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 |
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 |
Turkmenistan: |
91.6 |
|
| #37 |
Croatia: |
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 |
|
| #56 |
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 |
|
| #63 |
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 |
|
| #108 |
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 |
|
| #125 |
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 |
|
| #140 |
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