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Labor Force Participation Rate for Austria, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
60.12%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +8.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Austria was 60.12% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 60.92% in 2018. The lowest was 55.66% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.22% per year.
Austria ranks 104 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Austria sits level with it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
60.12%
First (1990)
55.66%
Change
+8.0%
Highest
60.92%
in 2018
Lowest
55.66%
in 1990
Average
59.20%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.22%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.12% |
| 2024 | 60.51% |
| 2023 | 60.85% |
| 2022 | 60.88% |
| 2021 | 60.63% |
| 2020 | 60.36% |
| 2019 | 60.9% |
| 2018 | 60.92% |
| 2017 | 60.67% |
| 2016 | 60.7% |
| 2015 | 60.22% |
| 2014 | 60.17% |
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.