Labour force participation in Albania
The ILO estimates that 64.3% of people aged 15 and over in Albania were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1997.
Albania, 2025
64.3%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
73rd of 181
Labour force participation in Albania over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.3% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 64.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 63.9% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 62.2% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 59.7% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 59.4% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 60.3% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 59.3% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 58.1% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 57.3% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 64.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.5%, the figure has changed by +8.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 73rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Albania
All statistics for Albania
Women's labour force participation
58.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
57.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
10.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
25.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
30.8%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
22.0%
2025 · World Bank