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 | Mozambique: | 72.86 | |
| #2 | Ghana: | 68.9 | |
| #3 | Malawi: | 68.07 | |
| #4 | Central African Republic: | 63.79 | |
| #5 | Tanzania: | 59.9 | |
| #6 | Zimbabwe: | 56.07 | |
| #7 | Gambia, The: | 53.25 | |
| #8 | Solomon Islands: | 50.96 | |
| #9 | Uganda: | 48.63 | |
| #10 | Kenya: | 41.45 | |
| #11 | Madagascar: | 40.54 | |
| #12 | Eritrea: | 40.44 | |
| #13 | Burkina Faso: | 40.09 | |
| #14 | Angola: | 38.2 | |
| #15 | Bolivia: | 36.9 | |
| #16 | Nepal: | 36.46 | |
| #17 | Comoros: | 35.01 | |
| #18 | Gabon: | 34.95 | |
| #19 | Rwanda: | 34.77 | |
| #20 | Burundi: | 34.73 | |
| #21 | Benin: | 34.35 | |
| #22 | Ethiopia: | 34.28 | |
| #23 | Haiti: | 33.5 | |
| #24 | Mauritania: | 33.07 | |
| #25 | Guinea: | 32.96 | |
| #26 | Papua New Guinea: | 32.96 | |
| #27 | Bangladesh: | 32.9 | |
| #28 | Burma: | 32.9 | |
| #29 | Somalia: | 32.81 | |
| #30 | Togo: | 32.42 | |
| #31 | Maldives: | 32.38 | |
| #32 | Mali: | 31.64 | |
| #33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 30.77 | |
| #34 | Zambia: | 30.74 | |
| #35 | East Timor: | 30.65 | |
| #36 | Senegal: | 27.6 | |
| #37 | Cameroon: | 27.6 | |
| #38 | Bhutan: | 27.42 | |
| #39 | Laos: | 27.09 | |
| #40 | Philippines: | 26.24 | |
| #41 | Cambodia: | 26.2 | |
| #42 | Vietnam: | 26.14 | |
| #43 | Niger: | 25.61 | |
| #44 | Nigeria: | 25.61 | |
| #45 | Guinea-Bissau: | 24.61 | |
| #46 | Botswana: | 24.52 | |
| #47 | Indonesia: | 24.12 | |
| #48 | Liberia: | 23.67 | |
| #49 | Turkey: | 23.66 | |
| #50 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 23.42 | |
| #51 | Chad: | 22.75 | |
| #52 | Sudan: | 22.36 | |
| #53 | Jamaica: | 22.34 | |
| #54 | Mongolia: | 22.01 | |
| #55 | Lesotho: | 20.95 | |
| #56 | Equatorial Guinea: | 20.79 | |
| #57 | Afghanistan: | 20.51 | |
| #58 | Iceland: | 19.57 | |
| #59 | Namibia: | 19.38 | |
| #60 | Sierra Leone: | 18.34 | |
| #61 | Thailand: | 17.34 | |
| #62 | Malaysia: | 16.96 | |
| #63 | El Salvador: | 16.62 | |
| #64 | Serbia and Montenegro: | 16.36 | |
| #65 | Korea, South: | 16.02 | |
| #66 | Poland: | 15.32 | |
| #67 | Bahamas, The: | 14.67 | |
| #68 | Nicaragua: | 14.45 | |
| #69 | Japan: | 14.41 | |
| #70 | Korea, North: | 13.69 | |
| #71 | Honduras: | 13.61 | |
| #72 | India: | 13.52 | |
| #73 | Estonia: | 13.3 | |
| #74 | Ecuador: | 13.18 | |
| #75 | Pakistan: | 12.42 | |
| #76 | Mexico: | 12.35 | |
| #77 | Cape Verde: | 12.15 | |
| #78 | Iran: | 11.88 | |
| #79 | Guatemala: | 11.23 | |
| #80 | Peru: | 11.21 | |
| #81 | Latvia: | 11.14 | |
| #82 | Georgia: | 11.1 | |
| #83 | Morocco: | 10.95 | |
| #84 | Paraguay: | 10.77 | |
| #85 | Fiji: | 10.19 | |
| #86 | Dominican Republic: | 10.18 | |
| #87 | Dominica: | 10.18 | |
| #88 | Colombia: | 10.09 | |
| #89 | Swaziland: | 8.78 | |
| #90 | Slovenia: | 8.76 | |
| #91 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 8.46 | |
| #92 | Egypt: | 7.95 | |
| #93 | Cyprus: | 7.77 | |
| #94 | China: | 7.6 | |
| #95 | United States: | 7.41 | |
| #96 | Portugal: | 7.09 | |
| #97 | Croatia: | 7.06 | |
| #98 | Syria: | 6.77 | |
| #99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 6.46 | |
| #100 | Yemen: | 6.45 | |
| #101 | Lithuania: | 6.35 | |
| #102 | Azerbaijan: | 6.34 | |
| #103 | Tunisia: | 6.33 | |
| #104 | Norway: | 5.88 | |
| #105 | Israel: | 5.85 | |
| #106 | Panama: | 5.84 | |
| #107 | Algeria: | 5.66 | |
| #108 | Russia: | 5.38 | |
| #109 | Sri Lanka: | 5.12 | |
| #110 | Armenia: | 5.1 | |
| #111 | Albania: | 5.01 | |
| #112 | Brazil: | 4.95 | |
| #113 | Tajikistan: | 4.9 | |
| #114 | Czech Republic: | 4.88 | |
| #115 | Venezuela: | 4.77 | |
| #116 | Guyana: | 4.73 | |
| #117 | Belize: | 4.6 | |
| #118 | Libya: | 4.58 | |
| #119 | Turkmenistan: | 4.57 | |
| #120 | South Africa: | 4.56 | |
| #121 | Uruguay: | 4.53 | |
| #122 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 4.48 | |
| #123 | Singapore: | 4.32 | |
| #124 | Belarus: | 4.24 | |
| #125 | Romania: | 4.22 | |
| #126 | Slovakia: | 4.16 | |
| #127 | Jordan: | 3.75 | |
| #128 | Mauritius: | 3.66 | |
| #129 | Greece: | 3.64 | |
| #130 | Canada: | 3.55 | |
| #131 | Oman: | 3.51 | |
| #132 | Iraq: | 3.49 | |
| #133 | Barbados: | 3.42 | |
| #134 | Uzbekistan: | 3.38 | |
| #135 | New Zealand: | 3.34 | |
| #136 | Ukraine: | 3.34 | |
| #137 | Costa Rica: | 3.17 | |
| #138 | Chile: | 3.16 | |
| #139 | Kyrgyzstan: | 3.14 | |
| #140 | Kazakhstan: | 3.11 | |
| #141 | Bulgaria: | 2.93 | |
| #142 | Switzerland: | 2.75 | |
| #143 | Denmark: | 2.69 | |
| #144 | Moldova: | 2.68 | |
| #145 | Sweden: | 2.54 | |
| #146 | Argentina: | 2.52 | |
| #147 | Ireland: | 2.43 | |
| #148 | Australia: | 2.1 | |
| #149 | Lebanon: | 2.1 | |
| #150 | Suriname: | 1.85 | |
| #151 | Italy: | 1.81 | |
| #152 | Cuba: | 1.43 | |
| #153 | Finland: | 1.36 | |
| #154 | Spain: | 1.33 | |
| #155 | Germany: | 1.31 | |
| #156 | Saudi Arabia: | 1.24 | |
| #157 | Malta: | 1.2 | |
| #158 | France: | 1.15 | |
| #159 | Austria: | 0.84 | |
| #160 | Luxembourg: | 0.72 | |
| #161 | Bahrain: | 0.65 | |
| #162 | United Arab Emirates: | 0.57 | |
| #163 | Qatar: | 0.52 | |
| #164 | Belgium: | 0.44 | |
| #165 | Kuwait: | 0.38 | |
| #166 | Netherlands: | 0.23 | |
| #167 | Hungary: | 0.2 | |
| |
Weighted average: |
16.2 |
|
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