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Madagascar — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Madagascar, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
85.50%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -0.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Madagascar was 85.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 86.55% in 2007. The lowest was 84.59% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.02% per year.
Madagascar ranks 2 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Madagascar sits above it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
85.50%
First (1990)
86.24%
Change
-0.9%
Highest
86.55%
in 2007
Lowest
84.59%
in 2020
Average
86.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.02%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.5% |
| 2024 | 85.48% |
| 2023 | 85.47% |
| 2022 | 85.45% |
| 2021 | 85.03% |
| 2020 | 84.59% |
| 2019 | 85.37% |
| 2018 | 85.5% |
| 2017 | 85.65% |
| 2016 | 85.83% |
| 2015 | 86.04% |
| 2014 | 86.16% |
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.