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Uganda — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Uganda, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
80.03%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +9.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Uganda was 80.03% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 84.52% in 2013. The lowest was 69.92% in 2012 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.25% per year.
Uganda ranks 8 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 4%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Uganda sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
80.03%
First (1990)
73.29%
Change
+9.2%
Highest
84.52%
in 2013
Lowest
69.92%
in 2012
Average
75.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.25%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.03% |
| 2024 | 79.97% |
| 2023 | 80% |
| 2022 | 80.03% |
| 2021 | 79.3% |
| 2020 | 78.01% |
| 2019 | 77.24% |
| 2018 | 74.79% |
| 2017 | 71.76% |
| 2016 | 73.78% |
| 2015 | 75.58% |
| 2014 | 77.21% |
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.