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
|
Estonia: |
97.11 |
|
|
# 2
|
Belarus: |
96.99 |
|
|
# 3
|
Czech Republic: |
96.53 |
|
|
# 4
|
Russia: |
96.47 |
|
|
# 5
|
Moldova: |
96.42 |
|
|
# 6
|
Ukraine: |
96.32 |
|
|
# 7
|
Slovakia: |
96.3 |
|
|
# 8
|
Latvia: |
95.82 |
|
|
# 9
|
China: |
95.79 |
|
|
# 10
|
Cambodia: |
95.35 |
|
|
# 11
|
Lithuania: |
95.34 |
|
|
# 12
|
Kazakhstan: |
95.12 |
|
|
# 13
|
Slovenia: |
94.98 |
|
|
# 14
|
Mozambique: |
94.86 |
|
|
# 15
|
Bulgaria: |
94.78 |
|
|
# 16
|
Ghana: |
94.74 |
|
|
# 17
|
Sweden: |
94.68 |
|
|
# 18
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
94.49 |
|
|
# 19
|
Burundi: |
94.3 |
|
|
# 20
|
Rwanda: |
94.24 |
|
|
# 21
|
Tanzania: |
93.72 |
|
|
# 22
|
Denmark: |
93.62 |
|
|
# 23
|
Armenia: |
93.57 |
|
|
# 24
|
Mongolia: |
93.46 |
|
|
# 25
|
Uganda: |
93.45 |
|
|
# 26
|
Solomon Islands: |
93.09 |
|
|
# 27
|
Uzbekistan: |
92.89 |
|
|
# 28
|
Benin: |
92.59 |
|
|
# 29
|
Vietnam: |
92.38 |
|
|
# 30
|
Jamaica: |
92.32 |
|
|
# 31
|
Thailand: |
92.3 |
|
|
# 32
|
Finland: |
92.22 |
|
|
# 33
|
Hungary: |
92.12 |
|
|
# 34
|
Barbados: |
92.07 |
|
|
# 35
|
Malawi: |
91.79 |
|
|
= 36
|
Croatia: |
91.6 |
|
|
= 36
|
Turkmenistan: |
91.6 |
|
|
# 38
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
91.52 |
|
|
# 39
|
Qatar: |
91.41 |
|
|
# 40
|
Kenya: |
91.4 |
|
|
# 41
|
Norway: |
91.33 |
|
|
# 42
|
Poland: |
91.04 |
|
|
# 43
|
Albania: |
90.92 |
|
|
# 44
|
Burkina Faso: |
90.88 |
|
|
# 45
|
Iceland: |
90.7 |
|
|
# 46
|
Georgia: |
90.65 |
|
|
# 47
|
Laos: |
90.57 |
|
|
# 48
|
Bahamas, The: |
90.4 |
|
|
# 49
|
Eritrea: |
89.99 |
|
|
# 50
|
Romania: |
89.87 |
|
|
# 51
|
Tajikistan: |
89.72 |
|
|
# 52
|
East Timor: |
89.65 |
|
|
# 53
|
Canada: |
89.55 |
|
|
# 54
|
France: |
89.12 |
|
|
= 55
|
Guinea: |
89.01 |
|
|
= 55
|
Papua New Guinea: |
89.01 |
|
|
# 57
|
Zimbabwe: |
88.95 |
|
|
# 58
|
Bangladesh: |
88.89 |
|
|
# 59
|
Mali: |
88.7 |
|
|
# 60
|
Germany: |
88.34 |
|
|
# 61
|
Botswana: |
88.18 |
|
|
= 62
|
Madagascar: |
88.07 |
|
|
= 62
|
Angola: |
88.07 |
|
|
# 64
|
Cuba: |
87.79 |
|
|
# 65
|
Portugal: |
87.75 |
|
|
# 66
|
Chad: |
87.56 |
|
|
# 67
|
New Zealand: |
87.33 |
|
|
# 68
|
United States: |
87.29 |
|
|
# 69
|
Australia: |
87.1 |
|
|
# 70
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
86.95 |
|
|
# 71
|
Azerbaijan: |
86.94 |
|
|
# 72
|
Korea, North: |
86.87 |
|
|
# 73
|
Belgium: |
86.63 |
|
|
# 74
|
Gambia, The: |
86.52 |
|
|
# 75
|
Maldives: |
86.39 |
|
|
# 76
|
Central African Republic: |
86.23 |
|
|
# 77
|
Gabon: |
86.08 |
|
|
# 78
|
Switzerland: |
85.35 |
|
|
# 79
|
Uruguay: |
85.14 |
|
|
# 80
|
Comoros: |
84.92 |
|
|
# 81
|
Israel: |
84.91 |
|
|
# 82
|
Mauritania: |
84.88 |
|
|
# 83
|
Austria: |
84.8 |
|
|
# 84
|
Burma: |
84.72 |
|
|
# 85
|
Zambia: |
84.38 |
|
|
# 86
|
Cyprus: |
84.34 |
|
|
# 87
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
84.19 |
|
|
# 88
|
Somalia: |
84.17 |
|
|
# 89
|
Japan: |
83.93 |
|
|
# 90
|
United Arab Emirates: |
83.74 |
|
|
# 91
|
Netherlands: |
83.66 |
|
|
# 92
|
Senegal: |
83.29 |
|
|
# 93
|
Indonesia: |
83.04 |
|
|
# 94
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
82.7 |
|
|
# 95
|
Namibia: |
82.67 |
|
|
# 96
|
Italy: |
82.4 |
|
|
# 97
|
Korea, South: |
81.78 |
|
|
# 98
|
Kuwait: |
81.47 |
|
|
# 99
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
81.42 |
|
|
# 100
|
Singapore: |
81.34 |
|
|
# 101
|
Haiti: |
81.08 |
|
|
# 102
|
Panama: |
80.48 |
|
|
# 103
|
Liberia: |
80.36 |
|
|
# 104
|
Greece: |
80.27 |
|
|
# 105
|
Venezuela: |
80.15 |
|
|
# 106
|
Bhutan: |
79.68 |
|
|
= 107
|
Luxembourg: |
79.48 |
|
|
= 107
|
Togo: |
79.48 |
|
|
# 109
|
Ethiopia: |
79.46 |
|
|
# 110
|
Bahrain: |
79.14 |
|
|
# 111
|
Nicaragua: |
79.11 |
|
|
# 112
|
Philippines: |
79.05 |
|
|
# 113
|
Colombia: |
78.75 |
|
|
# 114
|
Nepal: |
78.64 |
|
|
# 115
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
78.54 |
|
|
# 116
|
Afghanistan: |
77.94 |
|
|
# 117
|
Cameroon: |
77.73 |
|
|
# 118
|
Spain: |
77.58 |
|
|
# 119
|
South Africa: |
77.34 |
|
|
# 120
|
Turkey: |
77.12 |
|
|
# 121
|
Malaysia: |
76.89 |
|
|
# 122
|
Lesotho: |
76.86 |
|
|
# 123
|
Sri Lanka: |
76.74 |
|
|
= 124
|
Niger: |
76.59 |
|
|
= 124
|
Nigeria: |
76.59 |
|
|
# 126
|
Bolivia: |
76.57 |
|
|
# 127
|
El Salvador: |
76.23 |
|
|
# 128
|
Suriname: |
76.12 |
|
|
# 129
|
Cape Verde: |
75.49 |
|
|
# 130
|
Honduras: |
75.46 |
|
|
# 131
|
Chile: |
74.91 |
|
|
# 132
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
74.89 |
|
|
# 133
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
74.62 |
|
|
# 134
|
Mauritius: |
74.6 |
|
|
# 135
|
Sierra Leone: |
74.38 |
|
|
# 136
|
Guyana: |
73.97 |
|
|
# 137
|
India: |
73.96 |
|
|
# 138
|
Brazil: |
73.62 |
|
|
= 139
|
Dominica: |
73.3 |
|
|
= 139
|
Dominican Republic: |
73.3 |
|
|
# 141
|
Saudi Arabia: |
73.02 |
|
|
# 142
|
Mexico: |
72.85 |
|
|
# 143
|
Argentina: |
72.78 |
|
|
# 144
|
Pakistan: |
72.24 |
|
|
# 145
|
Egypt: |
71.89 |
|
|
# 146
|
Fiji: |
71.48 |
|
|
# 147
|
Paraguay: |
71.14 |
|
|
# 148
|
Ireland: |
70.73 |
|
|
# 149
|
Morocco: |
70.57 |
|
|
# 150
|
Ecuador: |
70.26 |
|
|
# 151
|
Yemen: |
69.91 |
|
|
# 152
|
Guatemala: |
69.77 |
|
|
# 153
|
Jordan: |
69.61 |
|
|
# 154
|
Tunisia: |
69.54 |
|
|
# 155
|
Peru: |
68.94 |
|
|
# 156
|
Sudan: |
68.62 |
|
|
# 157
|
Oman: |
68.48 |
|
|
# 158
|
Swaziland: |
68.46 |
|
|
# 159
|
Algeria: |
66.86 |
|
|
# 160
|
Iran: |
66.29 |
|
|
# 161
|
Syria: |
66.07 |
|
|
# 162
|
Belize: |
65.83 |
|
|
# 163
|
Malta: |
62.36 |
|
|
# 164
|
Lebanon: |
61.83 |
|
|
# 165
|
Libya: |
60.76 |
|
|
# 166
|
Iraq: |
59.9 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
83.3 |
|
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