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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Mozambique: 93.92 
# 2   Ghana: 93.36 
# 3   Tanzania: 93.09 
# 4   Uganda: 92.3 
# 5   Cambodia: 91.96 
# 6   Sweden: 91.45 
# 7   Malawi: 91.31 
# 8   Estonia: 90.05 
# 9   Latvia: 89.98 
# 10   Belarus: 89.55 
# 11   Rwanda: 89.11 
# 12   Kenya: 88.98 
# 13   Solomon Islands: 88.96 
# 14   Burundi: 88.62 
= 15   Lithuania: 88.19 
= 15   Czech Republic: 88.19 
# 17   Iceland: 88.16 
# 18   Central African Republic: 88.08 
# 19   Madagascar: 88.07 
# 20   Eritrea: 87.96 
# 21   Mongolia: 87.85 
# 22   Slovakia: 87.56 
# 23   Ukraine: 87.16 
# 24   Russia: 87.09 
# 25   Thailand: 86.97 
# 26   Angola: 86.49 
# 27   East Timor: 86.42 
# 28   Armenia: 86.29 
# 29   Maldives: 86.11 
# 30   Jamaica: 85.86 
# 31   Bangladesh: 85.66 
# 32   Mali: 85.42 
# 33   Zimbabwe: 85.36 
# 34   Denmark: 85.08 
# 35   Chad: 84.51 
# 36   Japan: 84.41 
# 37   Finland: 83.99 
# 38   Korea, North: 83.96 
# 39   Gambia, The: 83.87 
= 40   Guinea: 83.78 
= 40   Papua New Guinea: 83.78 
# 42   Bulgaria: 83.62 
# 43   Moldova: 83.6 
# 44   Comoros: 83.51 
# 45   Burma: 83.41 
# 46   Bahamas, The: 83.17 
# 47   Switzerland: 82.55 
# 48   Somalia: 82.29 
# 49   Norway: 82.2 
# 50   Georgia: 82.17 
# 51   Senegal: 82.09 
# 52   New Zealand: 81.8 
# 53   Mauritania: 81.76 
= 54   Benin: 81.67 
= 54   Gabon: 81.67 
# 56   Albania: 81.51 
# 57   Laos: 80.85 
# 58   Kazakhstan: 80.71 
= 59   Nigeria: 80.48 
= 59   Niger: 80.48 
# 61   Germany: 80.34 
# 62   Canada: 80.31 
# 63   United States: 80.24 
# 64   Barbados: 80.22 
# 65   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 80.04 
# 66   United Arab Emirates: 79.81 
# 67   Guinea-Bissau: 79.58 
# 68   China: 78.81 
# 69   Haiti: 78.69 
# 70   Indonesia: 78.46 
# 71   France: 78.35 
# 72   Vietnam: 77.95 
# 73   Liberia: 77.88 
# 74   Qatar: 77.85 
# 75   Korea, South: 77.84 
# 76   Ethiopia: 77.75 
# 77   Cameroon: 77.43 
# 78   Poland: 77.36 
# 79   Nepal: 76.66 
# 80   Tajikistan: 76.41 
# 81   Namibia: 76.24 
# 82   Philippines: 76.19 
# 83   Bhutan: 75.97 
# 84   Turkmenistan: 75.95 
# 85   Togo: 75.9 
# 86   Botswana: 75.71 
# 87   Hungary: 75.57 
# 88   Australia: 75.3 
# 89   Kyrgyzstan: 75.1 
# 90   Cote d'Ivoire: 75.06 
# 91   Equatorial Guinea: 74.97 
= 92   Bolivia: 74.33 
= 92   Cyprus: 74.33 
# 94   Azerbaijan: 74.18 
# 95   Afghanistan: 73.46 
# 96   Israel: 73.37 
# 97   Austria: 73.36 
# 98   Zambia: 72.66 
# 99   Uzbekistan: 72.58 
# 100   Cuba: 71.49 
# 101   Uruguay: 71.35 
# 102   Nicaragua: 70.89 
# 103   South Africa: 70.84 
# 104   Trinidad and Tobago: 70.29 
# 105   Bahrain: 70.27 
# 106   Sierra Leone: 70.01 
# 107   Lesotho: 69.64 
# 108   Portugal: 69.54 
# 109   Malaysia: 69.26 
# 110   India: 68.72 
# 111   Venezuela: 68.66 
# 112   Pakistan: 68.55 
# 113   Sudan: 68.18 
# 114   El Salvador: 68.04 
# 115   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 67.93 
# 116   Guatemala: 67.06 
# 117   Honduras: 67.04 
= 118   Dominica: 66.83 
= 118   Dominican Republic: 66.83 
# 120   Croatia: 66.19 
# 121   Paraguay: 66.08 
# 122   Morocco: 65.59 
# 123   Netherlands: 65.51 
# 124   Saudi Arabia: 64.87 
# 125   Singapore: 64.04 
# 126   Romania: 63.85 
# 127   Guyana: 63.72 
# 128   Greece: 63.6 
# 129   Oman: 63.44 
# 130   Serbia and Montenegro: 63.23 
# 131   Panama: 63.21 
# 132   Slovenia: 63.02 
# 133   Chile: 63.01 
# 134   Argentina: 62.66 
# 135   Peru: 62.63 
# 136   Turkey: 62.5 
# 137   Colombia: 62.07 
# 138   Fiji: 62.06 
# 139   Mauritius: 62.02 
# 140   Ecuador: 61.83 
# 141   Egypt: 61.4 
# 142   Mexico: 61.19 
# 143   Sri Lanka: 61.18 
# 144   Italy: 61.07 
# 145   Swaziland: 60.77 
# 146   Libya: 60.36 
# 147   Spain: 60.28 
# 148   Ireland: 60.1 
# 149   Suriname: 60.08 
# 150   Syria: 59.79 
# 151   Luxembourg: 59.7 
# 152   Costa Rica: 59.46 
# 153   Brazil: 59.12 
# 154   Belize: 58.6 
# 155   Algeria: 58.48 
# 156   Kuwait: 57.85 
# 157   Tunisia: 57.53 
# 158   Jordan: 57.05 
# 159   Cape Verde: 56.22 
# 160   Belgium: 56.1 
# 161   Iran: 55.39 
# 162   Yemen: 55.27 
# 163   Malta: 53.43 
# 164   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 52.58 
# 165   Lebanon: 51.1 
# 166   Iraq: 47.65 
Weighted average: 74.5  



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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