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South Africa - Labor Force Participation 2014

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

53.31% +0.24pp from 2013 Global rank: 147th

South Africa's labor force participation was 53.31% in 2014, increased +0.24pp from 53.08% in 2013. This was the 147th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2014▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2014
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	86.75%	0.5%
2nd	Madagascar	86.16%	-0.1%
3rd	Solomon Islands	84.37%	0.1%
4th	Tanzania	83.97%	-0.7%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.05%	0.0%
6th	Nigeria	80.77%	-0.1%
7th	Cambodia	80.29%	0.1%
8th	Mozambique	79.72%	-0.8%
9th	Eritrea	79.11%	-0.3%
10th	Burundi	78.94%	0.1%
11th	Burkina Faso	78.86%	-0.3%
12th	United Arab Emirates	77.67%	0.4%
13th	Viet Nam	77.31%	0.1%
14th	Uganda	77.21%	-8.7%
15th	Peru	77.07%	-1.0%
16th	Liberia	76.98%	0.0%
17th	Angola	76.47%	-0.4%
18th	Iceland	75.97%	1.4%
19th	Kenya	74.17%	0.2%
20th	Bahamas, The	73.86%	0.1%
21st	South Sudan	73.69%	0.2%
22nd	Niger	73.57%	-2.8%
23rd	Central African Republic	73.30%	0.3%
24th	Benin	73.12%	0.6%
25th	Cameroon	72.10%	-1.5%
26th	Kuwait	71.85%	0.7%
27th	Macao SAR, China	71.40%	0.8%
28th	Bahrain	71.17%	-0.5%
29th	Mali	70.62%	0.0%
30th	Kazakhstan	70.53%	-0.1%
31st	Ghana	70.47%	-1.7%
32nd	Thailand	69.79%	-0.3%
33rd	China	69.65%	-0.5%
34th	St. Lucia	69.28%	0.0%
35th	Moldova	69.27%	6.2%
36th	Oman	68.65%	1.3%
37th	Malawi	68.64%	-2.3%
38th	Singapore	68.56%	1.2%
39th	New Zealand	68.31%	1.3%
40th	Congo, Republic of	68.05%	0.1%
41st	Switzerland	67.99%	0.6%
42nd	Paraguay	67.96%	-2.7%
43rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.72%	-0.3%
44th	Côte d'Ivoire	67.05%	-0.2%
45th	Colombia	66.99%	-0.4%
46th	Timor-Leste	66.98%	-0.3%
47th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.82%	0.1%
48th	Indonesia	66.62%	-0.2%
49th	Norway	66.56%	-0.6%
50th	Barbados	66.34%	-2.9%
51st	Georgia	66.30%	-0.3%
52nd	Netherlands	66.16%	-0.9%
53rd	Zimbabwe	66.16%	0.0%
54th	Canada	66.02%	-0.8%
55th	Brunei Darussalam	65.95%	-0.4%
56th	Uruguay	65.87%	1.6%
57th	Haiti	65.87%	0.1%
58th	Panama	65.70%	-0.1%
59th	Israel	65.62%	0.8%
60th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.53%	-0.4%
61st	Nicaragua	64.97%	0.5%
62nd	Malaysia	64.96%	1.6%
63rd	Myanmar	64.84%	-0.2%
64th	Australia	64.79%	-0.4%
65th	Cyprus	64.63%	0.9%
66th	Costa Rica	64.19%	0.8%
67th	Honduras	64.15%	2.4%
68th	Belarus	64.14%	0.3%
69th	Brazil	64.04%	-0.4%
70th	Lesotho	64.02%	-1.9%
71st	Trinidad and Tobago	63.90%	0.4%
72nd	New Caledonia	63.90%	-0.3%
73rd	Sweden	63.90%	0.1%
74th	Belize	63.49%	1.4%
75th	Guinea-Bissau	63.22%	-0.1%
76th	Russian Federation	62.84%	0.0%
77th	Azerbaijan	62.76%	1.4%
78th	Ecuador	62.62%	0.6%
79th	Bhutan	62.61%	-4.1%
80th	Jamaica	62.55%	1.1%
81st	United States	62.45%	-0.5%
82nd	Guam	62.44%	-0.1%
83rd	Korea	62.28%	1.4%
84th	Philippines	62.17%	1.2%
85th	United Kingdom	62.13%	0.2%
86th	Chile	62.12%	0.5%
87th	Chad	62.09%	-0.8%
88th	Botswana	61.92%	0.5%
89th	Vanuatu	61.85%	-1.0%
90th	Ireland	61.71%	-0.3%
91st	Armenia	61.53%	0.0%
92nd	Denmark	61.34%	-0.3%
93rd	Estonia	61.08%	-0.3%
94th	Namibia	60.83%	-1.4%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	60.73%	0.6%
96th	Guatemala	60.73%	0.9%
97th	Rwanda	60.71%	-0.1%
98th	Mexico	60.48%	-0.9%
99th	Germany	60.38%	0.2%
100th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.33%	-0.3%
101st	Austria	60.17%	-0.3%
102nd	Lao PDR	60.14%	-0.2%
103rd	Mauritius	59.97%	0.4%
104th	Slovak Republic	59.79%	0.9%
105th	Mongolia	59.64%	0.2%
106th	Dominican Republic	59.53%	0.4%
107th	Argentina	59.44%	-0.9%
108th	Japan	59.44%	0.3%
109th	El Salvador	59.40%	-1.9%
110th	Czechia	59.27%	0.0%
111th	Latvia	59.23%	-0.1%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.18%	1.2%
113th	Cabo Verde	59.15%	0.0%
114th	Luxembourg	58.98%	0.8%
115th	Lithuania	58.93%	1.6%
116th	Channel Islands	58.91%	-0.7%
117th	Fiji	58.89%	-2.3%
118th	Zambia	58.84%	-0.1%
119th	Portugal	58.78%	-0.8%
120th	Finland	58.74%	-0.6%
121st	Spain	58.73%	-0.7%
122nd	Saudi Arabia	58.41%	2.2%
123rd	Togo	58.16%	0.0%
124th	Slovenia	57.85%	0.4%
125th	Poland	57.07%	0.6%
126th	Sierra Leone	56.95%	-1.6%
127th	Bangladesh	56.82%	-0.6%
128th	European Union	56.70%	0.0%
129th	Guinea	56.36%	-1.2%
130th	Ukraine	56.29%	0.0%
131st	Virgin Islands (US)	56.27%	-1.2%
132nd	Uzbekistan	56.06%	0.3%
133rd	French Polynesia	56.05%	-0.2%
134th	Guyana	55.90%	-0.3%
135th	France	55.76%	-0.9%
136th	Maldives	55.53%	1.2%
137th	Cuba	55.40%	0.2%
138th	Tonga	55.36%	-0.5%
139th	Malta	55.17%	2.0%
140th	Hungary	55.01%	2.8%
141st	Suriname	55.01%	1.0%
142nd	Samoa	54.84%	-0.1%
143rd	North Macedonia	54.61%	-0.1%
144th	Bulgaria	53.97%	0.1%
145th	Belgium	53.58%	-0.1%
146th	Albania	53.42%	1.9%
147th	South Africa	53.31%	0.4%
148th	India	53.21%	-0.3%
149th	Croatia	52.18%	2.8%
150th	Montenegro	51.64%	4.5%
151st	Serbia	51.60%	0.9%
152nd	Sri Lanka	51.60%	-0.9%
153rd	Eswatini	51.38%	-0.2%
154th	Greece	51.23%	-0.6%
155th	Pakistan	51.00%	-0.9%
156th	Romania	50.52%	0.9%
157th	Türkiye	50.51%	-0.6%
158th	Gabon	50.20%	0.6%
159th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.07%	-0.6%
160th	Papua New Guinea	49.53%	0.3%
161st	Libya	49.40%	0.2%
162nd	Italy	48.73%	0.5%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.12%	-0.7%
164th	Morocco	48.06%	-0.5%
165th	Gambia, The	47.85%	-0.1%
166th	Tunisia	47.61%	-0.3%
167th	Afghanistan	47.10%	0.1%
168th	Lebanon	46.59%	1.0%
169th	Senegal	45.99%	-1.1%
170th	Sudan	45.72%	-2.3%
171st	Comoros	44.47%	0.7%
172nd	Turkmenistan	43.78%	-1.1%
173rd	Iraq	42.93%	2.3%
174th	Algeria	42.60%	-0.6%
175th	Mauritania	42.57%	-1.1%
176th	West Bank and Gaza	42.12%	0.8%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.89%	-0.6%
178th	Tajikistan	40.50%	-1.0%
179th	Nepal	40.34%	-0.4%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	38.29%	-2.6%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	37.73%	-0.1%
182nd	Yemen, Republic of	36.97%	-1.6%
183rd	Jordan	36.40%	-1.9%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.18%	-0.1%
185th	Djibouti	32.72%	-0.4%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.02%	0.0%

FAQ

What was South Africa's labor force participation in 2014?▾

South Africa's labor force participation in 2014 was 53.31%. This ranked 147th globally.

How did South Africa's labor force participation change in 2014?▾

South Africa's labor force participation increased by 0.4% in 2014 compared to 2013.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2014?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2014 at 86.75%.

What is the labor force participation of South Africa in 2014?▾

The labor force participation of South Africa in 2014 was 53.31%. This ranked 147th globally.

How does 2014 compare to 2013 for South Africa's labor force participation?▾

South Africa's labor force participation went from 53.08% in 2013 to 53.31% in 2014, a 0.4% increase.

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