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
|
Botswana: |
98.58 |
|
|
= 2
|
United Arab Emirates: |
98.24 |
|
|
= 2
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
98.24 |
|
|
# 4
|
Rwanda: |
98.05 |
|
|
# 5
|
Madagascar: |
98.03 |
|
|
# 6
|
China: |
97.98 |
|
|
# 7
|
Slovakia: |
97.86 |
|
|
# 8
|
Czech Republic: |
97.83 |
|
|
# 9
|
Oman: |
97.77 |
|
|
# 10
|
Guatemala: |
97.66 |
|
|
# 11
|
Burundi: |
97.5 |
|
|
= 12
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
97.45 |
|
|
= 12
|
Cape Verde: |
97.45 |
|
|
# 14
|
Kuwait: |
97.43 |
|
|
# 15
|
Mozambique: |
97.42 |
|
|
# 16
|
Lesotho: |
97.36 |
|
|
# 17
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.34 |
|
|
# 18
|
Turkey: |
97.31 |
|
|
# 19
|
Bahrain: |
97.28 |
|
|
# 20
|
Laos: |
97.22 |
|
|
# 21
|
Solomon Islands: |
97.21 |
|
|
# 22
|
Malawi: |
97.18 |
|
|
= 23
|
Guinea: |
97.15 |
|
|
= 23
|
Papua New Guinea: |
97.15 |
|
|
= 25
|
Swaziland: |
97.12 |
|
|
= 25
|
Chad: |
97.12 |
|
|
# 27
|
Belize: |
97.09 |
|
|
# 28
|
Uganda: |
97.05 |
|
|
# 29
|
Mali: |
97.02 |
|
|
# 30
|
Liberia: |
96.96 |
|
|
= 31
|
East Timor: |
96.81 |
|
|
= 31
|
Vietnam: |
96.81 |
|
|
# 33
|
Gambia, The: |
96.8 |
|
|
# 34
|
Kenya: |
96.72 |
|
|
# 35
|
Qatar: |
96.65 |
|
|
# 36
|
Libya: |
96.56 |
|
|
# 37
|
Hungary: |
96.54 |
|
|
# 38
|
Paraguay: |
96.51 |
|
|
# 39
|
Cambodia: |
96.5 |
|
|
# 40
|
Thailand: |
96.44 |
|
|
# 41
|
Burma: |
96.34 |
|
|
# 42
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.32 |
|
|
= 43
|
Yemen: |
96.31 |
|
|
= 43
|
Sierra Leone: |
96.31 |
|
|
# 45
|
El Salvador: |
96.29 |
|
|
# 46
|
Mongolia: |
96.25 |
|
|
# 47
|
Somalia: |
96.23 |
|
|
# 48
|
Comoros: |
96.21 |
|
|
# 49
|
Bhutan: |
96.19 |
|
|
# 50
|
Cameroon: |
96.18 |
|
|
# 51
|
India: |
96.11 |
|
|
= 52
|
Zambia: |
96.09 |
|
|
= 52
|
Moldova: |
96.09 |
|
|
= 52
|
Nicaragua: |
96.09 |
|
|
# 55
|
Brazil: |
96.06 |
|
|
# 56
|
Afghanistan: |
95.97 |
|
|
# 57
|
Lithuania: |
95.96 |
|
|
# 58
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
95.95 |
|
|
= 59
|
Dominica: |
95.91 |
|
|
= 59
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
95.91 |
|
|
= 59
|
Dominican Republic: |
95.91 |
|
|
# 62
|
Mauritania: |
95.86 |
|
|
# 63
|
Iraq: |
95.85 |
|
|
# 64
|
Turkmenistan: |
95.83 |
|
|
# 65
|
Jordan: |
95.8 |
|
|
# 66
|
Togo: |
95.79 |
|
|
= 67
|
Saudi Arabia: |
95.65 |
|
|
= 67
|
Iceland: |
95.65 |
|
|
= 69
|
Belarus: |
95.62 |
|
|
= 69
|
Gabon: |
95.62 |
|
|
# 71
|
Estonia: |
95.6 |
|
|
# 72
|
Tanzania: |
95.59 |
|
|
= 73
|
Uruguay: |
95.57 |
|
|
= 73
|
Malaysia: |
95.57 |
|
|
= 73
|
Singapore: |
95.57 |
|
|
# 76
|
Benin: |
95.56 |
|
|
# 77
|
Argentina: |
95.55 |
|
|
# 78
|
Latvia: |
95.52 |
|
|
# 79
|
Uzbekistan: |
95.5 |
|
|
# 80
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
95.49 |
|
|
# 81
|
Ghana: |
95.46 |
|
|
# 82
|
Kazakhstan: |
95.42 |
|
|
# 83
|
Sudan: |
95.39 |
|
|
# 84
|
Romania: |
95.37 |
|
|
# 85
|
Ireland: |
95.35 |
|
|
# 86
|
Tunisia: |
95.33 |
|
|
# 87
|
Central African Republic: |
95.32 |
|
|
# 88
|
Japan: |
95.3 |
|
|
# 89
|
Costa Rica: |
95.27 |
|
|
# 90
|
Pakistan: |
95.2 |
|
|
# 91
|
South Africa: |
95.06 |
|
|
# 92
|
Korea, North: |
95.05 |
|
|
# 93
|
Eritrea: |
95.04 |
|
|
# 94
|
Egypt: |
95.01 |
|
|
# 95
|
Portugal: |
94.96 |
|
|
= 96
|
Bangladesh: |
94.93 |
|
|
= 96
|
Bulgaria: |
94.93 |
|
|
# 98
|
Nepal: |
94.9 |
|
|
# 99
|
Senegal: |
94.85 |
|
|
= 100
|
Russia: |
94.84 |
|
|
= 100
|
Fiji: |
94.84 |
|
|
# 102
|
Panama: |
94.8 |
|
|
# 103
|
Ukraine: |
94.75 |
|
|
# 104
|
Sri Lanka: |
94.73 |
|
|
# 105
|
Algeria: |
94.72 |
|
|
# 106
|
Colombia: |
94.71 |
|
|
= 107
|
Mauritius: |
94.69 |
|
|
= 107
|
Namibia: |
94.69 |
|
|
# 109
|
Morocco: |
94.67 |
|
|
# 110
|
Lebanon: |
94.65 |
|
|
# 111
|
Syria: |
94.62 |
|
|
# 112
|
Mexico: |
94.6 |
|
|
# 113
|
Tajikistan: |
94.45 |
|
|
# 114
|
Indonesia: |
94.44 |
|
|
# 115
|
Angola: |
94.42 |
|
|
= 116
|
Niger: |
94.33 |
|
|
= 116
|
Nigeria: |
94.33 |
|
|
# 118
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
94.31 |
|
|
# 119
|
Slovenia: |
94.26 |
|
|
= 120
|
Belgium: |
93.94 |
|
|
= 120
|
Ethiopia: |
93.94 |
|
|
# 122
|
Luxembourg: |
93.84 |
|
|
# 123
|
Honduras: |
93.73 |
|
|
# 124
|
Chile: |
93.72 |
|
|
# 125
|
Poland: |
93.66 |
|
|
# 126
|
France: |
93.6 |
|
|
# 127
|
Haiti: |
93.49 |
|
|
# 128
|
Greece: |
93.48 |
|
|
# 129
|
Cuba: |
93.44 |
|
|
# 130
|
Philippines: |
93.42 |
|
|
# 131
|
Australia: |
93.38 |
|
|
# 132
|
Iran: |
93.37 |
|
|
# 133
|
Suriname: |
93.35 |
|
|
# 134
|
Cyprus: |
93.33 |
|
|
# 135
|
Switzerland: |
93.28 |
|
|
# 136
|
Albania: |
93.24 |
|
|
# 137
|
Bolivia: |
93.15 |
|
|
# 138
|
Ecuador: |
93.14 |
|
|
# 139
|
Netherlands: |
93.12 |
|
|
# 140
|
Jamaica: |
93.04 |
|
|
# 141
|
Venezuela: |
93.03 |
|
|
# 142
|
Guyana: |
92.84 |
|
|
# 143
|
Canada: |
92.76 |
|
|
# 144
|
Barbados: |
92.71 |
|
|
# 145
|
Armenia: |
92.47 |
|
|
# 146
|
Croatia: |
92.22 |
|
|
# 147
|
Denmark: |
92.15 |
|
|
# 148
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
91.95 |
|
|
# 149
|
Israel: |
91.86 |
|
|
= 150
|
New Zealand: |
91.83 |
|
|
= 150
|
Georgia: |
91.83 |
|
|
# 152
|
Bahamas, The: |
91.81 |
|
|
# 153
|
Korea, South: |
91.69 |
|
|
# 154
|
Spain: |
91.66 |
|
|
# 155
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
91.61 |
|
|
# 156
|
Peru: |
91.6 |
|
|
# 157
|
Azerbaijan: |
91.52 |
|
|
# 158
|
Sweden: |
91.45 |
|
|
# 159
|
United States: |
90.93 |
|
|
= 160
|
Italy: |
90.8 |
|
|
= 160
|
Finland: |
90.8 |
|
|
# 162
|
Malta: |
89.16 |
|
|
# 163
|
Austria: |
88.91 |
|
|
# 164
|
Norway: |
88.29 |
|
|
# 165
|
Germany: |
87.94 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
95.0 |
|
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