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Mozambique — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Mozambique, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
78.71%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -6.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Mozambique was 78.71% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 86.03% in 2003. The lowest was 78.07% in 2021 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.19% per year.
Mozambique ranks 10 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 5%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Mozambique sits above it. It peaked in 2003 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
78.71%
First (1990)
84.08%
Change
-6.4%
Highest
86.03%
in 2003
Lowest
78.07%
in 2021
Average
82.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.19%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.71% |
| 2024 | 78.78% |
| 2023 | 78.81% |
| 2022 | 78.82% |
| 2021 | 78.07% |
| 2020 | 78.15% |
| 2019 | 78.92% |
| 2018 | 78.95% |
| 2017 | 78.98% |
| 2016 | 79.02% |
| 2015 | 79.05% |
| 2014 | 79.72% |
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.