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Chad — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Chad, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.44%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -17.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Chad was 59.44% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 72.30% in 1993. The lowest was 59.34% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.55% per year.
Chad ranks 108 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Chad sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 18% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.44%
First (1990)
72.18%
Change
-17.6%
Highest
72.30%
in 1993
Lowest
59.34%
in 2021
Average
65.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.55%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.44% |
| 2024 | 59.6% |
| 2023 | 59.7% |
| 2022 | 59.79% |
| 2021 | 59.34% |
| 2020 | 59.37% |
| 2019 | 59.94% |
| 2018 | 59.97% |
| 2017 | 60.51% |
| 2016 | 61.04% |
| 2015 | 61.56% |
| 2014 | 62.09% |
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.