Countries With the Highest Labour Scores

Every country with a figure for labour score, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Qatar (1.36), Bahrain (1.27) and United Arab Emirates (1.17). The middle country of the 195 has 0.16.

What this measures

Labour score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 4 measures from 2 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Informal employment, Vulnerable employment, Youth not in work or study, Unemployment.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2018–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on labour score

• Countries With the Lowest Labour Scores
• Labour score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Highest Active Labour Market Spending
• Countries With the Highest Unemployment Benefit Spending
• Countries With the Highest Retirement Age, Men
• Countries With the Highest Retirement Age, Women
• Countries With the Highest Hours Worked
• Countries With the Highest Informal Employment
• Countries With the Highest Unemployment
• Countries With the Highest Female Labor Participation

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.