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

74.03percent · 2025-2.7% 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 China from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202574.025
202474.36
202375.202
202274.821
202175.936
202074.014
201975.415
201875.519
201775.735
201675.955
201576.09
201476.183
201376.301
201276.585
201176.911
201076.894
200977.12
200877.363
200777.609
200677.849
200578.104
200478.38
200378.644
200278.89
200179.121
200079.329
199979.853
199880.346
199780.835
199681.331
199581.805
199482.262
199382.708
199283.144
199183.593
199084.038

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 15-64) (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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