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
|
|
# 1
|
Slovakia: |
96.1 |
|
|
# 2
|
Czech Republic: |
95.86 |
|
|
# 3
|
China: |
95.31 |
|
|
# 4
|
Bulgaria: |
95.06 |
|
|
# 5
|
Belarus: |
94.06 |
|
|
# 6
|
Slovenia: |
93.66 |
|
|
# 7
|
Vietnam: |
93.57 |
|
|
# 8
|
Moldova: |
93.1 |
|
|
# 9
|
Rwanda: |
93.09 |
|
|
# 10
|
Estonia: |
93.02 |
|
|
# 11
|
Burundi: |
92.97 |
|
|
# 12
|
Mozambique: |
92.77 |
|
|
# 13
|
Benin: |
92.66 |
|
|
= 14
|
Cambodia: |
92.63 |
|
|
= 14
|
Russia: |
92.63 |
|
|
# 16
|
Latvia: |
92.53 |
|
|
# 17
|
Ghana: |
91.9 |
|
|
# 18
|
Mongolia: |
91.61 |
|
|
# 19
|
Lithuania: |
91.57 |
|
|
# 20
|
Ukraine: |
91.43 |
|
|
# 21
|
Solomon Islands: |
91.14 |
|
|
# 22
|
Kazakhstan: |
90.57 |
|
|
# 23
|
Botswana: |
90.47 |
|
|
# 24
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
90.39 |
|
|
# 25
|
Laos: |
90.23 |
|
|
# 26
|
Tanzania: |
90.06 |
|
|
# 27
|
Thailand: |
89.9 |
|
|
# 28
|
Sweden: |
89.81 |
|
|
# 29
|
Uzbekistan: |
89.71 |
|
|
# 30
|
Uganda: |
89.68 |
|
|
# 31
|
Armenia: |
89.64 |
|
|
# 32
|
Barbados: |
89.54 |
|
|
# 33
|
Belgium: |
89.22 |
|
|
# 34
|
Malawi: |
89.14 |
|
|
# 35
|
Denmark: |
88.99 |
|
|
# 36
|
France: |
88.83 |
|
|
# 37
|
Burkina Faso: |
88.65 |
|
|
# 38
|
Canada: |
88.37 |
|
|
# 39
|
Jamaica: |
88.3 |
|
|
# 40
|
Portugal: |
88.25 |
|
|
# 41
|
Singapore: |
88.19 |
|
|
# 42
|
East Timor: |
88.15 |
|
|
# 43
|
Romania: |
88.09 |
|
|
# 44
|
Croatia: |
87.94 |
|
|
# 45
|
Bahamas, The: |
87.87 |
|
|
# 46
|
Turkmenistan: |
87.77 |
|
|
# 47
|
Kenya: |
87.69 |
|
|
# 48
|
Iceland: |
87.48 |
|
|
# 49
|
Albania: |
87.34 |
|
|
# 50
|
Madagascar: |
87.26 |
|
|
# 51
|
Mali: |
86.46 |
|
|
# 52
|
Eritrea: |
86.43 |
|
|
# 53
|
Korea, North: |
86.17 |
|
|
# 54
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
86.07 |
|
|
# 55
|
Finland: |
85.73 |
|
|
# 56
|
United States: |
85.46 |
|
|
# 57
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
85.24 |
|
|
# 58
|
Kuwait: |
85.19 |
|
|
# 59
|
Angola: |
85.06 |
|
|
# 60
|
Netherlands: |
84.99 |
|
|
# 61
|
Tajikistan: |
84.85 |
|
|
# 62
|
Switzerland: |
84.67 |
|
|
# 63
|
Luxembourg: |
84.64 |
|
|
# 64
|
Chad: |
84.56 |
|
|
# 65
|
Gambia, The: |
84.48 |
|
|
# 66
|
Norway: |
84.33 |
|
|
# 67
|
Zambia: |
84.22 |
|
|
= 68
|
Papua New Guinea: |
84.1 |
|
|
= 68
|
Guinea: |
84.1 |
|
|
# 70
|
Uruguay: |
83.87 |
|
|
# 71
|
Poland: |
83.84 |
|
|
# 72
|
Australia: |
83.59 |
|
|
# 73
|
Maldives: |
83.38 |
|
|
# 74
|
Burma: |
83.32 |
|
|
# 75
|
Georgia: |
83.31 |
|
|
# 76
|
Germany: |
83.14 |
|
|
# 77
|
Japan: |
83.09 |
|
|
# 78
|
Ireland: |
82.99 |
|
|
# 79
|
Spain: |
82.76 |
|
|
# 80
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
82.69 |
|
|
# 81
|
Hungary: |
82.67 |
|
|
# 82
|
Zimbabwe: |
82.57 |
|
|
# 83
|
Bangladesh: |
82.55 |
|
|
# 84
|
Gabon: |
82.4 |
|
|
# 85
|
Namibia: |
82.35 |
|
|
# 86
|
Mauritania: |
81.81 |
|
|
# 87
|
Italy: |
81.59 |
|
|
# 88
|
Comoros: |
81.29 |
|
|
# 89
|
Cyprus: |
81.09 |
|
|
# 90
|
Austria: |
81.02 |
|
|
# 91
|
Qatar: |
80.84 |
|
|
# 92
|
Somalia: |
80.8 |
|
|
# 93
|
South Africa: |
80.67 |
|
|
# 94
|
Cuba: |
80.49 |
|
|
# 95
|
Central African Republic: |
80.41 |
|
|
# 96
|
Azerbaijan: |
80.23 |
|
|
# 97
|
New Zealand: |
80.1 |
|
|
# 98
|
Israel: |
80.06 |
|
|
# 99
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
79.93 |
|
|
# 100
|
Greece: |
79.86 |
|
|
= 101
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
79.18 |
|
|
= 101
|
Senegal: |
79.18 |
|
|
# 103
|
Bhutan: |
78.98 |
|
|
# 104
|
Colombia: |
78.66 |
|
|
# 105
|
Indonesia: |
78.49 |
|
|
# 106
|
Haiti: |
78.01 |
|
|
# 107
|
Sri Lanka: |
77.88 |
|
|
# 108
|
Malaysia: |
77.86 |
|
|
# 109
|
Liberia: |
77.71 |
|
|
# 110
|
Panama: |
77.4 |
|
|
# 111
|
El Salvador: |
77.34 |
|
|
# 112
|
Ethiopia: |
77.27 |
|
|
# 113
|
Turkey: |
77.26 |
|
|
# 114
|
Nicaragua: |
77.16 |
|
|
# 115
|
United Arab Emirates: |
77.1 |
|
|
# 116
|
Nepal: |
76.99 |
|
|
# 117
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
76.68 |
|
|
# 118
|
Lesotho: |
76.5 |
|
|
= 119
|
Dominica: |
76.32 |
|
|
= 119
|
Dominican Republic: |
76.32 |
|
|
# 121
|
Cape Verde: |
76.08 |
|
|
# 122
|
Togo: |
75.94 |
|
|
# 123
|
Bahrain: |
75.8 |
|
|
# 124
|
Venezuela: |
75.67 |
|
|
# 125
|
Argentina: |
75.52 |
|
|
# 126
|
Korea, South: |
75.19 |
|
|
# 127
|
Swaziland: |
75.18 |
|
|
# 128
|
Tunisia: |
74.38 |
|
|
# 129
|
Philippines: |
74.36 |
|
|
# 130
|
Afghanistan: |
74.29 |
|
|
# 131
|
Sierra Leone: |
73.76 |
|
|
# 132
|
Brazil: |
73.65 |
|
|
# 133
|
Suriname: |
73.57 |
|
|
# 134
|
Cameroon: |
73.27 |
|
|
# 135
|
Morocco: |
73.01 |
|
|
# 136
|
Egypt: |
72.62 |
|
|
# 137
|
Guyana: |
72.54 |
|
|
# 138
|
Chile: |
72.46 |
|
|
# 139
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
72.39 |
|
|
# 140
|
Bolivia: |
72.13 |
|
|
# 141
|
Mauritius: |
71.99 |
|
|
# 142
|
India: |
71.88 |
|
|
= 143
|
Peru: |
71.23 |
|
|
= 143
|
Niger: |
71.23 |
|
|
= 143
|
Nigeria: |
71.23 |
|
|
# 146
|
Lebanon: |
70.86 |
|
|
# 147
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
70.49 |
|
|
# 148
|
Paraguay: |
70.45 |
|
|
# 149
|
Fiji: |
70.33 |
|
|
# 150
|
Costa Rica: |
70.31 |
|
|
# 151
|
Guatemala: |
70.25 |
|
|
# 152
|
Mexico: |
69.76 |
|
|
# 153
|
Algeria: |
69.58 |
|
|
# 154
|
Honduras: |
69.39 |
|
|
# 155
|
Yemen: |
69.19 |
|
|
# 156
|
Saudi Arabia: |
68.05 |
|
|
# 157
|
Jordan: |
67.89 |
|
|
# 158
|
Pakistan: |
67.78 |
|
|
# 159
|
Ecuador: |
67.64 |
|
|
# 160
|
Libya: |
67.55 |
|
|
# 161
|
Malta: |
67.44 |
|
|
# 162
|
Sudan: |
67.04 |
|
|
# 163
|
Belize: |
66.47 |
|
|
# 164
|
Syria: |
65.23 |
|
|
# 165
|
Iran: |
64.96 |
|
|
# 166
|
Iraq: |
64.5 |
|
|
# 167
|
Oman: |
64.25 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
81.3 |
|
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