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Countries by Employment to population (ILO estimates) (2024)

Employment to population (ILO estimates) in 2024: highest in Qatar (87.11%), lowest in Sao Tome and Principe (21.27%), median 57.81% across the 181 countries in this dataset, according to ILO ILOSTAT.

Browse Employment to population (ILO estimates) (measured in %) across 186 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from ILO ILOSTAT.

Unit: %186 countries and regionsSource: ILO ILOSTAT
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2027

Highest Employment to population (ILO estimates), 2024

  1. 1.Qatar87.11%
  2. 2.Solomon Islands83.06%
  3. 3.Madagascar82.87%
  4. 4.Tanzania82.45%
  5. 5.Cambodia82.17%
  6. 6.Nigeria80.05%
  7. 7.Niger79.26%
  8. 8.North Korea79.26%
  9. 9.Uganda77.78%
  10. 10.Burundi77.77%

Lowest Employment to population (ILO estimates), 2024

  1. 172.Iraq35.2%
  2. 173.Nepal35.19%
  3. 174.Eswatini33.46%
  4. 175.Jordan33.33%
  5. 176.Afghanistan32.41%
  6. 177.Syrian Arab Republic32.05%
  7. 178.Yemen27.55%
  8. 179.Somalia27.48%
  9. 180.Djibouti23.51%
  10. 181.Sao Tome and Principe21.27%

All 181 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Employment to population (ILO estimates) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

QatarRank 1 of 181Solomon IslandsRank 2 of 181MadagascarRank 3 of 181TanzaniaRank 4 of 181CambodiaRank 5 of 181NigeriaRank 6 of 181NigerRank 7 of 181North KoreaRank 8 of 181UgandaRank 9 of 181BurundiRank 10 of 181United Arab EmiratesRank 11 of 181BoliviaRank 12 of 181BeninRank 13 of 181LiberiaRank 14 of 181EritreaRank 15 of 181MozambiqueRank 16 of 181IcelandRank 17 of 181KuwaitRank 18 of 181VietnamRank 19 of 181MoldovaRank 20 of 181BahrainRank 21 of 181PeruRank 22 of 181Central African RepublicRank 23 of 181Burkina FasoRank 24 of 181SingaporeRank 25 of 181The BahamasRank 26 of 181JamaicaRank 27 of 181New ZealandRank 28 of 181KazakhstanRank 29 of 181MacaoRank 30 of 181ThailandRank 31 of 181ParaguayRank 32 of 181EthiopiaRank 33 of 181OmanRank 34 of 181Timor-LesteRank 35 of 181IndonesiaRank 36 of 181Cote d'IvoireRank 37 of 181Lao PDRRank 38 of 181MaliRank 39 of 181NetherlandsRank 40 of 181AngolaRank 41 of 181SwitzerlandRank 42 of 181AustraliaRank 43 of 181CyprusRank 44 of 181KenyaRank 45 of 181MalaysiaRank 46 of 181NorwayRank 47 of 181CameroonRank 48 of 181IsraelRank 49 of 181Guinea-BissauRank 50 of 181Saudi ArabiaRank 51 of 181BhutanRank 52 of 181NicaraguaRank 53 of 181South KoreaRank 54 of 181EcuadorRank 55 of 181IrelandRank 56 of 181MaltaRank 57 of 181ChinaRank 58 of 181JapanRank 59 of 181DR CongoRank 60 of 181DenmarkRank 61 of 181ZimbabweRank 62 of 181St. LuciaRank 63 of 181Dominican RepublicRank 64 of 181Brunei DarussalamRank 65 of 181BelarusRank 66 of 181BarbadosRank 67 of 181PanamaRank 68 of 181CanadaRank 69 of 181MaldivesRank 70 of 181EstoniaRank 71 of 181RussiaRank 72 of 181AzerbaijanRank 73 of 181PhilippinesRank 74 of 181MexicoRank 75 of 181El SalvadorRank 76 of 181MalawiRank 77 of 181UruguayRank 78 of 181United StatesRank 79 of 181SwedenRank 80 of 181Czech RepublicRank 81 of 181BrazilRank 82 of 181GuamRank 83 of 181ChadRank 84 of 181United KingdomRank 85 of 181GermanyRank 86 of 181LithuaniaRank 87 of 181ZambiaRank 88 of 181GuatemalaRank 89 of 181HungaryRank 90 of 181LuxembourgRank 91 of 181SlovakiaRank 92 of 181ArgentinaRank 93 of 181ColombiaRank 94 of 181GhanaRank 95 of 181AustriaRank 96 of 181MongoliaRank 97 of 181AlbaniaRank 98 of 181PolandRank 99 of 181GeorgiaRank 100 of 181ChileRank 101 of 181BangladeshRank 102 of 181TogoRank 103 of 181LatviaRank 104 of 181RwandaRank 105 of 181Trinidad and TobagoRank 106 of 181Equatorial GuineaRank 107 of 181SloveniaRank 108 of 181St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 109 of 181Kyrgyz RepublicRank 110 of 181VanuatuRank 111 of 181MauritiusRank 112 of 181UzbekistanRank 113 of 181Hong KongRank 114 of 181SerbiaRank 115 of 181FinlandRank 116 of 181PortugalRank 117 of 181HaitiRank 118 of 181Republic of the CongoRank 119 of 181FijiRank 120 of 181BulgariaRank 121 of 181HondurasRank 122 of 181Costa RicaRank 123 of 181MyanmarRank 124 of 181IndiaRank 125 of 181ComorosRank 126 of 181ArmeniaRank 127 of 181BotswanaRank 128 of 181Sierra LeoneRank 129 of 181BelizeRank 130 of 181CubaRank 131 of 181FranceRank 132 of 181BelgiumRank 133 of 181SpainRank 134 of 181New CaledoniaRank 135 of 181Papua New GuineaRank 136 of 181MontenegroRank 137 of 181SenegalRank 138 of 181Cabo VerdeRank 139 of 181GuineaRank 140 of 181CroatiaRank 141 of 181SurinameRank 142 of 181PakistanRank 143 of 181TurkeyRank 144 of 181VenezuelaRank 145 of 181TongaRank 146 of 181RomaniaRank 147 of 181GuyanaRank 148 of 181US Virgin IslandsRank 149 of 181LesothoRank 150 of 181NamibiaRank 151 of 181GreeceRank 152 of 181French PolynesiaRank 153 of 181Sri LankaRank 154 of 181ItalyRank 155 of 181North MacedoniaRank 156 of 181The GambiaRank 157 of 181Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 158 of 181EgyptRank 159 of 181GabonRank 160 of 181SamoaRank 161 of 181TurkmenistanRank 162 of 181Puerto RicoRank 163 of 181MoroccoRank 164 of 181LibyaRank 165 of 181TunisiaRank 166 of 181IranRank 167 of 181South AfricaRank 168 of 181MauritaniaRank 169 of 181AlgeriaRank 170 of 181TajikistanRank 171 of 181IraqRank 172 of 181NepalRank 173 of 181EswatiniRank 174 of 181JordanRank 175 of 181AfghanistanRank 176 of 181Syrian Arab RepublicRank 177 of 181YemenRank 178 of 181SomaliaRank 179 of 181DjiboutiRank 180 of 181Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 181 of 181

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Employment to population (ILO estimates) Data Coverage

This page lists 186 countries with available Employment to population (ILO estimates) data. Data sourced from ILO ILOSTAT. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.