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: |
99.31 |
|
|
= 1
|
Qatar: |
99.31 |
|
|
# 3
|
United Arab Emirates: |
99.12 |
|
|
# 4
|
Paraguay: |
98.97 |
|
|
# 5
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
98.88 |
|
|
# 6
|
Botswana: |
98.86 |
|
|
# 7
|
Bangladesh: |
98.84 |
|
|
# 8
|
Cyprus: |
98.82 |
|
|
# 9
|
China: |
98.8 |
|
|
# 10
|
Cambodia: |
98.77 |
|
|
# 11
|
Madagascar: |
98.7 |
|
|
# 12
|
Guatemala: |
98.69 |
|
|
# 13
|
Mozambique: |
98.64 |
|
|
= 14
|
Indonesia: |
98.63 |
|
|
= 14
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
98.63 |
|
|
# 16
|
Oman: |
98.57 |
|
|
# 17
|
Switzerland: |
98.55 |
|
|
# 18
|
Central African Republic: |
98.51 |
|
|
# 19
|
Comoros: |
98.43 |
|
|
# 20
|
Kuwait: |
98.37 |
|
|
= 21
|
Bolivia: |
98.35 |
|
|
= 21
|
Moldova: |
98.35 |
|
|
# 23
|
Egypt: |
98.31 |
|
|
# 24
|
Chad: |
98.29 |
|
|
# 25
|
Thailand: |
98.28 |
|
|
= 26
|
Cuba: |
98.25 |
|
|
= 26
|
Rwanda: |
98.25 |
|
|
= 28
|
Philippines: |
98.24 |
|
|
= 28
|
Tanzania: |
98.24 |
|
|
# 30
|
Syria: |
98.22 |
|
|
# 31
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
98.21 |
|
|
# 32
|
Malaysia: |
98.2 |
|
|
# 33
|
Burundi: |
98.19 |
|
|
# 34
|
Peru: |
98.16 |
|
|
= 35
|
Yemen: |
98.15 |
|
|
= 35
|
Liberia: |
98.15 |
|
|
# 37
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
98.11 |
|
|
# 38
|
Sri Lanka: |
98.1 |
|
|
= 39
|
India: |
98.07 |
|
|
= 39
|
Singapore: |
98.07 |
|
|
# 41
|
Tajikistan: |
98.06 |
|
|
# 42
|
Afghanistan: |
98.04 |
|
|
# 43
|
Turkey: |
98.03 |
|
|
= 44
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
98.01 |
|
|
= 44
|
Saudi Arabia: |
98.01 |
|
|
# 46
|
Turkmenistan: |
97.99 |
|
|
# 47
|
El Salvador: |
97.97 |
|
|
# 48
|
Ghana: |
97.96 |
|
|
# 49
|
Belarus: |
97.95 |
|
|
# 50
|
Mongolia: |
97.93 |
|
|
= 51
|
Dominican Republic: |
97.9 |
|
|
= 51
|
Dominica: |
97.9 |
|
|
= 53
|
Sudan: |
97.89 |
|
|
= 53
|
Burkina Faso: |
97.89 |
|
|
# 55
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.88 |
|
|
# 56
|
Argentina: |
97.87 |
|
|
= 57
|
Japan: |
97.84 |
|
|
= 57
|
Malawi: |
97.84 |
|
|
= 59
|
Ecuador: |
97.82 |
|
|
= 59
|
Uganda: |
97.82 |
|
|
# 61
|
Czech Republic: |
97.81 |
|
|
# 62
|
Kazakhstan: |
97.78 |
|
|
# 63
|
Estonia: |
97.77 |
|
|
# 64
|
Albania: |
97.76 |
|
|
= 65
|
Austria: |
97.75 |
|
|
= 65
|
Chile: |
97.75 |
|
|
= 67
|
Germany: |
97.74 |
|
|
= 67
|
Pakistan: |
97.74 |
|
|
# 69
|
Slovakia: |
97.72 |
|
|
# 70
|
Korea, North: |
97.71 |
|
|
= 71
|
Tunisia: |
97.69 |
|
|
= 71
|
Honduras: |
97.69 |
|
|
= 73
|
Papua New Guinea: |
97.68 |
|
|
= 73
|
Guinea: |
97.68 |
|
|
= 73
|
Guyana: |
97.68 |
|
|
= 73
|
Togo: |
97.68 |
|
|
# 77
|
Bhutan: |
97.67 |
|
|
# 78
|
Ukraine: |
97.66 |
|
|
= 79
|
Luxembourg: |
97.65 |
|
|
= 79
|
Italy: |
97.65 |
|
|
# 81
|
Mali: |
97.64 |
|
|
# 82
|
Senegal: |
97.59 |
|
|
# 83
|
Mauritania: |
97.58 |
|
|
# 84
|
Nicaragua: |
97.55 |
|
|
= 85
|
Gambia, The: |
97.53 |
|
|
= 85
|
Kenya: |
97.53 |
|
|
= 87
|
Cape Verde: |
97.52 |
|
|
= 87
|
Algeria: |
97.52 |
|
|
= 89
|
Haiti: |
97.51 |
|
|
= 89
|
Russia: |
97.51 |
|
|
# 91
|
Uzbekistan: |
97.5 |
|
|
# 92
|
Suriname: |
97.44 |
|
|
# 93
|
Mexico: |
97.41 |
|
|
= 94
|
Laos: |
97.4 |
|
|
= 94
|
Solomon Islands: |
97.4 |
|
|
= 96
|
Niger: |
97.35 |
|
|
= 96
|
Nigeria: |
97.35 |
|
|
= 98
|
Belize: |
97.33 |
|
|
= 98
|
Ethiopia: |
97.33 |
|
|
# 100
|
South Africa: |
97.32 |
|
|
# 101
|
Maldives: |
97.31 |
|
|
# 102
|
Colombia: |
97.29 |
|
|
# 103
|
Greece: |
97.28 |
|
|
# 104
|
Iran: |
97.25 |
|
|
= 105
|
Angola: |
97.18 |
|
|
= 105
|
Eritrea: |
97.18 |
|
|
= 105
|
Nepal: |
97.18 |
|
|
# 108
|
Venezuela: |
97.15 |
|
|
# 109
|
Fiji: |
97.14 |
|
|
# 110
|
Jordan: |
97.1 |
|
|
# 111
|
Costa Rica: |
97.08 |
|
|
# 112
|
Latvia: |
97.06 |
|
|
# 113
|
Zambia: |
97.04 |
|
|
# 114
|
Lithuania: |
97.02 |
|
|
= 115
|
France: |
97.01 |
|
|
= 115
|
Mauritius: |
97.01 |
|
|
= 115
|
Slovenia: |
97.01 |
|
|
# 118
|
Malta: |
96.97 |
|
|
# 119
|
Morocco: |
96.95 |
|
|
# 120
|
Sierra Leone: |
96.93 |
|
|
# 121
|
Somalia: |
96.92 |
|
|
# 122
|
Cameroon: |
96.9 |
|
|
# 123
|
Benin: |
96.88 |
|
|
# 124
|
East Timor: |
96.82 |
|
|
# 125
|
Lebanon: |
96.76 |
|
|
# 126
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.74 |
|
|
= 127
|
Brazil: |
96.68 |
|
|
= 127
|
Panama: |
96.68 |
|
|
# 129
|
Iceland: |
96.64 |
|
|
# 130
|
Vietnam: |
96.61 |
|
|
# 131
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
96.58 |
|
|
# 132
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
96.55 |
|
|
# 133
|
Gabon: |
96.53 |
|
|
# 134
|
Georgia: |
96.5 |
|
|
# 135
|
Israel: |
96.43 |
|
|
# 136
|
Portugal: |
96.41 |
|
|
# 137
|
Romania: |
96.37 |
|
|
# 138
|
Croatia: |
96.36 |
|
|
# 139
|
Uruguay: |
96.35 |
|
|
# 140
|
Korea, South: |
96.28 |
|
|
# 141
|
Burma: |
96.26 |
|
|
# 142
|
Iraq: |
96.2 |
|
|
# 143
|
Armenia: |
96.19 |
|
|
# 144
|
Ireland: |
96.15 |
|
|
# 145
|
Spain: |
96.09 |
|
|
# 146
|
Netherlands: |
96.06 |
|
|
= 147
|
Bahamas, The: |
96.04 |
|
|
= 147
|
Hungary: |
96.04 |
|
|
# 149
|
Jamaica: |
96.03 |
|
|
# 150
|
Belgium: |
95.93 |
|
|
# 151
|
Azerbaijan: |
95.78 |
|
|
# 152
|
Sweden: |
95.75 |
|
|
# 153
|
Poland: |
95.4 |
|
|
# 154
|
Denmark: |
95.13 |
|
|
# 155
|
Bulgaria: |
95.12 |
|
|
# 156
|
Barbados: |
94.59 |
|
|
# 157
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
94.55 |
|
|
# 158
|
Australia: |
94.34 |
|
|
# 159
|
Finland: |
94.33 |
|
|
# 160
|
Canada: |
94.31 |
|
|
# 161
|
New Zealand: |
94.28 |
|
|
# 162
|
Norway: |
94.11 |
|
|
# 163
|
United States: |
93.35 |
|
|
# 164
|
Libya: |
92.98 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
97.3 |
|
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