Labor force, total by country

What this measures

Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave.

Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.

Ranking

Regions and income groups

More social protection & labor indicators

• Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
• Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
• Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, SL.TLF.TOTL.IN, CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database; United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.