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: |
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