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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 (most recent) by country

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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

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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