Employment-to-population ratio in Bolivia
The ILO estimates that 76.3% of people aged 15 and over in Bolivia were employed in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Bolivia, 2025
76.3%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
57.9%
Position in 2025
12th of 181
Employment-to-population ratio in Bolivia over time
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% of 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 | Bolivia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.3% | 57.9% |
| 2024 | 75.8% | 58.0% |
| 2023 | 76.0% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 75.5% | 57.5% |
| 2021 | 73.8% | 56.7% |
| 2020 | 66.6% | 55.7% |
| 2019 | 71.4% | 57.6% |
| 2018 | 69.3% | 57.7% |
| 2017 | 66.1% | 57.7% |
| 2016 | 65.0% | 57.8% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 75.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 65.4%, the figure has changed by +10.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Bolivia has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.9%.
More for Bolivia
All statistics for Bolivia
Labour force participation
78.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
72.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
24.7%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
19.8%
2025 · World Bank