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 |
Botswana: |
98.6 |
|
| #2 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
97.65 |
|
| #3 |
Tanzania: |
97.65 |
|
| #4 |
Mozambique: |
97.49 |
|
| #5 |
Malawi: |
96.57 |
|
| #6 |
Bangladesh: |
96.38 |
|
| #7 |
Comoros: |
96.07 |
|
| #8 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
95.66 |
|
| #9 |
Sudan: |
95.53 |
|
| #10 |
Ghana: |
95.25 |
|
| #11 |
Uganda: |
95.06 |
|
| #12 |
Madagascar: |
94.94 |
|
| #13 |
Burundi: |
94.85 |
|
| #14 |
Nicaragua: |
94.71 |
|
| #15 |
Switzerland: |
94.54 |
|
| #16 |
Guatemala: |
94.53 |
|
| #17 |
Gambia, The: |
94.47 |
|
| #18 |
Kenya: |
94.45 |
|
| #19 |
Rwanda: |
94.33 |
|
| #20 |
Niger: |
94.24 |
|
| #21 |
Nigeria: |
94.24 |
|
| #22 |
Honduras: |
94.17 |
|
| #23 |
Liberia: |
94.08 |
|
| #24 |
Dominica: |
93.93 |
|
| #25 |
Dominican Republic: |
93.93 |
|
| #26 |
Zimbabwe: |
93.92 |
|
| #27 |
Mali: |
93.87 |
|
| #28 |
Japan: |
93.64 |
|
| #29 |
Yemen: |
93.55 |
|
| #30 |
Central African Republic: |
93.54 |
|
| #31 |
Ethiopia: |
93.52 |
|
| #32 |
Eritrea: |
93.44 |
|
| #33 |
Philippines: |
93.34 |
|
| #34 |
Mauritania: |
93.19 |
|
| #35 |
Peru: |
92.99 |
|
| #36 |
Cameroon: |
92.94 |
|
| #37 |
Burkina Faso: |
92.91 |
|
| #38 |
Somalia: |
92.91 |
|
| #39 |
Lesotho: |
92.53 |
|
| #40 |
Cape Verde: |
92.45 |
|
| #41 |
Bhutan: |
92.44 |
|
| #42 |
Ecuador: |
92.43 |
|
| #43 |
United Arab Emirates: |
92.29 |
|
| #44 |
Burma: |
92.02 |
|
| #45 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
92.02 |
|
| #46 |
Cyprus: |
91.95 |
|
| #47 |
Egypt: |
91.92 |
|
| #48 |
Paraguay: |
91.76 |
|
| #49 |
Maldives: |
91.75 |
|
| #50 |
Afghanistan: |
91.67 |
|
| #51 |
Qatar: |
91.67 |
|
| #52 |
Haiti: |
91.62 |
|
| #53 |
Thailand: |
91.35 |
|
| #54 |
Iceland: |
91.27 |
|
| #55 |
Benin: |
91.04 |
|
| #56 |
Cambodia: |
90.94 |
|
| #57 |
El Salvador: |
90.79 |
|
| #58 |
Nepal: |
90.6 |
|
| #59 |
India: |
90.53 |
|
| #60 |
Zambia: |
90.51 |
|
| #61 |
Togo: |
90.41 |
|
| #62 |
Namibia: |
90.4 |
|
| #63 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
90.22 |
|
| #64 |
Bolivia: |
90.19 |
|
| #65 |
Chad: |
90.16 |
|
| #66 |
Angola: |
89.81 |
|
| #67 |
Pakistan: |
89.81 |
|
| #68 |
Gabon: |
89.4 |
|
| #69 |
Sierra Leone: |
89.29 |
|
| #70 |
Mongolia: |
89.24 |
|
| #71 |
Turkmenistan: |
88.65 |
|
| #72 |
Bahrain: |
88.44 |
|
| #73 |
Jamaica: |
88.42 |
|
| #74 |
Cuba: |
88.2 |
|
| #75 |
Indonesia: |
88.07 |
|
| #76 |
Mexico: |
87.93 |
|
| #77 |
Tajikistan: |
87.84 |
|
| #78 |
Syria: |
87.59 |
|
| #79 |
Laos: |
87.58 |
|
| #80 |
East Timor: |
87.44 |
|
| #81 |
Morocco: |
86.61 |
|
| #82 |
Libya: |
86.55 |
|
| #83 |
Belize: |
86.35 |
|
| #84 |
Sweden: |
85.61 |
|
| #85 |
Solomon Islands: |
85.45 |
|
| #86 |
Lithuania: |
85.39 |
|
| #87 |
Jordan: |
85.38 |
|
| #88 |
Latvia: |
85.25 |
|
| #89 |
Estonia: |
85.24 |
|
| #90 |
Barbados: |
85.11 |
|
| #91 |
Iran: |
84.96 |
|
| #92 |
Senegal: |
84.91 |
|
| #93 |
Belarus: |
84.68 |
|
| #94 |
Bahamas, The: |
84.44 |
|
| #95 |
South Africa: |
84.19 |
|
| #96 |
Guyana: |
84.18 |
|
| #97 |
Guinea: |
84.16 |
|
| #98 |
Papua New Guinea: |
84.16 |
|
| #99 |
Algeria: |
84.03 |
|
| #100 |
Uzbekistan: |
84.01 |
|
| #101 |
Venezuela: |
83.97 |
|
| #102 |
Saudi Arabia: |
83.78 |
|
| #103 |
Georgia: |
83.55 |
|
| #104 |
Moldova: |
83.49 |
|
| #105 |
Azerbaijan: |
82.68 |
|
| #106 |
Korea, South: |
82.59 |
|
| #107 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
82.27 |
|
| #108 |
Korea, North: |
82.11 |
|
| #109 |
Swaziland: |
81.91 |
|
| #110 |
Armenia: |
81.85 |
|
| #111 |
Denmark: |
81.62 |
|
| #112 |
China: |
81.61 |
|
| #113 |
Kuwait: |
81.44 |
|
| #114 |
Colombia: |
80.68 |
|
| #115 |
Czech Republic: |
79.77 |
|
| #116 |
Fiji: |
79.43 |
|
| #117 |
Norway: |
79.38 |
|
| #118 |
Israel: |
79.16 |
|
| #119 |
Mauritius: |
79.16 |
|
| #120 |
Albania: |
78.95 |
|
| #121 |
Slovakia: |
78.76 |
|
| #122 |
Kazakhstan: |
78.61 |
|
| #123 |
Suriname: |
78.57 |
|
| #124 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
78.53 |
|
| #125 |
Costa Rica: |
78.11 |
|
| #126 |
Chile: |
77.93 |
|
| #127 |
Uruguay: |
77.9 |
|
| #128 |
Argentina: |
77.88 |
|
| #129 |
Tunisia: |
77.88 |
|
| #130 |
Sri Lanka: |
77.7 |
|
| #131 |
Panama: |
77.5 |
|
| #132 |
New Zealand: |
77.45 |
|
| #133 |
Bulgaria: |
77.44 |
|
| #134 |
Vietnam: |
77.09 |
|
| #135 |
Ireland: |
77.04 |
|
| #136 |
Ukraine: |
76.82 |
|
| #137 |
United States: |
76.57 |
|
| #138 |
Oman: |
76.2 |
|
| #139 |
Lebanon: |
75.47 |
|
| #140 |
Brazil: |
74.97 |
|
| #141 |
Germany: |
74.48 |
|
| #142 |
Iraq: |
74.13 |
|
| #143 |
Canada: |
74.04 |
|
| #144 |
Russia: |
73.17 |
|
| #145 |
Spain: |
72.54 |
|
| #146 |
Portugal: |
72.28 |
|
| #147 |
Malta: |
72.08 |
|
| #148 |
Australia: |
71.92 |
|
| #149 |
Greece: |
69.02 |
|
| #150 |
Poland: |
68.77 |
|
| #151 |
Malaysia: |
68.23 |
|
| #152 |
Turkey: |
66.74 |
|
| #153 |
Singapore: |
65.32 |
|
| #154 |
France: |
65.21 |
|
| #155 |
Italy: |
64.53 |
|
| #156 |
Netherlands: |
60.09 |
|
| #157 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
59.99 |
|
| #158 |
Austria: |
59.52 |
|
| #159 |
Hungary: |
59.14 |
|
| #160 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
58.89 |
|
| #161 |
Finland: |
58.25 |
|
| #162 |
Croatia: |
56.45 |
|
| #163 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
55.73 |
|
| #164 |
Luxembourg: |
49.96 |
|
| #165 |
Romania: |
46.34 |
|
| #166 |
Belgium: |
46.33 |
|
| #167 |
Slovenia: |
44.75 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
83.7 |
|
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