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

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   China: 91.64 
# 2   Rwanda: 91.51 
# 3   Burundi: 90.61 
# 4   Solomon Islands: 89.77 
# 5   Vietnam: 88.86 
# 6   Mozambique: 88.75 
# 7   Cambodia: 87.71 
# 8   Laos: 87.59 
# 9   Barbados: 86.88 
# 10   Czech Republic: 85.99 
# 11   Slovakia: 85.94 
# 12   Uganda: 84.35 
# 13   East Timor: 84.16 
# 14   Australia: 83.78 
# 15   Mongolia: 83.52 
# 16   Thailand: 83.51 
# 17   Jamaica: 83.29 
# 18   Burkina Faso: 83.01 
# 19   Malawi: 82.26 
# 20   Ghana: 82.03 
# 21   Benin: 81.71 
# 22   Denmark: 81.58 
# 23   Chad: 81.55 
# 24   Kenya: 81.54 
# 25   Tanzania: 81.49 
# 26   Zambia: 81.42 
# 27   Sweden: 81.14 
# 28   Singapore: 81.02 
# 29   Switzerland: 81.01 
# 30   Mali: 80.99 
# 31   Latvia: 80.83 
# 32   Bahamas, The: 80.52 
# 33   Botswana: 80.47 
# 34   Belarus: 80.23 
# 35   Angola: 79.96 
# 36   Bulgaria: 79.92 
# 37   Turkmenistan: 79.78 
# 38   Moldova: 79.52 
# 39   Gambia, The: 79.41 
= 40   Guinea: 79.32 
= 40   Papua New Guinea: 79.32 
# 42   Albania: 79.1 
# 43   Eritrea: 79.02 
# 44   Canada: 79.01 
# 45   Burma: 78.84 
# 46   Korea, North: 78.57 
# 47   Maldives: 78.56 
# 48   Russia: 78.19 
# 49   Uzbekistan: 78.13 
# 50   Madagascar: 78.12 
# 51   New Zealand: 78.09 
= 52   Kazakhstan: 78.06 
= 52   Romania: 78.06 
# 54   Mauritania: 77.7 
# 55   Ukraine: 77.46 
# 56   Kyrgyzstan: 77.36 
# 57   Germany: 76.83 
# 58   Zimbabwe: 76.65 
# 59   Bhutan: 76.61 
# 60   Uruguay: 76.58 
# 61   Ireland: 76.43 
# 62   Senegal: 75.59 
# 63   United States: 75.54 
# 64   Estonia: 75.47 
# 65   Malta: 75.44 
# 66   Hungary: 75.27 
# 67   Sri Lanka: 75.22 
# 68   Malaysia: 74.82 
# 69   Slovenia: 74.56 
# 70   Somalia: 74.46 
# 71   Turkey: 74.34 
# 72   Cyprus: 74.32 
# 73   Guinea-Bissau: 74.2 
# 74   Portugal: 74.19 
# 75   Lithuania: 74.17 
# 76   Tajikistan: 74.16 
# 77   Bangladesh: 74.1 
= 78   Gabon: 73.95 
= 78   Trinidad and Tobago: 73.95 
# 80   Nepal: 73.77 
# 81   Netherlands: 73.34 
# 82   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 73.03 
# 83   Iceland: 72.96 
# 84   Finland: 72.88 
# 85   Comoros: 72.74 
# 86   Cape Verde: 72.67 
# 87   Liberia: 72.66 
# 88   Korea, South: 72.6 
# 89   Argentina: 72.59 
# 90   El Salvador: 72.51 
# 91   Armenia: 72.48 
# 92   Austria: 72.44 
# 93   Central African Republic: 72.18 
# 94   Japan: 71.93 
# 95   Norway: 71.79 
# 96   Lesotho: 71.59 
# 97   Togo: 71.43 
# 98   Brazil: 71.19 
# 99   Croatia: 71.14 
# 100   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 71.1 
# 101   Luxembourg: 70.98 
# 102   Tunisia: 70.65 
# 103   Colombia: 70.4 
= 104   Spain: 70.21 
= 104   Poland: 70.21 
# 106   Israel: 70.02 
# 107   Guyana: 69.93 
# 108   Ethiopia: 69.91 
# 109   Namibia: 69.85 
# 110   Equatorial Guinea: 69.72 
# 111   Italy: 69.6 
# 112   Haiti: 69.59 
# 113   Swaziland: 69.57 
# 114   Kuwait: 69.55 
# 115   Nicaragua: 69.32 
# 116   Mauritius: 69.16 
# 117   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 69.05 
# 118   Serbia and Montenegro: 69.02 
# 119   Afghanistan: 68.66 
# 120   Indonesia: 68.36 
# 121   Honduras: 67.99 
# 122   Azerbaijan: 67.81 
# 123   Cameroon: 67.63 
# 124   Georgia: 67.55 
# 125   Philippines: 67.34 
# 126   Costa Rica: 66.99 
# 127   Cote d'Ivoire: 66.95 
# 128   Fiji: 66.81 
= 129   Dominica: 66.49 
= 129   Dominican Republic: 66.49 
# 131   Sierra Leone: 66.47 
# 132   Paraguay: 66.36 
# 133   Belize: 66.23 
# 134   Bahrain: 66.22 
# 135   Guatemala: 66.18 
# 136   India: 65.99 
# 137   South Africa: 65.78 
= 138   Greece: 65.65 
= 138   United Arab Emirates: 65.65 
# 140   Mexico: 65.58 
# 141   Morocco: 65.36 
# 142   Lebanon: 65.25 
# 143   Panama: 65.24 
= 144   Niger: 64.27 
= 144   Nigeria: 64.27 
# 146   Chile: 64.06 
# 147   Venezuela: 63.98 
# 148   Qatar: 63.82 
# 149   Egypt: 63.69 
# 150   Bolivia: 63.14 
# 151   Belgium: 62.92 
# 152   Jordan: 62.62 
# 153   Pakistan: 62.45 
# 154   Peru: 61.92 
# 155   Algeria: 61.59 
# 156   Libya: 61.51 
# 157   Suriname: 60.53 
# 158   Iran: 60.08 
# 159   Ecuador: 59.92 
# 160   Yemen: 59.1 
# 161   Sudan: 58.86 
# 162   France: 58.85 
# 163   Syria: 57.56 
# 164   Saudi Arabia: 56.14 
# 165   Oman: 52.76 
# 166   Iraq: 52.07 
Weighted average: 73.2  



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

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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