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United Kingdom - Labor Force Participation 2020

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

62.57% −0.05pp from 2019 Global rank: 72nd

United Kingdom's labor force participation was 62.57% in 2020, decreased +0.05pp from 62.63% in 2019. This was the 72nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	87.11%	-0.4%
2nd	Madagascar	84.59%	-0.9%
3rd	Solomon Islands	83.52%	-0.9%
4th	Tanzania	82.84%	-1.2%
5th	Cambodia	82.24%	-0.2%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	80.62%	-1.9%
7th	Nigeria	79.31%	-2.1%
8th	United Arab Emirates	78.78%	-0.9%
9th	Burundi	78.55%	-1.5%
10th	Mozambique	78.15%	-1.0%
11th	Uganda	78.01%	1.0%
12th	Eritrea	77.51%	-1.1%
13th	Liberia	76.09%	-1.0%
14th	Burkina Faso	75.19%	-3.1%
15th	Benin	74.78%	-0.4%
16th	Viet Nam	74.37%	-2.9%
17th	Niger	74.14%	2.4%
18th	Iceland	73.56%	-2.8%
19th	Angola	73.32%	-2.3%
20th	South Sudan	73.23%	-1.0%
21st	Central African Republic	72.73%	-1.0%
22nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	72.26%	-2.6%
23rd	Paraguay	70.12%	-3.1%
24th	New Zealand	69.86%	-0.4%
25th	Moldova	69.68%	0.5%
26th	Bahrain	69.23%	-3.1%
27th	Kazakhstan	69.20%	-1.3%
28th	Kuwait	69.20%	-5.6%
29th	Peru	68.92%	-10.9%
30th	Singapore	68.71%	-0.4%
31st	Macao SAR, China	68.67%	-1.6%
32nd	Malawi	68.26%	7.9%
33rd	Bahamas, The	68.08%	-8.5%
34th	Switzerland	67.98%	-0.5%
35th	Bhutan	67.83%	2.2%
36th	Indonesia	67.40%	-1.2%
37th	Azerbaijan	67.22%	3.1%
38th	Kenya	67.08%	-1.1%
39th	Thailand	67.02%	0.1%
40th	Netherlands	66.54%	-0.2%
41st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.52%	-1.3%
42nd	Panama	66.40%	-3.1%
43rd	Oman	65.96%	-5.5%
44th	Timor-Leste	65.92%	-0.9%
45th	Cameroon	65.92%	-2.3%
46th	Mali	65.92%	-2.2%
47th	Cyprus	65.73%	-0.6%
48th	China	65.72%	-2.5%
49th	Norway	65.68%	-0.4%
50th	Malaysia	65.47%	-0.6%
51st	Haiti	65.20%	-1.0%
52nd	Australia	65.03%	-1.6%
53rd	Congo, Republic of	64.94%	-4.7%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	64.89%	0.3%
55th	Jamaica	64.83%	-3.2%
56th	Zimbabwe	64.67%	-1.7%
57th	Nicaragua	64.36%	-1.0%
58th	Sweden	64.15%	-0.7%
59th	Canada	64.10%	-2.6%
60th	Belarus	64.03%	-0.3%
61st	Brunei Darussalam	63.95%	-1.3%
62nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	63.44%	-1.3%
63rd	Mongolia	63.43%	-3.3%
64th	Colombia	63.42%	-1.4%
65th	Israel	63.41%	-2.4%
66th	Georgia	63.40%	0.7%
67th	Barbados	63.10%	-2.8%
68th	Estonia	63.04%	-0.2%
69th	Lao PDR	62.91%	1.1%
70th	Rwanda	62.66%	7.2%
71st	Lithuania	62.66%	0.9%
72nd	United Kingdom	62.57%	-0.1%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	62.50%	0.5%
74th	Saudi Arabia	62.41%	2.0%
75th	Korea	62.27%	-1.1%
76th	Denmark	62.14%	-0.5%
77th	Japan	61.95%	-0.1%
78th	Ghana	61.62%	-3.3%
79th	Latvia	61.57%	0.8%
80th	United States	61.56%	-2.1%
81st	Malta	61.48%	2.0%
82nd	Russian Federation	61.39%	-0.5%
83rd	Botswana	61.30%	-3.4%
84th	Armenia	61.26%	4.3%
85th	Uruguay	61.10%	-3.8%
86th	Ireland	61.09%	-2.0%
87th	Zambia	60.87%	2.2%
88th	Costa Rica	60.63%	-5.7%
89th	Brazil	60.48%	-6.8%
90th	Germany	60.48%	-1.4%
91st	Dominican Republic	60.37%	-7.4%
92nd	Austria	60.36%	-0.9%
93rd	Myanmar	60.15%	-0.6%
94th	Luxembourg	60.10%	0.1%
95th	Ecuador	60.03%	-9.3%
96th	Bangladesh	59.77%	0.5%
97th	Honduras	59.50%	-5.8%
98th	Czechia	59.46%	-1.1%
99th	Chad	59.37%	-1.0%
100th	Albania	59.37%	-1.6%
101st	Guam	59.18%	-5.0%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	58.98%	-1.7%
103rd	Slovak Republic	58.91%	-1.1%
104th	Finland	58.85%	-0.6%
105th	Guatemala	58.76%	-0.7%
106th	Trinidad and Tobago	58.64%	-3.4%
107th	Hungary	58.45%	0.0%
108th	Maldives	58.30%	-8.4%
109th	Vanuatu	58.04%	-1.0%
110th	Slovenia	57.81%	-1.0%
111th	New Caledonia	57.68%	0.1%
112th	Portugal	57.59%	-2.4%
113th	Channel Islands	57.54%	-1.4%
114th	Togo	57.44%	-1.0%
115th	Poland	57.40%	-0.1%
116th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.31%	-2.6%
117th	Lesotho	57.11%	-1.0%
118th	Equatorial Guinea	57.00%	-6.9%
119th	El Salvador	56.52%	-5.6%
120th	European Union	56.45%	-1.3%
121st	Mexico	56.43%	-7.7%
122nd	Spain	56.40%	-2.1%
123rd	Chile	56.36%	-10.6%
124th	Argentina	56.02%	-7.1%
125th	Namibia	55.98%	-5.0%
126th	Bulgaria	55.88%	-1.4%
127th	Mauritius	55.71%	-6.8%
128th	Uzbekistan	55.52%	-2.0%
129th	Ukraine	55.09%	-2.2%
130th	Philippines	54.75%	-7.9%
131st	Belize	54.68%	-21.6%
132nd	French Polynesia	54.46%	-1.7%
133rd	France	54.27%	-1.2%
134th	Fiji	54.00%	-5.9%
135th	St. Lucia	53.74%	-21.9%
136th	Comoros	53.47%	2.2%
137th	Cabo Verde	53.41%	-7.0%
138th	Belgium	53.38%	-1.0%
139th	Serbia	53.37%	-1.3%
140th	Sierra Leone	53.30%	-0.9%
141st	Suriname	52.65%	-6.5%
142nd	Cuba	52.55%	-4.9%
143rd	Virgin Islands (US)	52.45%	0.3%
144th	Tonga	52.39%	-2.0%
145th	Guinea	52.38%	-1.0%
146th	North Macedonia	52.11%	-1.7%
147th	Romania	52.00%	0.0%
148th	Pakistan	51.59%	0.0%
149th	India	51.55%	-1.4%
150th	Papua New Guinea	51.00%	-0.3%
151st	Croatia	50.97%	0.2%
152nd	Guyana	50.74%	-2.5%
153rd	Senegal	50.72%	0.0%
154th	South Africa	50.55%	-8.5%
155th	Sri Lanka	50.50%	-3.4%
156th	Montenegro	50.37%	-7.7%
157th	Greece	50.06%	-1.6%
158th	Eswatini	49.49%	-1.5%
159th	Türkiye	49.33%	-6.8%
160th	Italy	48.22%	-2.8%
161st	Gabon	47.88%	-6.9%
162nd	Gambia, The	47.68%	-0.2%
163rd	Samoa	47.57%	-5.1%
164th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.47%	-2.7%
165th	Lebanon	47.45%	-3.0%
166th	Tunisia	45.51%	-8.4%
167th	Libya	45.02%	-8.5%
168th	Morocco	44.54%	-3.5%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.62%	-1.4%
170th	Afghanistan	41.58%	-5.1%
171st	Turkmenistan	41.55%	-2.8%
172nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.36%	-6.1%
173rd	West Bank and Gaza	40.94%	-7.5%
174th	Mauritania	40.55%	-1.2%
175th	Iraq	40.31%	-0.5%
176th	Jordan	39.95%	1.8%
177th	Nepal	39.39%	-1.0%
178th	Puerto Rico (US)	39.25%	1.7%
179th	Sudan	39.12%	-3.1%
180th	Algeria	38.04%	-9.9%
181st	Tajikistan	36.79%	-0.9%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	35.91%	-5.1%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.71%	-0.9%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	32.49%	-0.7%
185th	Djibouti	31.56%	-1.2%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	23.12%	-2.4%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's labor force participation in 2020?▾

United Kingdom's labor force participation in 2020 was 62.57%. This ranked 72nd globally.

How did United Kingdom's labor force participation change in 2020?▾

United Kingdom's labor force participation decreased by 0.1% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2020?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2020 at 87.11%.

What is the labor force participation of United Kingdom in 2020?▾

The labor force participation of United Kingdom in 2020 was 62.57%. This ranked 72nd globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for United Kingdom's labor force participation?▾

United Kingdom's labor force participation went from 62.63% in 2019 to 62.57% in 2020, a 0.1% decrease.

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