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
|
Rwanda: |
85.07 |
|
|
# 2
|
Burundi: |
83.78 |
|
|
# 3
|
Angola: |
80.45 |
|
|
# 4
|
Uganda: |
75.98 |
|
|
# 5
|
Burkina Faso: |
74.58 |
|
|
# 6
|
Laos: |
74.44 |
|
|
# 7
|
Bhutan: |
71.89 |
|
|
# 8
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
71.36 |
|
|
# 9
|
Mali: |
70.97 |
|
|
# 10
|
Solomon Islands: |
69.77 |
|
|
# 11
|
Kenya: |
69.64 |
|
|
# 12
|
Gambia, The: |
68.34 |
|
|
# 13
|
Tanzania: |
67.92 |
|
|
# 14
|
Zambia: |
67.39 |
|
|
# 15
|
Cape Verde: |
66.85 |
|
|
# 16
|
Mozambique: |
66.78 |
|
|
# 17
|
Burma: |
66.74 |
|
|
# 18
|
Brazil: |
66.14 |
|
|
# 19
|
Chad: |
65.9 |
|
|
# 20
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
65.69 |
|
|
# 21
|
East Timor: |
65.63 |
|
|
# 22
|
Bangladesh: |
64.9 |
|
|
# 23
|
Madagascar: |
64.25 |
|
|
# 24
|
Somalia: |
63.04 |
|
|
# 25
|
Thailand: |
62.98 |
|
|
# 26
|
Guatemala: |
61.92 |
|
|
# 27
|
Mauritania: |
61.87 |
|
|
# 28
|
Eritrea: |
61.36 |
|
|
# 29
|
Nepal: |
61.29 |
|
|
# 30
|
Togo: |
61.28 |
|
|
= 31
|
Guinea: |
61.27 |
|
|
= 31
|
Papua New Guinea: |
61.27 |
|
|
# 33
|
Senegal: |
60.92 |
|
|
# 34
|
Turkey: |
60.83 |
|
|
# 35
|
Honduras: |
60.47 |
|
|
# 36
|
Denmark: |
60.08 |
|
|
= 37
|
Niger: |
60.03 |
|
|
= 37
|
Nigeria: |
60.03 |
|
|
# 39
|
Belize: |
59.78 |
|
|
# 40
|
Ethiopia: |
59.68 |
|
|
# 41
|
El Salvador: |
59.48 |
|
|
# 42
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
58.45 |
|
|
# 43
|
Malawi: |
58.36 |
|
|
# 44
|
Comoros: |
58.26 |
|
|
= 45
|
Central African Republic: |
58.22 |
|
|
= 45
|
Nicaragua: |
58.22 |
|
|
# 47
|
Cameroon: |
57.55 |
|
|
# 48
|
Paraguay: |
56.99 |
|
|
# 49
|
Guyana: |
56.31 |
|
|
# 50
|
China: |
55.79 |
|
|
# 51
|
Afghanistan: |
55.78 |
|
|
# 52
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
55.51 |
|
|
# 53
|
Mongolia: |
55.09 |
|
|
# 54
|
Pakistan: |
54.95 |
|
|
# 55
|
Sudan: |
54.59 |
|
|
# 56
|
Maldives: |
54.48 |
|
|
# 57
|
Cyprus: |
53.74 |
|
|
# 58
|
Zimbabwe: |
53.59 |
|
|
# 59
|
Australia: |
53.41 |
|
|
# 60
|
Argentina: |
53.12 |
|
|
# 61
|
Cambodia: |
52.78 |
|
|
# 62
|
India: |
52.65 |
|
|
# 63
|
Gabon: |
52.6 |
|
|
# 64
|
Mexico: |
52.02 |
|
|
# 65
|
Sierra Leone: |
51.11 |
|
|
# 66
|
Ecuador: |
51.08 |
|
|
# 67
|
New Zealand: |
50.86 |
|
|
# 68
|
Canada: |
50.37 |
|
|
# 69
|
Vietnam: |
49.81 |
|
|
= 70
|
Dominica: |
49.68 |
|
|
= 70
|
Dominican Republic: |
49.68 |
|
|
# 72
|
Namibia: |
49.64 |
|
|
# 73
|
Benin: |
49.1 |
|
|
# 74
|
Lesotho: |
48.81 |
|
|
# 75
|
Yemen: |
48.35 |
|
|
# 76
|
Switzerland: |
48.04 |
|
|
# 77
|
Albania: |
47.12 |
|
|
# 78
|
Bolivia: |
45.93 |
|
|
# 79
|
Hungary: |
45.87 |
|
|
# 80
|
Fiji: |
45.77 |
|
|
# 81
|
Uruguay: |
45.15 |
|
|
# 82
|
Mauritius: |
44.93 |
|
|
# 83
|
Swaziland: |
44.57 |
|
|
# 84
|
Austria: |
44.3 |
|
|
# 85
|
Venezuela: |
43.91 |
|
|
# 86
|
Portugal: |
43.89 |
|
|
# 87
|
Iceland: |
43.72 |
|
|
# 88
|
Haiti: |
43.07 |
|
|
# 89
|
Liberia: |
42.68 |
|
|
# 90
|
Colombia: |
42.65 |
|
|
# 91
|
Indonesia: |
42.58 |
|
|
# 92
|
Tunisia: |
42.52 |
|
|
# 93
|
Morocco: |
42.28 |
|
|
# 94
|
Panama: |
42.14 |
|
|
# 95
|
Botswana: |
41.44 |
|
|
# 96
|
Egypt: |
40.47 |
|
|
# 97
|
Syria: |
40.45 |
|
|
# 98
|
United States: |
40.19 |
|
|
# 99
|
Barbados: |
39.5 |
|
|
# 100
|
Ghana: |
39.16 |
|
|
# 101
|
Netherlands: |
38.78 |
|
|
# 102
|
Iran: |
38.52 |
|
|
# 103
|
South Africa: |
38.49 |
|
|
# 104
|
Malaysia: |
36.67 |
|
|
# 105
|
Philippines: |
36.62 |
|
|
= 106
|
Malta: |
36.44 |
|
|
= 106
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
36.44 |
|
|
# 108
|
Germany: |
36.34 |
|
|
# 109
|
Bahamas, The: |
35.28 |
|
|
# 110
|
Sri Lanka: |
33.41 |
|
|
# 111
|
Cuba: |
33.35 |
|
|
# 112
|
Lebanon: |
33.28 |
|
|
# 113
|
Romania: |
33.26 |
|
|
# 114
|
Jamaica: |
33.19 |
|
|
# 115
|
Suriname: |
32.87 |
|
|
# 116
|
Sweden: |
32.53 |
|
|
# 117
|
Libya: |
31.59 |
|
|
# 118
|
Turkmenistan: |
31.2 |
|
|
# 119
|
Finland: |
31.11 |
|
|
# 120
|
Norway: |
31.06 |
|
|
# 121
|
Slovakia: |
30.91 |
|
|
# 122
|
Peru: |
30.86 |
|
|
# 123
|
Algeria: |
30.65 |
|
|
# 124
|
Poland: |
30.37 |
|
|
# 125
|
Spain: |
30.22 |
|
|
# 126
|
Czech Republic: |
29.67 |
|
|
# 127
|
Kazakhstan: |
29.62 |
|
|
# 128
|
Chile: |
29.3 |
|
|
# 129
|
Italy: |
28.54 |
|
|
# 130
|
Latvia: |
27.7 |
|
|
# 131
|
Estonia: |
27.27 |
|
|
# 132
|
Azerbaijan: |
26.88 |
|
|
# 133
|
Jordan: |
26.8 |
|
|
# 134
|
Georgia: |
26.37 |
|
|
# 135
|
Russia: |
26.12 |
|
|
# 136
|
Uzbekistan: |
25.73 |
|
|
# 137
|
Ireland: |
25.62 |
|
|
# 138
|
Tajikistan: |
25.55 |
|
|
# 139
|
Moldova: |
25.27 |
|
|
# 140
|
Israel: |
25.07 |
|
|
# 141
|
Iraq: |
24.98 |
|
|
# 142
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
24.85 |
|
|
# 143
|
Saudi Arabia: |
24.61 |
|
|
# 144
|
Armenia: |
24.51 |
|
|
# 145
|
Belarus: |
24.25 |
|
|
# 146
|
Ukraine: |
24.18 |
|
|
# 147
|
Lithuania: |
23.9 |
|
|
# 148
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
23.85 |
|
|
# 149
|
Slovenia: |
23.54 |
|
|
# 150
|
Greece: |
23.49 |
|
|
# 151
|
Oman: |
23.12 |
|
|
# 152
|
Qatar: |
21.83 |
|
|
# 153
|
Singapore: |
21.33 |
|
|
# 154
|
Bahrain: |
20.83 |
|
|
# 155
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
20.39 |
|
|
# 156
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
19.95 |
|
|
# 157
|
Croatia: |
19.79 |
|
|
# 158
|
Japan: |
16.8 |
|
|
# 159
|
United Arab Emirates: |
16.39 |
|
|
# 160
|
Kuwait: |
16.1 |
|
|
# 161
|
Bulgaria: |
13.65 |
|
|
# 162
|
France: |
12.15 |
|
|
# 163
|
Belgium: |
11.08 |
|
|
# 164
|
Korea, South: |
10.38 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
44.9 |
|
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