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 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
95.95 |
|
| #2 |
Tanzania: |
94.32 |
|
| #3 |
Malawi: |
93.73 |
|
| #4 |
Mozambique: |
93.09 |
|
| #5 |
Madagascar: |
92.65 |
|
| #6 |
Comoros: |
92.56 |
|
| #7 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
91.78 |
|
| #8 |
Uganda: |
91.46 |
|
| #9 |
Burundi: |
91.28 |
|
| #10 |
Central African Republic: |
91.1 |
|
| #11 |
Ghana: |
90.78 |
|
| #12 |
Sudan: |
90.77 |
|
| #13 |
Niger: |
90.75 |
|
| #14 |
Nigeria: |
90.75 |
|
| #15 |
Iceland: |
90.61 |
|
| #16 |
Ethiopia: |
90.38 |
|
| #17 |
Kenya: |
90.31 |
|
| #18 |
Burkina Faso: |
89.96 |
|
| #19 |
Gambia, The: |
89.85 |
|
| #20 |
Bangladesh: |
89.79 |
|
| #21 |
Eritrea: |
89.09 |
|
| #22 |
Lesotho: |
88.38 |
|
| #23 |
Guatemala: |
88.25 |
|
| #24 |
Mali: |
88.16 |
|
| #25 |
Rwanda: |
88.13 |
|
| #26 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
88.1 |
|
| #27 |
Nicaragua: |
88.08 |
|
| #28 |
Somalia: |
87.81 |
|
| #29 |
Cameroon: |
87.8 |
|
| #30 |
Honduras: |
87.25 |
|
| #31 |
Togo: |
86.99 |
|
| #32 |
Ecuador: |
86.98 |
|
| #33 |
Haiti: |
86.97 |
|
| #34 |
Benin: |
86.9 |
|
| #35 |
Zimbabwe: |
86.83 |
|
| #36 |
Cape Verde: |
86.67 |
|
| #37 |
Dominica: |
86.01 |
|
| #38 |
Dominican Republic: |
86.01 |
|
| #39 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
85.65 |
|
| #40 |
Peru: |
85.17 |
|
| #41 |
Liberia: |
85.11 |
|
| #42 |
Bolivia: |
83.91 |
|
| #43 |
Afghanistan: |
83.71 |
|
| #44 |
Paraguay: |
83.65 |
|
| #45 |
Bhutan: |
82.91 |
|
| #46 |
Philippines: |
82.73 |
|
| #47 |
Burma: |
82.64 |
|
| #48 |
Angola: |
82.53 |
|
| #49 |
El Salvador: |
81.77 |
|
| #50 |
Libya: |
81.7 |
|
| #51 |
Sierra Leone: |
81.62 |
|
| #52 |
East Timor: |
81.13 |
|
| #53 |
Botswana: |
80.5 |
|
| #54 |
Nepal: |
79.79 |
|
| #55 |
Mexico: |
79.26 |
|
| #56 |
Pakistan: |
78.72 |
|
| #57 |
Chad: |
78.3 |
|
| #58 |
Switzerland: |
78.01 |
|
| #59 |
Jamaica: |
77.62 |
|
| #60 |
Gabon: |
77.49 |
|
| #61 |
United Arab Emirates: |
77.44 |
|
| #62 |
Qatar: |
77.19 |
|
| #63 |
Belize: |
76.84 |
|
| #64 |
Yemen: |
76.84 |
|
| #65 |
Senegal: |
76.69 |
|
| #66 |
Iran: |
76.37 |
|
| #67 |
Laos: |
76.01 |
|
| #68 |
Indonesia: |
75.66 |
|
| #69 |
Cyprus: |
75.62 |
|
| #70 |
Zambia: |
75.6 |
|
| #71 |
Mauritania: |
75.35 |
|
| #72 |
Solomon Islands: |
75.17 |
|
| #73 |
Syria: |
74.98 |
|
| #74 |
Albania: |
74.31 |
|
| #75 |
Bahamas, The: |
74.12 |
|
| #76 |
Swaziland: |
72.7 |
|
| #77 |
Japan: |
72.12 |
|
| #78 |
Jordan: |
71.3 |
|
| #79 |
Morocco: |
70.33 |
|
| #80 |
India: |
70.31 |
|
| #81 |
Mongolia: |
69.48 |
|
| #82 |
Colombia: |
69.39 |
|
| #83 |
Korea, North: |
69.05 |
|
| #84 |
South Africa: |
68.87 |
|
| #85 |
Saudi Arabia: |
68.6 |
|
| #86 |
Thailand: |
68.57 |
|
| #87 |
Maldives: |
68.2 |
|
| #88 |
Costa Rica: |
66.76 |
|
| #89 |
Kuwait: |
65.91 |
|
| #90 |
Cambodia: |
65.66 |
|
| #91 |
Fiji: |
65.5 |
|
| #92 |
Egypt: |
65.41 |
|
| #93 |
Venezuela: |
65.19 |
|
| #94 |
Brazil: |
64.64 |
|
| #95 |
Vietnam: |
64.33 |
|
| #96 |
Guinea: |
64.29 |
|
| #97 |
Papua New Guinea: |
64.29 |
|
| #98 |
Namibia: |
63.88 |
|
| #99 |
Iraq: |
62.97 |
|
| #100 |
Lebanon: |
62.83 |
|
| #101 |
Bahrain: |
62.76 |
|
| #102 |
Suriname: |
61.8 |
|
| #103 |
Korea, South: |
61.38 |
|
| #104 |
Chile: |
61.11 |
|
| #105 |
Israel: |
60.87 |
|
| #106 |
Barbados: |
60.37 |
|
| #107 |
Guyana: |
60.34 |
|
| #108 |
Sweden: |
59.96 |
|
| #109 |
China: |
59.64 |
|
| #110 |
Norway: |
59.42 |
|
| #111 |
Oman: |
58.22 |
|
| #112 |
Turkey: |
57.9 |
|
| #113 |
Malaysia: |
57.81 |
|
| #114 |
Ireland: |
56.92 |
|
| #115 |
Panama: |
55.97 |
|
| #116 |
Sri Lanka: |
55.69 |
|
| #117 |
Algeria: |
54.69 |
|
| #118 |
Latvia: |
52.73 |
|
| #119 |
Argentina: |
52.5 |
|
| #120 |
Portugal: |
52.34 |
|
| #121 |
United States: |
50.34 |
|
| #122 |
Georgia: |
50.06 |
|
| #123 |
Estonia: |
50.01 |
|
| #124 |
Tunisia: |
49.95 |
|
| #125 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
46.88 |
|
| #126 |
Canada: |
46.65 |
|
| #127 |
Uruguay: |
46.09 |
|
| #128 |
Poland: |
45.64 |
|
| #129 |
Cuba: |
44.33 |
|
| #130 |
Singapore: |
44.03 |
|
| #131 |
Denmark: |
43.76 |
|
| #132 |
Armenia: |
43.47 |
|
| #133 |
Azerbaijan: |
42.9 |
|
| #134 |
Spain: |
42.03 |
|
| #135 |
Greece: |
41.71 |
|
| #136 |
Lithuania: |
40.63 |
|
| #137 |
Malta: |
40.47 |
|
| #138 |
Turkmenistan: |
40.29 |
|
| #139 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
37.68 |
|
| #140 |
Belarus: |
36.99 |
|
| #141 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
36.02 |
|
| #142 |
Tajikistan: |
34.81 |
|
| #143 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
34.1 |
|
| #144 |
New Zealand: |
33.05 |
|
| #145 |
Uzbekistan: |
32.52 |
|
| #146 |
Bulgaria: |
32.24 |
|
| #147 |
Russia: |
32.02 |
|
| #148 |
Italy: |
31.9 |
|
| #149 |
Germany: |
29.84 |
|
| #150 |
Czech Republic: |
28.7 |
|
| #151 |
Ukraine: |
27.69 |
|
| #152 |
Kazakhstan: |
26.8 |
|
| #153 |
Slovakia: |
26.77 |
|
| #154 |
Croatia: |
25.98 |
|
| #155 |
Mauritius: |
25.32 |
|
| #156 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
24.56 |
|
| #157 |
Moldova: |
24.1 |
|
| #158 |
Finland: |
24.09 |
|
| #159 |
Romania: |
21.29 |
|
| #160 |
Netherlands: |
19.13 |
|
| #161 |
France: |
17.81 |
|
| #162 |
Luxembourg: |
16.81 |
|
| #163 |
Belgium: |
15.68 |
|
| #164 |
Austria: |
11.48 |
|
| #165 |
Hungary: |
3.3 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
64.9 |
|
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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