United Arab Emirates - Labor Force Participation 2022
77.24%
+0.19pp from 2021
United Arab Emirates's labor force participation was 77.24% in 2022, increased +0.19pp from 77.05% in 2021. This was the 14th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 87.58% | 1.4% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 85.45% | 0.5% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.28% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.77% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 82.34% | 3.6% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.15% | 1.8% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.27% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Uganda | 80.03% | 0.9% |
| 9th | Niger | 79.61% | 4.0% |
| 10th | Burundi | 79.10% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Mozambique | 78.82% | 1.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 78.35% | 0.5% |
| 13th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 78.27% | 0.6% |
| 14th | United Arab Emirates | 77.24% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Liberia | 76.69% | 0.5% |
| 16th | Benin | 76.28% | 0.3% |
| 17th | Angola | 75.25% | -1.5% |
| 18th | Viet Nam | 74.48% | 1.0% |
| 19th | Peru | 74.47% | 3.5% |
| 20th | Iceland | 74.47% | 1.4% |
| 21st | Kuwait | 74.35% | 5.3% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 74.15% | 6.4% |
| 23rd | South Sudan | 73.54% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Central African Republic | 73.43% | 1.1% |
| 25th | Moldova | 72.53% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Burkina Faso | 72.34% | -2.2% |
| 27th | New Zealand | 70.93% | 0.8% |
| 28th | Paraguay | 70.58% | -1.9% |
| 29th | Bahrain | 70.29% | 2.0% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 70.20% | 1.2% |
| 31st | Singapore | 69.73% | -1.3% |
| 32nd | St. Lucia | 69.16% | 5.6% |
| 33rd | Oman | 68.25% | 3.8% |
| 34th | Congo, Republic of | 67.95% | 3.7% |
| 35th | Jamaica | 67.65% | 3.0% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 67.62% | 1.7% |
| 37th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.55% | 1.2% |
| 38th | Kenya | 67.50% | 0.1% |
| 39th | Mali | 67.24% | 0.7% |
| 40th | Netherlands | 67.23% | 1.0% |
| 41st | Thailand | 67.18% | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.15% | 1.4% |
| 43rd | Switzerland | 67.08% | -1.0% |
| 44th | Indonesia | 67.02% | 1.7% |
| 45th | Australia | 66.89% | 1.1% |
| 46th | Macao SAR, China | 66.65% | -3.3% |
| 47th | Timor-Leste | 66.56% | 0.1% |
| 48th | Panama | 66.32% | 5.6% |
| 49th | Malaysia | 66.22% | 0.9% |
| 50th | Lao PDR | 66.00% | 2.1% |
| 51st | Norway | 65.96% | 0.4% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 65.83% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | China | 65.80% | -2.0% |
| 54th | Nicaragua | 65.64% | 0.6% |
| 55th | Cameroon | 65.58% | 0.4% |
| 56th | Barbados | 65.35% | 4.7% |
| 57th | Canada | 65.25% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Zimbabwe | 65.21% | -0.3% |
| 59th | Estonia | 65.11% | 3.0% |
| 60th | Guinea-Bissau | 64.84% | 1.7% |
| 61st | Haiti | 64.80% | -1.4% |
| 62nd | Azerbaijan | 64.78% | 1.7% |
| 63rd | Israel | 64.74% | 2.2% |
| 64th | Botswana | 64.62% | 1.0% |
| 65th | Sweden | 64.56% | 0.6% |
| 66th | Ireland | 64.44% | 1.4% |
| 67th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.36% | 1.2% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 64.08% | 0.3% |
| 69th | Belarus | 64.04% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Malta | 64.00% | 2.5% |
| 71st | Saudi Arabia | 63.80% | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Korea | 63.79% | 2.0% |
| 73rd | Georgia | 63.69% | 4.4% |
| 74th | Brazil | 63.53% | 1.7% |
| 75th | Denmark | 63.50% | 1.3% |
| 76th | Maldives | 63.42% | 6.1% |
| 77th | Dominican Republic | 63.22% | 0.1% |
| 78th | Uruguay | 63.18% | 0.5% |
| 79th | Colombia | 63.16% | -1.8% |
| 80th | Bhutan | 63.09% | -8.7% |
| 81st | Malawi | 63.07% | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Lithuania | 62.75% | 0.7% |
| 83rd | Mongolia | 62.61% | 2.3% |
| 84th | Japan | 62.50% | 0.7% |
| 85th | Guam | 62.19% | 4.3% |
| 86th | Albania | 62.16% | 4.2% |
| 87th | Russian Federation | 61.94% | 0.0% |
| 88th | United Kingdom | 61.91% | -0.1% |
| 89th | Bangladesh | 61.87% | 1.3% |
| 90th | United States | 61.79% | 0.5% |
| 91st | Costa Rica | 61.49% | -0.4% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 61.48% | 1.9% |
| 93rd | Philippines | 61.44% | 8.8% |
| 94th | Slovak Republic | 61.16% | 1.6% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.13% | 6.0% |
| 96th | Mexico | 60.95% | 1.7% |
| 97th | Luxembourg | 60.94% | -0.9% |
| 98th | Latvia | 60.94% | 1.4% |
| 99th | Austria | 60.88% | 0.4% |
| 100th | Germany | 60.84% | 0.7% |
| 101st | Finland | 60.42% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Guatemala | 60.24% | -4.3% |
| 103rd | Rwanda | 60.16% | 3.4% |
| 104th | Chile | 60.14% | 4.5% |
| 105th | El Salvador | 60.08% | 1.5% |
| 106th | Czechia | 59.87% | 0.7% |
| 107th | Hungary | 59.86% | 1.3% |
| 108th | Chad | 59.79% | 0.8% |
| 109th | Zambia | 59.53% | -0.9% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.18% | 0.3% |
| 111th | Ghana | 59.10% | -2.1% |
| 112th | Slovenia | 59.05% | 1.2% |
| 113th | Poland | 58.95% | 0.4% |
| 114th | Namibia | 58.91% | 4.3% |
| 115th | Armenia | 58.82% | -5.1% |
| 116th | Honduras | 58.64% | -3.4% |
| 117th | Vanuatu | 58.43% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.35% | 1.2% |
| 119th | Belize | 58.32% | -3.4% |
| 120th | Togo | 57.94% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 57.85% | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Portugal | 57.79% | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Channel Islands | 57.73% | -0.2% |
| 124th | Uzbekistan | 57.69% | 3.0% |
| 125th | New Caledonia | 57.59% | 0.4% |
| 126th | Spain | 57.57% | 0.5% |
| 127th | Lesotho | 57.50% | 1.2% |
| 128th | European Union | 57.47% | 0.9% |
| 129th | Cabo Verde | 57.20% | 5.6% |
| 130th | Fiji | 57.12% | 4.9% |
| 131st | Serbia | 57.07% | 1.6% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 56.74% | 2.4% |
| 133rd | France | 55.84% | 0.5% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 55.56% | 5.7% |
| 135th | Montenegro | 55.48% | 15.3% |
| 136th | Comoros | 55.47% | 0.5% |
| 137th | Myanmar | 55.22% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Belgium | 54.58% | 1.0% |
| 139th | Virgin Islands (US) | 54.52% | 1.8% |
| 140th | Guyana | 54.02% | 5.5% |
| 141st | French Polynesia | 53.96% | -0.5% |
| 142nd | Cuba | 53.67% | 1.7% |
| 143rd | Sierra Leone | 53.67% | 0.1% |
| 144th | India | 53.59% | 2.0% |
| 145th | South Africa | 53.50% | 2.8% |
| 146th | Suriname | 53.41% | 0.3% |
| 147th | Türkiye | 53.06% | 3.3% |
| 148th | North Macedonia | 52.93% | 2.5% |
| 149th | Guinea | 52.82% | 0.4% |
| 150th | Romania | 52.64% | 0.3% |
| 151st | Croatia | 52.51% | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Pakistan | 52.41% | -0.6% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 51.99% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Senegal | 51.95% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Greece | 51.83% | 3.0% |
| 156th | Gabon | 51.58% | 6.3% |
| 157th | Tonga | 51.38% | -1.1% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 50.43% | 1.5% |
| 159th | Sri Lanka | 49.73% | -0.2% |
| 160th | Italy | 49.03% | 1.2% |
| 161st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.84% | 2.4% |
| 162nd | Libya | 48.73% | 7.2% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 47.60% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 46.40% | 2.6% |
| 165th | West Bank and Gaza | 44.99% | 3.7% |
| 166th | Morocco | 44.30% | -2.2% |
| 167th | Samoa | 43.73% | -4.1% |
| 168th | Lebanon | 43.40% | -4.7% |
| 169th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.84% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 42.20% | 1.2% |
| 171st | Puerto Rico (US) | 41.83% | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Algeria | 41.80% | 8.8% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 41.48% | 4.6% |
| 174th | Mauritania | 40.94% | 0.6% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.56% | -1.2% |
| 176th | Nepal | 39.43% | -0.2% |
| 177th | Jordan | 38.56% | -0.3% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 37.83% | 2.0% |
| 179th | Afghanistan | 37.64% | -7.5% |
| 180th | Sudan | 37.52% | -2.2% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.33% | 2.7% |
| 182nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.92% | 0.6% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 33.03% | 2.2% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 31.79% | 0.0% |
| 185th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.51% | 0.9% |
FAQ
What was United Arab Emirates's labor force participation in 2022?▾
United Arab Emirates's labor force participation in 2022 was 77.24%. This ranked 14th globally.
How did United Arab Emirates's labor force participation change in 2022?▾
United Arab Emirates's labor force participation increased by 0.2% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2022?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2022 at 87.58%.
What is the labor force participation of United Arab Emirates in 2022?▾
The labor force participation of United Arab Emirates in 2022 was 77.24%. This ranked 14th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for United Arab Emirates's labor force participation?▾
United Arab Emirates's labor force participation went from 77.05% in 2021 to 77.24% in 2022, a 0.2% increase.
Related
2021
2023
All years
Full ranking 2022
Unemployment Rate
Youth Unemployment
Female Labor Participation
Agriculture Employment
Industry Employment
Peak: 2019
Lowest: 1990
Labor Force Participation 1990s
Labor Force Participation 2000s
Labor Force Participation 2010s
Labor Force Participation 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Andorra
vs New Zealand
vs Malta
vs France
BRICS+ Labor Force Participation
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Labor Force Participation
OPEC Labor Force Participation
Gulf Cooperation Council Labor Force Participation
Global Ranking