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Tunisia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Tunisia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
45.22%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -7.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Tunisia was 45.22% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.68% in 2019. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.23% per year.
Tunisia ranks 166 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Tunisia sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
45.22%
First (1990)
49.08%
Change
-7.9%
Highest
49.68%
in 2019
Lowest
45.22%
in 2025
Average
47.57%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.23%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.22% |
| 2024 | 45.49% |
| 2023 | 45.78% |
| 2022 | 46.4% |
| 2021 | 45.23% |
| 2020 | 45.51% |
| 2019 | 49.68% |
| 2018 | 48.61% |
| 2017 | 47.49% |
| 2016 | 47.72% |
| 2015 | 47.5% |
| 2014 | 47.61% |
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.