Labor force participation rate, total

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
186
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    International Labour Organization

    ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan202538.45percent
Albania202577.00percent
Algeria202544.79percent
Angola202575.71percent
Argentina202570.69percent
Armenia202570.81percent
Australia202580.61percent
Austria202577.95percent
Azerbaijan202570.89percent
Bahamas202582.90percent

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