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Labor Force Participation Rate for Switzerland, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
66.75%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +3.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Switzerland was 66.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68.66% in 2016. The lowest was 64.01% in 1994 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.09% per year.
Switzerland ranks 48 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 26%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Switzerland sits above it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
66.75%
First (1990)
64.66%
Change
+3.2%
Highest
68.66%
in 2016
Lowest
64.01%
in 1994
Average
67.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.09%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.75% |
| 2024 | 67.1% |
| 2023 | 67.45% |
| 2022 | 67.08% |
| 2021 | 67.74% |
| 2020 | 67.98% |
| 2019 | 68.32% |
| 2018 | 68.58% |
| 2017 | 68.54% |
| 2016 | 68.66% |
| 2015 | 68.22% |
| 2014 | 67.99% |
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.