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United States - Labor Force Participation 2003

Name: United States Labor Force Participation 2003
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

65.22% −0.37pp from 2002 Global rank: 63rd

United States's labor force participation was 65.22% in 2003, decreased +0.37pp from 65.59% in 2002. This was the 63rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.23%	0.5%
2nd	Madagascar	86.50%	0.0%
3rd	Mozambique	86.03%	0.4%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.66%	-0.1%
5th	Qatar	83.22%	0.3%
6th	Nigeria	82.67%	-0.3%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.12%	0.0%
8th	Cameroon	81.82%	-0.1%
9th	Burkina Faso	81.42%	-0.3%
10th	Malawi	80.82%	0.0%
11th	Cambodia	80.42%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.23%	-0.3%
13th	Burundi	80.20%	-1.0%
14th	Niger	79.17%	0.1%
15th	Angola	77.30%	0.0%
16th	Iceland	77.23%	0.7%
17th	Vanuatu	77.09%	0.0%
18th	Liberia	77.07%	0.0%
19th	United Arab Emirates	75.47%	0.6%
20th	South Sudan	74.46%	0.1%
21st	Bahamas, The	74.33%	0.0%
22nd	Uganda	74.16%	-0.1%
23rd	Viet Nam	74.10%	-0.4%
24th	China	73.25%	-0.4%
25th	Thailand	73.02%	-0.3%
26th	Kenya	72.87%	0.2%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.57%	0.0%
28th	Central African Republic	72.56%	0.0%
29th	Ghana	72.29%	-0.1%
30th	Benin	71.76%	0.0%
31st	Georgia	71.47%	-1.6%
32nd	Peru	71.00%	1.6%
33rd	Lesotho	70.84%	-0.7%
34th	Azerbaijan	70.53%	-2.7%
35th	Mali	70.22%	0.0%
36th	Kazakhstan	70.02%	-0.1%
37th	Timor-Leste	69.75%	0.1%
38th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.64%	-0.2%
39th	Barbados	69.53%	0.1%
40th	Bhutan	69.52%	-0.1%
41st	Brunei Darussalam	68.19%	-0.3%
42nd	Congo, Republic of	68.07%	-0.1%
43rd	Switzerland	67.85%	0.1%
44th	Guatemala	67.78%	1.2%
45th	Netherlands	67.67%	-0.3%
46th	Chad	67.64%	-0.7%
47th	Paraguay	67.60%	-1.7%
48th	Colombia	67.44%	1.3%
49th	Norway	67.39%	0.1%
50th	Kuwait	67.13%	1.0%
51st	Canada	67.11%	1.1%
52nd	Brazil	66.90%	-0.1%
53rd	Myanmar	66.78%	-0.3%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.93%	0.2%
55th	New Zealand	65.83%	-0.3%
56th	Denmark	65.77%	-0.3%
57th	Indonesia	65.67%	-0.5%
58th	Zimbabwe	65.52%	0.0%
59th	Kyrgyz Republic	65.50%	-1.4%
60th	Jamaica	65.40%	-0.5%
61st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.37%	0.4%
62nd	Ecuador	65.34%	1.0%
63rd	United States	65.22%	-0.6%
64th	New Caledonia	65.00%	-0.2%
65th	Bahrain	64.99%	-0.4%
66th	St. Lucia	64.74%	0.5%
67th	Singapore	64.70%	0.1%
68th	Sierra Leone	64.64%	0.0%
69th	Ireland	64.31%	-0.2%
70th	Trinidad and Tobago	64.19%	1.8%
71st	Panama	63.80%	0.2%
72nd	Guinea	63.77%	-1.0%
73rd	Australia	63.72%	0.3%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.68%	-0.1%
75th	Haiti	63.41%	0.3%
76th	Cyprus	63.07%	2.0%
77th	Honduras	62.76%	-0.9%
78th	Sweden	62.64%	0.0%
79th	Finland	62.14%	0.0%
80th	Guam	62.05%	-0.6%
81st	Portugal	61.98%	-0.1%
82nd	El Salvador	61.77%	2.3%
83rd	Macao SAR, China	61.70%	-3.8%
84th	Lao PDR	61.53%	-0.1%
85th	United Kingdom	61.37%	0.2%
86th	Rwanda	61.36%	-0.3%
87th	Armenia	61.23%	-0.5%
88th	Nicaragua	61.23%	0.6%
89th	Philippines	61.14%	-0.1%
90th	Korea	61.11%	-0.8%
91st	Argentina	61.04%	1.5%
92nd	Israel	60.88%	0.5%
93rd	Japan	60.77%	-0.8%
94th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.75%	-0.8%
95th	Mauritius	60.52%	3.9%
96th	Belarus	60.38%	0.4%
97th	Slovak Republic	60.30%	0.6%
98th	Belize	60.26%	0.4%
99th	Costa Rica	60.04%	0.5%
100th	Equatorial Guinea	60.03%	-1.0%
101st	Russian Federation	59.98%	-0.5%
102nd	Malaysia	59.98%	0.2%
103rd	Lithuania	59.97%	3.4%
104th	Virgin Islands (US)	59.75%	-2.4%
105th	India	59.61%	-0.3%
106th	Mongolia	59.52%	-0.1%
107th	Czechia	59.50%	-0.5%
108th	Channel Islands	59.50%	0.0%
109th	Zambia	59.39%	-0.1%
110th	Botswana	59.20%	0.3%
111th	Uruguay	59.11%	-1.4%
112th	Mexico	58.82%	0.6%
113th	Estonia	58.75%	3.1%
114th	Austria	58.73%	0.1%
115th	Albania	58.56%	-1.8%
116th	Fiji	58.36%	-0.3%
117th	Togo	58.34%	-0.1%
118th	Bangladesh	58.19%	0.0%
119th	Tonga	58.03%	-0.3%
120th	Germany	57.85%	0.1%
121st	French Polynesia	57.51%	-0.6%
122nd	Cabo Verde	57.45%	-0.5%
123rd	Moldova	57.25%	0.0%
124th	Latvia	56.90%	-1.5%
125th	Slovenia	56.71%	-2.9%
126th	Dominican Republic	56.63%	-1.6%
127th	Ukraine	56.51%	-0.4%
128th	South Africa	56.50%	-0.4%
129th	Guyana	56.39%	0.2%
130th	Uzbekistan	56.14%	-0.6%
131st	Oman	56.09%	0.3%
132nd	France	55.99%	1.1%
133rd	Samoa	55.70%	-0.3%
134th	European Union	55.62%	0.4%
135th	Chile	55.03%	1.0%
136th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
137th	Namibia	54.99%	0.5%
138th	Poland	54.95%	-0.8%
139th	Sri Lanka	54.89%	-0.4%
140th	Spain	54.82%	2.2%
141st	Serbia	54.52%	-0.6%
142nd	Maldives	53.90%	-0.6%
143rd	Cuba	53.80%	0.0%
144th	Luxembourg	53.56%	-1.2%
145th	North Macedonia	53.48%	0.9%
146th	Turkmenistan	53.07%	-0.4%
147th	Eswatini	52.71%	-0.3%
148th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.18%	-0.5%
149th	Hungary	51.97%	0.4%
150th	Croatia	51.78%	0.0%
151st	Greece	51.40%	0.8%
152nd	Belgium	51.26%	0.3%
153rd	Romania	50.72%	0.0%
154th	Morocco	50.67%	0.0%
155th	Pakistan	50.59%	0.3%
156th	Bulgaria	50.16%	-1.6%
157th	Senegal	50.12%	-0.2%
158th	Sudan	49.99%	-0.6%
159th	Malta	49.75%	-0.6%
160th	Suriname	48.85%	1.2%
161st	Montenegro	48.74%	-0.5%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	48.67%	0.0%
163rd	Italy	48.62%	0.8%
164th	Gambia, The	48.35%	0.0%
165th	Türkiye	48.33%	-2.5%
166th	Syrian Arab Republic	48.09%	-1.9%
167th	Gabon	48.06%	0.0%
168th	Saudi Arabia	47.89%	-0.2%
169th	Tunisia	46.76%	-0.8%
170th	Puerto Rico (US)	46.71%	1.1%
171st	Afghanistan	46.50%	0.0%
172nd	Libya	46.45%	0.1%
173rd	Mauritania	45.39%	-0.4%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.96%	0.9%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.13%	2.2%
176th	Lebanon	44.12%	-0.1%
177th	Algeria	43.66%	-0.5%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	43.05%	-1.5%
179th	Iraq	41.93%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.52%	-0.2%
181st	Nepal	41.31%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	38.76%	7.9%
183rd	Jordan	37.40%	-2.6%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.18%	0.1%
185th	Djibouti	33.75%	-0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.06%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's labor force participation in 2003?▾

United States's labor force participation in 2003 was 65.22%. This ranked 63rd globally.

How did United States's labor force participation change in 2003?▾

United States's labor force participation decreased by 0.6% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2003?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2003 at 87.23%.

What is the labor force participation of United States in 2003?▾

The labor force participation of United States in 2003 was 65.22%. This ranked 63rd globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for United States's labor force participation?▾

United States's labor force participation went from 65.59% in 2002 to 65.22% in 2003, a 0.6% decrease.

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