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Azerbaijan — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Azerbaijan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
63.29%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -9.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Azerbaijan was 63.29% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 80.51% in 1996. The lowest was 60.82% in 2008 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.27% per year.
Azerbaijan ranks 82 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Azerbaijan sits above it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
63.29%
First (1990)
69.53%
Change
-9.0%
Highest
80.51%
in 1996
Lowest
60.82%
in 2008
Average
68.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.27%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.29% |
| 2024 | 63.9% |
| 2023 | 64.35% |
| 2022 | 64.78% |
| 2021 | 63.7% |
| 2020 | 67.22% |
| 2019 | 65.23% |
| 2018 | 65.4% |
| 2017 | 65.04% |
| 2016 | 64.65% |
| 2015 | 63.54% |
| 2014 | 62.76% |
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.