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Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
Compare employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ilo estimate) across 181 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.
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Key Insights
Global Average
56.9%
Median: 57.8%
Countries Covered
181
with available data
Highest
Qatar
86.9%
Lowest
Sao Tome and Principe
21.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar86.9%
2Solomon Islands83.1%
3Madagascar82.9%
4United Republic of Tanzania82.4%
5Cambodia82.2%
By Region
Oceania65.3%(2 countries)
South America60.5%(7 countries)
North America59.3%(4 countries)
Asia57.4%(25 countries)
Europe56.9%(31 countries)
Key Findings
- •181 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Qatar has the highest published value (86.9 %).
- •Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest published value (21.21 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (21.2%)High (86.9%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 56.9%)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (25)
Europe (31)
Other (103)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 86.9% |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 83.1% |
| 3 | Madagascar | 82.9% |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 82.4% |
| 5 | Cambodia | 82.2% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 80.0% |
| 7 | Niger | 79.4% |
| 8 | North Korea | 79.2% |
| 9 | Uganda | 77.8% |
| 10 | Burundi | 77.5% |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 76.9% |
| 12 | Bolivia | 76.3% |
| 13 | Benin | 75.1% |
| 14 | Liberia | 74.4% |
| 15 | Eritrea | 73.7% |
| 16 | Mozambique | 73.5% |
| 17 | Iceland | 72.2% |
| 18 | Kuwait | 71.8% |
| 19 | Vietnam | 71.7% |
| 20 | Moldova, Republic of | 71.2% |
| 21 | Bahrain | 69.7% |
| 22 | Peru | 69.1% |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 68.8% |
| 24 | Singapore | 67.7% |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 67.6% |
| 26 | Jamaica | 67.3% |
| 27 | Bahamas | 67.0% |
| 28 | Paraguay | 66.9% |
| 29 | New Zealand | 66.8% |
| 30 | Macao | 66.3% |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 66.2% |
| 32 | Thailand | 66.2% |
| 33 | Oman | 66.2% |
| 34 | Timor-Leste | 65.9% |
| 35 | Indonesia | 65.8% |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.5% |
| 37 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 65.3% |
| 38 | Mali | 65.1% |
| 39 | Netherlands | 64.6% |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 64.5% |
| 41 | Angola | 64.2% |
| 42 | Australia | 63.8% |
| 43 | Kenya | 63.7% |
| 44 | Cyprus | 63.7% |
| 45 | Malaysia | 63.6% |
| 46 | Switzerland | 63.5% |
| 47 | Israel | 63.2% |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 63.1% |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.1% |
| 50 | Cameroon | 62.8% |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 62.7% |
| 52 | Bhutan | 62.7% |
| 53 | South Korea | 62.6% |
| 54 | Norway | 62.6% |
| 55 | Ecuador | 62.4% |
| 56 | Malta | 62.1% |
| 57 | Japan | 61.9% |
| 58 | Ireland | 61.8% |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 61.8% |
| 60 | People's Republic of China | 61.6% |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 61.5% |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.5% |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 61.4% |
| 64 | Denmark | 61.3% |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 60.8% |
| 66 | Panama | 60.8% |
| 67 | Maldives | 60.6% |
| 68 | Belarus | 60.6% |
| 69 | Barbados | 60.5% |
| 70 | Uruguay | 60.1% |
| 71 | Canada | 60.1% |
| 72 | El Salvador | 60.1% |
| 73 | Philippines | 60.0% |
| 74 | Mexico | 60.0% |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 59.8% |
| 76 | Russian Federation | 59.8% |
| 77 | Estonia | 59.7% |
| 78 | Malawi | 59.4% |
| 79 | Brazil | 59.4% |
| 80 | United States of America | 59.1% |
| 81 | Sweden | 59.0% |
| 82 | Chad | 58.8% |
| 83 | Guam | 58.8% |
| 84 | Lithuania | 58.7% |
| 85 | Czech Republic | 58.6% |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 58.5% |
| 87 | Germany | 58.3% |
| 88 | Zambia | 58.3% |
| 89 | Colombia | 58.1% |
| 90 | Guatemala | 58.1% |
| 91 | Hungary | 57.8% |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 57.6% |
| 93 | Argentina | 57.5% |
| 94 | Albania | 57.2% |
| 95 | Slovakia | 57.2% |
| 96 | Ghana | 56.8% |
| 97 | Austria | 56.8% |
| 98 | Chile | 56.7% |
| 99 | Togo | 56.7% |
| 100 | Poland | 56.6% |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 56.6% |
| 102 | Mongolia | 56.6% |
| 103 | Latvia | 56.5% |
| 104 | Georgia | 56.5% |
| 105 | Rwanda | 56.4% |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.8% |
| 107 | Slovenia | 55.7% |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.7% |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.5% |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.3% |
| 111 | Mauritius | 55.2% |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 55.2% |
| 113 | Serbia | 54.9% |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 54.8% |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 54.8% |
| 116 | Portugal | 54.6% |
| 117 | Haiti | 54.4% |
| 118 | Republic of the Congo | 54.3% |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 54.1% |
| 120 | Fiji | 54.1% |
| 121 | Finland | 54.0% |
| 122 | Belize | 53.9% |
| 123 | Honduras | 53.8% |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 53.7% |
| 125 | Comoros | 53.6% |
| 126 | Myanmar | 53.4% |
| 127 | India | 53.3% |
| 128 | Botswana | 52.0% |
| 129 | Armenia | 51.7% |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 51.7% |
| 131 | Spain | 51.5% |
| 132 | Cuba | 51.3% |
| 133 | France | 51.2% |
| 134 | Belgium | 51.1% |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 50.7% |
| 136 | Senegal | 50.6% |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 50.2% |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 50.1% |
| 139 | Montenegro | 50.1% |
| 140 | Guinea | 49.9% |
| 141 | Türkiye | 49.7% |
| 142 | Suriname | 49.6% |
| 143 | Croatia | 49.5% |
| 144 | Pakistan | 49.5% |
| 145 | Venezuela | 49.2% |
| 146 | Tonga | 48.8% |
| 147 | Guyana | 48.4% |
| 148 | Romania | 48.3% |
| 149 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 48.1% |
| 150 | Lesotho | 47.8% |
| 151 | Greece | 47.5% |
| 152 | Namibia | 47.5% |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 46.6% |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 46.3% |
| 155 | Italy | 46.2% |
| 156 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 45.6% |
| 157 | Republic of The Gambia | 44.4% |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.6% |
| 159 | Egypt | 41.5% |
| 160 | Gabon | 40.8% |
| 161 | Samoa | 40.4% |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 40.2% |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 40.2% |
| 164 | Morocco | 40.0% |
| 165 | Libya | 39.0% |
| 166 | Tunisia | 38.4% |
| 167 | South Africa | 37.6% |
| 168 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 37.6% |
| 169 | Mauritania | 36.6% |
| 170 | Algeria | 36.0% |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 35.6% |
| 172 | Nepal | 35.1% |
| 173 | Iraq | 35.1% |
| 174 | Eswatini | 33.7% |
| 175 | Jordan | 33.4% |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 32.5% |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.9% |
| 178 | Somalia | 27.4% |
| 179 | Yemen | 27.4% |
| 180 | Djibouti | 23.5% |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.2% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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