Labour force participation in Benin
The ILO estimates that 76.4% of people aged 15 and over in Benin were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Benin, 2025
76.4%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
16th of 181
Labour force participation in Benin 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 | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.4% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 76.3% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 76.3% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 76.3% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 76.1% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 74.8% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 75.1% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 74.7% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 74.3% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 73.9% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 76.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 73.5%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Benin has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Benin
All statistics for Benin
Women's labour force participation
75.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
75.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
40.2%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
18.3%
2025 · World Bank