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Countries ranked by Labor Force Participation

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Countries ranked by labor force participation rate — the percentage of the working-age population (15+) that is economically active.

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Countries ranked by Labor Force Participation
Rank Country Value Percentile Year
#151 HN Honduras 58.7% 19th 2025
#152 KM Comoros 57.4% 18th 2025
#153 PR Puerto Rico 56.8% 18th 2025
#154 VE Venezuela 56.7% 17th 2025
#155 PK Pakistan 54.7% 17th 2025
#156 SL Sierra Leone 54.6% 16th 2025
#157 LK Sri Lanka 53.8% 16th 2025
#158 SZ Eswatini 53.7% 15th 2025
#159 GN Guinea 53.6% 15th 2025
#160 SN Senegal 53.4% 14th 2025
#161 GA Gabon 53.1% 14th 2025
#162 PG Papua New Guinea 52.9% 13th 2025
#163 TO Tonga 52.2% 12th 2025
#164 LY Libya 51.4% 12th 2025
#165 TN Tunisia 51.1% 11th 2025
#166 GM Gambia 48.7% 11th 2025
#167 LB Lebanon 48.0% 10th 2023
#168 MA Morocco 47.8% 10th 2025
#169 EG Egypt 47.4% 9th 2025
#170 PS Palestine 47.3% 9th 2022
#171 WS Samoa 45.6% 8th 2025
#172 IR Iran 45.0% 8th 2025
#173 TM Turkmenistan 44.8% 7th 2025
#174 DZ Algeria 44.8% 6th 2025
#175 IQ Iraq 43.4% 6th 2025
#176 JO Jordan 42.8% 5th 2025
#177 NP Nepal 41.9% 5th 2025
#178 MR Mauritania 41.9% 4th 2025
#179 TJ Tajikistan 40.4% 4th 2025
#180 SY Syria 38.9% 3th 2025
#181 AF Afghanistan 38.5% 3th 2025
#182 SD Sudan 37.9% 2th 2022
#183 SO Somalia 34.8% 2th 2025
#184 YE Yemen 34.0% 1th 2025
#185 DJ Djibouti 33.3% 1th 2025
#186 ST São Tomé and Príncipe 23.4% 0th 2025
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