Labour force participation in Ethiopia
The ILO estimates that 68.5% of people aged 15 and over in Ethiopia were in the labour force in 2025.
Ethiopia, 2025
68.5%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
32nd of 181
Labour force participation in Ethiopia 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 | Ethiopia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.5% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 68.5% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 68.5% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 68.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 68.3% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 69.4% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 71.6% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 73.2% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 74.8% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 76.4% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 68.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 78.0%, the figure has changed by −9.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Ethiopia has the 32nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Ethiopia
All statistics for Ethiopia
Women's labour force participation
58.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
66.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
60.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
6.4%
2025 · World Bank