Indicators / Male labour force participation
Male labour force participation
Share of working-age men who are employed or looking for work.
72 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1BahamasVery High96.8%2QatarVery High95.3%3United Arab EmiratesVery High90.8%4OmanVery High86.5%5KuwaitVery High85.9%6BahrainVery High85.1%7Saudi ArabiaVery High83.6%8MalaysiaVery High81.9%9IcelandVery High79.3%10ArmeniaVery High76.8%11New ZealandVery High76.7%12Antigua and BarbudaVery High76%13SingaporeVery High74.9%14BelarusVery High74.9%15KazakhstanVery High74.6%16PanamaVery High74.3%17Korea (Republic of)Very High73.4%18UruguayVery High73.4%19MaltaVery High73.2%20NetherlandsVery High73.1%21SwitzerlandVery High72.9%22Brunei DarussalamVery High72.3%23ArgentinaVery High72.2%24AustraliaVery High71.7%25EstoniaVery High71.6%26ChileVery High71.4%27JapanVery High71.4%28TürkiyeVery High71.2%29AlbaniaVery High70.9%30IrelandVery High70.8%31SwedenVery High70.6%32San MarinoVery High70.6%33Russian FederationVery High70.5%34CyprusVery High70.3%35Costa RicaVery High69.7%36MauritiusVery High69.7%37CanadaVery High69.7%38GeorgiaVery High69.6%39NorwayVery High69.2%40IsraelVery High68.9%41CzechiaVery High68.5%42LithuaniaVery High68.5%43HungaryVery High68.4%44United StatesVery High68.1%45LatviaVery High67.9%46DenmarkVery High67.7%47SlovakiaVery High67.3%48LiechtensteinVery High67.2%49GermanyVery High66.7%50AustriaVery High66.6%51United KingdomVery High66.6%52PolandVery High66.3%53LuxembourgVery High66.2%54MontenegroVery High66.1%55SerbiaVery High65.5%56SeychellesVery High65.5%57Trinidad and TobagoVery High64.2%58PortugalVery High63.9%59FinlandVery High63.8%60Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High63.6%61SloveniaVery High63.2%62SpainVery High63%63BarbadosVery High62.7%64BulgariaVery High62.2%65Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High62.1%66RomaniaVery High61.9%67North MacedoniaVery High61.5%68FranceVery High60.1%69GreeceVery High60%70BelgiumVery High59.5%71ItalyVery High58.8%72CroatiaVery High57.6%