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Myanmar — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Myanmar, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
55.09%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -19.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Myanmar was 55.09% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68.26% in 1991. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.61% per year.
Myanmar ranks 139 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Myanmar sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
55.09%
First (1990)
68.23%
Change
-19.3%
Highest
68.26%
in 1991
Lowest
55.09%
in 2025
Average
64.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.61%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.09% |
| 2024 | 55.13% |
| 2023 | 55.19% |
| 2022 | 55.22% |
| 2021 | 55.19% |
| 2020 | 60.15% |
| 2019 | 60.5% |
| 2018 | 62.36% |
| 2017 | 62.02% |
| 2016 | 63.38% |
| 2015 | 64.71% |
| 2014 | 64.84% |
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.