demographic2025

Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of male population ages 15+, labor, force, participation, rate, male, population, ages, modeled, ilo, estimate

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

69.8% of male population ages 15+

Median: 69.8% of male population ages 15+

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Qatar

95.6% of male population ages 15+

Lowest

Sao Tome and Principe

24.0% of male population ages 15+

Top 5 Countries

1Qatar95.6% of male population ages 15+

2United Arab Emirates91.6% of male population ages 15+

3Kuwait88.6% of male population ages 15+

4Oman88.1% of male population ages 15+

5Madagascar88.1% of male population ages 15+

By Region

South America74.8% of male population ages 15+(7 countries)

Asia74.8% of male population ages 15+(26 countries)

North America73.7% of male population ages 15+(4 countries)

Oceania72.7% of male population ages 15+(2 countries)

Africa71.2% of male population ages 15+(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (24.0% of male population ages 15+)High (95.6% of male population ages 15+)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 69.8% of male population ages 15+)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

Europe (32)

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

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Qatar	95.6% of male population ages 15+
2	United Arab Emirates	91.6% of male population ages 15+
3	Kuwait	88.6% of male population ages 15+
4	Oman	88.1% of male population ages 15+
5	Madagascar	88.1% of male population ages 15+
6	Cambodia	87.8% of male population ages 15+
7	United Republic of Tanzania	87.3% of male population ages 15+
8	North Korea	86.8% of male population ages 15+
9	Niger	86.5% of male population ages 15+
10	Solomon Islands	86.2% of male population ages 15+
11	Bahrain	85.9% of male population ages 15+
12	Uganda	84.6% of male population ages 15+
13	Bolivia	84.4% of male population ages 15+
14	Nigeria	84.3% of male population ages 15+
15	Eritrea	84.1% of male population ages 15+
16	Saudi Arabia	83.3% of male population ages 15+
17	Central African Republic	82.8% of male population ages 15+
18	Indonesia	82.3% of male population ages 15+
19	Nicaragua	81.8% of male population ages 15+
20	Guatemala	81.7% of male population ages 15+
21	Paraguay	81.6% of male population ages 15+
22	Liberia	81.2% of male population ages 15+
23	Mali	81.0% of male population ages 15+
24	Peru	80.9% of male population ages 15+
25	Mozambique	80.5% of male population ages 15+
26	Bangladesh	80.4% of male population ages 15+
27	Pakistan	80.1% of male population ages 15+
28	Iceland	79.6% of male population ages 15+
29	Malaysia	79.2% of male population ages 15+
30	Ethiopia	78.6% of male population ages 15+
31	Panama	77.9% of male population ages 15+
32	India	77.6% of male population ages 15+
33	Benin	77.6% of male population ages 15+
34	Angola	77.5% of male population ages 15+
35	Vietnam	77.3% of male population ages 15+
36	El Salvador	77.3% of male population ages 15+
37	Bahamas	77.2% of male population ages 15+
38	Mexico	77.1% of male population ages 15+
39	Burundi	77.0% of male population ages 15+
40	Ecuador	76.9% of male population ages 15+
41	South Sudan	76.6% of male population ages 15+
42	Fiji	76.5% of male population ages 15+
43	Maldives	76.4% of male population ages 15+
44	Dominican Republic	76.4% of male population ages 15+
45	Jamaica	76.3% of male population ages 15+
46	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76.3% of male population ages 15+
47	Burkina Faso	76.1% of male population ages 15+
48	Colombia	75.7% of male population ages 15+
49	Singapore	75.4% of male population ages 15+
50	Thailand	75.0% of male population ages 15+
51	Saint Lucia	74.8% of male population ages 15+
52	New Zealand	74.7% of male population ages 15+
53	Cote d'Ivoire	74.4% of male population ages 15+
54	Zimbabwe	74.3% of male population ages 15+
55	Botswana	74.0% of male population ages 15+
56	Cameroon	73.9% of male population ages 15+
57	Uzbekistan	73.9% of male population ages 15+
58	Macao	73.6% of male population ages 15+
59	Honduras	73.5% of male population ages 15+
60	Georgia	73.5% of male population ages 15+
61	Uruguay	73.4% of male population ages 15+
62	Kazakhstan	73.4% of male population ages 15+
63	Brazil	73.4% of male population ages 15+
64	Brunei Darussalam	72.8% of male population ages 15+
65	Cyprus	72.7% of male population ages 15+
66	Iraq	72.6% of male population ages 15+
67	Philippines	72.5% of male population ages 15+
68	Timor-Leste	72.2% of male population ages 15+
69	Moldova, Republic of	72.2% of male population ages 15+
70	State of Palestine	72.1% of male population ages 15+
71	South Korea	72.0% of male population ages 15+
72	Chile	71.9% of male population ages 15+
73	Netherlands	71.9% of male population ages 15+
74	Türkiye	71.9% of male population ages 15+
75	Kenya	71.9% of male population ages 15+
76	Bhutan	71.8% of male population ages 15+
77	Chad	71.7% of male population ages 15+
78	Argentina	71.7% of male population ages 15+
79	Belize	71.6% of male population ages 15+
80	Malta	71.6% of male population ages 15+
81	Japan	71.5% of male population ages 15+
82	Kyrgyzstan	71.4% of male population ages 15+
83	Switzerland	71.4% of male population ages 15+
84	Australia	70.7% of male population ages 15+
85	Lao People's Democratic Republic	70.6% of male population ages 15+
86	Rwanda	70.6% of male population ages 15+
87	Egypt	70.5% of male population ages 15+
88	Albania	70.2% of male population ages 15+
89	Ireland	70.1% of male population ages 15+
90	Republic of the Congo	70.1% of male population ages 15+
91	Belarus	69.9% of male population ages 15+
92	People's Republic of China	69.9% of male population ages 15+
93	Estonia	69.8% of male population ages 15+
94	Costa Rica	69.8% of male population ages 15+
95	Afghanistan	69.8% of male population ages 15+
96	Haiti	69.7% of male population ages 15+
97	Mauritius	69.7% of male population ages 15+
98	Myanmar	69.7% of male population ages 15+
99	Guinea-Bissau	69.6% of male population ages 15+
100	Armenia	69.5% of male population ages 15+
101	Denmark	69.2% of male population ages 15+
102	Norway	69.1% of male population ages 15+
103	Russian Federation	69.0% of male population ages 15+
104	Lithuania	69.0% of male population ages 15+
105	Canada	68.9% of male population ages 15+
106	Israel	68.8% of male population ages 15+
107	Barbados	68.7% of male population ages 15+
108	Mongolia	68.2% of male population ages 15+
109	Trinidad and Tobago	68.1% of male population ages 15+
110	Morocco	68.1% of male population ages 15+
111	Guam	68.0% of male population ages 15+
112	Sri Lanka	67.8% of male population ages 15+
113	Sweden	67.6% of male population ages 15+
114	Zambia	67.6% of male population ages 15+
115	Venezuela	67.5% of male population ages 15+
116	Czech Republic	67.5% of male population ages 15+
117	Hungary	67.5% of male population ages 15+
118	Malawi	67.3% of male population ages 15+
119	Equatorial Guinea	67.2% of male population ages 15+
120	Islamic Republic of Iran	67.2% of male population ages 15+
121	United States of America	67.1% of male population ages 15+
122	Lesotho	66.9% of male population ages 15+
123	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.8% of male population ages 15+
124	Latvia	66.8% of male population ages 15+
125	Lebanon	66.7% of male population ages 15+
126	Serbia	66.5% of male population ages 15+
127	Algeria	66.4% of male population ages 15+
128	Slovakia	66.1% of male population ages 15+
129	Germany	66.1% of male population ages 15+
130	Azerbaijan	66.0% of male population ages 15+
131	Senegal	65.7% of male population ages 15+
132	United Kingdom	65.6% of male population ages 15+
133	Poland	65.6% of male population ages 15+
134	Luxembourg	65.5% of male population ages 15+
135	Montenegro	65.4% of male population ages 15+
136	Austria	65.4% of male population ages 15+
137	Cuba	65.1% of male population ages 15+
138	Tunisia	64.9% of male population ages 15+
139	Comoros	63.9% of male population ages 15+
140	Cape Verde	63.4% of male population ages 15+
141	Guyana	63.3% of male population ages 15+
142	Guinea	63.1% of male population ages 15+
143	Namibia	63.0% of male population ages 15+
144	Finland	63.0% of male population ages 15+
145	Vanuatu	62.9% of male population ages 15+
146	Suriname	62.9% of male population ages 15+
147	Ukraine	62.8% of male population ages 15+
148	Slovenia	62.8% of male population ages 15+
149	Libya	62.5% of male population ages 15+
150	Jordan	62.5% of male population ages 15+
151	Bulgaria	62.4% of male population ages 15+
152	Spain	62.2% of male population ages 15+
153	Portugal	62.1% of male population ages 15+
154	Hong Kong	62.1% of male population ages 15+
155	New Caledonia	62.0% of male population ages 15+
156	Ghana	61.8% of male population ages 15+
157	The Republic of North Macedonia	61.8% of male population ages 15+
158	South Africa	61.7% of male population ages 15+
159	Romania	61.7% of male population ages 15+
160	Sudan	61.6% of male population ages 15+
161	Syrian Arab Republic	61.4% of male population ages 15+
162	Yemen	61.2% of male population ages 15+
163	Gabon	60.1% of male population ages 15+
164	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.0% of male population ages 15+
165	Greece	59.9% of male population ages 15+
166	France	59.6% of male population ages 15+
167	Togo	59.0% of male population ages 15+
168	Tonga	59.0% of male population ages 15+
169	Belgium	59.0% of male population ages 15+
170	Italy	58.3% of male population ages 15+
171	French Polynesia	58.0% of male population ages 15+
172	Croatia	57.4% of male population ages 15+
173	Mauritania	56.6% of male population ages 15+
174	Virgin Islands, U.S.	56.2% of male population ages 15+
175	Tajikistan	55.8% of male population ages 15+
176	Sierra Leone	55.2% of male population ages 15+
177	Samoa	54.5% of male population ages 15+
178	Eswatini	54.0% of male population ages 15+
179	Papua New Guinea	53.3% of male population ages 15+
180	Nepal	52.9% of male population ages 15+
181	Puerto Rico	49.6% of male population ages 15+
182	Republic of The Gambia	49.5% of male population ages 15+
183	Somalia	47.2% of male population ages 15+
184	Turkmenistan	46.1% of male population ages 15+
185	Djibouti	44.6% of male population ages 15+
186	Sao Tome and Principe	24.0% of male population ages 15+

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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