DEFINITION
Economically active
population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the
labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of
labour for the production of economic goods
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Rwanda: |
85.07 |
|
| #2 |
Burundi: |
83.78 |
|
| #3 |
Angola: |
80.45 |
|
| #4 |
Uganda: |
75.98 |
|
| #5 |
Burkina Faso: |
74.58 |
|
| #6 |
Laos: |
74.44 |
|
| #7 |
Bhutan: |
71.89 |
|
| #8 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
71.36 |
|
| #9 |
Mali: |
70.97 |
|
| #10 |
Solomon Islands: |
69.77 |
|
| #11 |
Kenya: |
69.64 |
|
| #12 |
Gambia, The: |
68.34 |
|
| #13 |
Tanzania: |
67.92 |
|
| #14 |
Zambia: |
67.39 |
|
| #15 |
Cape Verde: |
66.85 |
|
| #16 |
Mozambique: |
66.78 |
|
| #17 |
Burma: |
66.74 |
|
| #18 |
Brazil: |
66.14 |
|
| #19 |
Chad: |
65.9 |
|
| #20 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
65.69 |
|
| #21 |
East Timor: |
65.63 |
|
| #22 |
Bangladesh: |
64.9 |
|
| #23 |
Madagascar: |
64.25 |
|
| #24 |
Somalia: |
63.04 |
|
| #25 |
Thailand: |
62.98 |
|
| #26 |
Guatemala: |
61.92 |
|
| #27 |
Mauritania: |
61.87 |
|
| #28 |
Eritrea: |
61.36 |
|
| #29 |
Nepal: |
61.29 |
|
| #30 |
Togo: |
61.28 |
|
| #31 |
Guinea: |
61.27 |
|
| #32 |
Papua New Guinea: |
61.27 |
|
| #33 |
Senegal: |
60.92 |
|
| #34 |
Turkey: |
60.83 |
|
| #35 |
Honduras: |
60.47 |
|
| #36 |
Denmark: |
60.08 |
|
| #37 |
Niger: |
60.03 |
|
| #38 |
Nigeria: |
60.03 |
|
| #39 |
Belize: |
59.78 |
|
| #40 |
Ethiopia: |
59.68 |
|
| #41 |
El Salvador: |
59.48 |
|
| #42 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
58.45 |
|
| #43 |
Malawi: |
58.36 |
|
| #44 |
Comoros: |
58.26 |
|
| #45 |
Nicaragua: |
58.22 |
|
| #46 |
Central African Republic: |
58.22 |
|
| #47 |
Cameroon: |
57.55 |
|
| #48 |
Paraguay: |
56.99 |
|
| #49 |
Guyana: |
56.31 |
|
| #50 |
China: |
55.79 |
|
| #51 |
Afghanistan: |
55.78 |
|
| #52 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
55.51 |
|
| #53 |
Mongolia: |
55.09 |
|
| #54 |
Pakistan: |
54.95 |
|
| #55 |
Sudan: |
54.59 |
|
| #56 |
Maldives: |
54.48 |
|
| #57 |
Cyprus: |
53.74 |
|
| #58 |
Zimbabwe: |
53.59 |
|
| #59 |
Australia: |
53.41 |
|
| #60 |
Argentina: |
53.12 |
|
| #61 |
Cambodia: |
52.78 |
|
| #62 |
India: |
52.65 |
|
| #63 |
Gabon: |
52.6 |
|
| #64 |
Mexico: |
52.02 |
|
| #65 |
Sierra Leone: |
51.11 |
|
| #66 |
Ecuador: |
51.08 |
|
| #67 |
New Zealand: |
50.86 |
|
| #68 |
Canada: |
50.37 |
|
| #69 |
Vietnam: |
49.81 |
|
| #70 |
Dominica: |
49.68 |
|
| #71 |
Dominican Republic: |
49.68 |
|
| #72 |
Namibia: |
49.64 |
|
| #73 |
Benin: |
49.1 |
|
| #74 |
Lesotho: |
48.81 |
|
| #75 |
Yemen: |
48.35 |
|
| #76 |
Switzerland: |
48.04 |
|
| #77 |
Albania: |
47.12 |
|
| #78 |
Bolivia: |
45.93 |
|
| #79 |
Hungary: |
45.87 |
|
| #80 |
Fiji: |
45.77 |
|
| #81 |
Uruguay: |
45.15 |
|
| #82 |
Mauritius: |
44.93 |
|
| #83 |
Swaziland: |
44.57 |
|
| #84 |
Austria: |
44.3 |
|
| #85 |
Venezuela: |
43.91 |
|
| #86 |
Portugal: |
43.89 |
|
| #87 |
Iceland: |
43.72 |
|
| #88 |
Haiti: |
43.07 |
|
| #89 |
Liberia: |
42.68 |
|
| #90 |
Colombia: |
42.65 |
|
| #91 |
Indonesia: |
42.58 |
|
| #92 |
Tunisia: |
42.52 |
|
| #93 |
Morocco: |
42.28 |
|
| #94 |
Panama: |
42.14 |
|
| #95 |
Botswana: |
41.44 |
|
| #96 |
Egypt: |
40.47 |
|
| #97 |
Syria: |
40.45 |
|
| #98 |
United States: |
40.19 |
|
| #99 |
Barbados: |
39.5 |
|
| #100 |
Ghana: |
39.16 |
|
| #101 |
Netherlands: |
38.78 |
|
| #102 |
Iran: |
38.52 |
|
| #103 |
South Africa: |
38.49 |
|
| #104 |
Malaysia: |
36.67 |
|
| #105 |
Philippines: |
36.62 |
|
| #106 |
Malta: |
36.44 |
|
| #107 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
36.44 |
|
| #108 |
Germany: |
36.34 |
|
| #109 |
Bahamas, The: |
35.28 |
|
| #110 |
Sri Lanka: |
33.41 |
|
| #111 |
Cuba: |
33.35 |
|
| #112 |
Lebanon: |
33.28 |
|
| #113 |
Romania: |
33.26 |
|
| #114 |
Jamaica: |
33.19 |
|
| #115 |
Suriname: |
32.87 |
|
| #116 |
Sweden: |
32.53 |
|
| #117 |
Libya: |
31.59 |
|
| #118 |
Turkmenistan: |
31.2 |
|
| #119 |
Finland: |
31.11 |
|
| #120 |
Norway: |
31.06 |
|
| #121 |
Slovakia: |
30.91 |
|
| #122 |
Peru: |
30.86 |
|
| #123 |
Algeria: |
30.65 |
|
| #124 |
Poland: |
30.37 |
|
| #125 |
Spain: |
30.22 |
|
| #126 |
Czech Republic: |
29.67 |
|
| #127 |
Kazakhstan: |
29.62 |
|
| #128 |
Chile: |
29.3 |
|
| #129 |
Italy: |
28.54 |
|
| #130 |
Latvia: |
27.7 |
|
| #131 |
Estonia: |
27.27 |
|
| #132 |
Azerbaijan: |
26.88 |
|
| #133 |
Jordan: |
26.8 |
|
| #134 |
Georgia: |
26.37 |
|
| #135 |
Russia: |
26.12 |
|
| #136 |
Uzbekistan: |
25.73 |
|
| #137 |
Ireland: |
25.62 |
|
| #138 |
Tajikistan: |
25.55 |
|
| #139 |
Moldova: |
25.27 |
|
| #140 |
Israel: |
25.07 |
|
| #141 |
Iraq: |
24.98 |
|
| #142 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
24.85 |
|
| #143 |
Saudi Arabia: |
24.61 |
|
| #144 |
Armenia: |
24.51 |
|
| #145 |
Belarus: |
24.25 |
|
| #146 |
Ukraine: |
24.18 |
|
| #147 |
Lithuania: |
23.9 |
|
| #148 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
23.85 |
|
| #149 |
Slovenia: |
23.54 |
|
| #150 |
Greece: |
23.49 |
|
| #151 |
Oman: |
23.12 |
|
| #152 |
Qatar: |
21.83 |
|
| #153 |
Singapore: |
21.33 |
|
| #154 |
Bahrain: |
20.83 |
|
| #155 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
20.39 |
|
| #156 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
19.95 |
|
| #157 |
Croatia: |
19.79 |
|
| #158 |
Japan: |
16.8 |
|
| #159 |
United Arab Emirates: |
16.39 |
|
| #160 |
Kuwait: |
16.1 |
|
| #161 |
Bulgaria: |
13.65 |
|
| #162 |
France: |
12.15 |
|
| #163 |
Belgium: |
11.08 |
|
| #164 |
Korea, South: |
10.38 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
44.9 |
|
DEFINITION: Economically active
population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the
labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of
labour for the production of economic goods
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