Economic/Production & Innovation/Labour & Employment

Employment & Labour Force Participation

The capacity to put the whole population to work: activation of women, older workers, youth and the excluded, so the economy runs on all of its people rather than some of them.
pending/cap/employment-labour-force-participation
World mean
8.5
of 20 · median 8.0
Range
0–17
middle half 6.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.28
round 1 ±1.09 — the honest estimate
Leader
17
Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0
Advanced 18
Established 30
Transitional 38
Foundational 62
Nascent 41
Inception 8

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
2 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇦🇹Austria Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 14 Established ±0.43
20 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
21 🇫🇷France Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.43
23 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
24 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.00
26 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇲🇹Malta Europe 14 Established ±0.00
28 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
30 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 13 Established ±0.50
32 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 13 Established ±0.00
33 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 13 Established ±0.50
34 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.50
38 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 12 Established ±0.50
39 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 12 Established ±0.43
40 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
41 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
42 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
43 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
44 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.43
45 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
47 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 12 Established ±0.50
48 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
49 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.87
50 🇨🇱Chile Americas 11 Transitional ±0.00
51 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇬🇷Greece Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
53 🇮🇹Italy Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 11 Transitional ±0.43
56 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
58 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.71
59 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
60 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 10 Transitional ±0.71
61 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.83
62 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
64 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
65 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
66 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.50
67 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.50
68 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.71
69 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
70 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
71 🇦🇱Albania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
72 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
74 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
75 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.71
77 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.00
78 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
79 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 9 Transitional ±0.50
80 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
81 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
83 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
84 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
85 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
87 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
88 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
89 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
90 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
91 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
92 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
93 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
94 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
95 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
96 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
97 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
98 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
99 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
100 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
101 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.71
102 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
103 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
104 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
105 🇧🇿Belize Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
109 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
110 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
111 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
112 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
113 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.50
116 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
118 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
120 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
122 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
123 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 7 Foundational ±0.50
124 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
125 🇧🇯Benin Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
126 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
130 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
132 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
133 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
134 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
136 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
137 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
138 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
139 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
141 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
142 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
143 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
144 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
145 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
146 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
147 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
148 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
149 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
150 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
151 🇨🇬Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
152 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
153 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
154 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
155 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
157 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇲🇱Mali Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
160 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
161 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
163 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
164 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
165 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
166 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
167 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
168 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
169 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
171 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
172 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
173 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
174 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
176 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
177 🇱🇾Libya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
178 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
179 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
180 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
181 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
182 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
183 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
184 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
185 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
186 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
187 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
188 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
189 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
191 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
192 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
194 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
195 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Labour & Employment

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Labour Market Institutions & Wage Setting7.81–19Denmark, Sweden
Employment Services & Skills Matching7.60–18Denmark
Labour Adjustment, Transition & Formalisation7.61–18Denmark, Sweden