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
|
Mozambique: |
94.98 |
|
|
# 2
|
Sweden: |
94.86 |
|
|
# 3
|
Belarus: |
94.76 |
|
|
# 4
|
Latvia: |
94.47 |
|
|
# 5
|
Tanzania: |
94.42 |
|
|
# 6
|
Estonia: |
94.33 |
|
|
# 7
|
Ghana: |
94.28 |
|
|
# 8
|
Russia: |
94.24 |
|
|
# 9
|
Czech Republic: |
94.15 |
|
|
# 10
|
Ukraine: |
93.98 |
|
|
# 11
|
Uganda: |
93.9 |
|
|
# 12
|
Cambodia: |
93.89 |
|
|
= 13
|
Lithuania: |
93.58 |
|
|
= 13
|
Moldova: |
93.58 |
|
|
= 15
|
Slovakia: |
93.23 |
|
|
= 15
|
Burundi: |
93.23 |
|
|
# 17
|
Rwanda: |
93.22 |
|
|
# 18
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
92.77 |
|
|
# 19
|
Kazakhstan: |
92.74 |
|
|
# 20
|
Malawi: |
92.36 |
|
|
# 21
|
Armenia: |
92.3 |
|
|
# 22
|
Bulgaria: |
91.91 |
|
|
# 23
|
Solomon Islands: |
91.86 |
|
|
# 24
|
Jamaica: |
91.83 |
|
|
# 25
|
Iceland: |
91.76 |
|
|
# 26
|
Mongolia: |
91.35 |
|
|
# 27
|
Kenya: |
91.34 |
|
|
# 28
|
Denmark: |
91.11 |
|
|
# 29
|
Finland: |
90.89 |
|
|
# 30
|
Norway: |
90.88 |
|
|
# 31
|
Turkmenistan: |
90.85 |
|
|
# 32
|
Uzbekistan: |
90.81 |
|
|
# 33
|
Burkina Faso: |
90.74 |
|
|
# 34
|
Thailand: |
90.58 |
|
|
# 35
|
Eritrea: |
90.51 |
|
|
# 36
|
China: |
90.32 |
|
|
# 37
|
Madagascar: |
88.93 |
|
|
# 38
|
Georgia: |
88.91 |
|
|
# 39
|
Tajikistan: |
88.84 |
|
|
# 40
|
East Timor: |
88.66 |
|
|
# 41
|
Central African Republic: |
88.53 |
|
|
= 42
|
Guinea: |
88.32 |
|
|
= 42
|
Papua New Guinea: |
88.32 |
|
|
# 44
|
New Zealand: |
88.19 |
|
|
# 45
|
Angola: |
88.16 |
|
|
# 46
|
Slovenia: |
88.02 |
|
|
# 47
|
Hungary: |
87.88 |
|
|
# 48
|
Bahamas, The: |
87.61 |
|
|
# 49
|
Maldives: |
87.45 |
|
|
# 50
|
Zimbabwe: |
87.41 |
|
|
# 51
|
Japan: |
87.17 |
|
|
# 52
|
Canada: |
86.82 |
|
|
# 53
|
Bangladesh: |
86.78 |
|
|
# 54
|
Switzerland: |
86.42 |
|
|
# 55
|
Azerbaijan: |
86.27 |
|
|
# 56
|
Poland: |
86.22 |
|
|
# 57
|
Germany: |
86.18 |
|
|
# 58
|
United States: |
86.12 |
|
|
# 59
|
Laos: |
85.94 |
|
|
# 60
|
Gambia, The: |
85.91 |
|
|
# 61
|
Albania: |
85.86 |
|
|
# 62
|
Korea, North: |
85.6 |
|
|
# 63
|
France: |
85.4 |
|
|
# 64
|
Chad: |
85.38 |
|
|
# 65
|
Somalia: |
84.57 |
|
|
# 66
|
Benin: |
84.53 |
|
|
# 67
|
Comoros: |
84.5 |
|
|
# 68
|
Vietnam: |
84.48 |
|
|
# 69
|
Gabon: |
84.06 |
|
|
# 70
|
Burma: |
83.94 |
|
|
# 71
|
Barbados: |
83.85 |
|
|
# 72
|
Mauritania: |
83.75 |
|
|
# 73
|
Senegal: |
83.11 |
|
|
# 74
|
Romania: |
83.08 |
|
|
# 75
|
United Arab Emirates: |
83.01 |
|
|
# 76
|
Croatia: |
82.83 |
|
|
# 77
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
82.81 |
|
|
# 78
|
Indonesia: |
82.7 |
|
|
# 79
|
Qatar: |
82.65 |
|
|
# 80
|
Botswana: |
82.04 |
|
|
# 81
|
Liberia: |
81.79 |
|
|
# 82
|
Cyprus: |
81.39 |
|
|
# 83
|
Korea, South: |
81.24 |
|
|
= 84
|
Nigeria: |
81.23 |
|
|
= 84
|
Niger: |
81.23 |
|
|
# 86
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
81.21 |
|
|
# 87
|
Haiti: |
81.02 |
|
|
# 88
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
80.98 |
|
|
# 89
|
Namibia: |
80.55 |
|
|
# 90
|
Cameroon: |
80.51 |
|
|
# 91
|
Uruguay: |
80.33 |
|
|
# 92
|
Austria: |
80.2 |
|
|
# 93
|
Ethiopia: |
80.17 |
|
|
# 94
|
Cuba: |
80.16 |
|
|
# 95
|
Israel: |
80.03 |
|
|
# 96
|
Nepal: |
79.81 |
|
|
# 97
|
Portugal: |
79.6 |
|
|
# 98
|
Philippines: |
79.38 |
|
|
= 99
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
78.34 |
|
|
= 99
|
Bhutan: |
78.34 |
|
|
# 101
|
Togo: |
78.11 |
|
|
# 102
|
Zambia: |
76.59 |
|
|
# 103
|
Bolivia: |
76.21 |
|
|
# 104
|
Bahrain: |
76.1 |
|
|
# 105
|
Netherlands: |
76.08 |
|
|
# 106
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
75.72 |
|
|
# 107
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
75.65 |
|
|
# 108
|
Afghanistan: |
75.48 |
|
|
# 109
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
75.22 |
|
|
# 110
|
Malaysia: |
75.04 |
|
|
# 111
|
South Africa: |
75.01 |
|
|
# 112
|
Saudi Arabia: |
74.16 |
|
|
# 113
|
Nicaragua: |
73.95 |
|
|
# 114
|
Panama: |
73.25 |
|
|
# 115
|
Belgium: |
73.11 |
|
|
# 116
|
Lesotho: |
73.03 |
|
|
# 117
|
Colombia: |
72.98 |
|
|
# 118
|
Italy: |
72.9 |
|
|
# 119
|
Venezuela: |
72.78 |
|
|
# 120
|
Singapore: |
72.61 |
|
|
# 121
|
Honduras: |
72.21 |
|
|
# 122
|
Greece: |
72.01 |
|
|
# 123
|
Pakistan: |
71.95 |
|
|
# 124
|
Sierra Leone: |
71.84 |
|
|
# 125
|
El Salvador: |
70.9 |
|
|
# 126
|
Luxembourg: |
70.55 |
|
|
# 127
|
Chile: |
69.83 |
|
|
= 128
|
Dominican Republic: |
69.76 |
|
|
= 128
|
Dominica: |
69.76 |
|
|
# 130
|
Brazil: |
69.6 |
|
|
# 131
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
69.57 |
|
|
# 132
|
Sri Lanka: |
69.47 |
|
|
# 133
|
Paraguay: |
69.14 |
|
|
# 134
|
Sudan: |
69.05 |
|
|
# 135
|
Morocco: |
68.98 |
|
|
# 136
|
Oman: |
68.74 |
|
|
# 137
|
Turkey: |
68.25 |
|
|
# 138
|
Guatemala: |
68.12 |
|
|
# 139
|
Mauritius: |
67.88 |
|
|
# 140
|
Guyana: |
67.72 |
|
|
# 141
|
Mexico: |
67.67 |
|
|
# 142
|
Spain: |
67.49 |
|
|
# 143
|
Argentina: |
67.11 |
|
|
# 144
|
Fiji: |
66.05 |
|
|
# 145
|
Egypt: |
65.68 |
|
|
# 146
|
Peru: |
65.61 |
|
|
# 147
|
Costa Rica: |
65.55 |
|
|
# 148
|
Ecuador: |
65.43 |
|
|
# 149
|
Suriname: |
65.24 |
|
|
# 150
|
Ireland: |
65.22 |
|
|
# 151
|
Swaziland: |
64.97 |
|
|
# 152
|
Algeria: |
63.53 |
|
|
# 153
|
Kuwait: |
63.14 |
|
|
# 154
|
Tunisia: |
63.06 |
|
|
# 155
|
Syria: |
62.2 |
|
|
# 156
|
Belize: |
61.07 |
|
|
# 157
|
Cape Verde: |
59.76 |
|
|
# 158
|
Iran: |
59.62 |
|
|
# 159
|
Jordan: |
59.58 |
|
|
# 160
|
Libya: |
59.38 |
|
|
# 161
|
Yemen: |
57.29 |
|
|
# 162
|
Lebanon: |
55.34 |
|
|
# 163
|
Iraq: |
53.91 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
80.1 |
|
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