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
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Bhutan: |
56.51 |
|
| #2 |
Mali: |
53.32 |
|
| #3 |
Burundi: |
52.1 |
|
| #4 |
Burkina Faso: |
45.97 |
|
| #5 |
Nepal: |
45.79 |
|
| #6 |
Uganda: |
45.37 |
|
| #7 |
Ethiopia: |
42.45 |
|
| #8 |
Kenya: |
40.68 |
|
| #9 |
Eritrea: |
39.07 |
|
| #10 |
Comoros: |
38.87 |
|
| #11 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
38.8 |
|
| #12 |
Chad: |
38.58 |
|
| #13 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
38.41 |
|
| #14 |
Mozambique: |
37.96 |
|
| #15 |
Rwanda: |
37.64 |
|
| #16 |
Tanzania: |
37.33 |
|
| #17 |
East Timor: |
36.47 |
|
| #18 |
Madagascar: |
34.96 |
|
| #19 |
Gambia, The: |
34.59 |
|
| #20 |
Somalia: |
33.35 |
|
| #21 |
Nigeria: |
32.1 |
|
| #22 |
Niger: |
32.1 |
|
| #23 |
Malawi: |
32.05 |
|
| #24 |
Benin: |
31.22 |
|
| #25 |
Zimbabwe: |
30.45 |
|
| #26 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
30.23 |
|
| #27 |
Bangladesh: |
28.62 |
|
| #28 |
Central African Republic: |
28.56 |
|
| #29 |
Senegal: |
27.71 |
|
| #30 |
Lesotho: |
27.51 |
|
| #31 |
Angola: |
26.69 |
|
| #32 |
Togo: |
26.53 |
|
| #33 |
Burma: |
25.56 |
|
| #34 |
Laos: |
25.1 |
|
| #35 |
Cameroon: |
24.86 |
|
| #36 |
Solomon Islands: |
24.41 |
|
| #37 |
Haiti: |
24.19 |
|
| #38 |
Cambodia: |
23.43 |
|
| #39 |
Mauritania: |
22.22 |
|
| #40 |
Dominican Republic: |
21.76 |
|
| #41 |
Dominica: |
21.76 |
|
| #42 |
El Salvador: |
21.5 |
|
| #43 |
Guatemala: |
21.37 |
|
| #44 |
Yemen: |
21.08 |
|
| #45 |
Namibia: |
20.47 |
|
| #46 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
20.05 |
|
| #47 |
Papua New Guinea: |
19.27 |
|
| #48 |
Guinea: |
19.27 |
|
| #49 |
Nicaragua: |
18.64 |
|
| #50 |
Pakistan: |
18.49 |
|
| #51 |
Brazil: |
18.13 |
|
| #52 |
Cape Verde: |
16.92 |
|
| #53 |
Zambia: |
16.5 |
|
| #54 |
Liberia: |
15.94 |
|
| #55 |
Botswana: |
14.82 |
|
| #56 |
Sierra Leone: |
14.19 |
|
| #57 |
Swaziland: |
14.11 |
|
| #58 |
Gabon: |
13.69 |
|
| #59 |
India: |
12.68 |
|
| #60 |
Bolivia: |
12.35 |
|
| #61 |
Thailand: |
11.76 |
|
| #62 |
Egypt: |
11.6 |
|
| #63 |
Honduras: |
10.74 |
|
| #64 |
Ghana: |
10.67 |
|
| #65 |
Turkey: |
8.81 |
|
| #66 |
Indonesia: |
8.74 |
|
| #67 |
Paraguay: |
8.02 |
|
| #68 |
China: |
7.74 |
|
| #69 |
Philippines: |
6.62 |
|
| #70 |
Mexico: |
6.21 |
|
| #71 |
Colombia: |
6.2 |
|
| #72 |
Ecuador: |
6.17 |
|
| #73 |
Costa Rica: |
5.52 |
|
| #74 |
Maldives: |
4.35 |
|
| #75 |
Vietnam: |
4.35 |
|
| #76 |
Panama: |
3.59 |
|
| #77 |
Belize: |
3.24 |
|
| #78 |
Mauritius: |
2.94 |
|
| #79 |
Iraq: |
2.68 |
|
| #80 |
Malaysia: |
2.45 |
|
| #81 |
Sri Lanka: |
2.23 |
|
| #82 |
Iran: |
2.19 |
|
| #83 |
Syria: |
1.92 |
|
| #84 |
Mongolia: |
1.52 |
|
| #85 |
Uruguay: |
1.2 |
|
| #86 |
Peru: |
1.2 |
|
| #87 |
Argentina: |
1.18 |
|
| #88 |
Albania: |
0.6 |
|
| #89 |
Suriname: |
0.41 |
|
| #90 |
Italy: |
0.38 |
|
| #91 |
Morocco: |
0.21 |
|
| #92 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
0.03 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
20.3 |
|
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
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