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

73.84percent · 2016+34.1% since 1997

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 Kuwait from 1965 to 2016.

19652016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201673.84
201575.938
201177.102
201076.872
200976.417
200869.3
200777.4
200677.9
200569.622
200366.336
199755.078
199654.448
199567.956
198860.493
198562.523
198355.05
198060.514
197553.872
197057.38
196562.916

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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+) (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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