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Labour underutilisation rate — Human capital

Compare labour underutilisation rate — human capital across 35 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
13.3Percentage of labour force
Median: 12.3Percentage of labour force
Countries Covered
35
with available data
Highest
Türkiye
33.6Percentage of labour force
Lowest
Poland
5.7Percentage of labour force
Top 5 Countries
1Türkiye33.6Percentage of labour force
2Chile23.6Percentage of labour force
3Colombia22.1Percentage of labour force
4Spain20.4Percentage of labour force
5Sweden19.0Percentage of labour force
By Region
Other22.8Percentage of labour force(2 countries)
South America22.8Percentage of labour force(2 countries)
North America15.1Percentage of labour force(2 countries)
Oceania13.6Percentage of labour force(2 countries)
Europe11.8Percentage of labour force(26 countries)
Key Findings
  • 35 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of labour force observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Türkiye has the highest published value (33.57 Percentage of labour force).
  • Poland has the lowest published value (5.73 Percentage of labour force).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.7Percentage of labour force)High (33.6Percentage of labour force)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.3Percentage of labour force)

Other (2)
South America (2)
North America (2)
Oceania (2)
Europe (26)
Asia (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

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About This Statistic

Future well-being: Labour underutilisation rate — Human capital. Unit: Percentage of labour force. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Future well-being: Labour underutilisation rate — Human capital. Unit: Percentage of labour force. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Türkiye33.6Percentage of labour force
2Chile23.6Percentage of labour force
3Colombia22.1Percentage of labour force
4Spain20.4Percentage of labour force
5Sweden19.0Percentage of labour force
6Finland18.1Percentage of labour force
7Mexico18.0Percentage of labour force
8Italy17.9Percentage of labour force
9Greece15.1Percentage of labour force
10United Kingdom14.9Percentage of labour force
11Australia14.8Percentage of labour force
12Estonia14.4Percentage of labour force
13Belgium14.2Percentage of labour force
14France14.1Percentage of labour force
15Switzerland12.7Percentage of labour force
16New Zealand12.5Percentage of labour force
17Canada12.3Percentage of labour force
18Austria12.3Percentage of labour force
19Costa Rica12.1Percentage of labour force
20Luxembourg12.0Percentage of labour force
21Latvia12.0Percentage of labour force
22Denmark11.7Percentage of labour force
23Portugal11.6Percentage of labour force
24Japan10.4Percentage of labour force
25Ireland10.3Percentage of labour force
26Lithuania9.7Percentage of labour force
27Germany9.4Percentage of labour force
28Norway9.0Percentage of labour force
29Iceland7.6Percentage of labour force
30Slovakia7.5Percentage of labour force
31Slovenia7.4Percentage of labour force
32Czech Republic7.3Percentage of labour force
33Netherlands7.0Percentage of labour force
34Hungary6.8Percentage of labour force
35Poland5.7Percentage of labour force
Showing 35 of 35 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2025).

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