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Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Bangladesh · 1990–2025 · Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Latest (2025)80.4modeled ILO estimate
Earliest (1990)87.64
Change since 1990−7.24
About this data
What you should know
Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
- Source
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1990–2025 (36 data points)
- Unit
- modeled ILO estimate
- World Bank code
SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS- Licence
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ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), via World Bank WDI (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-labour-force-participation-men (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | modeled ILO estimate |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.4 |
| 2024 | 80.59 |
| 2023 | 81.31 |
| 2022 | 81.39 |
| 2021 | 81.33 |
| 2020 | 80.55 |
| 2019 | 80.95 |
| 2018 | 81.14 |
| 2017 | 81.41 |
| 2016 | 80.13 |
| 2015 | 80.74 |
| 2014 | 81.32 |
| 2013 | 81.9 |
| 2012 | 82 |
| 2011 | 82.08 |
| 2010 | 82.15 |
| 2009 | 83.45 |
| 2008 | 84.68 |
| 2007 | 85.84 |
| 2006 | 86.95 |
| 2005 | 86.88 |
| 2004 | 86.83 |
| 2003 | 86.76 |
| 2002 | 86.69 |
| 2001 | 86.6 |
| 2000 | 86.59 |
| 1999 | 86.67 |
| 1998 | 86.75 |
| 1997 | 86.85 |
| 1996 | 86.99 |
| 1995 | 87.17 |
| 1994 | 87.32 |
| 1993 | 87.44 |
| 1992 | 87.54 |
| 1991 | 87.61 |
| 1990 | 87.64 |