ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Uruguay
Uruguay: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 78.82 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 78.82 % for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Uruguay peaked at 82.81 % in 2008 and was at its lowest, 72.34 %, in 2020.
That places Uruguay 18th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 80.81 % | — |
| 2007 | 81.77 % | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 82.81 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 82.14 % | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 82.1 % | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 82.07 % | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 81.07 % | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 81.77 % | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 82.08 % | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 80.02 % | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 78.15 % | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 77.27 % | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 76.69 % | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 75.73 % | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 72.34 % | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 73.93 % | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 75.34 % | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 80.16 % | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 78.82 % | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.88 % | 80.81 % | 82.81 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 79.69 % | 75.73 % | 82.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.12 % | 72.34 % | 80.16 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More economy & growth data for Uruguay
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 15,839 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 4.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 24,100 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 6.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 39.37 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 992,685 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Uruguay?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Uruguay was 78.82 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 82.81 % in 2008.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.34 % in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Uruguay ranks 18th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, total (15+), rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.