Labour force participation in Comoros
The ILO estimates that 55.8% of people aged 15 and over in Comoros were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Comoros, 2025
55.8%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
133rd of 181
Labour force participation in Comoros 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 | Comoros | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.8% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 55.4% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 55.4% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 55.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 55.2% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 53.5% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 52.3% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 50.8% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 49.3% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 47.7% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 55.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 46.1%, the figure has changed by +9.7 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Comoros has the 133rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Comoros
All statistics for Comoros
Women's labour force participation
47.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
53.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
8.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
33.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
14.8%
2025 · World Bank