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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Belarus: 96.69 
# 2   Russia: 96.32 
# 3   Ukraine: 96.01 
# 4   Czech Republic: 95.92 
# 5   Moldova: 95.85 
# 6   Slovakia: 95.65 
# 7   Estonia: 95.53 
# 8   Sweden: 95.38 
# 9   Latvia: 95.23 
# 10   Lithuania: 95.2 
# 11   Cambodia: 95.15 
# 12   Kazakhstan: 95.08 
# 13   Mozambique: 94.83 
# 14   Uganda: 94.79 
# 15   Ghana: 94.62 
# 16   Bulgaria: 94.4 
# 17   Tanzania: 94.32 
# 18   Kyrgyzstan: 94.29 
# 19   China: 94.18 
# 20   Rwanda: 94.16 
# 21   Burundi: 94.01 
# 22   Armenia: 93.35 
# 23   Slovenia: 93.3 
# 24   Uzbekistan: 93.13 
# 25   Mongolia: 92.88 
# 26   Finland: 92.82 
# 27   Denmark: 92.81 
# 28   Solomon Islands: 92.6 
# 29   Kenya: 92.4 
# 30   Iceland: 92.27 
# 31   Jamaica: 92.18 
# 32   Hungary: 91.89 
# 33   Thailand: 91.63 
# 34   Malawi: 91.49 
= 35   East Timor: 91.47 
= 35   Turkmenistan: 91.47 
# 37   Norway: 91.38 
# 38   Eritrea: 91.19 
# 39   Poland: 91.16 
# 40   Burkina Faso: 91.09 
# 41   Albania: 90.77 
# 42   Benin: 90.62 
# 43   Georgia: 90.53 
# 44   New Zealand: 89.95 
# 45   Canada: 89.81 
= 46   Guinea: 89.77 
= 46   Papua New Guinea: 89.77 
# 48   Tajikistan: 89.71 
# 49   Bahamas, The: 89.68 
# 50   France: 89.51 
= 51   Croatia: 89.36 
= 51   Mali: 89.36 
# 53   Barbados: 89.11 
# 54   Qatar: 89.05 
# 55   Angola: 89.04 
# 56   Laos: 88.97 
# 57   Vietnam: 88.95 
# 58   Madagascar: 88.25 
# 59   Germany: 88.05 
# 60   Romania: 87.85 
# 61   Zimbabwe: 87.82 
# 62   Azerbaijan: 87.76 
# 63   Maldives: 87.58 
# 64   Serbia and Montenegro: 87.51 
= 65   Australia: 87.46 
= 65   Chad: 87.46 
# 67   United States: 87.2 
= 68   Switzerland: 87.19 
= 68   Gambia, The: 87.19 
# 70   Central African Republic: 87.04 
# 71   Bangladesh: 86.97 
# 72   Japan: 86.87 
# 73   Korea, North: 86.2 
# 74   Comoros: 85.97 
# 75   Botswana: 85.78 
# 76   Mauritania: 85.55 
# 77   Somalia: 85.43 
# 78   Gabon: 85.27 
# 79   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 85.26 
# 80   Cuba: 85.22 
# 81   Israel: 84.95 
# 82   Burma: 84.66 
# 83   United Arab Emirates: 84.6 
# 84   Senegal: 84.59 
# 85   Portugal: 84.37 
# 86   Austria: 83.57 
# 87   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 83.54 
# 88   Cyprus: 83.42 
# 89   Uruguay: 83.41 
# 90   Indonesia: 83.31 
# 91   Liberia: 82.22 
# 92   Guinea-Bissau: 82.17 
# 93   Namibia: 81.77 
# 94   Korea, South: 81.69 
# 95   Netherlands: 81.27 
# 96   Belgium: 80.9 
# 97   Haiti: 80.54 
# 98   Zambia: 80.28 
# 99   Ethiopia: 80.06 
# 100   Nepal: 79.95 
# 101   Philippines: 79.94 
# 102   Singapore: 79.76 
# 103   Bhutan: 79.4 
# 104   Bahrain: 79.28 
# 105   Cameroon: 79.17 
# 106   Panama: 78.74 
# 107   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 78.65 
# 108   Togo: 78.58 
# 109   Italy: 78.46 
= 110   Nigeria: 78.45 
= 110   Niger: 78.45 
# 112   Trinidad and Tobago: 78.22 
# 113   Bolivia: 76.97 
# 114   Malaysia: 76.82 
# 115   Venezuela: 76.65 
# 116   Turkey: 76.5 
# 117   Nicaragua: 76.4 
# 118   Luxembourg: 76.26 
= 119   Afghanistan: 76.13 
= 119   Colombia: 76.13 
# 121   Greece: 76.05 
# 122   Cote d'Ivoire: 75.72 
# 123   Equatorial Guinea: 75.7 
# 124   South Africa: 75.69 
# 125   India: 75.48 
# 126   Saudi Arabia: 75.23 
# 127   Lesotho: 75.15 
# 128   Chile: 74.29 
# 129   Honduras: 74.14 
# 130   El Salvador: 73.67 
# 131   Sierra Leone: 73.32 
# 132   Pakistan: 73.05 
# 133   Sri Lanka: 72.73 
# 134   Kuwait: 72.54 
# 135   Spain: 72.26 
# 136   Suriname: 72.07 
# 137   Costa Rica: 71.74 
# 138   Mauritius: 71.5 
= 139   Dominica: 71.45 
= 139   Dominican Republic: 71.45 
# 141   Brazil: 71.42 
# 142   Guyana: 70.69 
# 143   Morocco: 70.62 
# 144   Egypt: 70.39 
# 145   Paraguay: 70.18 
# 146   Argentina: 69.98 
# 147   Mexico: 69.91 
# 148   Sudan: 69.17 
# 149   Fiji: 69.12 
# 150   Guatemala: 69.03 
# 151   Ecuador: 68.05 
# 152   Oman: 67.72 
# 153   Tunisia: 66.88 
# 154   Peru: 66.78 
# 155   Ireland: 66.73 
# 156   Swaziland: 66.48 
# 157   Cape Verde: 66.41 
# 158   Algeria: 65.69 
# 159   Belize: 65.32 
# 160   Syria: 64.4 
# 161   Iran: 63.95 
# 162   Jordan: 62.4 
# 163   Yemen: 60.88 
# 164   Libya: 60.34 
# 165   Iraq: 59.67 
# 166   Malta: 59.28 
# 167   Lebanon: 55.47 
Weighted average: 82.3  



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

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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