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SL.TLF.CACT.ZS ยท %

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Peru. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Italy
49.3%2025
Period covered
1990 - 202536 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
73.41%South Sudan, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries
49.3%Italy, 2025

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

405060708019901999200820162025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Sudan73.41%2023
  • Peru72.86%2025
  • Netherlands67.25%2025
  • China64.55%2025
  • United States61.7%2025
  • Spain57.41%2025
  • Sierra Leone53.37%2025
  • Italy49.3%2025

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
ItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaSouth SudanSierra LeonePeru
202549.3%57.41%67.25%61.7%64.55%53.37%72.86%
202449.59%57.84%67.46%61.96%64.91%53.58%72.81%
202349.8%57.59%67.72%62.08%65.83%73.41%53.63%72.69%
202249.03%57.57%67.23%61.79%65.8%73.54%53.67%74.47%
202148.44%57.27%66.53%61.5%67.11%73.5%53.61%71.93%
202048.22%56.4%66.54%61.56%65.72%73.23%53.3%68.92%
201949.59%57.63%66.71%62.85%67.38%73.94%53.81%77.36%
201849.62%57.63%66.38%62.59%67.81%74.24%53.91%77.18%
201749.5%58.05%66.13%62.55%68.35%74.27%54.68%77%
201649.16%58.33%66.28%62.43%68.88%73.98%55.44%75.38%
201548.62%58.62%66.47%62.27%69.3%73.83%56.19%75.9%
201448.73%58.73%66.16%62.45%69.65%73.69%56.95%77.07%
201348.49%59.13%66.74%62.74%69.97%73.55%57.9%77.86%
201248.81%59.4%66.78%63.11%70.41%73.57%58.84%78.46%
201147.88%59.37%66.39%63.23%70.86%73.62%59.78%78.65%
201047.99%59.36%66.5%63.73%70.96%73.76%60.71%79.24%
200948.28%59.25%66.82%64.37%71.29%73.9%61.63%78.58%
200848.92%59.08%67.15%64.99%71.63%73.99%62.55%78.22%
200748.58%58.34%67.17%64.99%71.95%74.11%63.45%78.23%
200648.88%57.84%67.17%65.18%72.28%74.23%64.35%76.14%

World Bank definition

Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SL.TLF.CACT.ZS, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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