Employed
% aged 15+ · no best or worst — largest to smallest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for employed
World average: 56.6%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Qatar | 86.9% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Solomon Islands | 83.1% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Madagascar | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Tanzania | 82.4% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Cambodia | 82.2% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Nigeria | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Niger | 79.4% | 2025 | |
| #8 | North Korea | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Uganda | 77.8% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Burundi | 77.5% | 2025 | |
| #11 | United Arab Emirates | 76.9% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Bolivia | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Benin | 75.1% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Liberia | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Eritrea | 73.7% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Mozambique | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Iceland | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Kuwait | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Vietnam | 71.7% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Moldova | 71.2% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Bahrain | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Peru | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Central African Republic | 68.8% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Singapore | 67.7% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Burkina Faso | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Jamaica | 67.3% | 2025 | |
| #27 | The Bahamas | 67.0% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Paraguay | 66.9% | 2025 | |
| #29 | New Zealand | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Macau | 66.3% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Ethiopia | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Thailand | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Oman | 66.2% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Timor-Leste | 65.9% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Indonesia | 65.8% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Ivory Coast | 65.5% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Laos | 65.3% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Mali | 65.1% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 64.6% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Kazakhstan | 64.5% | 2025 | |
| #41 | South Sudan | 64.3% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Angola | 64.2% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Australia | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Kenya | 63.7% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Cyprus | 63.7% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Malaysia | 63.6% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Switzerland | 63.5% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Israel | 63.2% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Saudi Arabia | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Cameroon | 62.8% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Nicaragua | 62.7% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Bhutan | 62.7% | 2025 | |
| #54 | South Korea | 62.6% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Norway | 62.6% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Ecuador | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Malta | 62.1% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Japan | 61.9% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Ireland | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Saint Lucia | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #61 | People's Republic of China | 61.6% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Dominican Republic | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Zimbabwe | 61.4% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Denmark | 61.3% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Brunei | 60.8% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Panama | 60.8% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Maldives | 60.6% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Belarus | 60.6% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Barbados | 60.5% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Uruguay | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Canada | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #73 | El Salvador | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Philippines | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Mexico | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Azerbaijan | 59.8% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Russia | 59.8% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Estonia | 59.7% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Malawi | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Brazil | 59.4% | 2025 | |
| #81 | United States | 59.1% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Sweden | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Chad | 58.8% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Guam | 58.8% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Lithuania | 58.7% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Czech Republic | 58.6% | 2025 | |
| #87 | United Kingdom | 58.5% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Germany | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Zambia | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Colombia | 58.1% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Guatemala | 58.1% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Hungary | 57.8% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Luxembourg | 57.6% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Argentina | 57.5% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Albania | 57.2% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Slovakia | 57.2% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Ghana | 56.8% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Austria | 56.8% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Chile | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Togo | 56.7% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Poland | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Bangladesh | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Mongolia | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Latvia | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Georgia | 56.5% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Rwanda | 56.4% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Slovenia | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.5% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.3% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Mauritius | 55.2% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Vanuatu | 55.2% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Serbia | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Uzbekistan | 54.8% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Hong Kong | 54.8% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Portugal | 54.6% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Haiti | 54.4% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Republic of the Congo | 54.3% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Bulgaria | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Fiji | 54.1% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Finland | 54.0% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Belize | 53.9% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Honduras | 53.8% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Costa Rica | 53.7% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Comoros | 53.6% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Myanmar | 53.4% | 2025 | |
| #128 | India | 53.3% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Botswana | 52.0% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Armenia | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Sierra Leone | 51.7% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Spain | 51.5% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Cuba | 51.3% | 2025 | |
| #134 | France | 51.2% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Belgium | 51.1% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Papua New Guinea | 50.7% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Senegal | 50.6% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Cape Verde | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| #139 | New Caledonia | 50.1% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Montenegro | 50.1% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Guinea | 49.9% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Turkey | 49.7% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Suriname | 49.6% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Croatia | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Pakistan | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Ukraine | 49.3% | 2021 | |
| #147 | Venezuela | 49.2% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Tonga | 48.8% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Guyana | 48.4% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Romania | 48.3% | 2025 | |
| #151 | United States Virgin Islands | 48.1% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Lesotho | 47.8% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Greece | 47.5% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Namibia | 47.5% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Sri Lanka | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #156 | French Polynesia | 46.3% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Italy | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| #158 | North Macedonia | 45.6% | 2025 | |
| #159 | The Gambia | 44.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.6% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Egypt | 41.5% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Gabon | 40.8% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Samoa | 40.4% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Turkmenistan | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Puerto Rico | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Morocco | 40.0% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Libya | 39.0% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Lebanon | 38.7% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Tunisia | 38.4% | 2025 | |
| #170 | South Africa | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Iran | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Mauritania | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Algeria | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Tajikistan | 35.6% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Nepal | 35.1% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Iraq | 35.1% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Sudan | 34.7% | 2022 | |
| #178 | Palestine | 34.0% | 2022 | |
| #179 | Eswatini | 33.7% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Jordan | 33.4% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Afghanistan | 32.5% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Syria | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Somalia | 27.4% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Yemen | 27.4% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Djibouti | 23.5% | 2025 | |
| #186 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | San Marino | — | — | |
| — | Seychelles | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)