Labour force participation in Uganda
The ILO estimates that 80.0% of people aged 15 and over in Uganda were in the labour force in 2025.
Uganda, 2025
80.0%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
8th of 181
Labour force participation in Uganda 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 | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.0% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 80.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 80.0% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 79.3% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 78.0% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 77.2% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 71.8% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 73.8% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 80.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 75.6%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Uganda has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Uganda
All statistics for Uganda
Women's labour force participation
75.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
77.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
4.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
64.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
7.3%
2025 · World Bank