Turkmenistan - Labor Force Participation 2019
42.76%
−0.17pp from 2018
Turkmenistan's labor force participation was 42.76% in 2019, decreased +0.17pp from 42.93% in 2018. This was the 172nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 87.43% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 85.37% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.31% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.81% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 82.42% | 0.6% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.18% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.00% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Burundi | 79.74% | -0.4% |
| 9th | United Arab Emirates | 79.47% | 0.5% |
| 10th | Mozambique | 78.92% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 78.39% | -0.4% |
| 12th | Burkina Faso | 77.62% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Peru | 77.36% | 0.2% |
| 14th | Uganda | 77.24% | 3.3% |
| 15th | Liberia | 76.82% | -0.1% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 76.62% | -1.1% |
| 17th | Iceland | 75.70% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Benin | 75.10% | 0.5% |
| 19th | Angola | 75.02% | -0.4% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 74.40% | 0.1% |
| 21st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 74.16% | 3.3% |
| 22nd | South Sudan | 73.94% | -0.4% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 73.42% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Kuwait | 73.33% | -0.3% |
| 25th | Niger | 72.44% | -0.3% |
| 26th | Paraguay | 72.39% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Bahrain | 71.41% | -0.9% |
| 28th | New Zealand | 70.17% | -0.5% |
| 29th | Kazakhstan | 70.08% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 69.79% | -0.4% |
| 31st | Oman | 69.78% | -1.0% |
| 32nd | Belize | 69.73% | 3.6% |
| 33rd | Moldova | 69.33% | 3.4% |
| 34th | Singapore | 68.99% | 0.6% |
| 35th | St. Lucia | 68.80% | -1.5% |
| 36th | Panama | 68.51% | 1.4% |
| 37th | Switzerland | 68.32% | -0.4% |
| 38th | Indonesia | 68.24% | 0.9% |
| 39th | Congo, Republic of | 68.12% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Kenya | 67.80% | -3.3% |
| 41st | Cameroon | 67.45% | -1.4% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.43% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Mali | 67.39% | -1.3% |
| 44th | China | 67.38% | -0.6% |
| 45th | Jamaica | 66.97% | 2.3% |
| 46th | Thailand | 66.94% | -1.3% |
| 47th | Netherlands | 66.71% | 0.5% |
| 48th | Timor-Leste | 66.51% | -1.0% |
| 49th | Bhutan | 66.36% | 6.0% |
| 50th | Ecuador | 66.18% | -0.7% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 66.11% | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Australia | 66.09% | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Norway | 65.93% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Malaysia | 65.87% | 0.5% |
| 55th | Haiti | 65.83% | -0.2% |
| 56th | Canada | 65.81% | 0.4% |
| 57th | Zimbabwe | 65.80% | -0.2% |
| 58th | Mongolia | 65.60% | 9.8% |
| 59th | Azerbaijan | 65.23% | -0.3% |
| 60th | Dominican Republic | 65.19% | 2.2% |
| 61st | Israel | 65.00% | -0.7% |
| 62nd | Nicaragua | 65.00% | -0.2% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 64.93% | -1.2% |
| 64th | Brazil | 64.89% | 0.6% |
| 65th | Brunei Darussalam | 64.79% | -2.5% |
| 66th | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.68% | -1.1% |
| 67th | Sweden | 64.58% | 0.1% |
| 68th | Colombia | 64.32% | -1.4% |
| 69th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.30% | -0.3% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 64.26% | 3.3% |
| 71st | Belarus | 64.25% | -0.2% |
| 72nd | Ghana | 63.71% | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Maldives | 63.63% | 3.6% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 63.49% | -0.3% |
| 75th | Botswana | 63.48% | 0.6% |
| 76th | Malawi | 63.27% | -0.2% |
| 77th | Honduras | 63.18% | -5.0% |
| 78th | Estonia | 63.16% | -0.5% |
| 79th | Chile | 63.07% | -0.2% |
| 80th | Korea | 62.99% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Georgia | 62.93% | -1.6% |
| 82nd | United States | 62.85% | 0.4% |
| 83rd | United Kingdom | 62.63% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Denmark | 62.45% | 0.9% |
| 85th | Ireland | 62.31% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Guam | 62.28% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Lao PDR | 62.21% | 2.0% |
| 88th | Guinea-Bissau | 62.17% | -1.2% |
| 89th | Lithuania | 62.07% | 0.9% |
| 90th | Japan | 62.01% | 0.9% |
| 91st | Russian Federation | 61.70% | -1.2% |
| 92nd | Germany | 61.31% | 0.7% |
| 93rd | Saudi Arabia | 61.20% | 3.0% |
| 94th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.20% | -0.2% |
| 95th | Mexico | 61.12% | 1.1% |
| 96th | Latvia | 61.09% | -0.4% |
| 97th | Austria | 60.90% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.69% | -0.8% |
| 99th | Myanmar | 60.50% | -3.0% |
| 100th | Albania | 60.31% | 1.7% |
| 101st | Argentina | 60.29% | 1.2% |
| 102nd | Malta | 60.28% | 1.7% |
| 103rd | Czechia | 60.12% | -0.4% |
| 104th | Luxembourg | 60.04% | 1.3% |
| 105th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.00% | -1.1% |
| 106th | Chad | 59.94% | -0.1% |
| 107th | El Salvador | 59.89% | 2.0% |
| 108th | Mauritius | 59.75% | 0.8% |
| 109th | Slovak Republic | 59.56% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Zambia | 59.54% | 1.8% |
| 111th | Bangladesh | 59.47% | 0.9% |
| 112th | Philippines | 59.44% | 0.8% |
| 113th | Finland | 59.18% | -0.2% |
| 114th | Guatemala | 59.17% | -2.2% |
| 115th | Portugal | 58.98% | 0.0% |
| 116th | Namibia | 58.92% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.87% | 0.7% |
| 118th | Armenia | 58.76% | -4.2% |
| 119th | Vanuatu | 58.60% | -1.1% |
| 120th | Hungary | 58.47% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Rwanda | 58.45% | -3.2% |
| 122nd | Slovenia | 58.38% | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Channel Islands | 58.38% | -0.3% |
| 124th | Togo | 57.99% | -0.1% |
| 125th | Lesotho | 57.66% | -2.2% |
| 126th | New Caledonia | 57.65% | -2.2% |
| 127th | Spain | 57.63% | 0.0% |
| 128th | Poland | 57.47% | -0.1% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | 57.43% | 3.4% |
| 130th | Fiji | 57.37% | 0.0% |
| 131st | European Union | 57.17% | 0.2% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 56.66% | 2.4% |
| 133rd | Uzbekistan | 56.63% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 56.32% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Suriname | 56.31% | 0.0% |
| 136th | French Polynesia | 55.40% | -0.4% |
| 137th | Cuba | 55.28% | -0.3% |
| 138th | South Africa | 55.27% | 0.2% |
| 139th | France | 54.94% | -0.7% |
| 140th | Montenegro | 54.56% | 1.9% |
| 141st | Serbia | 54.06% | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 53.90% | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Sierra Leone | 53.81% | -0.2% |
| 144th | Tonga | 53.47% | -1.0% |
| 145th | North Macedonia | 53.02% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Türkiye | 52.95% | -0.5% |
| 147th | Guinea | 52.88% | -1.3% |
| 148th | Comoros | 52.33% | 3.0% |
| 149th | Virgin Islands (US) | 52.30% | -5.0% |
| 150th | India | 52.28% | -0.4% |
| 151st | Sri Lanka | 52.25% | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Guyana | 52.07% | -6.7% |
| 153rd | Romania | 52.02% | 0.4% |
| 154th | Pakistan | 51.60% | 1.2% |
| 155th | Gabon | 51.42% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 51.14% | 0.6% |
| 157th | Croatia | 50.87% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Greece | 50.86% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Senegal | 50.71% | 4.9% |
| 160th | Eswatini | 50.23% | -0.6% |
| 161st | Samoa | 50.15% | -4.2% |
| 162nd | Tunisia | 49.68% | 2.2% |
| 163rd | Italy | 49.59% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Libya | 49.20% | -0.2% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 48.89% | 1.0% |
| 166th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.80% | -0.7% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 47.75% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Morocco | 46.16% | 0.7% |
| 169th | West Bank and Gaza | 44.27% | 1.9% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.03% | -0.8% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 43.81% | -3.8% |
| 172nd | Turkmenistan | 42.76% | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Algeria | 42.20% | -0.2% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.20% | -2.5% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 41.05% | -0.1% |
| 176th | Iraq | 40.52% | -1.8% |
| 177th | Sudan | 40.37% | -2.4% |
| 178th | Nepal | 39.77% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Jordan | 39.24% | 0.2% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 38.59% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.84% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Tajikistan | 37.14% | -2.2% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.03% | -0.1% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.73% | 0.4% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 31.96% | -0.5% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.69% | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Turkmenistan's labor force participation in 2019?▾
Turkmenistan's labor force participation in 2019 was 42.76%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How did Turkmenistan's labor force participation change in 2019?▾
Turkmenistan's labor force participation decreased by 0.4% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2019?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2019 at 87.43%.
What is the labor force participation of Turkmenistan in 2019?▾
The labor force participation of Turkmenistan in 2019 was 42.76%. This ranked 172nd globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Turkmenistan's labor force participation?▾
Turkmenistan's labor force participation went from 42.93% in 2018 to 42.76% in 2019, a 0.4% decrease.
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