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

63.23percent · 2025-6.4% 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 Malawi from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202563.228
202463.566
202363.631
202263.7
202163.553
202068.946
201963.909
201864.021
201764.127
201665.864
201567.556
201469.2
201370.791
201272.329
201173.811
201075.081
200976.305
200877.482
200778.613
200679.704
200580.759
200480.761
200380.763
200280.767
200180.79
200080.848
199980.877
199880.881
199780.868
199680.861
199580.836
199480.748
199380.764
199280.684
199180.687
199080.605

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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