Africa Rankings
Labor Force Participation Rate
percent
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Madagascar | 85.47% |
2 | 2 |  Tanzania | 83.75% |
3 | 3 |  Nigeria | 82.57% |
4 | 4 |  Uganda | 79.97% |
5 | 5 |  Niger | 79.56% |
6 | 6 |  Mozambique | 78.78% |
7 | 7 |  Burundi | 78.49% |
8 | 8 |  Eritrea | 78.34% |
9 | 9 |  Liberia | 76.61% |
10 | 10 |  Benin | 76.27% |
11 | 11 |  Central African Republic | 73.42% |
12 | 12 |  Burkina Faso | 70.06% |
13 | 14 |  Botswana | 68.57% |
14 | 13 |  Ethiopia | 68.47% |
15 | 15 |  Republic of the Congo | 67.85% |
16 | 16 |  Zimbabwe | 67.72% |
17 | 17 |  Kenya | 67.42% |
18 | 18 |  Mali | 67.17% |
19 | 19 |  Ivory Coast | 67.11% |
20 | 20 |  Cameroon | 65.53% |
21 | 21 |  Guinea-Bissau | 64.75% |
22 | 22 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.41% |
23 | 23 |  Rwanda | 63.52% |
24 | 24 |  Malawi | 62.93% |
25 | 25 |  Zambia | 61.90% |
26 | 26 |  Equatorial Guinea | 60.91% |
27 | 27 |  Chad | 59.60% |
28 | 28 |  Ghana | 59.06% |
29 | 30 |  Namibia | 58.87% |
30 | 29 |  Mauritius | 58.66% |
31 | 31 |  Togo | 57.89% |
32 | 32 |  Lesotho | 57.42% |
33 | 33 |  Cape Verde | 57.03% |
34 | 35 |  South Africa | 55.57% |
35 | 34 |  Comoros | 55.39% |
36 | 36 |  Sierra Leone | 53.58% |
37 | 37 |  Guinea | 52.79% |
38 | 38 |  Senegal | 51.85% |
39 | 39 |  Gabon | 51.32% |
40 | 40 |  Swaziland | 51.20% |
41 | 41 |  Libya | 48.27% |
42 | 42 |  Gambia | 47.51% |
43 | 43 |  Tunisia | 45.49% |
44 | 44 |  Egypt | 44.60% |
45 | 45 |  Morocco | 44.13% |
46 | 46 |  Algeria | 41.16% |
47 | 47 |  Mauritania | 40.90% |
48 | 48 |  Sudan | 37.52% |
49 | 49 |  Somalia | 33.90% |
50 | 50 |  Djibouti | 31.77% |
51 | 51 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 23.39% |