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	79.99%	0.0%
13th	Niger	79.29%	0.1%
14th	Burundi	78.43%	-1.2%
15th	Angola	77.27%	0.0%
16th	Liberia	77.09%	0.0%
17th	Vanuatu	77.00%	-0.1%
18th	United Arab Emirates	76.71%	0.9%
19th	Iceland	75.73%	-0.8%
20th	South Sudan	74.34%	-0.1%
21st	Viet Nam	74.25%	0.4%
22nd	Bahamas, The	74.22%	-0.1%
23rd	Uganda	74.03%	-0.1%
24th	Peru	73.11%	1.4%
25th	Kenya	73.11%	0.2%
26th	Thailand	73.04%	0.0%
27th	China	72.61%	-0.4%
28th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.58%	0.0%
29th	Central African Republic	72.54%	0.0%
30th	Ghana	72.17%	-0.1%
31st	Benin	71.79%	0.0%
32nd	Paraguay	70.28%	-1.5%
33rd	Mali	70.24%	0.0%
34th	Barbados	69.97%	-0.3%
35th	Georgia	69.94%	-1.3%
36th	Lesotho	69.76%	-0.8%
37th	Bhutan	69.47%	0.0%
38th	Kazakhstan	69.45%	-0.6%
39th	Timor-Leste	69.45%	-0.2%
40th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.29%	-0.2%
41st	Kuwait	68.30%	0.6%
42nd	Brazil	68.05%	1.0%
43rd	Congo, Republic of	67.92%	-0.1%
44th	Norway	67.91%	0.4%
45th	Brunei Darussalam	67.79%	-0.3%
46th	Netherlands	67.20%	-0.3%
47th	New Zealand	67.19%	1.2%
48th	Ecuador	66.98%	-0.7%
49th	Switzerland	66.96%	-0.5%
50th	Canada	66.73%	-0.5%
51st	Chad	66.66%	-0.7%
52nd	Azerbaijan	66.54%	-2.1%
53rd	Trinidad and Tobago	66.46%	1.7%
54th	Myanmar	66.34%	-0.3%
55th	Côte d'Ivoire	66.23%	0.2%
56th	Denmark	65.93%	-0.3%
57th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.83%	0.3%
58th	Bahrain	65.70%	1.2%
59th	Ireland	65.67%	2.0%
60th	Zimbabwe	65.62%	0.1%
61st	Colombia	65.34%	-2.0%
62nd	St. Lucia	65.33%	0.5%
63rd	Sierra Leone	65.23%	-1.3%
64th	Singapore	65.20%	1.0%
65th	Jamaica	65.18%	-0.3%
66th	United States	65.05%	0.1%
67th	Kyrgyz Republic	64.81%	0.3%
68th	New Caledonia	64.70%	-0.2%
69th	Panama	64.54%	0.2%
70th	Australia	64.51%	1.5%
71st	Indonesia	64.40%	-1.9%
72nd	Macao SAR, China	63.91%	1.9%
73rd	Haiti	63.83%	0.3%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.60%	-0.1%
75th	Cyprus	63.30%	0.0%
76th	Sweden	63.24%	1.3%
77th	Guatemala	62.67%	-0.7%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.52%	1.5%
79th	Guinea	62.46%	-1.0%
80th	Finland	62.21%	0.6%
81st	Nicaragua	61.92%	0.6%
82nd	Portugal	61.84%	0.5%
83rd	Israel	61.80%	0.7%
84th	Honduras	61.67%	-0.9%
85th	United Kingdom	61.67%	0.4%
86th	Philippines	61.59%	0.1%
87th	Korea	61.56%	-0.4%
88th	Argentina	61.51%	-0.7%
89th	Lao PDR	61.33%	-0.2%
90th	Costa Rica	61.31%	4.1%
91st	Rwanda	61.18%	-0.1%
92nd	Guam	61.10%	-1.0%
93rd	Russian Federation	60.91%	0.6%
94th	Armenia	60.77%	-0.3%
95th	Belarus	60.76%	0.3%
96th	Belize	60.74%	0.4%
97th	El Salvador	60.60%	0.6%
98th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.57%	-0.2%
99th	Japan	60.42%	0.0%
100th	Malaysia	60.27%	0.3%
101st	Mexico	60.12%	1.3%
102nd	Channel Islands	59.74%	0.3%
103rd	Botswana	59.67%	0.4%
104th	Uruguay	59.51%	0.0%
105th	Slovak Republic	59.46%	-1.0%
106th	Czechia	59.42%	0.3%
107th	Slovenia	59.34%	0.4%
108th	Zambia	59.30%	-0.1%
109th	India	59.29%	-0.3%
110th	Mauritius	59.27%	0.7%
111th	Mongolia	59.26%	-0.1%
112th	Equatorial Guinea	59.04%	-0.7%
113th	Estonia	58.61%	-0.5%
114th	Germany	58.33%	1.5%
115th	Togo	58.27%	-0.1%
116th	Bangladesh	58.12%	-0.1%
117th	Austria	58.06%	0.7%
118th	Tonga	57.62%	-0.4%
119th	Latvia	57.20%	0.0%
120th	Cabo Verde	56.92%	-0.5%
121st	Spain	56.88%	2.1%
122nd	Fiji	56.73%	-2.5%
123rd	French Polynesia	56.73%	-0.6%
124th	Dominican Republic	56.62%	-0.4%
125th	Guyana	56.51%	0.1%
126th	Albania	56.43%	-1.9%
127th	Oman	56.36%	0.2%
128th	Lithuania	56.16%	-1.5%
129th	South Africa	56.13%	-0.3%
130th	Ukraine	56.04%	-0.4%
131st	European Union	55.99%	0.5%
132nd	France	55.99%	0.2%
133rd	Chile	55.74%	0.6%
134th	Uzbekistan	55.60%	-0.6%
135th	Namibia	55.56%	0.5%
136th	Samoa	55.42%	-0.4%
137th	Luxembourg	55.13%	1.3%
138th	Moldova	54.82%	-0.5%
139th	Poland	54.80%	0.4%
140th	Sri Lanka	54.44%	-0.4%
141st	Cuba	53.93%	0.2%
142nd	Serbia	53.70%	-0.7%
143rd	Maldives	53.30%	-0.6%
144th	Belgium	53.29%	2.6%
145th	North Macedonia	53.27%	-0.2%
146th	Croatia	52.66%	-0.5%
147th	Eswatini	52.50%	-0.2%
148th	Hungary	52.32%	0.3%
149th	Greece	52.16%	0.2%
150th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.69%	-0.5%
151st	Turkmenistan	51.17%	-2.8%
152nd	Tajikistan	50.83%	-4.0%
153rd	Morocco	50.64%	0.0%
154th	Romania	50.53%	-0.1%
155th	Pakistan	50.38%	-0.7%
156th	Bulgaria	50.13%	-1.5%
157th	Senegal	50.03%	-0.1%
158th	Suriname	49.97%	1.1%
159th	Sudan	49.40%	-0.6%
160th	Italy	48.92%	-1.2%
161st	Malta	48.72%	0.8%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	48.62%	-0.1%
163rd	Montenegro	48.33%	-0.3%
164th	Gambia, The	48.26%	-0.2%
165th	Gabon	48.14%	0.1%
166th	Saudi Arabia	48.06%	0.3%
167th	Puerto Rico (US)	47.70%	2.2%
168th	Libya	46.65%	0.2%
169th	Syrian Arab Republic	46.57%	-1.6%
170th	Afghanistan	46.53%	0.1%
171st	Türkiye	46.43%	0.3%
172nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.12%	1.3%
173rd	Tunisia	46.08%	-0.7%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.02%	2.1%
175th	Mauritania	44.98%	-0.5%
176th	Lebanon	43.81%	-0.5%
177th	Algeria	43.35%	-0.3%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	41.87%	-1.3%
179th	Iraq	41.82%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.68%	0.7%
181st	Nepal	41.24%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	38.64%	1.1%
183rd	Jordan	38.30%	1.2%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.30%	0.2%
185th	Djibouti	33.72%	-0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.02%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was South Africa's labor force participation in 2005?▾

South Africa's labor force participation in 2005 was 56.13%. This ranked 129th globally.

How did South Africa's labor force participation change in 2005?▾

South Africa's labor force participation decreased by 0.3% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2005?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2005 at 87.99%.

What is the labor force participation of South Africa in 2005?▾

The labor force participation of South Africa in 2005 was 56.13%. This ranked 129th globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for South Africa's labor force participation?▾

South Africa's labor force participation went from 56.30% in 2004 to 56.13% in 2005, a 0.3% decrease.

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