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Australia: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

80.61percent · 2025+4.7% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Australia from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202580.614
202480.558
202380.891
202280.56
202179.304
202077.759
201978.534
201878.134
201777.472
201676.969
201576.964
201476.332
201376.424
201276.449
201176.667
201076.458
200976.406
200876.534
200776.223
200675.836
200575.434
200474.404
200374.529
200274.192
200174.089
200073.834
199973.381
199873.557
199773.641
199674.075
199574.016
199473.249
199372.647
199272.887
199173.047
199073.578

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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