Men in the labour force
% of men aged 15+ · no best or worst — smallest to largest
186 of 216 countries report a figure for men in the labour force
World average: 69.8%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #186 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Djibouti | 44.6% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Turkmenistan | 46.1% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Somalia | 47.2% | 2025 | |
| #182 | The Gambia | 49.5% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Puerto Rico | 49.6% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Nepal | 52.9% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Papua New Guinea | 53.3% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Eswatini | 54.0% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Samoa | 54.5% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Sierra Leone | 55.2% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Tajikistan | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| #174 | United States Virgin Islands | 56.2% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Mauritania | 56.6% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Croatia | 57.4% | 2025 | |
| #171 | French Polynesia | 58.0% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Italy | 58.3% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Belgium | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Tonga | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Togo | 59.0% | 2025 | |
| #166 | France | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Greece | 59.9% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Gabon | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Yemen | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Syria | 61.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Sudan | 61.6% | 2022 | |
| #159 | Romania | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| #158 | South Africa | 61.7% | 2025 | |
| #157 | North Macedonia | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Ghana | 61.8% | 2025 | |
| #155 | New Caledonia | 62.0% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Hong Kong | 62.1% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Portugal | 62.1% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Spain | 62.2% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Bulgaria | 62.4% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Jordan | 62.5% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Libya | 62.5% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Slovenia | 62.8% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Ukraine | 62.8% | 2021 | |
| #146 | Suriname | 62.9% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Vanuatu | 62.9% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Finland | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Namibia | 63.0% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Guinea | 63.1% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Guyana | 63.3% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Cape Verde | 63.4% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Comoros | 63.9% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Tunisia | 64.9% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Cuba | 65.1% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Austria | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Montenegro | 65.4% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Luxembourg | 65.5% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Poland | 65.6% | 2025 | |
| #132 | United Kingdom | 65.6% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Senegal | 65.7% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Azerbaijan | 66.0% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Germany | 66.1% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Slovakia | 66.1% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Algeria | 66.4% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Serbia | 66.5% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Lebanon | 66.7% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Latvia | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Lesotho | 66.9% | 2025 | |
| #121 | United States | 67.1% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Iran | 67.2% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.2% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Malawi | 67.3% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Hungary | 67.5% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Czech Republic | 67.5% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Venezuela | 67.5% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Zambia | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Sweden | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Sri Lanka | 67.8% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Guam | 68.0% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Morocco | 68.1% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.1% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Mongolia | 68.2% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Barbados | 68.7% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Israel | 68.8% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Canada | 68.9% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Lithuania | 69.0% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Russia | 69.0% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Norway | 69.1% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Denmark | 69.2% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Armenia | 69.5% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.6% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Myanmar | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Mauritius | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Haiti | 69.7% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Afghanistan | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Costa Rica | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Estonia | 69.8% | 2025 | |
| #92 | People's Republic of China | 69.9% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Belarus | 69.9% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Republic of the Congo | 70.1% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Ireland | 70.1% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Albania | 70.2% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Egypt | 70.5% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Rwanda | 70.6% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Laos | 70.6% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Australia | 70.7% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Switzerland | 71.4% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.4% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Japan | 71.5% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Malta | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Belize | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Argentina | 71.7% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Chad | 71.7% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Bhutan | 71.8% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Kenya | 71.9% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Turkey | 71.9% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 71.9% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Chile | 71.9% | 2025 | |
| #71 | South Korea | 72.0% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Palestine | 72.1% | 2022 | |
| #69 | Moldova | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Timor-Leste | 72.2% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Philippines | 72.5% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Iraq | 72.6% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Cyprus | 72.7% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Brunei | 72.8% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Brazil | 73.4% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Kazakhstan | 73.4% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Uruguay | 73.4% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Georgia | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Honduras | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Macau | 73.6% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Uzbekistan | 73.9% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Cameroon | 73.9% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Botswana | 74.0% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Zimbabwe | 74.3% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Ivory Coast | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| #52 | New Zealand | 74.7% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Saint Lucia | 74.8% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Thailand | 75.0% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Singapore | 75.4% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Colombia | 75.7% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Burkina Faso | 76.1% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Jamaica | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Dominican Republic | 76.4% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Maldives | 76.4% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Fiji | 76.5% | 2025 | |
| #41 | South Sudan | 76.6% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Ecuador | 76.9% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Burundi | 77.0% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Mexico | 77.1% | 2025 | |
| #37 | The Bahamas | 77.2% | 2025 | |
| #36 | El Salvador | 77.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Vietnam | 77.3% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Angola | 77.5% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Benin | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| #32 | India | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Panama | 77.9% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Ethiopia | 78.6% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Malaysia | 79.2% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Iceland | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Pakistan | 80.1% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Bangladesh | 80.4% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Mozambique | 80.5% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Peru | 80.9% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Mali | 81.0% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Liberia | 81.2% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Paraguay | 81.6% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Guatemala | 81.7% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Nicaragua | 81.8% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Indonesia | 82.3% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Central African Republic | 82.8% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Saudi Arabia | 83.3% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Eritrea | 84.1% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Nigeria | 84.3% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Bolivia | 84.4% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Uganda | 84.6% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Bahrain | 85.9% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Solomon Islands | 86.2% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Niger | 86.5% | 2025 | |
| #8 | North Korea | 86.8% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Tanzania | 87.3% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Cambodia | 87.8% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Madagascar | 88.1% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Oman | 88.1% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Kuwait | 88.6% | 2025 | |
| #2 | United Arab Emirates | 91.6% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Qatar | 95.6% | 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)