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Somalia, Fed. Rep. — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Somalia, Fed. Rep., 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
33.85%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -0.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Somalia, Fed. Rep. was 33.85% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 34.50% in 2008. The lowest was 33.71% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
Somalia, Fed. Rep. ranks 184 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Somalia, Fed. Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
33.85%
First (1990)
34.00%
Change
-0.4%
Highest
34.50%
in 2008
Lowest
33.71%
in 2020
Average
34.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.85% |
| 2024 | 33.9% |
| 2023 | 33.91% |
| 2022 | 33.92% |
| 2021 | 33.73% |
| 2020 | 33.71% |
| 2019 | 34.03% |
| 2018 | 34.06% |
| 2017 | 34.1% |
| 2016 | 34.14% |
| 2015 | 34.16% |
| 2014 | 34.18% |
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.