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Turkmenistan — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Turkmenistan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
42.03%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -11.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Turkmenistan was 42.03% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56.84% in 1997. The lowest was 41.55% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.36% per year.
Turkmenistan ranks 173 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Turkmenistan sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
42.03%
First (1990)
47.67%
Change
-11.8%
Highest
56.84%
in 1997
Lowest
41.55%
in 2020
Average
48.08%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.36%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.03% |
| 2024 | 42.17% |
| 2023 | 41.99% |
| 2022 | 42.2% |
| 2021 | 41.7% |
| 2020 | 41.55% |
| 2019 | 42.76% |
| 2018 | 42.93% |
| 2017 | 43.12% |
| 2016 | 43.33% |
| 2015 | 43.54% |
| 2014 | 43.78% |
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.