Labour force participation rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Labour force participation rate: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	72.5%	65.6%	57.8%
Dec 31, 2003	72.6%	65.2%	57.8%
Dec 31, 2004	72.6%	65.0%	57.5%
Dec 31, 2005	72.6%	65.0%	58.3%
Dec 31, 2006	71.7%	65.2%	59.0%
Dec 31, 2007	70.8%	65.0%	59.1%
Dec 31, 2008	69.9%	65.0%	59.1%
Dec 31, 2009	68.9%	64.4%	59.2%
Dec 31, 2010	68.0%	63.7%	59.3%
Dec 31, 2011	67.0%	63.2%	59.9%
Dec 31, 2012	66.0%	63.1%	60.0%
Dec 31, 2013	65.8%	62.7%	60.3%
Dec 31, 2014	65.5%	62.4%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2015	65.3%	62.3%	60.2%
Dec 31, 2016	65.0%	62.4%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2017	64.8%	62.5%	60.7%
Dec 31, 2018	64.5%	62.6%	60.9%
Dec 31, 2019	64.3%	62.8%	61.3%
Dec 31, 2020	63.4%	61.6%	60.5%
Dec 31, 2021	63.6%	61.5%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2022	64.4%	61.8%	60.8%
Dec 31, 2023	64.4%	62.1%	61.1%
Dec 31, 2024	64.4%	62.0%	60.9%
Dec 31, 2025	64.3%	61.7%	60.6%