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Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) (2025)

Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025: highest in Qatar (95.49%), lowest in Sao Tome and Principe (21.8%), median 65.77% across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) (measured in %) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1991–2025

Highest Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 1.Qatar95.49%
  2. 2.United Arab Emirates90.1%
  3. 3.Kuwait87.68%
  4. 4.Cambodia87.56%
  5. 5.Tanzania86.48%
  6. 6.Oman86.44%
  7. 7.Niger86.1%
  8. 8.Madagascar85.64%
  9. 9.Bahrain85.51%
  10. 10.Solomon Islands84.95%

Lowest Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate), 2025

  1. 173.US Virgin Islands50.22%
  2. 174.Nepal47.8%
  3. 175.Puerto Rico46.23%
  4. 176.The Gambia46.09%
  5. 177.Turkmenistan43.4%
  6. 178.South Africa42.61%
  7. 179.Somalia39.48%
  8. 180.Eswatini36.49%
  9. 181.Djibouti34.85%
  10. 182.Sao Tome and Principe21.8%

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

QatarRank 1 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 2 of 182KuwaitRank 3 of 182CambodiaRank 4 of 182TanzaniaRank 5 of 182OmanRank 6 of 182NigerRank 7 of 182MadagascarRank 8 of 182BahrainRank 9 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 10 of 182North KoreaRank 11 of 182UgandaRank 12 of 182NigeriaRank 13 of 182BoliviaRank 14 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 15 of 182GuatemalaRank 16 of 182EritreaRank 17 of 182IndonesiaRank 18 of 182MaliRank 19 of 182ParaguayRank 20 of 182LiberiaRank 21 of 182Central African RepublicRank 22 of 182NicaraguaRank 23 of 182BangladeshRank 24 of 182PeruRank 25 of 182EthiopiaRank 26 of 182IcelandRank 27 of 182MalaysiaRank 28 of 182BurundiRank 29 of 182BeninRank 30 of 182PakistanRank 31 of 182VietnamRank 32 of 182MozambiqueRank 33 of 182MexicoRank 34 of 182El SalvadorRank 35 of 182EcuadorRank 36 of 182JamaicaRank 37 of 182ThailandRank 38 of 182IndiaRank 39 of 182Burkina FasoRank 40 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 41 of 182SingaporeRank 42 of 182FijiRank 43 of 182MaldivesRank 44 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 45 of 182PanamaRank 46 of 182MacaoRank 47 of 182CameroonRank 48 of 182UzbekistanRank 49 of 182Timor-LesteRank 50 of 182New ZealandRank 51 of 182PhilippinesRank 52 of 182MoldovaRank 53 of 182ChadRank 54 of 182ColombiaRank 55 of 182HondurasRank 56 of 182KazakhstanRank 57 of 182South KoreaRank 58 of 182The BahamasRank 59 of 182BhutanRank 60 of 182BrazilRank 61 of 182JapanRank 62 of 182Lao PDRRank 63 of 182MaltaRank 64 of 182CyprusRank 65 of 182NetherlandsRank 66 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 67 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 68 of 182KenyaRank 69 of 182UruguayRank 70 of 182St. LuciaRank 71 of 182SwitzerlandRank 72 of 182AustraliaRank 73 of 182MyanmarRank 74 of 182RussiaRank 75 of 182BelizeRank 76 of 182ZimbabweRank 77 of 182EgyptRank 78 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 79 of 182ArgentinaRank 80 of 182BelarusRank 81 of 182TurkeyRank 82 of 182IrelandRank 83 of 182MauritiusRank 84 of 182AngolaRank 85 of 182IsraelRank 86 of 182ChinaRank 87 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 88 of 182Sri LankaRank 89 of 182Czech RepublicRank 90 of 182ChileRank 91 of 182NorwayRank 92 of 182DenmarkRank 93 of 182Costa RicaRank 94 of 182BarbadosRank 95 of 182MalawiRank 96 of 182HungaryRank 97 of 182MongoliaRank 98 of 182United StatesRank 99 of 182VenezuelaRank 100 of 182GuamRank 101 of 182LithuaniaRank 102 of 182SenegalRank 103 of 182CubaRank 104 of 182CanadaRank 105 of 182EstoniaRank 106 of 182ZambiaRank 107 of 182PolandRank 108 of 182GeorgiaRank 109 of 182RwandaRank 110 of 182GermanyRank 111 of 182DR CongoRank 112 of 182IraqRank 113 of 182AzerbaijanRank 114 of 182SlovakiaRank 115 of 182AlbaniaRank 116 of 182IranRank 117 of 182United KingdomRank 118 of 182MoroccoRank 119 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 120 of 182SerbiaRank 121 of 182LatviaRank 122 of 182ComorosRank 123 of 182SwedenRank 124 of 182AustriaRank 125 of 182LuxembourgRank 126 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 127 of 182HaitiRank 128 of 182ArmeniaRank 129 of 182AfghanistanRank 130 of 182SloveniaRank 131 of 182VanuatuRank 132 of 182GhanaRank 133 of 182BulgariaRank 134 of 182Hong KongRank 135 of 182AlgeriaRank 136 of 182Channel IslandsRank 137 of 182GuineaRank 138 of 182SurinameRank 139 of 182PortugalRank 140 of 182BotswanaRank 141 of 182TongaRank 142 of 182TogoRank 143 of 182RomaniaRank 144 of 182LesothoRank 145 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 146 of 182MontenegroRank 147 of 182FinlandRank 148 of 182SpainRank 149 of 182TunisiaRank 150 of 182GuyanaRank 151 of 182GreeceRank 152 of 182New CaledoniaRank 153 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 154 of 182BelgiumRank 155 of 182FranceRank 156 of 182ItalyRank 157 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 158 of 182CroatiaRank 159 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 160 of 182North MacedoniaRank 161 of 182JordanRank 162 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 163 of 182LibyaRank 164 of 182SamoaRank 165 of 182MauritaniaRank 166 of 182French PolynesiaRank 167 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 168 of 182GabonRank 169 of 182TajikistanRank 170 of 182YemenRank 171 of 182NamibiaRank 172 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 173 of 182NepalRank 174 of 182Puerto RicoRank 175 of 182The GambiaRank 176 of 182TurkmenistanRank 177 of 182South AfricaRank 178 of 182SomaliaRank 179 of 182EswatiniRank 180 of 182DjiboutiRank 181 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 182 of 182

Other countries and regions

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Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.