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: |
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 |
|
|
= 12
|
Papua New Guinea: |
91.76 |
|
|
# 14
|
Brazil: |
90.74 |
|
|
= 15
|
Vietnam: |
90.5 |
|
|
= 15
|
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 |
|
|
= 83
|
Dominica: |
83.41 |
|
|
= 85
|
Niger: |
83.33 |
|
|
= 85
|
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 |
|
|
= 123
|
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 |
|
|
= 130
|
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 |
|
|
= 157
|
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