Male Labor Force Participation by Country

Male Labor Force Participation by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 187 countries for 2025, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Female Entrepreneurs Percent and Female Labor Force Participation.

HighestQatar95.6

LowestSao Tome and Principe24

Average69.8187 countries

Year2025latest available

💡 Qatar tops the list, while Sao Tome and Principe sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Qatar95.6

United Arab Emirates91.6

Kuwait88.6

Oman88.1

Madagascar88.1

Cambodia87.8

Tanzania87.3

Korea, Dem. People's Rep.86.8

Niger86.5

Solomon Islands86.2

Male Labor Force Participation: full country ranking (2025)

#	Country	Male Labor Force Participation
1	Qatar	95.6
2	United Arab Emirates	91.6
3	Kuwait	88.6
4	Oman	88.1
5	Madagascar	88.1
6	Cambodia	87.8
7	Tanzania	87.3
8	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	86.8
9	Niger	86.5
10	Solomon Islands	86.2
11	Bahrain	85.9
12	Uganda	84.6
13	Bolivia	84.4
14	Nigeria	84.3
15	Eritrea	84.1
16	Saudi Arabia	83.3
17	Central African Republic	82.8
18	Indonesia	82.3
19	Nicaragua	81.8
20	Guatemala	81.7
21	Paraguay	81.6
22	Liberia	81.2
23	Mali	81
24	Peru	80.9
25	Mozambique	80.5
26	Bangladesh	80.4
27	Pakistan	80.1
28	Iceland	79.6
29	Malaysia	79.2
30	Ethiopia	78.6
31	Panama	77.9
32	India	77.6
33	Benin	77.6
34	Angola	77.5
35	Viet Nam	77.3
36	El Salvador	77.3
37	Bahamas, The	77.2
38	Mexico	77.1
39	Burundi	77
40	Ecuador	76.9
41	South Sudan	76.6
42	Fiji	76.5
43	Maldives	76.4
44	Dominican Republic	76.4
45	Jamaica	76.3
46	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	76.3
47	Burkina Faso	76.1
48	Colombia	75.7
49	Singapore	75.4
50	Thailand	75
51	St. Lucia	74.8
52	New Zealand	74.7
53	Cote d'Ivoire	74.4
54	Zimbabwe	74.3
55	Botswana	74
56	Cameroon	73.9
57	Uzbekistan	73.9
58	Macao SAR, China	73.6
59	Honduras	73.5
60	Georgia	73.5
61	Uruguay	73.4
62	Kazakhstan	73.4
63	Brazil	73.4
64	Brunei Darussalam	72.8
65	Cyprus	72.7
66	Iraq	72.6
67	Philippines	72.5
68	Timor-Leste	72.2
69	Moldova	72.2
70	West Bank and Gaza	72.1
71	Korea, Rep.	72
72	Chile	71.9
73	Netherlands	71.9
74	Turkiye	71.9
75	Kenya	71.9
76	Bhutan	71.8
77	Chad	71.7
78	Argentina	71.7
79	Belize	71.6
80	Malta	71.6
81	Japan	71.5
82	Kyrgyz Republic	71.4
83	Switzerland	71.4
84	Australia	70.7
85	Lao PDR	70.6
86	Rwanda	70.6
87	Egypt, Arab Rep.	70.5
88	Albania	70.2
89	Ireland	70.1
90	Congo, Rep.	70.1
91	Belarus	69.9
92	China	69.9
93	Estonia	69.8
94	Costa Rica	69.8
95	Afghanistan	69.8
96	Haiti	69.7
97	Mauritius	69.7
98	Myanmar	69.7
99	Guinea-Bissau	69.6
100	Armenia	69.5
101	Denmark	69.2
102	Norway	69.1
103	Russian Federation	69
104	Lithuania	69
105	Canada	68.9
106	Israel	68.8
107	Barbados	68.7
108	Mongolia	68.2
109	Trinidad and Tobago	68.1
110	Morocco	68.1
111	Guam	68
112	Sri Lanka	67.8
113	Sweden	67.6
114	Zambia	67.6
115	Venezuela, RB	67.5
116	Czechia	67.5
117	Hungary	67.5
118	Malawi	67.3
119	Equatorial Guinea	67.2
120	Iran, Islamic Rep.	67.2
121	United States	67.1
122	Lesotho	66.9
123	Congo, Dem. Rep.	66.8
124	Latvia	66.8
125	Lebanon	66.7
126	Serbia	66.5
127	Algeria	66.4
128	Slovak Republic	66.1
129	Germany	66.1
130	Azerbaijan	66
131	Senegal	65.7
132	United Kingdom	65.6
133	Poland	65.6
134	Luxembourg	65.5
135	Montenegro	65.4
136	Austria	65.4
137	Cuba	65.1
138	Tunisia	64.9
139	Comoros	63.9
140	Channel Islands	63.7
141	Cabo Verde	63.4
142	Guyana	63.3
143	Guinea	63.1
144	Namibia	63
145	Finland	63
146	Vanuatu	62.9
147	Suriname	62.9
148	Ukraine	62.8
149	Slovenia	62.8
150	Libya	62.5
151	Jordan	62.5
152	Bulgaria	62.4
153	Spain	62.2
154	Portugal	62.1
155	Hong Kong SAR, China	62.1
156	New Caledonia	62
157	Ghana	61.8
158	North Macedonia	61.8
159	South Africa	61.7
160	Romania	61.7
161	Sudan	61.6
162	Syrian Arab Republic	61.4
163	Yemen, Rep.	61.2
164	Gabon	60.1
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60
166	Greece	59.9
167	France	59.6
168	Togo	59
169	Tonga	59
170	Belgium	59
171	Italy	58.3
172	French Polynesia	58
173	Croatia	57.4
174	Mauritania	56.6
175	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	56.2
176	Tajikistan	55.8
177	Sierra Leone	55.2
178	Samoa	54.5
179	Eswatini	54
180	Papua New Guinea	53.3
181	Nepal	52.9
182	Puerto Rico (US)	49.6
183	Gambia, The	49.5
184	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.2
185	Turkmenistan	46.1
186	Djibouti	44.6
187	Sao Tome and Principe	24

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2025. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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