Employment-to-population ratio

Ranked among 183 profiles with 2026 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.

Unit: percent of population ages 15+. Preferred source: ilo-stat. Some later years may be projections.

Rank	Profile	Status	2026 value
1	Qatar	UN member	86.7 projection
2	Solomon Islands	UN member	83.1 projection
3	Madagascar	UN member	82.9 projection
4	Tanzania	UN member	82.4 projection
5	Cambodia	UN member	82.2 projection
6	Nigeria	UN member	79.9 projection
7	Niger	UN member	79.6 projection
8	North Korea	UN member	79.2 projection
9	Uganda	UN member	77.9 projection
10	Burundi	UN member	77.3 projection
11	United Arab Emirates	UN member	77 projection
12	Bolivia	UN member	76.7 projection
13	Benin	UN member	75.2 projection
14	Liberia	UN member	74.4 projection
15	Eritrea	UN member	73.7 projection
16	Mozambique	UN member	73.4 projection
17	Iceland	UN member	72.1 projection
18	Kuwait	UN member	71.6 projection
19	Vietnam	UN member	71.3 projection
20	Moldova	UN member	71.3 projection
21	Bahrain	UN member	69.5 projection
22	Peru	UN member	69 projection
23	Central African Republic	UN member	68.8 projection
24	Singapore	UN member	67.9 projection
25	Burkina Faso	UN member	67.5 projection
26	Jamaica	UN member	67.2 projection
27	Paraguay	UN member	67 projection
28	Bahamas	UN member	66.6 projection
29	New Zealand	UN member	66.6 projection
30	Ethiopia	UN member	66.2 projection
31	Oman	UN member	66.1 projection
32	Timor-Leste	UN member	66.1 projection
33	Indonesia	UN member	65.9 projection
34	Thailand	UN member	65.7 projection
35	Macau	Special administrative region	65.7 projection
36	Côte d’Ivoire	UN member	65.5 projection
37	Laos	UN member	65.4 projection
38	Mali	UN member	65.1 projection
39	Kazakhstan	UN member	64.6 projection
40	Netherlands	UN member	64.3 projection
41	Angola	UN member	64.1 projection
42	Kenya	UN member	63.7 projection
43	Australia	UN member	63.6 projection
44	Malaysia	UN member	63.6 projection
45	Israel	UN member	63.4 projection
46	Cyprus	UN member	63.3 projection
47	Saudi Arabia	UN member	63.1 projection
48	Guinea-Bissau	UN member	63.1 projection
49	Switzerland	UN member	62.8 projection
50	Bhutan	UN member	62.7 projection
51	Nicaragua	UN member	62.7 projection
52	Cameroon	UN member	62.5 projection
53	Ecuador	UN member	62.4 projection
54	South Korea	UN member	62.4 projection
55	Norway	UN member	62.2 projection
56	Japan	UN member	62.1 projection
57	Malta	UN member	62 projection
58	Saint Lucia	UN member	61.8 projection
59	Dominican Republic	UN member	61.8 projection
60	Zimbabwe	UN member	61.5 projection
61	Ireland	UN member	61.5 projection
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	UN member	61.4 projection
63	Denmark	UN member	61.3 projection
64	China	UN member	61.2 projection
65	Panama	UN member	60.8 projection
66	Maldives	UN member	60.8 projection
67	Brunei	UN member	60.5 projection
68	El Salvador	UN member	60.2 projection
69	Belarus	UN member	60.2 projection
70	Uruguay	UN member	60.1 projection
71	Barbados	UN member	60.1 projection
72	Mexico	UN member	59.9 projection
73	Philippines	UN member	59.9 projection
74	Canada	UN member	59.6 projection
75	Brazil	UN member	59.5 projection
76	Azerbaijan	UN member	59.3 projection
77	Estonia	UN member	59.3 projection
78	Russia	UN member	59.2 projection
79	Malawi	UN member	59.1 projection
80	Sweden	UN member	58.9 projection
81	Guam	Territory	58.7 projection
82	United States	UN member	58.7 projection
83	Chad	UN member	58.7 projection
84	Lithuania	UN member	58.5 projection
85	Czechia	UN member	58.4 projection
86	Colombia	UN member	58.3 projection
87	Zambia	UN member	58.3 projection
88	United Kingdom	UN member	58.2 projection
89	Guatemala	UN member	58 projection
90	Germany	UN member	57.9 projection
91	Argentina	UN member	57.7 projection
92	Hungary	UN member	57.7 projection
93	Albania	UN member	57.3 projection
94	Luxembourg	UN member	57.2 projection
95	Taiwan	Special status	57.2 projection
96	Slovakia	UN member	56.7 projection
97	Chile	UN member	56.7 projection
98	Togo	UN member	56.6 projection
99	Rwanda	UN member	56.5 projection
100	Bangladesh	UN member	56.5 projection
101	Latvia	UN member	56.4 projection
102	Ghana	UN member	56.3 projection
103	Austria	UN member	56.3 projection
104	Georgia	UN member	56.3 projection
105	Poland	UN member	56.1 projection
106	Mongolia	UN member	55.9 projection
107	Slovenia	UN member	55.4 projection
108	Trinidad and Tobago	UN member	55.4 projection
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member	55.3 projection
110	Serbia	UN member	55.2 projection
111	Kyrgyzstan	UN member	55.2 projection
112	Equatorial Guinea	UN member	55.1 projection
113	Mauritius	UN member	55.1 projection
114	Vanuatu	UN member	55 projection
115	Uzbekistan	UN member	54.5 projection
116	Portugal	UN member	54.3 projection
117	Republic of the Congo	UN member	54.3 projection
118	Haiti	UN member	54.3 projection
119	Hong Kong	Special administrative region	54.3 projection
120	Bulgaria	UN member	54.1 projection
121	Fiji	UN member	54.1 projection
122	Comoros	UN member	53.9 projection
123	Costa Rica	UN member	53.9 projection
124	Belize	UN member	53.8 projection
125	Finland	UN member	53.8 projection
126	Honduras	UN member	53.7 projection
127	Myanmar	UN member	53.7 projection
128	India	UN member	53.3 projection
129	Western Sahara	Special status	52 projection
130	Botswana	UN member	51.9 projection
131	Sierra Leone	UN member	51.5 projection
132	Spain	UN member	51.3 projection
133	Armenia	UN member	51 projection
134	Cuba	UN member	50.9 projection
135	Belgium	UN member	50.9 projection
136	France	UN member	50.8 projection
137	Papua New Guinea	UN member	50.8 projection
138	Senegal	UN member	50.7 projection
139	Cabo Verde	UN member	50.1 projection
140	New Caledonia	Dependency	50 projection
141	Türkiye	UN member	49.8 projection
142	Guinea	UN member	49.8 projection
143	Montenegro	UN member	49.7 projection
144	Pakistan	UN member	49.6 projection
145	Croatia	UN member	49.5 projection
146	Suriname	UN member	49.5 projection
147	Venezuela	UN member	48.8 projection
148	Tonga	UN member	48.5 projection
149	Guyana	UN member	48.2 projection
150	Romania	UN member	48.1 projection
151	U.S. Virgin Islands	Territory	48.1 projection
152	Greece	UN member	47.7 projection
153	Lesotho	UN member	47.5 projection
154	Namibia	UN member	47.4 projection
155	Sri Lanka	UN member	46.6 projection
156	Italy	UN member	45.9 projection
157	French Polynesia	Dependency	45.9 projection
158	North Macedonia	UN member	45.3 projection
159	Gambia	UN member	44.3 projection
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member	43.1 projection
161	Egypt	UN member	41.5 projection
162	Gabon	UN member	40.5 projection
163	Puerto Rico	Territory	40.3 projection
164	Turkmenistan	UN member	40 projection
165	Morocco	UN member	39.9 projection
166	Samoa	UN member	39.9 projection
167	Libya	UN member	38.7 projection
168	Tunisia	UN member	38.2 projection
169	South Africa	UN member	37.5 projection
170	Iran	UN member	37.2 projection
171	Mauritania	UN member	36.4 projection
172	Algeria	UN member	35.6 projection
173	Tajikistan	UN member	35.6 projection
174	Nepal	UN member	35.1 projection
175	Iraq	UN member	35 projection
176	Eswatini	UN member	33.9 projection
177	Jordan	UN member	33.5 projection
178	Afghanistan	UN member	32.5 projection
179	Syria	UN member	31.8 projection
180	Somalia	UN member	27.4 projection
181	Yemen	UN member	27.1 projection
182	Djibouti	UN member	23.5 projection
183	Sao Tome and Principe	UN member	21.2 projection

No 2026 figure

These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.

Åland Islands Statistical area
American Samoa Territory
Andorra UN member
Anguilla Dependency
Antigua and Barbuda UN member
Aruba Dependency
Bermuda Dependency
British Virgin Islands Dependency
Caribbean Netherlands Territory
Cayman Islands Dependency
Christmas Island Territory
Cocos Islands Territory
Cook Islands Associated state
Curaçao Dependency
Dominica UN member
Falkland Islands Dependency
Faroe Islands Dependency
French Guiana Territory
Gibraltar Dependency
Greenland Dependency
Grenada UN member
Guadeloupe Territory
Guernsey Dependency
Holy See UN observer
Isle of Man Dependency
Jersey Dependency
Kiribati UN member
Kosovo Special status
Lebanon UN member
Liechtenstein UN member
Marshall Islands UN member
Martinique Territory
Mayotte Territory
Micronesia UN member
Monaco UN member
Montserrat Dependency
Nauru UN member
Niue Associated state
Norfolk Island Territory
Northern Mariana Islands Territory
Palau UN member
Palestine UN observer
Réunion Territory
Saint Barthélemy Dependency
Saint Helena Dependency
Saint Kitts and Nevis UN member
Saint Martin Dependency
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Dependency
San Marino UN member
Seychelles UN member
Sint Maarten Dependency
South Sudan UN member
Sudan UN member
Tokelau Territory
Turks and Caicos Islands Dependency
Tuvalu UN member
Ukraine UN member
Wallis and Futuna Dependency