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United States - Labor Force Participation 2002

Name: United States Labor Force Participation 2002
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

65.59% −0.28pp from 2001 Global rank: 60th

United States's labor force participation was 65.59% in 2002, decreased +0.28pp from 65.86% in 2001. This was the 60th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.84%	0.5%
2nd	Madagascar	86.48%	0.1%
3rd	Mozambique	85.70%	0.4%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.74%	0.3%
5th	Qatar	82.94%	0.1%
6th	Nigeria	82.94%	-0.3%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.14%	0.0%
8th	Cameroon	81.86%	-0.1%
9th	Burkina Faso	81.64%	-0.3%
10th	Burundi	81.04%	-1.0%
11th	Malawi	80.82%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.44%	-0.2%
13th	Cambodia	80.42%	0.0%
14th	Niger	79.12%	0.1%
15th	Angola	77.32%	0.0%
16th	Vanuatu	77.13%	0.2%
17th	Liberia	77.07%	0.0%
18th	Iceland	76.72%	-1.4%
19th	United Arab Emirates	74.99%	0.5%
20th	South Sudan	74.42%	0.1%
21st	Viet Nam	74.42%	-0.7%
22nd	Bahamas, The	74.37%	0.0%
23rd	Uganda	74.24%	-0.1%
24th	China	73.56%	-0.4%
25th	Thailand	73.27%	-0.4%
26th	Kenya	72.75%	0.2%
27th	Georgia	72.63%	-0.9%
28th	Central African Republic	72.60%	0.0%
29th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.55%	0.0%
30th	Azerbaijan	72.48%	-2.8%
31st	Ghana	72.36%	-0.1%
32nd	Benin	71.75%	-0.1%
33rd	Lesotho	71.37%	-0.7%
34th	Mali	70.23%	0.0%
35th	Kazakhstan	70.11%	-0.4%
36th	Peru	69.91%	1.6%
37th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.81%	-0.2%
38th	Timor-Leste	69.66%	0.6%
39th	Bhutan	69.61%	-0.2%
40th	Barbados	69.50%	0.0%
41st	Paraguay	68.75%	-0.2%
42nd	Brunei Darussalam	68.36%	-0.2%
43rd	Chad	68.13%	-0.7%
44th	Congo, Republic of	68.10%	0.0%
45th	Netherlands	67.87%	-0.1%
46th	Switzerland	67.75%	0.0%
47th	Norway	67.30%	0.3%
48th	Myanmar	66.99%	-0.3%
49th	Brazil	66.98%	1.4%
50th	Guatemala	66.95%	0.1%
51st	Colombia	66.60%	-1.5%
52nd	Kuwait	66.50%	0.6%
53rd	Kyrgyz Republic	66.45%	0.2%
54th	Canada	66.39%	1.5%
55th	New Zealand	66.04%	1.1%
56th	Denmark	65.98%	0.9%
57th	Indonesia	65.98%	-1.7%
58th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.78%	0.2%
59th	Jamaica	65.76%	-0.5%
60th	United States	65.59%	-0.4%
61st	Zimbabwe	65.49%	0.0%
62nd	Bahrain	65.24%	-0.4%
63rd	New Caledonia	65.13%	-0.2%
64th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.08%	0.4%
65th	Ecuador	64.71%	1.0%
66th	Sierra Leone	64.64%	0.0%
67th	Singapore	64.62%	-1.3%
68th	St. Lucia	64.45%	0.5%
69th	Ireland	64.43%	-0.1%
70th	Guinea	64.42%	0.1%
71st	Macao SAR, China	64.13%	-1.2%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	63.72%	-0.1%
73rd	Panama	63.64%	0.5%
74th	Australia	63.51%	0.1%
75th	Honduras	63.31%	-0.8%
76th	Haiti	63.20%	0.3%
77th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.05%	0.0%
78th	Sweden	62.65%	-0.1%
79th	Guam	62.40%	-4.9%
80th	Finland	62.14%	0.4%
81st	Portugal	62.02%	0.9%
82nd	Cyprus	61.83%	-0.1%
83rd	Korea	61.62%	0.8%
84th	Lao PDR	61.61%	-0.1%
85th	Armenia	61.55%	-0.6%
86th	Rwanda	61.53%	-0.4%
87th	United Kingdom	61.25%	0.5%
88th	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.25%	0.5%
89th	Virgin Islands (US)	61.24%	-1.6%
90th	Japan	61.23%	-1.2%
91st	Philippines	61.21%	-0.1%
92nd	Nicaragua	60.88%	0.6%
93rd	Equatorial Guinea	60.65%	-0.9%
94th	Israel	60.56%	-1.3%
95th	El Salvador	60.35%	-1.0%
96th	Russian Federation	60.30%	0.6%
97th	Argentina	60.15%	-2.4%
98th	Belarus	60.12%	0.6%
99th	Belize	60.02%	0.4%
100th	Uruguay	59.97%	-2.6%
101st	Slovak Republic	59.93%	-0.5%
102nd	Malaysia	59.85%	0.2%
103rd	Czechia	59.81%	-0.3%
104th	India	59.77%	-0.3%
105th	Costa Rica	59.76%	-0.8%
106th	Albania	59.61%	-0.9%
107th	Mongolia	59.60%	0.0%
108th	Channel Islands	59.47%	0.2%
109th	Zambia	59.44%	-0.1%
110th	Botswana	59.01%	0.3%
111th	Austria	58.69%	1.4%
112th	Fiji	58.51%	-0.3%
113th	Mexico	58.46%	-0.8%
114th	Togo	58.38%	-0.1%
115th	Slovenia	58.38%	1.0%
116th	Mauritius	58.26%	1.2%
117th	Bangladesh	58.21%	0.0%
118th	Tonga	58.19%	-0.3%
119th	Lithuania	58.02%	-1.3%
120th	French Polynesia	57.88%	-0.6%
121st	Germany	57.79%	-0.2%
122nd	Latvia	57.76%	2.4%
123rd	Cabo Verde	57.72%	-0.5%
124th	Dominican Republic	57.57%	0.5%
125th	Moldova	57.23%	-1.2%
126th	Estonia	56.96%	-1.8%
127th	South Africa	56.75%	-0.5%
128th	Ukraine	56.74%	-0.4%
129th	Uzbekistan	56.46%	-0.5%
130th	Guyana	56.26%	-0.9%
131st	Oman	55.92%	0.1%
132nd	Samoa	55.86%	-0.3%
133rd	France	55.40%	0.5%
134th	European Union	55.40%	0.3%
135th	Poland	55.38%	-1.5%
136th	Sri Lanka	55.12%	-0.4%
137th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
138th	Serbia	54.86%	-0.8%
139th	Namibia	54.70%	0.5%
140th	Chile	54.51%	-0.9%
141st	Luxembourg	54.24%	2.0%
142nd	Maldives	54.20%	-0.5%
143rd	Cuba	53.79%	0.0%
144th	Spain	53.66%	3.0%
145th	Turkmenistan	53.26%	0.5%
146th	North Macedonia	53.03%	0.2%
147th	Eswatini	52.86%	-0.3%
148th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.44%	-0.3%
149th	Hungary	51.77%	0.6%
150th	Croatia	51.76%	-0.9%
151st	Belgium	51.10%	0.6%
152nd	Greece	51.01%	0.6%
153rd	Bulgaria	50.96%	-1.0%
154th	Romania	50.72%	-0.3%
155th	Morocco	50.69%	-1.1%
156th	Pakistan	50.45%	0.0%
157th	Sudan	50.27%	-0.6%
158th	Senegal	50.20%	-0.2%
159th	Malta	50.04%	-0.4%
160th	Türkiye	49.58%	-0.5%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	49.02%	-1.9%
162nd	Montenegro	48.99%	-0.4%
163rd	Papua New Guinea	48.65%	0.2%
164th	Gambia, The	48.34%	-0.2%
165th	Suriname	48.29%	1.2%
166th	Italy	48.24%	0.8%
167th	Gabon	48.08%	0.0%
168th	Saudi Arabia	47.98%	-0.8%
169th	Tunisia	47.16%	-0.8%
170th	Afghanistan	46.51%	0.0%
171st	Libya	46.41%	-0.1%
172nd	Puerto Rico (US)	46.20%	0.3%
173rd	Mauritania	45.59%	-0.4%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.57%	0.6%
175th	Lebanon	44.14%	-0.1%
176th	Algeria	43.86%	-0.5%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	43.72%	-1.6%
178th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.19%	-3.9%
179th	Iraq	41.99%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.60%	-0.1%
181st	Nepal	41.33%	0.0%
182nd	Jordan	38.40%	-1.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	35.91%	-2.0%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.14%	0.1%
185th	Djibouti	33.79%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.09%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's labor force participation in 2002?▾

United States's labor force participation in 2002 was 65.59%. This ranked 60th globally.

How did United States's labor force participation change in 2002?▾

United States's labor force participation decreased by 0.4% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2002?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2002 at 86.84%.

What is the labor force participation of United States in 2002?▾

The labor force participation of United States in 2002 was 65.59%. This ranked 60th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for United States's labor force participation?▾

United States's labor force participation went from 65.86% in 2001 to 65.59% in 2002, a 0.4% decrease.

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