Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates)
Employed people aged 15 and over as a share of the population of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. The age range differs from the EU 20 to 64 employment rate. Values for the current and following years are ILO projections.
Highest in 2025
86.9%
Qatar
Lowest in 2025
21.2%
São Tomé and Príncipe
World, 2025
57.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
181
181 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of 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 | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.9% | 59.1% | 61.6% | 53.3% |
| 2024 | 58.0% | 59.5% | 61.9% | 53.3% |
| 2023 | 58.1% | 59.8% | 62.8% | 52.4% |
| 2022 | 57.5% | 59.5% | 62.5% | 51.0% |
| 2021 | 56.7% | 58.2% | 64.1% | 49.2% |
| 2020 | 55.7% | 56.6% | 62.4% | 47.5% |
| 2019 | 57.6% | 60.5% | 64.3% | 48.9% |
| 2018 | 57.7% | 60.2% | 64.9% | 48.5% |
| 2017 | 57.7% | 59.8% | 65.3% | 48.7% |
| 2016 | 57.8% | 59.4% | 65.7% | 48.8% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 181 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Qatar (86.9%) and the lowest São Tomé and Príncipe (21.2%).
- Half of the countries are above 57.8% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 53 countries and fell in 128.
- The figure for the world was 57.9% in 2025, against 55.7% in 2020 (+2.1 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Qatar 86.9%
- 2 Solomon Islands 83.1%
- 3 Madagascar 82.9%
- 4 Tanzania 82.4%
- 5 Cambodia 82.2%
- 6 Nigeria 80.0%
- 7 Niger 79.4%
- 8 North Korea 79.2%
- 9 Uganda 77.8%
- 10 Burundi 77.5%
- 11 United Arab Emirates 76.9%
- 12 Bolivia 76.3%
- 13 Benin 75.1%
- 14 Liberia 74.4%
- 15 Eritrea 73.7%
- 16 Mozambique 73.5%
- 17 Iceland 72.2%
- 18 Kuwait 71.8%
- 19 Viet Nam 71.7%
- 20 Moldova 71.2%
- 21 Bahrain 69.7%
- 22 Peru 69.1%
- 23 Central African Republic 68.8%
- 24 Singapore 67.7%
- 25 Burkina Faso 67.6%
- 26 Jamaica 67.3%
- 27 Bahamas 67.0%
- 28 Paraguay 66.9%
- 29 New Zealand 66.8%
- 30 Macao SAR, China 66.3%
- 31 Ethiopia 66.2%
- 32 Thailand 66.2%
- 33 Oman 66.2%
- 34 Timor-Leste 65.9%
- 35 Indonesia 65.8%
- 36 Côte d'Ivoire 65.5%
- 37 Laos 65.3%
- 38 Mali 65.1%
- 39 Netherlands 64.6%
- 40 Kazakhstan 64.5%
- 41 Angola 64.2%
- 42 Australia 63.8%
- 43 Kenya 63.7%
- 44 Cyprus 63.7%
- 45 Malaysia 63.6%
- 46 Switzerland 63.5%
- 47 Israel 63.2%
- 48 Saudi Arabia 63.1%
- 49 Guinea-Bissau 63.1%
- 50 Cameroon 62.8%
- 51 Nicaragua 62.7%
- 52 Bhutan 62.7%
- 53 South Korea 62.6%
- 54 Norway 62.6%
- 55 Ecuador 62.4%
- 56 Malta 62.1%
- 57 Japan 61.9%
- 58 Ireland 61.8%
- 59 Saint Lucia 61.8%
- 60 China 61.6%
- 61 Dominican Republic 61.5%
- 62 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.5%
- 63 Zimbabwe 61.4%
- 64 Denmark 61.3%
- 65 Brunei 60.8%
- 66 Panama 60.8%
- 67 Maldives 60.6%
- 68 Belarus 60.6%
- 69 Barbados 60.5%
- 70 Uruguay 60.1%
- 71 Canada 60.1%
- 72 El Salvador 60.1%
- 73 Philippines 60.0%
- 74 Mexico 60.0%
- 75 Azerbaijan 59.8%
- 76 Russia 59.8%
- 77 Estonia 59.7%
- 78 Malawi 59.4%
- 79 Brazil 59.4%
- 80 United States 59.1%
- 81 Sweden 59.0%
- 82 Chad 58.8%
- 83 Guam 58.8%
- 84 Lithuania 58.7%
- 85 Czechia 58.6%
- 86 United Kingdom 58.5%
- 87 Germany 58.3%
- 88 Zambia 58.3%
- 89 Colombia 58.1%
- 90 Guatemala 58.1%
- 91 Hungary 57.8%
- 92 Luxembourg 57.6%
- 93 Argentina 57.5%
- 94 Albania 57.2%
- 95 Slovakia 57.2%
- 96 Ghana 56.8%
- 97 Austria 56.8%
- 98 Chile 56.7%
- 99 Togo 56.7%
- 100 Poland 56.6%
- 101 Bangladesh 56.6%
- 102 Mongolia 56.6%
- 103 Latvia 56.5%
- 104 Georgia 56.5%
- 105 Rwanda 56.4%
- 106 Trinidad and Tobago 55.8%
- 107 Slovenia 55.7%
- 108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 55.7%
- 109 Equatorial Guinea 55.5%
- 110 Kyrgyzstan 55.3%
- 111 Mauritius 55.2%
- 112 Vanuatu 55.2%
- 113 Serbia 54.9%
- 114 Uzbekistan 54.8%
- 115 Hong Kong SAR, China 54.8%
- 116 Portugal 54.6%
- 117 Haiti 54.4%
- 118 Republic of the Congo 54.3%
- 119 Bulgaria 54.1%
- 120 Fiji 54.1%
- 121 Finland 54.0%
- 122 Belize 53.9%
- 123 Honduras 53.8%
- 124 Costa Rica 53.7%
- 125 Comoros 53.6%
- 126 Myanmar 53.4%
- 127 India 53.3%
- 128 Botswana 52.0%
- 129 Armenia 51.7%
- 130 Sierra Leone 51.7%
- 131 Spain 51.5%
- 132 Cuba 51.3%
- 133 France 51.2%
- 134 Belgium 51.1%
- 135 Papua New Guinea 50.7%
- 136 Senegal 50.6%
- 137 Cabo Verde 50.2%
- 138 New Caledonia 50.1%
- 139 Montenegro 50.1%
- 140 Guinea 49.9%
- 141 Türkiye 49.7%
- 142 Suriname 49.6%
- 143 Croatia 49.5%
- 144 Pakistan 49.5%
- 145 Venezuela 49.2%
- 146 Tonga 48.8%
- 147 Guyana 48.4%
- 148 Romania 48.3%
- 149 US Virgin Islands 48.1%
- 150 Lesotho 47.8%
- 151 Greece 47.5%
- 152 Namibia 47.5%
- 153 Sri Lanka 46.6%
- 154 French Polynesia 46.3%
- 155 Italy 46.2%
- 156 North Macedonia 45.6%
- 157 Gambia 44.4%
- 158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.6%
- 159 Egypt 41.5%
- 160 Gabon 40.8%
- 161 Samoa 40.4%
- 162 Turkmenistan 40.2%
- 163 Puerto Rico (US) 40.2%
- 164 Morocco 40.0%
- 165 Libya 39.0%
- 166 Tunisia 38.4%
- 167 South Africa 37.6%
- 168 Iran 37.6%
- 169 Mauritania 36.6%
- 170 Algeria 36.0%
- 171 Tajikistan 35.6%
- 172 Nepal 35.1%
- 173 Iraq 35.1%
- 174 Eswatini 33.7%
- 175 Jordan 33.4%
- 176 Afghanistan 32.5%
- 177 Syria 31.9%
- 178 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 27.4%
- 179 Yemen 27.4%
- 180 Djibouti 23.5%
- 181 São Tomé and Príncipe 21.2%
- World 57.9%
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