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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Rwanda: 96.24 
#2   Equatorial Guinea: 94.75 
#3   Burundi: 94.12 
#4   Solomon Islands: 94.03 
#5   Belize: 93.42 
#6   Laos: 92.89 
#7   China: 92.41 
#8   Cape Verde: 92.1 
#9   Chad: 91.84 
#10   Uganda: 91.83 
#11   Mozambique: 91.81 
#12   Guinea: 91.76 
#13   Papua New Guinea: 91.76 
#14   Brazil: 90.74 
#15   Guyana: 90.5 
#16   Vietnam: 90.5 
#17   Bhutan: 90.28 
#18   East Timor: 90.17 
#19   Guinea-Bissau: 90.13 
#20   Kenya: 90.11 
#21   Guatemala: 90.01 
#22   Zambia: 89.91 
#23   Burma: 89.7 
#24   Togo: 89.52 
#25   Gambia, The: 89.36 
#26   Mali: 89.29 
#27   Mauritania: 89.26 
#28   Cote d'Ivoire: 89.22 
#29   Senegal: 89.1 
#30   Zimbabwe: 89.02 
#31   Burkina Faso: 88.92 
#32   Barbados: 88.83 
#33   Paraguay: 88.77 
#34   Maldives: 88.61 
#35   Mauritius: 88.57 
#36   Honduras: 88.51 
#37   Madagascar: 88.21 
#38   Cambodia: 87.96 
#39   Turkey: 87.76 
#40   Lesotho: 87.62 
#41   Australia: 87.58 
#42   Somalia: 87.46 
#43   Thailand: 87.39 
#44   Hungary: 87.14 
#45   Jamaica: 87.03 
#46   Swaziland: 87.01 
#47   Nepal: 86.99 
#48   Cameroon: 86.9 
#49   Nicaragua: 86.73 
#50   Trinidad and Tobago: 86.72 
#51   Mongolia: 86.71 
#52   Afghanistan: 86.66 
#53   Slovakia: 86.63 
#54   Bahrain: 86.62 
#55   Fiji: 86.58 
#56   El Salvador: 86.46 
#57   India: 86.24 
#58   Malawi: 86.13 
#59   Czech Republic: 86.04 
#60   Angola: 85.92 
#61   Pakistan: 85.84 
#62   United Arab Emirates: 85.77 
#63   Yemen: 85.69 
#64   Costa Rica: 85.63 
#65   Botswana: 85.52 
#66   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 85.35 
#67   Uruguay: 85.34 
#68   Liberia: 85.1 
#69   Tunisia: 85.05 
#70   Argentina: 84.91 
#71   Albania: 84.78 
#72   Bahamas, The: 84.59 
#73   Qatar: 84.45 
#74   Mexico: 84.17 
#75   Sierra Leone: 84.16 
#76   Sri Lanka: 83.85 
#77   Cuba: 83.82 
#78   Romania: 83.73 
#79   Gabon: 83.61 
#80   Malaysia: 83.57 
#81   Central African Republic: 83.55 
#82   Benin: 83.45 
#83   Dominican Republic: 83.41 
#84   Dominica: 83.41 
#85   Niger: 83.33 
#86   Nigeria: 83.33 
#87   Eritrea: 83.22 
#88   New Zealand: 83.21 
#89   Comoros: 83.03 
#90   Tanzania: 83.01 
#91   Oman: 82.94 
#92   Turkmenistan: 82.93 
#93   Algeria: 82.78 
#94   Panama: 82.76 
#95   Sweden: 82.71 
#96   Philippines: 82.4 
#97   Sudan: 82.37 
#98   Ecuador: 82.34 
#99   Ghana: 82.27 
#100   Jordan: 82.17 
#101   Bangladesh: 82.11 
#102   Kazakhstan: 81.99 
#103   Iran: 81.93 
#104   Switzerland: 81.91 
#105   Singapore: 81.88 
#106   Saudi Arabia: 81.74 
#107   Venezuela: 81.68 
#108   Colombia: 81.28 
#109   Latvia: 81.27 
#110   Cyprus: 81.2 
#111   Kuwait: 81.13 
#112   Chile: 81.12 
#113   Namibia: 80.79 
#114   Canada: 80.78 
#115   Indonesia: 80.77 
#116   Korea, North: 80.75 
#117   Haiti: 80.61 
#118   Moldova: 80.56 
#119   Portugal: 80.17 
#120   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 80.14 
#121   Lebanon: 80.06 
#122   Bolivia: 80.05 
#123   Ethiopia: 80.03 
#124   Iraq: 80.03 
#125   Kyrgyzstan: 79.98 
#126   Libya: 79.96 
#127   Malta: 79.82 
#128   Uzbekistan: 79.69 
#129   South Africa: 79.65 
#130   Suriname: 79.59 
#131   Belarus: 79.59 
#132   Morocco: 79.54 
#133   Syria: 79.44 
#134   Russia: 79.16 
#135   Peru: 78.97 
#136   Tajikistan: 78.96 
#137   Bulgaria: 78.91 
#138   Ireland: 78.88 
#139   United States: 78.54 
#140   Ukraine: 78.27 
#141   Germany: 78.16 
#142   Estonia: 77.82 
#143   Finland: 77.81 
#144   Poland: 77.66 
#145   Egypt: 77.63 
#146   Lithuania: 77.47 
#147   Iceland: 77.22 
#148   Croatia: 76.84 
#149   Israel: 76.69 
#150   Slovenia: 76.15 
#151   Korea, South: 75.48 
#152   Serbia and Montenegro: 75.19 
#153   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 74.61 
#154   Norway: 74.5 
#155   Georgia: 74.16 
#156   Azerbaijan: 74.07 
#157   Armenia: 73.85 
#158   Netherlands: 73.85 
#159   Italy: 73.56 
#160   Spain: 73.44 
#161   Austria: 73.3 
#162   Luxembourg: 72.46 
#163   Japan: 71.96 
#164   Greece: 71.55 
#165   Belgium: 65.14 
#166   France: 62.2 
Weighted average: 83.5  


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

SOURCE: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation

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