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Cameroon: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)

65.31percent · 2021-0.5% since 1982

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1976 to 2021.

19762021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202165.315
201472.099
201076.23
200781.727
200554.909
200170.7
200038.472
199668.3
198739.448
198565.4
198265.614
198065.878
197664.046

Source

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+) (national estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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