Labor force, total, per capita by country
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
0.7396 units per person
Qatar
Lowest
0.146 units per person
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
0.4626 units per person
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
8,410
What the numbers show
Labor force, total, per capita is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0.7396 units per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0.146 units per person in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4626 units per person, and the mean is 0.4477 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 26.9%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 22.3%).
Labor force, total, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 0.7396 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.666 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6604 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 0.618 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Singapore | 0.6153 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 6 | Bahamas | 0.6083 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 7 | Kuwait | 0.6018 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | Macau, China | 0.5855 units per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 0.5817 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Cambodia | 0.5809 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 11 | Korea | 0.5778 units per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0.5777 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bahrain | 0.5746 units per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0.5721 units per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 15 | Thailand | 0.5707 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | Jamaica | 0.5685 units per person | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 0.5681 units per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 0.5649 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 0.5632 units per person | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 20 | Cyprus | 0.5619 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 0.5614 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 0.5573 units per person | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 0.5565 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.5548 units per person | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 25 | Estonia | 0.5519 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 26 | Norway | 0.5516 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Canada | 0.5485 units per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 0.5483 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 29 | Australia | 0.5477 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 30 | China | 0.5461 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 31 | Sweden | 0.538 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 32 | Lithuania | 0.5379 units per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5373 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 34 | Barbados | 0.5365 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 35 | Albania | 0.5359 units per person | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 0.5348 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 37 | Uruguay | 0.5336 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 0.5311 units per person | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 0.5278 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.5221 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 0.5216 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | Malaysia | 0.5203 units per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 0.5199 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 44 | Hungary | 0.5188 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.5182 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 46 | Oman | 0.5175 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Bhutan | 0.5162 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 0.5162 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 0.5149 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 50 | Maldives | 0.5141 units per person | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 0.5133 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 0.5124 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 53 | United States of America | 0.5115 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Georgia | 0.5114 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 55 | Finland | 0.5113 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 56 | Slovakia | 0.5101 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5099 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 58 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.5096 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Brazil | 0.509 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 60 | Portugal | 0.5077 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | Colombia | 0.5072 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 0.5071 units per person | 2025 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 0.5071 units per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 64 | Hong Kong, China | 0.5054 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.5032 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 0.5017 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 0.5004 units per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Mauritius | 0.5004 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 0.4988 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.4987 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4972 units per person | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 0.4923 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.4908 units per person | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 74 | Nigeria | 0.4908 units per person | 2025 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 75 | Argentina | 0.489 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.489 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 77 | Chagai | 0.4845 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4827 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 79 | Armenia | 0.4811 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.4803 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 0.4802 units per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 0.4785 units per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 0.477 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4765 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 85 | Montenegro | 0.476 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 0.4737 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 0.471 units per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.4696 units per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 89 | Botswana | 0.4681 units per person | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.4677 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 91 | Liberia | 0.4665 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 92 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4637 units per person | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 93 | France | 0.4637 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0.4636 units per person | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 95 | Guam | 0.4616 units per person | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 96 | Belgium | 0.4575 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 97 | Uganda | 0.4553 units per person | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 98 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4541 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 99 | Greece | 0.4528 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 0.45 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Benin | 0.4485 units per person | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 102 | Timor-Leste | 0.448 units per person | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 103 | Philippines | 0.447 units per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 0.4452 units per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.444 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 0.4425 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 107 | South Sudan | 0.4415 units per person | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Mozambique | 0.4394 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 109 | Burundi | 0.4384 units per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 110 | Belize | 0.4357 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 111 | Italy | 0.4355 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 0.4335 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 0.4335 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 114 | Kenya | 0.4295 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 115 | Türkiye | 0.4295 units per person | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 0.4294 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 117 | Niger | 0.4288 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 0.4271 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.427 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 0.4254 units per person | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 121 | India | 0.4219 units per person | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.4191 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 123 | Fiji | 0.4182 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 124 | Myanmar | 0.4182 units per person | 2025 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 125 | Angola | 0.4181 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 126 | South Africa | 0.4129 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 0.4118 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 128 | Guatemala | 0.4112 units per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 129 | Mongolia | 0.4085 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 130 | Congo | 0.4073 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 0.4044 units per person | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 132 | Suriname | 0.4019 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 0.4011 units per person | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3997 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 135 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3995 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 0.3951 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 0.3944 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 138 | Guyana | 0.3908 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3906 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 140 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3899 units per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 141 | Cameroon | 0.3837 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3807 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 0.3799 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 0.3797 units per person | 2025 | up 19.5% | flat |
| 145 | Ghana | 0.3779 units per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 0.3766 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 147 | Lesotho | 0.3764 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 148 | Malawi | 0.3747 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 149 | Namibia | 0.3727 units per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 150 | Least developed countries | 0.3712 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 151 | Zambia | 0.3656 units per person | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 152 | Mali | 0.3634 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.3605 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.3521 units per person | 2025 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 155 | Libya | 0.3509 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3481 units per person | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 157 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.3476 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 158 | Tunisia | 0.3457 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 159 | Togo | 0.3446 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 160 | Eswatini | 0.343 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.3337 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 0.3328 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 163 | Morocco | 0.3287 units per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 164 | Gabon | 0.3255 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.3241 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 166 | Senegal | 0.3239 units per person | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 167 | Chad | 0.3212 units per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 168 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.3194 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 169 | Lebanon | 0.3182 units per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 0.3128 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 171 | Egypt | 0.305 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 0.2891 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.2861 units per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 174 | Algeria | 0.2858 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 175 | Nepal | 0.2824 units per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 176 | Jordan | 0.2796 units per person | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 177 | Palestine, State of | 0.2758 units per person | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 178 | Iraq | 0.2657 units per person | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 179 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.264 units per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 180 | Samoa | 0.2634 units per person | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0.2455 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 182 | Mauritania | 0.2349 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 183 | Djibouti | 0.226 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 184 | Sudan | 0.2217 units per person | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.2152 units per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.1952 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 0.1809 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.146 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific 0.537 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.5343 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5327 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.5306 units per person
- North America 0.5155 units per person
- High income 0.5153 units per person
- OECD members 0.5063 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.4989 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.4975 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.4893 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.4892 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.4876 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.