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Labour force participation in Bangladesh
1990 – 2025 · 36 data points
section.rank · Countries
section.updated Oct 22, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
58.8%
−0.1 pp
section.change_since
Countries · 2025
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
+2.3 pp
vs section.levels.world
−2.2 pp
section.levels.world: 61.0% · 2025
Labour force participation, 1990 – 2025 percent · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
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section.levels.world
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025
section.compare Labour force participation · percent
Bangladesh
58.8%
section.levels.world
61.0%
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1990 – 2025
Latest value
58.8% · 2025
First value
56.8% · 1990
Highest
61.9% · 2022
Lowest
56.1% · 2016
Data points
36
By year
section.all_years · 1990 – 2025
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | section.levels.world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.8% | −0.1 pp | 61.0% |
| 2024 | 58.9% | −2.0 pp | 61.1% |
| 2023 | 60.9% | −1.0 pp | 61.2% |
| 2022 | 61.9% | +0.8 pp | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 61.1% | +1.3 pp | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 59.8% | +0.3 pp | 59.6% |
| 2019 | 59.5% | +0.6 pp | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 58.9% | +0.6 pp | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 58.3% | +2.2 pp | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 56.1% | −0.4 pp | 61.5% |
| 2015 | 56.5% | −0.4 pp | 61.6% |
| 2014 | 56.8% | −0.4 pp | 61.8% |
| 2013 | 57.2% | −0.5 pp | 62.0% |
| 2012 | 57.6% | −0.5 pp | 62.2% |
| 2011 | 58.1% | −0.5 pp | 62.4% |
| 2010 | 58.6% | +0.1 pp | 62.6% |
| 2009 | 58.4% | +0.1 pp | 62.8% |
| 2008 | 58.3% | +0.1 pp | 63.1% |
| 2007 | 58.2% | +0.1 pp | 63.4% |
| 2006 | 58.1% | −0.0 pp | 63.5% |
| 2005 | 58.1% | −0.0 pp | 63.8% |
| 2004 | 58.2% | −0.0 pp | 63.8% |
| 2003 | 58.2% | −0.0 pp | 63.9% |
| 2002 | 58.2% | +0.0 pp | 64.1% |
| 2001 | 58.2% | +0.0 pp | 64.2% |
| 2000 | 58.2% | +0.1 pp | 64.4% |
| 1999 | 58.1% | +0.1 pp | 64.6% |
| 1998 | 58.0% | +0.1 pp | 64.5% |
| 1997 | 57.8% | +0.1 pp | 64.7% |
| 1996 | 57.7% | +0.2 pp | 64.7% |
| 1995 | 57.5% | +0.2 pp | 64.8% |
| 1994 | 57.4% | +0.2 pp | 65.0% |
| 1993 | 57.2% | +0.1 pp | 65.0% |
| 1992 | 57.1% | +0.2 pp | 65.3% |
| 1991 | 56.9% | +0.1 pp | 65.4% |
| 1990 | 56.8% | 65.5% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Labour force participation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 76.9% | |
| 2 | China | 68.4% | |
| 3 | Congo - Brazzaville | 68.2% | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 68.2% | |
| 5 | Indonesia | 66.7% | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 66.1% | |
| 7 | Colombia | 66.0% | |
| 8 | Canada | 65.8% | |
| 9 | Norway | 65.7% | |
| 10 | Congo - Kinshasa | 64.8% | |
| 11 | Brazil | 64.5% | |
| 12 | Honduras | 64.4% | |
| 13 | Chile | 63.0% | |
| 14 | South Korea | 62.9% | |
| 15 | United States | 62.5% | |
| 16 | Russia | 62.5% | |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 62.4% | |
| 18 | Germany | 60.7% | |
| 19 | Lithuania | 60.6% | |
| 20 | Hong Kong SAR China | 60.5% | |
| 21 | Mexico | 60.2% | |
| 22 | Czechia | 60.1% | |
| 23 | Philippines | 59.1% | |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 59.0% | |
| 25 | Argentina | 58.8% | |
| 26 | Finland | 58.7% | |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 58.3% | |
| 28 | Spain | 58.0% | |
| 29 | Poland | 57.6% | |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 55.4% | |
| 31 | France | 55.3% | |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 54.7% | |
| 33 | Türkiye | 52.8% | |
| 34 | India | 52.7% | |
| 35 | Romania | 51.8% | |
| 36 | Gabon | 51.0% | |
| 37 | Greece | 51.0% | |
| 38 | Italy | 49.5% | |
| 39 | Lebanon | 48.0% | |
| 40 | Egypt | 45.0% | |
| 41 | Algeria | 42.3% | |
| 42 | Yemen | 32.5% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017
section.what
The share of adults who work or are looking for work.
section.how
Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.