Africa Rankings
Labor Force Participation Rate
percent
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 | Madagascar | 85.50% |
2 | 2 | Tanzania | 83.72% |
3 | 3 | Nigeria | 82.52% |
4 | 4 | Uganda | 80.03% |
5 | 5 | Niger | 79.74% |
6 | 6 | Mozambique | 78.71% |
7 | 8 | Eritrea | 78.35% |
8 | 7 | Burundi | 78.26% |
9 | 9 | Liberia | 76.58% |
10 | 10 | Benin | 76.36% |
11 | 11 | Central African Republic | 73.39% |
12 | 12 | Burkina Faso | 70.01% |
13 | 13 | Botswana | 68.80% |
14 | 14 | Ethiopia | 68.46% |
15 | 15 | Republic of the Congo | 67.83% |
16 | 16 | Zimbabwe | 67.72% |
17 | 17 | Kenya | 67.39% |
18 | 19 | Ivory Coast | 67.09% |
19 | 18 | Mali | 67.04% |
20 | 20 | Cameroon | 65.17% |
21 | 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.81% |
22 | 22 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.31% |
23 | 23 | Rwanda | 63.68% |
24 | 24 | Malawi | 62.58% |
25 | 25 | Zambia | 61.93% |
26 | 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.51% |
27 | 27 | Chad | 59.44% |
28 | 29 | Namibia | 58.84% |
29 | 30 | Mauritius | 58.55% |
30 | 28 | Ghana | 58.52% |
31 | 31 | Togo | 57.85% |
32 | 32 | Lesotho | 57.12% |
33 | 33 | Cape Verde | 57.03% |
34 | 35 | Comoros | 55.77% |
35 | 34 | South Africa | 55.58% |
36 | 36 | Sierra Leone | 53.37% |
37 | 37 | Guinea | 52.61% |
38 | 38 | Senegal | 52.02% |
39 | 40 | Swaziland | 51.19% |
40 | 39 | Gabon | 51.06% |
41 | 41 | Libya | 47.96% |
42 | 42 | Gambia | 47.46% |
43 | 43 | Tunisia | 45.22% |
44 | 44 | Egypt | 44.57% |
45 | 45 | Morocco | 43.94% |
46 | 46 | Algeria | 40.78% |
47 | 47 | Mauritania | 40.77% |
48 | 48 | Sudan | 37.52% |
49 | 49 | Somalia | 33.85% |
50 | 50 | Djibouti | 31.74% |
51 | 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.34% |