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Djibouti — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Djibouti, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
31.74%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -9.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Djibouti was 31.74% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 35.11% in 1990. The lowest was 31.56% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.29% per year.
Djibouti ranks 186 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Djibouti sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
31.74%
First (1990)
35.11%
Change
-9.6%
Highest
35.11%
in 1990
Lowest
31.56%
in 2020
Average
33.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.29%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.74% |
| 2024 | 31.77% |
| 2023 | 31.78% |
| 2022 | 31.79% |
| 2021 | 31.78% |
| 2020 | 31.56% |
| 2019 | 31.96% |
| 2018 | 32.11% |
| 2017 | 32.27% |
| 2016 | 32.43% |
| 2015 | 32.58% |
| 2014 | 32.72% |
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.