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Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)

Name: Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) by country, 2025
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Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Netherlands	83.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Iceland	81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Niger	76.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	75.2	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
5	Madagascar	73.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Uganda	73.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Cambodia	72.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
8	Tanzania	72.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Nicaragua	72	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
10	Eritrea	71.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Qatar	71	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Australia	70.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Solomon Islands	70	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
14	Guatemala	70	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
15	Denmark	68.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Afghanistan	68.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
17	Switzerland	66.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Mozambique	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	New Zealand	65.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
20	Honduras	65.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
21	Norway	65.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Paraguay	65.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Bolivia	65.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
24	Belize	65.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Central African Republic	64.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Nigeria	64.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	St. Lucia	64.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Pakistan	63.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Canada	62.9	North America	High income
31	Bahamas, The	62.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	United Arab Emirates	61.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
33	Mali	60.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Brazil	60.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Austria	60.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Turkiye	59.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Oman	59.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
38	Malta	58.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
39	Maldives	58.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
40	Peru	58.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Burkina Faso	58.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Ethiopia	57.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Liberia	57.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Sweden	56.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Germany	56.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Dominican Republic	56.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Mexico	55.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Angola	55.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Lao PDR	55	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	Ecuador	53.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Ireland	53.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Indonesia	53.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Zimbabwe	53.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Bahrain	53.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
55	El Salvador	53.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Myanmar	53	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Malaysia	52.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
58	United Kingdom	52.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Panama	52.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Guyana	52.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Rwanda	52.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Finland	52.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Benin	51.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	United States	51.3	North America	High income
65	Uruguay	51.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	China	50.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67	Bangladesh	50.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
68	Channel Islands	50.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Fiji	50.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Japan	49.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
71	Colombia	49.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Malawi	48.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Barbados	48.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
74	Israel	48.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
75	Guinea-Bissau	48.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Montenegro	48.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Burundi	48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Kazakhstan	47.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Iraq	47.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
80	Uzbekistan	47.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
81	Georgia	46.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Armenia	45.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Botswana	45.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
84	Lesotho	45.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	Thailand	45.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
86	France	45.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Macao SAR, China	45.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
88	Costa Rica	45.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	India	45.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
90	Cuba	45	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Guam	44.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
92	Albania	43.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Saudi Arabia	43.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	Azerbaijan	43.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Senegal	43.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	Argentina	43.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Congo, Rep.	43.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Brunei Darussalam	42.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Suriname	42.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Cyprus	42.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Chad	42.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	French Polynesia	42.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
103	Mauritius	42	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
104	Viet Nam	42	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Venezuela, RB	41.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
106	Yemen, Rep.	41.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
107	Slovenia	41.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Trinidad and Tobago	41.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Kyrgyz Republic	41.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
110	Congo, Dem. Rep.	41.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Morocco	41.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
112	Estonia	41	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Jamaica	40.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Belarus	40.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Timor-Leste	40.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
116	Algeria	40.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Vanuatu	40.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
118	Luxembourg	40.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	New Caledonia	39.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
120	Cameroon	39.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Cote d'Ivoire	39.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Zambia	39.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Haiti	39.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Serbia	39.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Lithuania	39.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Syrian Arab Republic	39	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
127	Philippines	38.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Jordan	37.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
129	Kenya	37.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Mongolia	37.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
131	North Macedonia	36.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Portugal	36.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Spain	36.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	Croatia	36.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Egypt, Arab Rep.	35.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
136	Nepal	35.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
137	Samoa	35.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Latvia	35.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Cabo Verde	35.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
140	Kuwait	35.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
141	Hungary	35.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Iran, Islamic Rep.	35.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
143	Singapore	35	East Asia & Pacific	High income
144	Poland	34.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Moldova	34.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
146	Belgium	33.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Chile	33.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Ghana	33.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Gambia, The	32.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Equatorial Guinea	32.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
152	Namibia	32.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Slovak Republic	32.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Sri Lanka	32	South Asia	Upper middle income
155	Russian Federation	31.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Tonga	31.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
157	Tunisia	31.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
158	Romania	30.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	30.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Bhutan	30.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
161	Czechia	29.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Italy	29.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	South Africa	29.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
164	Tajikistan	29	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
165	Hong Kong SAR, China	28.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
166	Sierra Leone	28.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Mauritania	27.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
168	Eswatini	27.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Papua New Guinea	27.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
170	Puerto Rico (US)	27.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
171	Comoros	25.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Turkmenistan	25.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Greece	25.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Guinea	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Bulgaria	23.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Libya	22.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
177	Sao Tome and Principe	22.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Korea, Rep.	21.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
179	Togo	20.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
180	Gabon	20.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
181	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Djibouti	15.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income

Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)