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% |