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Pakistan — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Pakistan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
52.34%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +6.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Pakistan was 52.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 52.73% in 2021. The lowest was 48.36% in 1995 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.17% per year.
Pakistan ranks 149 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Pakistan sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
52.34%
First (1990)
49.35%
Change
+6.0%
Highest
52.73%
in 2021
Lowest
48.36%
in 1995
Average
50.70%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.17%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.34% |
| 2024 | 52.31% |
| 2023 | 52.37% |
| 2022 | 52.41% |
| 2021 | 52.73% |
| 2020 | 51.59% |
| 2019 | 51.6% |
| 2018 | 50.99% |
| 2017 | 51.34% |
| 2016 | 51.68% |
| 2015 | 52.03% |
| 2014 | 51% |
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.