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Cameroon — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Cameroon, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
65.17%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -20.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Cameroon was 65.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 82.23% in 1991. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.66% per year.
Cameroon ranks 57 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Cameroon sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
65.17%
First (1990)
82.23%
Change
-20.7%
Highest
82.23%
in 1991
Lowest
65.17%
in 2025
Average
76.24%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.66%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.17% |
| 2024 | 65.53% |
| 2023 | 65.55% |
| 2022 | 65.58% |
| 2021 | 65.32% |
| 2020 | 65.92% |
| 2019 | 67.45% |
| 2018 | 68.39% |
| 2017 | 69.31% |
| 2016 | 70.22% |
| 2015 | 71.15% |
| 2014 | 72.1% |
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.