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Labor Force Participation Rate for Bangladesh, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.80%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +3.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Bangladesh was 58.80% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.87% in 2022. The lowest was 56.09% in 2016 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.10% per year.
Bangladesh ranks 113 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for South Asia is 58.80%, so Bangladesh sits level with it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.80%
First (1990)
56.78%
Change
+3.6%
Highest
61.87%
in 2022
Lowest
56.09%
in 2016
Average
58.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.10%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.8% |
| 2024 | 58.9% |
| 2023 | 60.89% |
| 2022 | 61.87% |
| 2021 | 61.09% |
| 2020 | 59.77% |
| 2019 | 59.47% |
| 2018 | 58.92% |
| 2017 | 58.33% |
| 2016 | 56.09% |
| 2015 | 56.45% |
| 2014 | 56.82% |
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.