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

41.87percent · 2025-3.1% 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 Mauritania from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202541.871
202441.994
202342.009
202242
202141.766
202041.623
201942.14
201842.187
201742.221
201642.706
201543.194
201443.687
201344.183
201244.643
201144.808
201044.969
200945.133
200845.302
200745.493
200645.714
200545.86
200446.041
200346.237
200246.422
200146.629
200046.846
199946.917
199846.957
199747
199647.071
199547.103
199447.122
199347.193
199247.23
199147.283
199047.334

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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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