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Belarus — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Belarus, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
62.75%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +5.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Belarus was 62.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 64.48% in 2017. The lowest was 58.60% in 1998 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.16% per year.
Belarus ranks 85 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Belarus sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
62.75%
First (1990)
59.28%
Change
+5.9%
Highest
64.48%
in 2017
Lowest
58.60%
in 1998
Average
61.66%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.16%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.75% |
| 2024 | 63.26% |
| 2023 | 63.57% |
| 2022 | 64.04% |
| 2021 | 64.02% |
| 2020 | 64.03% |
| 2019 | 64.25% |
| 2018 | 64.41% |
| 2017 | 64.48% |
| 2016 | 64.38% |
| 2015 | 64.27% |
| 2014 | 64.14% |
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.