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
|
Belarus: |
96.62 |
|
|
# 2
|
Czech Republic: |
96.51 |
|
|
# 3
|
Slovakia: |
96.48 |
|
|
# 4
|
Bulgaria: |
96.08 |
|
|
# 5
|
Slovenia: |
95.72 |
|
|
# 6
|
China: |
95.68 |
|
|
# 7
|
Russia: |
95.66 |
|
|
# 8
|
Ukraine: |
95.56 |
|
|
# 9
|
Latvia: |
95.43 |
|
|
# 10
|
Moldova: |
95.13 |
|
|
# 11
|
Cambodia: |
94.94 |
|
|
# 12
|
Estonia: |
94.54 |
|
|
# 13
|
Lithuania: |
94.34 |
|
|
# 14
|
Rwanda: |
94.25 |
|
|
# 15
|
Burundi: |
94.22 |
|
|
# 16
|
Benin: |
94.2 |
|
|
# 17
|
Mozambique: |
94.04 |
|
|
# 18
|
Kazakhstan: |
93.8 |
|
|
# 19
|
Sweden: |
93.66 |
|
|
# 20
|
Ghana: |
93.6 |
|
|
# 21
|
Denmark: |
93.59 |
|
|
# 22
|
Solomon Islands: |
93.5 |
|
|
# 23
|
Vietnam: |
93.49 |
|
|
# 24
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
93.29 |
|
|
# 25
|
Mongolia: |
92.66 |
|
|
# 26
|
Tanzania: |
92.51 |
|
|
# 27
|
Uganda: |
92.45 |
|
|
# 28
|
Armenia: |
92.33 |
|
|
# 29
|
Croatia: |
92.03 |
|
|
# 30
|
Uzbekistan: |
91.88 |
|
|
# 31
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
91.86 |
|
|
# 32
|
Thailand: |
91.67 |
|
|
# 33
|
Barbados: |
91.44 |
|
|
# 34
|
Malawi: |
91.39 |
|
|
# 35
|
Jamaica: |
91.01 |
|
|
# 36
|
Laos: |
90.98 |
|
|
# 37
|
Finland: |
90.86 |
|
|
# 38
|
Bahamas, The: |
90.41 |
|
|
# 39
|
Kenya: |
90.39 |
|
|
# 40
|
Burkina Faso: |
90.28 |
|
|
# 41
|
Zimbabwe: |
90.22 |
|
|
# 42
|
Turkmenistan: |
90.15 |
|
|
# 43
|
Norway: |
90.13 |
|
|
# 44
|
Hungary: |
89.9 |
|
|
# 45
|
Albania: |
89.74 |
|
|
# 46
|
Romania: |
89.72 |
|
|
# 47
|
Botswana: |
89.7 |
|
|
# 48
|
France: |
89.52 |
|
|
# 49
|
Portugal: |
89.42 |
|
|
# 50
|
Iceland: |
89.36 |
|
|
# 51
|
Poland: |
89.3 |
|
|
# 52
|
Belgium: |
88.85 |
|
|
# 53
|
Qatar: |
88.75 |
|
|
# 54
|
Eritrea: |
88.67 |
|
|
= 55
|
Guinea: |
88.64 |
|
|
= 55
|
Papua New Guinea: |
88.64 |
|
|
# 57
|
East Timor: |
88.41 |
|
|
= 58
|
Cuba: |
88.24 |
|
|
= 58
|
Georgia: |
88.24 |
|
|
# 60
|
Canada: |
88.22 |
|
|
# 61
|
Mali: |
87.84 |
|
|
# 62
|
Bangladesh: |
87.73 |
|
|
# 63
|
Madagascar: |
87.59 |
|
|
# 64
|
Angola: |
87.44 |
|
|
# 65
|
Tajikistan: |
87.36 |
|
|
# 66
|
Korea, North: |
87.28 |
|
|
# 67
|
Chad: |
86.86 |
|
|
# 68
|
Germany: |
86.82 |
|
|
# 69
|
United States: |
86.54 |
|
|
# 70
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
86.36 |
|
|
# 71
|
Gambia, The: |
86.18 |
|
|
# 72
|
Gabon: |
85.51 |
|
|
# 73
|
Australia: |
85.29 |
|
|
# 74
|
Zambia: |
85.21 |
|
|
# 75
|
Maldives: |
85.18 |
|
|
# 76
|
Burma: |
85.02 |
|
|
# 77
|
Azerbaijan: |
84.8 |
|
|
# 78
|
Singapore: |
84.69 |
|
|
# 79
|
Kuwait: |
84.65 |
|
|
= 80
|
Uruguay: |
84.62 |
|
|
= 80
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
84.62 |
|
|
# 82
|
Mauritania: |
84.47 |
|
|
# 83
|
Cyprus: |
84.2 |
|
|
# 84
|
Comoros: |
83.95 |
|
|
# 85
|
Austria: |
83.71 |
|
|
# 86
|
Italy: |
83.63 |
|
|
# 87
|
Netherlands: |
83.5 |
|
|
# 88
|
Central African Republic: |
83.38 |
|
|
# 89
|
Switzerland: |
83.3 |
|
|
# 90
|
Somalia: |
83.08 |
|
|
# 91
|
Namibia: |
82.99 |
|
|
# 92
|
Israel: |
82.78 |
|
|
# 93
|
United Arab Emirates: |
82.51 |
|
|
# 94
|
New Zealand: |
82.14 |
|
|
# 95
|
Senegal: |
81.92 |
|
|
# 96
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
81.86 |
|
|
# 97
|
Luxembourg: |
81.43 |
|
|
# 98
|
Nicaragua: |
81.33 |
|
|
# 99
|
Indonesia: |
80.86 |
|
|
# 100
|
Greece: |
80.65 |
|
|
# 101
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
80.64 |
|
|
# 102
|
Colombia: |
80.57 |
|
|
# 103
|
Spain: |
80.45 |
|
|
# 104
|
Venezuela: |
79.84 |
|
|
# 105
|
Haiti: |
79.76 |
|
|
# 106
|
Japan: |
79.51 |
|
|
# 107
|
Panama: |
79.4 |
|
|
# 108
|
Bhutan: |
79.32 |
|
|
# 109
|
Bahrain: |
78.64 |
|
|
# 110
|
Togo: |
78.52 |
|
|
# 111
|
Ireland: |
78.51 |
|
|
# 112
|
Ethiopia: |
78.41 |
|
|
= 113
|
Liberia: |
78.38 |
|
|
= 113
|
Korea, South: |
78.38 |
|
|
# 115
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
78.18 |
|
|
# 116
|
Sri Lanka: |
77.63 |
|
|
= 117
|
Guyana: |
77.56 |
|
|
= 117
|
South Africa: |
77.56 |
|
|
# 119
|
Nepal: |
77.41 |
|
|
# 120
|
Turkey: |
77.16 |
|
|
# 121
|
Lesotho: |
77.08 |
|
|
# 122
|
Malaysia: |
76.9 |
|
|
# 123
|
India: |
76.85 |
|
|
# 124
|
Cape Verde: |
76.57 |
|
|
= 125
|
Dominica: |
76.25 |
|
|
= 125
|
Dominican Republic: |
76.25 |
|
|
# 127
|
Afghanistan: |
76.12 |
|
|
# 128
|
El Salvador: |
76.07 |
|
|
# 129
|
Philippines: |
76.04 |
|
|
# 130
|
Brazil: |
75.78 |
|
|
# 131
|
Suriname: |
75.23 |
|
|
# 132
|
Honduras: |
75.18 |
|
|
# 133
|
Bolivia: |
75.04 |
|
|
# 134
|
Argentina: |
74.93 |
|
|
# 135
|
Cameroon: |
74.69 |
|
|
# 136
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
74.39 |
|
|
# 137
|
Sierra Leone: |
74.16 |
|
|
# 138
|
Chile: |
74.1 |
|
|
# 139
|
Costa Rica: |
74.06 |
|
|
# 140
|
Swaziland: |
73.78 |
|
|
# 141
|
Egypt: |
73.47 |
|
|
# 142
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
73.19 |
|
|
# 143
|
Morocco: |
72.59 |
|
|
= 144
|
Niger: |
72.56 |
|
|
= 144
|
Nigeria: |
72.56 |
|
|
# 146
|
Fiji: |
72.45 |
|
|
# 147
|
Paraguay: |
72.44 |
|
|
# 148
|
Tunisia: |
72.29 |
|
|
# 149
|
Guatemala: |
72.03 |
|
|
# 150
|
Mexico: |
71.89 |
|
|
# 151
|
Peru: |
71.59 |
|
|
# 152
|
Yemen: |
70.79 |
|
|
# 153
|
Saudi Arabia: |
70.53 |
|
|
# 154
|
Ecuador: |
70.51 |
|
|
# 155
|
Sudan: |
68.65 |
|
|
# 156
|
Oman: |
68.17 |
|
|
# 157
|
Iran: |
67.89 |
|
|
# 158
|
Algeria: |
67.57 |
|
|
# 159
|
Lebanon: |
67.38 |
|
|
# 160
|
Syria: |
66.39 |
|
|
# 161
|
Malta: |
66.01 |
|
|
# 162
|
Belize: |
65.72 |
|
|
# 163
|
Jordan: |
65.31 |
|
|
# 164
|
Iraq: |
61.97 |
|
|
# 165
|
Libya: |
61.6 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
83.2 |
|
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