In 2024 the working age population (16 years and above) was approximately 8.3 million of whom around 4.4 million were employed, 780 thousand were unemployed, and 3.1 million were out of labour force. The sum of the employed and unemployed population makes the population in the labour force 5.2 million persons. The proportion of the working age population participating in the labour force has steadily increased since 2022. In 2024, it was estimated to be 62.9 % which is 3.6 percentage points higher compared to the estimated value in 2023. The rate of the population outside labour force decreased to 37.1 % in 2024 from 40.7 % observed in 2023.