United States - Labor Force Participation 2014
62.45%
−0.29pp from 2013
United States's labor force participation was 62.45% in 2014, decreased +0.29pp from 62.74% in 2013. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 86.75% | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.16% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.37% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.97% | -0.7% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.05% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Nigeria | 80.77% | -0.1% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 80.29% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Mozambique | 79.72% | -0.8% |
| 9th | Eritrea | 79.11% | -0.3% |
| 10th | Burundi | 78.94% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 78.86% | -0.3% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 77.67% | 0.4% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | 77.31% | 0.1% |
| 14th | Uganda | 77.21% | -8.7% |
| 15th | Peru | 77.07% | -1.0% |
| 16th | Liberia | 76.98% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Angola | 76.47% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Iceland | 75.97% | 1.4% |
| 19th | Kenya | 74.17% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 73.86% | 0.1% |
| 21st | South Sudan | 73.69% | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Niger | 73.57% | -2.8% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 73.30% | 0.3% |
| 24th | Benin | 73.12% | 0.6% |
| 25th | Cameroon | 72.10% | -1.5% |
| 26th | Kuwait | 71.85% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Macao SAR, China | 71.40% | 0.8% |
| 28th | Bahrain | 71.17% | -0.5% |
| 29th | Mali | 70.62% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 70.53% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Ghana | 70.47% | -1.7% |
| 32nd | Thailand | 69.79% | -0.3% |
| 33rd | China | 69.65% | -0.5% |
| 34th | St. Lucia | 69.28% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Moldova | 69.27% | 6.2% |
| 36th | Oman | 68.65% | 1.3% |
| 37th | Malawi | 68.64% | -2.3% |
| 38th | Singapore | 68.56% | 1.2% |
| 39th | New Zealand | 68.31% | 1.3% |
| 40th | Congo, Republic of | 68.05% | 0.1% |
| 41st | Switzerland | 67.99% | 0.6% |
| 42nd | Paraguay | 67.96% | -2.7% |
| 43rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.72% | -0.3% |
| 44th | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.05% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Colombia | 66.99% | -0.4% |
| 46th | Timor-Leste | 66.98% | -0.3% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.82% | 0.1% |
| 48th | Indonesia | 66.62% | -0.2% |
| 49th | Norway | 66.56% | -0.6% |
| 50th | Barbados | 66.34% | -2.9% |
| 51st | Georgia | 66.30% | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Netherlands | 66.16% | -0.9% |
| 53rd | Zimbabwe | 66.16% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Canada | 66.02% | -0.8% |
| 55th | Brunei Darussalam | 65.95% | -0.4% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 65.87% | 1.6% |
| 57th | Haiti | 65.87% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Panama | 65.70% | -0.1% |
| 59th | Israel | 65.62% | 0.8% |
| 60th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 65.53% | -0.4% |
| 61st | Nicaragua | 64.97% | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Malaysia | 64.96% | 1.6% |
| 63rd | Myanmar | 64.84% | -0.2% |
| 64th | Australia | 64.79% | -0.4% |
| 65th | Cyprus | 64.63% | 0.9% |
| 66th | Costa Rica | 64.19% | 0.8% |
| 67th | Honduras | 64.15% | 2.4% |
| 68th | Belarus | 64.14% | 0.3% |
| 69th | Brazil | 64.04% | -0.4% |
| 70th | Lesotho | 64.02% | -1.9% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.90% | 0.4% |
| 72nd | New Caledonia | 63.90% | -0.3% |
| 73rd | Sweden | 63.90% | 0.1% |
| 74th | Belize | 63.49% | 1.4% |
| 75th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.22% | -0.1% |
| 76th | Russian Federation | 62.84% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Azerbaijan | 62.76% | 1.4% |
| 78th | Ecuador | 62.62% | 0.6% |
| 79th | Bhutan | 62.61% | -4.1% |
| 80th | Jamaica | 62.55% | 1.1% |
| 81st | United States | 62.45% | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Guam | 62.44% | -0.1% |
| 83rd | Korea | 62.28% | 1.4% |
| 84th | Philippines | 62.17% | 1.2% |
| 85th | United Kingdom | 62.13% | 0.2% |
| 86th | Chile | 62.12% | 0.5% |
| 87th | Chad | 62.09% | -0.8% |
| 88th | Botswana | 61.92% | 0.5% |
| 89th | Vanuatu | 61.85% | -1.0% |
| 90th | Ireland | 61.71% | -0.3% |
| 91st | Armenia | 61.53% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Denmark | 61.34% | -0.3% |
| 93rd | Estonia | 61.08% | -0.3% |
| 94th | Namibia | 60.83% | -1.4% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 60.73% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 60.73% | 0.9% |
| 97th | Rwanda | 60.71% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Mexico | 60.48% | -0.9% |
| 99th | Germany | 60.38% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.33% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Austria | 60.17% | -0.3% |
| 102nd | Lao PDR | 60.14% | -0.2% |
| 103rd | Mauritius | 59.97% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 59.79% | 0.9% |
| 105th | Mongolia | 59.64% | 0.2% |
| 106th | Dominican Republic | 59.53% | 0.4% |
| 107th | Argentina | 59.44% | -0.9% |
| 108th | Japan | 59.44% | 0.3% |
| 109th | El Salvador | 59.40% | -1.9% |
| 110th | Czechia | 59.27% | 0.0% |
| 111th | Latvia | 59.23% | -0.1% |
| 112th | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.18% | 1.2% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 59.15% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Luxembourg | 58.98% | 0.8% |
| 115th | Lithuania | 58.93% | 1.6% |
| 116th | Channel Islands | 58.91% | -0.7% |
| 117th | Fiji | 58.89% | -2.3% |
| 118th | Zambia | 58.84% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Portugal | 58.78% | -0.8% |
| 120th | Finland | 58.74% | -0.6% |
| 121st | Spain | 58.73% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Saudi Arabia | 58.41% | 2.2% |
| 123rd | Togo | 58.16% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 57.85% | 0.4% |
| 125th | Poland | 57.07% | 0.6% |
| 126th | Sierra Leone | 56.95% | -1.6% |
| 127th | Bangladesh | 56.82% | -0.6% |
| 128th | European Union | 56.70% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Guinea | 56.36% | -1.2% |
| 130th | Ukraine | 56.29% | 0.0% |
| 131st | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.27% | -1.2% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 56.06% | 0.3% |
| 133rd | French Polynesia | 56.05% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Guyana | 55.90% | -0.3% |
| 135th | France | 55.76% | -0.9% |
| 136th | Maldives | 55.53% | 1.2% |
| 137th | Cuba | 55.40% | 0.2% |
| 138th | Tonga | 55.36% | -0.5% |
| 139th | Malta | 55.17% | 2.0% |
| 140th | Hungary | 55.01% | 2.8% |
| 141st | Suriname | 55.01% | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Samoa | 54.84% | -0.1% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 54.61% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 53.97% | 0.1% |
| 145th | Belgium | 53.58% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Albania | 53.42% | 1.9% |
| 147th | South Africa | 53.31% | 0.4% |
| 148th | India | 53.21% | -0.3% |
| 149th | Croatia | 52.18% | 2.8% |
| 150th | Montenegro | 51.64% | 4.5% |
| 151st | Serbia | 51.60% | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Sri Lanka | 51.60% | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 51.38% | -0.2% |
| 154th | Greece | 51.23% | -0.6% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 51.00% | -0.9% |
| 156th | Romania | 50.52% | 0.9% |
| 157th | Türkiye | 50.51% | -0.6% |
| 158th | Gabon | 50.20% | 0.6% |
| 159th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.07% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Papua New Guinea | 49.53% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Libya | 49.40% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Italy | 48.73% | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.12% | -0.7% |
| 164th | Morocco | 48.06% | -0.5% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 47.85% | -0.1% |
| 166th | Tunisia | 47.61% | -0.3% |
| 167th | Afghanistan | 47.10% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Lebanon | 46.59% | 1.0% |
| 169th | Senegal | 45.99% | -1.1% |
| 170th | Sudan | 45.72% | -2.3% |
| 171st | Comoros | 44.47% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Turkmenistan | 43.78% | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 42.93% | 2.3% |
| 174th | Algeria | 42.60% | -0.6% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 42.57% | -1.1% |
| 176th | West Bank and Gaza | 42.12% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.89% | -0.6% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 40.50% | -1.0% |
| 179th | Nepal | 40.34% | -0.4% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 38.29% | -2.6% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.73% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | 36.97% | -1.6% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 36.40% | -1.9% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.18% | -0.1% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 32.72% | -0.4% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.02% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was United States's labor force participation in 2014?▾
United States's labor force participation in 2014 was 62.45%. This ranked 81st globally.
How did United States's labor force participation change in 2014?▾
United States's labor force participation decreased by 0.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2014?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2014 at 86.75%.
What is the labor force participation of United States in 2014?▾
The labor force participation of United States in 2014 was 62.45%. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for United States's labor force participation?▾
United States's labor force participation went from 62.74% in 2013 to 62.45% in 2014, a 0.5% decrease.
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