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Argentina — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Argentina, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
61.91%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +4.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Argentina was 61.91% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 63.08% in 1998. The lowest was 56.02% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.13% per year.
Argentina ranks 91 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Argentina sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
61.91%
First (1990)
59.09%
Change
+4.8%
Highest
63.08%
in 1998
Lowest
56.02%
in 2020
Average
60.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.13%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.91% |
| 2024 | 61.86% |
| 2023 | 62.29% |
| 2022 | 61.48% |
| 2021 | 60.36% |
| 2020 | 56.02% |
| 2019 | 60.29% |
| 2018 | 59.6% |
| 2017 | 58.81% |
| 2016 | 59.02% |
| 2015 | 59.23% |
| 2014 | 59.44% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.