Labour force participation in Slovenia

The ILO estimates that 57.6% of people aged 15 and over in Slovenia were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2016.

Measure: Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of working-age population aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Slovenia, 2025 57.6% % of working-age population aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 −0.4percentage points 2024: 58.0%
World, 2025 60.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 60.3% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 122nd of 181 See the full ranking

Labour force participation in Slovenia 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.

Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) (% of working-age population aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period SloveniaWorld
2025 57.6% 60.8%
2024 58.0% 61.0%
2023 58.1% 61.0%
2022 59.1% 60.7%
2021 58.4% 60.4%
2020 57.8% 59.7%
2019 58.4% 61.0%
2018 58.9% 61.2%
2017 58.6% 61.3%
2016 56.8% 61.5%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 58.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 57.6%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Slovenia has the 122nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Slovenia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates