Labour force participation rate: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Labour force participation rate: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	61.3%	65.6%	57.8%
Dec 31, 2003	61.4%	65.2%	57.8%
Dec 31, 2004	61.4%	65.0%	57.5%
Dec 31, 2005	61.7%	65.0%	58.3%
Dec 31, 2006	62.1%	65.2%	59.0%
Dec 31, 2007	61.9%	65.0%	59.1%
Dec 31, 2008	62.2%	65.0%	59.1%
Dec 31, 2009	62.0%	64.4%	59.2%
Dec 31, 2010	61.8%	63.7%	59.3%
Dec 31, 2011	61.8%	63.2%	59.9%
Dec 31, 2012	62.0%	63.1%	60.0%
Dec 31, 2013	62.0%	62.7%	60.3%
Dec 31, 2014	62.1%	62.4%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2015	62.3%	62.3%	60.2%
Dec 31, 2016	62.4%	62.4%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2017	62.4%	62.5%	60.7%
Dec 31, 2018	62.6%	62.6%	60.9%
Dec 31, 2019	62.6%	62.8%	61.3%
Dec 31, 2020	62.6%	61.6%	60.5%
Dec 31, 2021	62.0%	61.5%	60.4%
Dec 31, 2022	61.9%	61.8%	60.8%
Dec 31, 2023	61.8%	62.1%	61.1%
Dec 31, 2024	61.6%	62.0%	60.9%
Dec 31, 2025	61.4%	61.7%	60.6%