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United States - Labor Force Participation 2004

Name: United States Labor Force Participation 2004
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

65.00% −0.22pp from 2003 Global rank: 64th

United States's labor force participation was 65.00% in 2004, decreased +0.22pp from 65.22% in 2003. This was the 64th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.61%	0.4%
2nd	Madagascar	86.51%	0.0%
3rd	Mozambique	85.53%	-0.6%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.55%	-0.1%
5th	Nigeria	82.44%	-0.3%
6th	Qatar	82.38%	-1.0%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.10%	0.0%
8th	Cameroon	81.79%	0.0%
9th	Burkina Faso	81.20%	-0.3%
10th	Malawi	80.81%	0.0%
11th	Cambodia	80.62%	0.3%
12th	Eritrea	80.03%	-0.3%
13th	Burundi	79.35%	-1.1%
14th	Niger	79.23%	0.1%
15th	Angola	77.28%	0.0%
16th	Liberia	77.08%	0.0%
17th	Vanuatu	77.06%	0.0%
18th	Iceland	76.31%	-1.2%
19th	United Arab Emirates	76.06%	0.8%
20th	South Sudan	74.43%	0.0%
21st	Bahamas, The	74.28%	-0.1%
22nd	Uganda	74.10%	-0.1%
23rd	Viet Nam	73.99%	-0.1%
24th	Thailand	73.02%	0.0%
25th	Kenya	72.99%	0.2%
26th	China	72.93%	-0.4%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.58%	0.0%
28th	Central African Republic	72.55%	0.0%
29th	Ghana	72.23%	-0.1%
30th	Peru	72.07%	1.5%
31st	Benin	71.78%	0.0%
32nd	Paraguay	71.37%	5.6%
33rd	Georgia	70.85%	-0.9%
34th	Lesotho	70.30%	-0.8%
35th	Mali	70.23%	0.0%
36th	Barbados	70.15%	0.9%
37th	Kazakhstan	69.86%	-0.2%
38th	Timor-Leste	69.62%	-0.2%
39th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.47%	-0.2%
40th	Bhutan	69.47%	-0.1%
41st	Brunei Darussalam	67.99%	-0.3%
42nd	Congo, Republic of	67.99%	-0.1%
43rd	Azerbaijan	67.97%	-3.6%
44th	Kuwait	67.93%	1.2%
45th	Norway	67.63%	0.4%
46th	Ecuador	67.47%	3.3%
47th	Netherlands	67.42%	-0.4%
48th	Brazil	67.36%	0.7%
49th	Switzerland	67.26%	-0.9%
50th	Chad	67.15%	-0.7%
51st	Canada	67.06%	-0.1%
52nd	Colombia	66.69%	-1.1%
53rd	Myanmar	66.57%	-0.3%
54th	New Zealand	66.43%	0.9%
55th	Denmark	66.14%	0.6%
56th	Sierra Leone	66.11%	2.3%
57th	Côte d'Ivoire	66.08%	0.2%
58th	Indonesia	65.68%	0.0%
59th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.62%	0.4%
60th	Zimbabwe	65.57%	0.1%
61st	Jamaica	65.36%	-0.1%
62nd	Trinidad and Tobago	65.33%	1.8%
63rd	St. Lucia	65.04%	0.5%
64th	United States	65.00%	-0.3%
65th	Bahrain	64.91%	-0.1%
66th	New Caledonia	64.85%	-0.2%
67th	Kyrgyz Republic	64.61%	-1.4%
68th	Singapore	64.57%	-0.2%
69th	Panama	64.39%	0.9%
70th	Ireland	64.36%	0.1%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	63.64%	-0.1%
72nd	Haiti	63.62%	0.3%
73rd	Australia	63.58%	-0.2%
74th	Cyprus	63.28%	0.3%
75th	Guinea	63.12%	-1.0%
76th	Guatemala	63.11%	-6.9%
77th	Macao SAR, China	62.70%	1.6%
78th	Sweden	62.41%	-0.4%
79th	Honduras	62.22%	-0.9%
80th	Argentina	61.94%	1.5%
81st	Finland	61.84%	-0.5%
82nd	Korea	61.82%	1.2%
83rd	Guam	61.70%	-0.6%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	61.58%	3.1%
85th	Nicaragua	61.58%	0.6%
86th	Philippines	61.52%	0.6%
87th	Portugal	61.51%	-0.8%
88th	Lao PDR	61.43%	-0.2%
89th	United Kingdom	61.42%	0.1%
90th	Israel	61.37%	0.8%
91st	Rwanda	61.25%	-0.2%
92nd	Armenia	60.96%	-0.4%
93rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.68%	-0.1%
94th	Russian Federation	60.57%	1.0%
95th	Belarus	60.56%	0.3%
96th	Belize	60.50%	0.4%
97th	Japan	60.42%	-0.6%
98th	El Salvador	60.24%	-2.5%
99th	Malaysia	60.11%	0.2%
100th	Slovak Republic	60.07%	-0.4%
101st	Channel Islands	59.57%	0.1%
102nd	Uruguay	59.49%	0.6%
103rd	India	59.45%	-0.3%
104th	Botswana	59.43%	0.4%
105th	Equatorial Guinea	59.42%	-1.0%
106th	Mexico	59.38%	1.0%
107th	Zambia	59.35%	-0.1%
108th	Mongolia	59.34%	-0.3%
109th	Czechia	59.23%	-0.5%
110th	Slovenia	59.09%	4.2%
111th	Estonia	58.93%	0.3%
112th	Costa Rica	58.87%	-2.0%
113th	Mauritius	58.85%	-2.8%
114th	Togo	58.30%	-0.1%
115th	Fiji	58.20%	-0.3%
116th	Bangladesh	58.16%	-0.1%
117th	Tonga	57.85%	-0.3%
118th	Austria	57.64%	-1.8%
119th	Albania	57.50%	-1.8%
120th	Germany	57.46%	-0.7%
121st	Latvia	57.20%	0.5%
122nd	Cabo Verde	57.19%	-0.5%
123rd	French Polynesia	57.10%	-0.7%
124th	Lithuania	57.01%	-4.9%
125th	Dominican Republic	56.85%	0.4%
126th	Guyana	56.46%	0.1%
127th	South Africa	56.30%	-0.4%
128th	Ukraine	56.28%	-0.4%
129th	Oman	56.24%	0.3%
130th	Uzbekistan	55.90%	-0.4%
131st	France	55.85%	-0.2%
132nd	Spain	55.73%	1.7%
133rd	European Union	55.69%	0.1%
134th	Samoa	55.62%	-0.1%
135th	Chile	55.40%	0.7%
136th	Namibia	55.27%	0.5%
137th	Moldova	55.11%	-3.7%
138th	Sri Lanka	54.66%	-0.4%
139th	Poland	54.59%	-0.6%
140th	Luxembourg	54.42%	1.6%
141st	Serbia	54.08%	-0.8%
142nd	Cuba	53.82%	0.0%
143rd	Maldives	53.60%	-0.6%
144th	North Macedonia	53.37%	-0.2%
145th	Tajikistan	52.93%	-3.8%
146th	Croatia	52.92%	2.2%
147th	Turkmenistan	52.64%	-0.8%
148th	Eswatini	52.60%	-0.2%
149th	Hungary	52.18%	0.4%
150th	Greece	52.03%	1.2%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.96%	-0.4%
152nd	Belgium	51.95%	1.4%
153rd	Bulgaria	50.91%	1.5%
154th	Pakistan	50.73%	0.3%
155th	Morocco	50.66%	0.0%
156th	Romania	50.57%	-0.3%
157th	Senegal	50.07%	-0.1%
158th	Sudan	49.70%	-0.6%
159th	Italy	49.49%	1.8%
160th	Suriname	49.41%	1.1%
161st	Papua New Guinea	48.68%	0.0%
162nd	Montenegro	48.49%	-0.5%
163rd	Gambia, The	48.35%	0.0%
164th	Malta	48.32%	-2.9%
165th	Gabon	48.10%	0.1%
166th	Saudi Arabia	47.91%	0.0%
167th	Syrian Arab Republic	47.33%	-1.6%
168th	Puerto Rico (US)	46.67%	-0.1%
169th	Libya	46.53%	0.2%
170th	Afghanistan	46.51%	0.0%
171st	Tunisia	46.40%	-0.8%
172nd	Türkiye	46.31%	-4.2%
173rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.51%	1.2%
174th	Mauritania	45.18%	-0.5%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	45.07%	2.1%
176th	Lebanon	44.02%	-0.2%
177th	Algeria	43.50%	-0.4%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	42.42%	-1.5%
179th	Iraq	41.88%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.38%	-0.4%
181st	Nepal	41.29%	0.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	38.22%	-1.4%
183rd	Jordan	37.85%	1.2%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.22%	0.1%
185th	Djibouti	33.75%	0.0%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.04%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's labor force participation in 2004?▾

United States's labor force participation in 2004 was 65.00%. This ranked 64th globally.

How did United States's labor force participation change in 2004?▾

United States's labor force participation decreased by 0.3% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2004?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2004 at 87.61%.

What is the labor force participation of United States in 2004?▾

The labor force participation of United States in 2004 was 65.00%. This ranked 64th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for United States's labor force participation?▾

United States's labor force participation went from 65.22% in 2003 to 65.00% in 2004, a 0.3% decrease.

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