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
|
Bahrain: |
99.2 |
|
|
# 2
|
Qatar: |
99.08 |
|
|
# 3
|
Bangladesh: |
98.92 |
|
|
# 4
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
98.74 |
|
|
= 5
|
Botswana: |
98.72 |
|
|
= 5
|
Oman: |
98.72 |
|
|
# 7
|
China: |
98.6 |
|
|
# 8
|
Mozambique: |
98.54 |
|
|
# 9
|
Paraguay: |
98.53 |
|
|
# 10
|
Guatemala: |
98.5 |
|
|
= 11
|
Rwanda: |
98.45 |
|
|
= 11
|
Malawi: |
98.45 |
|
|
= 13
|
Kuwait: |
98.43 |
|
|
= 13
|
Madagascar: |
98.43 |
|
|
# 15
|
Cuba: |
98.4 |
|
|
= 16
|
Cape Verde: |
98.35 |
|
|
= 16
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
98.35 |
|
|
= 18
|
Cambodia: |
98.26 |
|
|
= 18
|
Czech Republic: |
98.26 |
|
|
# 20
|
Belarus: |
98.24 |
|
|
= 21
|
Dominican Republic: |
98.23 |
|
|
= 21
|
Dominica: |
98.23 |
|
|
= 23
|
Burundi: |
98.19 |
|
|
= 23
|
Slovakia: |
98.19 |
|
|
# 25
|
Central African Republic: |
98.12 |
|
|
# 26
|
Comoros: |
98.11 |
|
|
# 27
|
Turkey: |
98.09 |
|
|
# 28
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
98.08 |
|
|
# 29
|
Lesotho: |
98.07 |
|
|
# 30
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
98.06 |
|
|
= 31
|
Guinea: |
98.05 |
|
|
= 31
|
Papua New Guinea: |
98.05 |
|
|
# 33
|
Cyprus: |
98.01 |
|
|
# 34
|
Angola: |
97.99 |
|
|
# 35
|
Swaziland: |
97.95 |
|
|
# 36
|
Sri Lanka: |
97.91 |
|
|
# 37
|
Turkmenistan: |
97.89 |
|
|
# 38
|
Saudi Arabia: |
97.87 |
|
|
= 39
|
Thailand: |
97.82 |
|
|
= 39
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
97.82 |
|
|
# 41
|
Yemen: |
97.81 |
|
|
# 42
|
Laos: |
97.77 |
|
|
# 43
|
Japan: |
97.76 |
|
|
# 44
|
Argentina: |
97.74 |
|
|
= 45
|
Indonesia: |
97.72 |
|
|
= 45
|
Switzerland: |
97.72 |
|
|
# 47
|
Uganda: |
97.71 |
|
|
# 48
|
Pakistan: |
97.7 |
|
|
# 49
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.68 |
|
|
# 50
|
Ukraine: |
97.67 |
|
|
# 51
|
Korea, North: |
97.61 |
|
|
# 52
|
Sudan: |
97.6 |
|
|
# 53
|
Tunisia: |
97.59 |
|
|
# 54
|
Mali: |
97.58 |
|
|
= 55
|
Bolivia: |
97.57 |
|
|
= 55
|
Egypt: |
97.57 |
|
|
# 57
|
Kazakhstan: |
97.54 |
|
|
= 58
|
Ghana: |
97.53 |
|
|
= 58
|
Syria: |
97.53 |
|
|
# 60
|
Mauritania: |
97.51 |
|
|
= 61
|
India: |
97.5 |
|
|
= 61
|
Singapore: |
97.5 |
|
|
= 63
|
Uzbekistan: |
97.47 |
|
|
= 63
|
Nicaragua: |
97.47 |
|
|
= 63
|
Chad: |
97.47 |
|
|
= 66
|
Guyana: |
97.46 |
|
|
= 66
|
Liberia: |
97.46 |
|
|
= 66
|
Russia: |
97.46 |
|
|
# 69
|
Bhutan: |
97.45 |
|
|
# 70
|
Burkina Faso: |
97.44 |
|
|
# 71
|
Honduras: |
97.42 |
|
|
= 72
|
Gambia, The: |
97.41 |
|
|
= 72
|
Kenya: |
97.41 |
|
|
# 74
|
Vietnam: |
97.4 |
|
|
# 75
|
Solomon Islands: |
97.38 |
|
|
# 76
|
Tanzania: |
97.34 |
|
|
# 77
|
Lithuania: |
97.33 |
|
|
# 78
|
Mexico: |
97.3 |
|
|
= 79
|
Togo: |
97.29 |
|
|
= 79
|
Tajikistan: |
97.29 |
|
|
# 81
|
South Africa: |
97.28 |
|
|
# 82
|
Philippines: |
97.26 |
|
|
= 83
|
Malaysia: |
97.24 |
|
|
= 83
|
Colombia: |
97.24 |
|
|
# 85
|
El Salvador: |
97.23 |
|
|
# 86
|
Chile: |
97.22 |
|
|
# 87
|
Maldives: |
97.21 |
|
|
# 88
|
Slovenia: |
97.17 |
|
|
= 89
|
Brazil: |
97.16 |
|
|
= 89
|
Albania: |
97.16 |
|
|
# 91
|
Belize: |
97.13 |
|
|
# 92
|
Namibia: |
97.12 |
|
|
= 93
|
Burma: |
97.1 |
|
|
= 93
|
Luxembourg: |
97.1 |
|
|
= 93
|
Jordan: |
97.1 |
|
|
# 96
|
Latvia: |
97.09 |
|
|
# 97
|
Moldova: |
97.05 |
|
|
# 98
|
Nepal: |
96.97 |
|
|
# 99
|
Fiji: |
96.96 |
|
|
# 100
|
Suriname: |
96.94 |
|
|
# 101
|
Sierra Leone: |
96.87 |
|
|
# 102
|
Mongolia: |
96.86 |
|
|
# 103
|
Somalia: |
96.85 |
|
|
# 104
|
Zambia: |
96.82 |
|
|
= 105
|
Panama: |
96.81 |
|
|
= 105
|
East Timor: |
96.81 |
|
|
= 107
|
Greece: |
96.8 |
|
|
= 107
|
Korea, South: |
96.8 |
|
|
= 107
|
Senegal: |
96.8 |
|
|
# 110
|
Afghanistan: |
96.79 |
|
|
= 111
|
Hungary: |
96.77 |
|
|
= 111
|
Benin: |
96.77 |
|
|
# 113
|
Ecuador: |
96.76 |
|
|
# 114
|
Ireland: |
96.75 |
|
|
# 115
|
Cameroon: |
96.73 |
|
|
# 116
|
Iran: |
96.72 |
|
|
# 117
|
Mauritius: |
96.67 |
|
|
= 118
|
Eritrea: |
96.63 |
|
|
= 118
|
Morocco: |
96.63 |
|
|
# 120
|
Uruguay: |
96.61 |
|
|
# 121
|
Venezuela: |
96.59 |
|
|
# 122
|
Iceland: |
96.58 |
|
|
# 123
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.56 |
|
|
# 124
|
Italy: |
96.53 |
|
|
# 125
|
Gabon: |
96.52 |
|
|
# 126
|
Austria: |
96.51 |
|
|
# 127
|
France: |
96.49 |
|
|
# 128
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
96.48 |
|
|
= 129
|
Peru: |
96.45 |
|
|
= 129
|
Romania: |
96.45 |
|
|
# 131
|
Lebanon: |
96.42 |
|
|
= 132
|
Iraq: |
96.4 |
|
|
= 132
|
Germany: |
96.4 |
|
|
= 134
|
Niger: |
96.38 |
|
|
= 134
|
Nigeria: |
96.38 |
|
|
# 136
|
Costa Rica: |
96.37 |
|
|
# 137
|
Croatia: |
96.35 |
|
|
# 138
|
Ethiopia: |
96.31 |
|
|
# 139
|
Portugal: |
96.23 |
|
|
# 140
|
Malta: |
96.22 |
|
|
# 141
|
Netherlands: |
96.19 |
|
|
# 142
|
Estonia: |
96.17 |
|
|
= 143
|
Israel: |
96.1 |
|
|
= 143
|
Bulgaria: |
96.1 |
|
|
= 145
|
Poland: |
96.04 |
|
|
= 145
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
96.04 |
|
|
# 147
|
Armenia: |
96.03 |
|
|
# 148
|
Haiti: |
95.92 |
|
|
# 149
|
Belgium: |
95.91 |
|
|
# 150
|
Georgia: |
95.86 |
|
|
# 151
|
Bahamas, The: |
95.83 |
|
|
# 152
|
Jamaica: |
95.72 |
|
|
# 153
|
Azerbaijan: |
95.6 |
|
|
# 154
|
Spain: |
95.5 |
|
|
# 155
|
Sweden: |
95.23 |
|
|
# 156
|
Denmark: |
94.66 |
|
|
# 157
|
Australia: |
94.65 |
|
|
# 158
|
Finland: |
94.53 |
|
|
# 159
|
Barbados: |
94.46 |
|
|
# 160
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
94.42 |
|
|
# 161
|
Norway: |
93.98 |
|
|
# 162
|
Canada: |
93.91 |
|
|
# 163
|
New Zealand: |
93.84 |
|
|
# 164
|
United States: |
93.16 |
|
|
# 165
|
Libya: |
92.23 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
97.1 |
|
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