Labour force participation in Equatorial Guinea
The ILO estimates that 60.5% of people aged 15 and over in Equatorial Guinea were in the labour force in 2025.
Equatorial Guinea, 2025
60.5%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
100th of 181
Labour force participation in Equatorial Guinea 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 | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.5% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 60.9% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 61.1% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 61.1% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 57.7% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 57.0% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 61.2% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 61.3% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 61.3% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 61.2% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 60.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 61.0%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Equatorial Guinea has the 100th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Equatorial Guinea
All statistics for Equatorial Guinea
Women's labour force participation
52.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
55.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
8.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
15.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
55.3%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
9.9%
2025 · World Bank