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Ranking by Percent of People Ages 15-64 in Labor Force

(2021)

Israel is ranked 76th out of top 100 countries with 72.5% of people in the labor force.

Rank Country %
1 Qatar 87.70
2 Madagascar 87.36
3 Iceland 87.10
4 Nepal 86.28
5 North Korea 85.82
6 Solomon Islands 85.32
7 Cambodia 84.96
8 Tanzania 84.51
9 Switzerland 84.20
10 Rwanda 84.16
11 Zimbabwe 84.03
12 Sweden 83.32
13 Vietnam 82.84
14 United Arab Emirates 82.83
15 Laos 81.71
16 Ethiopia 81.61
17 New Zealand 81.21
18 Peru 81.09
19 Eritrea 80.85
20 Netherlands 80.38
21 Bahamas 80.36
22 Burundi 79.93
23 Denmark 79.36
24 Japan 79.18
25 Estonia 79.13
26 Macau 78.96
27 Togo 78.81
28 Germany 78.57
29 Canada 78.57
30 Mozambique 78.36
31 Belarus 78.15
32 Australia 78.13
33 Latvia 78.05
34 Angola 77.99
35 Lithuania 77.88
36 Finland 77.86
37 United Kingdom 77.83
38 Norway 77.79
39 Malawi 77.70
40 Barbados 77.64
41 Singapore 77.47
42 Liberia 77.27
43 Czech Republic 76.93
44 Cameroon 76.87
45 Austria 76.62
46 Kazakhstan 76.55
47 Paraguay 75.69
48 People's Republic of China 75.61
49 Uruguay 75.36
50 Portugal 75.33
51 Zambia 75.26
52 Slovenia 75.18
53 Kenya 75.01
54 Georgia 74.93
55 Kuwait 74.88
56 Bahrain 74.88
57 Thailand 74.71
58 Oman 74.40
59 Russia 74.36
60 Republic of Cyprus 74.18
61 Saint Lucia 73.98
62 Spain 73.98
63 Bolivia 73.94
64 South Sudan 73.91
65 Colombia 73.85
66 Botswana 73.32
67 Niger 73.27
68 Ireland 73.15
69 Malta 73.11
70 Guinea-Bissau 72.79
71 Mali 72.77
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.68
73 Slovakia 72.67
74 Central African Republic 72.62
75 United States of America 72.56
76 Israel 72.50
77 Hong Kong 72.49
78 Hungary 72.36
79 France 72.09
80 Maldives 72.07
81 Azerbaijan 72.06
82 United States Virgin Islands 71.92
83 Bulgaria 71.79
84 Benin 71.76
85 Panama 71.42
86 Uganda 71.24
87 Ecuador 71.14
88 New Caledonia 71.06
89 Luxembourg 70.95
90 Guam 70.94
91 Chad 70.84
92 Honduras 70.84
93 Jamaica 70.72
94 Poland 70.65
95 Vanuatu 70.52
96 Republic of the Congo 70.39
97 Brazil 70.39
98 Lesotho 69.86
99 Indonesia 69.77
100 Bhutan 69.67

Source: Google Data Commons accessed April 19, 2021.