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United States - Labor Force Participation 2021

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

61.50% −0.05pp from 2020 Global rank: 87th

United States's labor force participation was 61.50% in 2021, decreased +0.05pp from 61.56% in 2020. This was the 87th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	86.36%	-0.9%
2nd	Madagascar	85.03%	0.5%
3rd	Solomon Islands	83.91%	0.5%
4th	Tanzania	83.73%	1.1%
5th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	80.71%	0.1%
6th	Nigeria	80.14%	1.0%
7th	Cambodia	79.51%	-3.3%
8th	Uganda	79.30%	1.7%
9th	Burundi	79.09%	0.7%
10th	Mozambique	78.07%	-0.1%
11th	Eritrea	77.95%	0.6%
12th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	77.79%	7.6%
13th	United Arab Emirates	77.05%	-2.2%
14th	Niger	76.52%	3.2%
15th	Angola	76.37%	4.2%
16th	Liberia	76.34%	0.3%
17th	Benin	76.08%	1.7%
18th	Burkina Faso	73.98%	-1.6%
19th	Viet Nam	73.74%	-0.8%
20th	South Sudan	73.50%	0.4%
21st	Iceland	73.41%	-0.2%
22nd	Central African Republic	72.63%	-0.1%
23rd	Moldova	72.51%	4.1%
24th	Peru	71.93%	4.4%
25th	Paraguay	71.92%	2.6%
26th	Singapore	70.69%	2.9%
27th	Kuwait	70.59%	2.0%
28th	New Zealand	70.40%	0.8%
29th	Bahamas, The	69.66%	2.3%
30th	Kazakhstan	69.36%	0.2%
31st	Bhutan	69.09%	1.9%
32nd	Bahrain	68.94%	-0.4%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	68.92%	0.4%
34th	Switzerland	67.74%	-0.4%
35th	Kenya	67.46%	0.6%
36th	China	67.11%	2.1%
37th	Thailand	66.95%	-0.1%
38th	Mali	66.77%	1.3%
39th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.76%	0.4%
40th	Netherlands	66.53%	0.0%
41st	Cyprus	66.48%	1.1%
42nd	Timor-Leste	66.47%	0.8%
43rd	Côte d'Ivoire	66.23%	2.1%
44th	Australia	66.15%	1.7%
45th	Indonesia	65.87%	-2.3%
46th	Oman	65.78%	-0.3%
47th	Haiti	65.70%	0.8%
48th	Jamaica	65.69%	1.3%
49th	Ecuador	65.69%	9.4%
50th	Norway	65.68%	0.0%
51st	Malaysia	65.62%	0.2%
52nd	Congo, Republic of	65.54%	0.9%
53rd	St. Lucia	65.50%	21.9%
54th	Zimbabwe	65.40%	1.1%
55th	Cameroon	65.32%	-0.9%
56th	Nicaragua	65.26%	1.4%
57th	Canada	65.20%	1.7%
58th	Lao PDR	64.62%	2.7%
59th	Colombia	64.33%	1.4%
60th	Sweden	64.18%	0.0%
61st	Belarus	64.02%	0.0%
62nd	Botswana	63.99%	4.4%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	63.90%	-0.1%
64th	Guinea-Bissau	63.77%	2.0%
65th	Azerbaijan	63.70%	-5.2%
66th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	63.62%	0.3%
67th	Ireland	63.55%	4.0%
68th	Saudi Arabia	63.51%	1.8%
69th	Israel	63.32%	-0.1%
70th	Estonia	63.19%	0.2%
71st	Dominican Republic	63.17%	4.7%
72nd	Guatemala	62.94%	7.1%
73rd	Malawi	62.93%	-7.8%
74th	Uruguay	62.89%	2.9%
75th	Panama	62.80%	-5.4%
76th	Denmark	62.67%	0.8%
77th	Korea	62.55%	0.4%
78th	Brazil	62.46%	3.3%
79th	Malta	62.41%	1.5%
80th	Barbados	62.39%	-1.1%
81st	Lithuania	62.30%	-0.6%
82nd	Japan	62.05%	0.2%
83rd	United Kingdom	61.97%	-1.0%
84th	Russian Federation	61.97%	0.9%
85th	Armenia	61.95%	1.1%
86th	Costa Rica	61.77%	1.9%
87th	United States	61.50%	-0.1%
88th	Luxembourg	61.48%	2.3%
89th	Mongolia	61.20%	-3.5%
90th	Bangladesh	61.09%	2.2%
91st	Georgia	61.01%	-3.8%
92nd	Honduras	60.69%	2.0%
93rd	Austria	60.63%	0.4%
94th	Germany	60.40%	-0.1%
95th	Ghana	60.39%	-2.0%
96th	Belize	60.36%	10.4%
97th	Argentina	60.36%	7.7%
98th	Slovak Republic	60.20%	2.2%
99th	Zambia	60.10%	-1.3%
100th	Latvia	60.08%	-2.4%
101st	Mexico	59.93%	6.2%
102nd	Maldives	59.78%	2.5%
103rd	Finland	59.77%	1.6%
104th	Albania	59.68%	0.5%
105th	Guam	59.64%	0.8%
106th	Czechia	59.45%	0.0%
107th	Chad	59.34%	-0.1%
108th	El Salvador	59.17%	4.7%
109th	Hungary	59.12%	1.1%
110th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.03%	3.0%
111th	Hong Kong SAR, China	58.74%	-0.4%
112th	Poland	58.70%	2.3%
113th	Slovenia	58.38%	1.0%
114th	Vanuatu	58.28%	0.4%
115th	Rwanda	58.20%	-7.1%
116th	Channel Islands	57.82%	0.5%
117th	Togo	57.71%	0.5%
118th	Equatorial Guinea	57.68%	1.2%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	57.63%	-1.7%
120th	Chile	57.55%	2.1%
121st	New Caledonia	57.37%	-0.5%
122nd	Spain	57.27%	1.5%
123rd	European Union	56.97%	0.9%
124th	Portugal	56.83%	-1.3%
125th	Lesotho	56.80%	-0.5%
126th	Namibia	56.48%	0.9%
127th	Philippines	56.47%	3.2%
128th	Serbia	56.18%	5.3%
129th	Uzbekistan	56.03%	0.9%
130th	France	55.55%	2.4%
131st	Bulgaria	55.39%	-0.9%
132nd	Comoros	55.20%	3.2%
133rd	Myanmar	55.19%	-8.2%
134th	Ukraine	54.64%	-0.8%
135th	Fiji	54.46%	0.9%
136th	French Polynesia	54.25%	-0.4%
137th	Cabo Verde	54.19%	1.5%
138th	Belgium	54.05%	1.2%
139th	Sierra Leone	53.61%	0.6%
140th	Virgin Islands (US)	53.56%	2.1%
141st	Suriname	53.25%	1.1%
142nd	Cuba	52.79%	0.4%
143rd	Pakistan	52.73%	2.2%
144th	Guinea	52.62%	0.5%
145th	Mauritius	52.58%	-5.6%
146th	India	52.52%	1.9%
147th	Romania	52.47%	0.9%
148th	Croatia	52.04%	2.1%
149th	South Africa	52.02%	2.9%
150th	Tonga	51.94%	-0.9%
151st	Senegal	51.68%	1.9%
152nd	Papua New Guinea	51.67%	1.3%
153rd	North Macedonia	51.62%	-0.9%
154th	Türkiye	51.36%	4.1%
155th	Guyana	51.19%	0.9%
156th	Greece	50.33%	0.5%
157th	Sri Lanka	49.84%	-1.3%
158th	Eswatini	49.69%	0.4%
159th	Gabon	48.52%	1.3%
160th	Italy	48.44%	0.5%
161st	Montenegro	48.10%	-4.5%
162nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.72%	0.5%
163rd	Gambia, The	47.64%	-0.1%
164th	Samoa	45.59%	-4.2%
165th	Lebanon	45.52%	-4.1%
166th	Libya	45.46%	1.0%
167th	Morocco	45.30%	1.7%
168th	Tunisia	45.23%	-0.6%
169th	West Bank and Gaza	43.37%	5.9%
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.99%	3.3%
171st	Turkmenistan	41.70%	0.4%
172nd	Puerto Rico (US)	41.29%	5.2%
173rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.04%	-0.8%
174th	Mauritania	40.70%	0.4%
175th	Afghanistan	40.68%	-2.2%
176th	Iraq	39.66%	-1.6%
177th	Nepal	39.51%	0.3%
178th	Jordan	38.67%	-3.2%
179th	Algeria	38.43%	1.0%
180th	Sudan	38.35%	-2.0%
181st	Tajikistan	37.07%	0.8%
182nd	Syrian Arab Republic	36.33%	1.2%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.73%	0.1%
184th	Yemen, Republic of	32.31%	-0.6%
185th	Djibouti	31.78%	0.7%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	23.31%	0.8%

FAQ

What was United States's labor force participation in 2021?▾

United States's labor force participation in 2021 was 61.50%. This ranked 87th globally.

How did United States's labor force participation change in 2021?▾

United States's labor force participation decreased by 0.1% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2021?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2021 at 86.36%.

What is the labor force participation of United States in 2021?▾

The labor force participation of United States in 2021 was 61.50%. This ranked 87th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United States's labor force participation?▾

United States's labor force participation went from 61.56% in 2020 to 61.50% in 2021, a 0.1% decrease.

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