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

69.92percent · 2025-12.0% 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 Ethiopia from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202569.924
202469.901
202369.835
202269.803
202169.514
202070.686
201972.935
201874.55
201776.184
201677.823
201579.474
201481.126
201382.779
201282.831
201182.882
201082.935
200982.99
200883.048
200783.108
200683.168
200583.226
200483.221
200383.207
200283.241
200183.251
200083.221
199983.187
199883.147
199783.131
199683.097
199583.048
199483.021
199382.997
199282.939
199182.982
199083.023

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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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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