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Equatorial Guinea — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Equatorial Guinea, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
60.51%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +0.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Equatorial Guinea was 60.51% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.93% in 1999. The lowest was 57.00% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.02% per year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 101 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Equatorial Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
60.51%
First (1990)
60.15%
Change
+0.6%
Highest
61.93%
in 1999
Lowest
57.00%
in 2020
Average
60.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.02%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.51% |
| 2024 | 60.91% |
| 2023 | 61.14% |
| 2022 | 61.13% |
| 2021 | 57.68% |
| 2020 | 57% |
| 2019 | 61.2% |
| 2018 | 61.31% |
| 2017 | 61.31% |
| 2016 | 61.2% |
| 2015 | 61.01% |
| 2014 | 60.73% |
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.