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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 (most recent) by country

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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

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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