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 | Rwanda: | 96.24 | |
| #2 | Equatorial Guinea: | 94.75 | |
| #3 | Burundi: | 94.12 | |
| #4 | Solomon Islands: | 94.03 | |
| #5 | Belize: | 93.42 | |
| #6 | Laos: | 92.89 | |
| #7 | China: | 92.41 | |
| #8 | Cape Verde: | 92.1 | |
| #9 | Chad: | 91.84 | |
| #10 | Uganda: | 91.83 | |
| #11 | Mozambique: | 91.81 | |
| #12 | Guinea: | 91.76 | |
| #13 | Papua New Guinea: | 91.76 | |
| #14 | Brazil: | 90.74 | |
| #15 | Vietnam: | 90.5 | |
| #16 | Guyana: | 90.5 | |
| #17 | Bhutan: | 90.28 | |
| #18 | East Timor: | 90.17 | |
| #19 | Guinea-Bissau: | 90.13 | |
| #20 | Kenya: | 90.11 | |
| #21 | Guatemala: | 90.01 | |
| #22 | Zambia: | 89.91 | |
| #23 | Burma: | 89.7 | |
| #24 | Togo: | 89.52 | |
| #25 | Gambia, The: | 89.36 | |
| #26 | Mali: | 89.29 | |
| #27 | Mauritania: | 89.26 | |
| #28 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 89.22 | |
| #29 | Senegal: | 89.1 | |
| #30 | Zimbabwe: | 89.02 | |
| #31 | Burkina Faso: | 88.92 | |
| #32 | Barbados: | 88.83 | |
| #33 | Paraguay: | 88.77 | |
| #34 | Maldives: | 88.61 | |
| #35 | Mauritius: | 88.57 | |
| #36 | Honduras: | 88.51 | |
| #37 | Madagascar: | 88.21 | |
| #38 | Cambodia: | 87.96 | |
| #39 | Turkey: | 87.76 | |
| #40 | Lesotho: | 87.62 | |
| #41 | Australia: | 87.58 | |
| #42 | Somalia: | 87.46 | |
| #43 | Thailand: | 87.39 | |
| #44 | Hungary: | 87.14 | |
| #45 | Jamaica: | 87.03 | |
| #46 | Swaziland: | 87.01 | |
| #47 | Nepal: | 86.99 | |
| #48 | Cameroon: | 86.9 | |
| #49 | Nicaragua: | 86.73 | |
| #50 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 86.72 | |
| #51 | Mongolia: | 86.71 | |
| #52 | Afghanistan: | 86.66 | |
| #53 | Slovakia: | 86.63 | |
| #54 | Bahrain: | 86.62 | |
| #55 | Fiji: | 86.58 | |
| #56 | El Salvador: | 86.46 | |
| #57 | India: | 86.24 | |
| #58 | Malawi: | 86.13 | |
| #59 | Czech Republic: | 86.04 | |
| #60 | Angola: | 85.92 | |
| #61 | Pakistan: | 85.84 | |
| #62 | United Arab Emirates: | 85.77 | |
| #63 | Yemen: | 85.69 | |
| #64 | Costa Rica: | 85.63 | |
| #65 | Botswana: | 85.52 | |
| #66 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 85.35 | |
| #67 | Uruguay: | 85.34 | |
| #68 | Liberia: | 85.1 | |
| #69 | Tunisia: | 85.05 | |
| #70 | Argentina: | 84.91 | |
| #71 | Albania: | 84.78 | |
| #72 | Bahamas, The: | 84.59 | |
| #73 | Qatar: | 84.45 | |
| #74 | Mexico: | 84.17 | |
| #75 | Sierra Leone: | 84.16 | |
| #76 | Sri Lanka: | 83.85 | |
| #77 | Cuba: | 83.82 | |
| #78 | Romania: | 83.73 | |
| #79 | Gabon: | 83.61 | |
| #80 | Malaysia: | 83.57 | |
| #81 | Central African Republic: | 83.55 | |
| #82 | Benin: | 83.45 | |
| #83 | Dominican Republic: | 83.41 | |
| #84 | Dominica: | 83.41 | |
| #85 | Niger: | 83.33 | |
| #86 | Nigeria: | 83.33 | |
| #87 | Eritrea: | 83.22 | |
| #88 | New Zealand: | 83.21 | |
| #89 | Comoros: | 83.03 | |
| #90 | Tanzania: | 83.01 | |
| #91 | Oman: | 82.94 | |
| #92 | Turkmenistan: | 82.93 | |
| #93 | Algeria: | 82.78 | |
| #94 | Panama: | 82.76 | |
| #95 | Sweden: | 82.71 | |
| #96 | Philippines: | 82.4 | |
| #97 | Sudan: | 82.37 | |
| #98 | Ecuador: | 82.34 | |
| #99 | Ghana: | 82.27 | |
| #100 | Jordan: | 82.17 | |
| #101 | Bangladesh: | 82.11 | |
| #102 | Kazakhstan: | 81.99 | |
| #103 | Iran: | 81.93 | |
| #104 | Switzerland: | 81.91 | |
| #105 | Singapore: | 81.88 | |
| #106 | Saudi Arabia: | 81.74 | |
| #107 | Venezuela: | 81.68 | |
| #108 | Colombia: | 81.28 | |
| #109 | Latvia: | 81.27 | |
| #110 | Cyprus: | 81.2 | |
| #111 | Kuwait: | 81.13 | |
| #112 | Chile: | 81.12 | |
| #113 | Namibia: | 80.79 | |
| #114 | Canada: | 80.78 | |
| #115 | Indonesia: | 80.77 | |
| #116 | Korea, North: | 80.75 | |
| #117 | Haiti: | 80.61 | |
| #118 | Moldova: | 80.56 | |
| #119 | Portugal: | 80.17 | |
| #120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 80.14 | |
| #121 | Lebanon: | 80.06 | |
| #122 | Bolivia: | 80.05 | |
| #123 | Ethiopia: | 80.03 | |
| #124 | Iraq: | 80.03 | |
| #125 | Kyrgyzstan: | 79.98 | |
| #126 | Libya: | 79.96 | |
| #127 | Malta: | 79.82 | |
| #128 | Uzbekistan: | 79.69 | |
| #129 | South Africa: | 79.65 | |
| #130 | Suriname: | 79.59 | |
| #131 | Belarus: | 79.59 | |
| #132 | Morocco: | 79.54 | |
| #133 | Syria: | 79.44 | |
| #134 | Russia: | 79.16 | |
| #135 | Peru: | 78.97 | |
| #136 | Tajikistan: | 78.96 | |
| #137 | Bulgaria: | 78.91 | |
| #138 | Ireland: | 78.88 | |
| #139 | United States: | 78.54 | |
| #140 | Ukraine: | 78.27 | |
| #141 | Germany: | 78.16 | |
| #142 | Estonia: | 77.82 | |
| #143 | Finland: | 77.81 | |
| #144 | Poland: | 77.66 | |
| #145 | Egypt: | 77.63 | |
| #146 | Lithuania: | 77.47 | |
| #147 | Iceland: | 77.22 | |
| #148 | Croatia: | 76.84 | |
| #149 | Israel: | 76.69 | |
| #150 | Slovenia: | 76.15 | |
| #151 | Korea, South: | 75.48 | |
| #152 | Serbia and Montenegro: | 75.19 | |
| #153 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 74.61 | |
| #154 | Norway: | 74.5 | |
| #155 | Georgia: | 74.16 | |
| #156 | Azerbaijan: | 74.07 | |
| #157 | Armenia: | 73.85 | |
| #158 | Netherlands: | 73.85 | |
| #159 | Italy: | 73.56 | |
| #160 | Spain: | 73.44 | |
| #161 | Austria: | 73.3 | |
| #162 | Luxembourg: | 72.46 | |
| #163 | Japan: | 71.96 | |
| #164 | Greece: | 71.55 | |
| #165 | Belgium: | 65.14 | |
| #166 | France: | 62.2 | |
| |
Weighted average: |
83.5 |
|
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