Labor Force Participation / United States
United States Labor Force Participation
United States labor force participation data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 61.70%.
COUNTRY: United States
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:10:50
GM ECONOMY RATING
United States · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
61 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
6.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
2.0 / 15
Financial robustness
15.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
7.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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United States · labor force participation data as percent of GDP.
Latest
61.70%
Previous
61.96%
Range avg.
62.10%
Rank
49
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IndicatorLabor Force Participation
61.70%2025 · Rank 49
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United States recorded 61.70% for Labor Force Participation in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value decreased from 61.96% in 2024; the absolute change was 0.26 percentage points.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (62.10%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 61.50% in 2021 to 62.85% in 2019.
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