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: |
99.23 |
|
|
# 2
|
Qatar: |
99.18 |
|
|
# 3
|
United Arab Emirates: |
98.98 |
|
|
# 4
|
Botswana: |
98.81 |
|
|
# 5
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
98.71 |
|
|
# 6
|
Madagascar: |
98.64 |
|
|
= 7
|
Switzerland: |
98.62 |
|
|
= 7
|
Mozambique: |
98.62 |
|
|
# 9
|
Guatemala: |
98.38 |
|
|
# 10
|
Bangladesh: |
98.37 |
|
|
# 11
|
Bolivia: |
98.35 |
|
|
= 12
|
Tanzania: |
98.34 |
|
|
= 12
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
98.34 |
|
|
= 14
|
Sri Lanka: |
98.33 |
|
|
= 14
|
Philippines: |
98.33 |
|
|
# 16
|
China: |
98.32 |
|
|
# 17
|
Cyprus: |
98.31 |
|
|
# 18
|
Central African Republic: |
98.28 |
|
|
# 19
|
Rwanda: |
98.2 |
|
|
# 20
|
Indonesia: |
98.19 |
|
|
# 21
|
Peru: |
98.12 |
|
|
= 22
|
Comoros: |
98.01 |
|
|
= 22
|
Cambodia: |
98.01 |
|
|
# 24
|
Sudan: |
97.97 |
|
|
# 25
|
Paraguay: |
97.94 |
|
|
# 26
|
Bhutan: |
97.91 |
|
|
# 27
|
Ghana: |
97.86 |
|
|
# 28
|
Malaysia: |
97.85 |
|
|
# 29
|
Estonia: |
97.84 |
|
|
# 30
|
Burundi: |
97.79 |
|
|
= 31
|
Albania: |
97.75 |
|
|
= 31
|
Japan: |
97.75 |
|
|
# 33
|
Liberia: |
97.73 |
|
|
# 34
|
Thailand: |
97.71 |
|
|
= 35
|
Singapore: |
97.7 |
|
|
= 35
|
Nigeria: |
97.7 |
|
|
= 35
|
Niger: |
97.7 |
|
|
= 38
|
Uganda: |
97.68 |
|
|
= 38
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.68 |
|
|
# 40
|
Turkmenistan: |
97.63 |
|
|
# 41
|
Cuba: |
97.61 |
|
|
= 42
|
Lesotho: |
97.59 |
|
|
= 42
|
Pakistan: |
97.59 |
|
|
# 44
|
Yemen: |
97.57 |
|
|
# 45
|
El Salvador: |
97.53 |
|
|
# 46
|
Germany: |
97.52 |
|
|
# 47
|
Mauritania: |
97.51 |
|
|
# 48
|
Ecuador: |
97.46 |
|
|
# 49
|
Senegal: |
97.45 |
|
|
= 50
|
Honduras: |
97.44 |
|
|
= 50
|
Oman: |
97.44 |
|
|
# 52
|
Iceland: |
97.43 |
|
|
= 53
|
Mongolia: |
97.41 |
|
|
= 53
|
Kazakhstan: |
97.41 |
|
|
# 55
|
Moldova: |
97.4 |
|
|
# 56
|
Burkina Faso: |
97.39 |
|
|
# 57
|
Maldives: |
97.36 |
|
|
# 58
|
Mali: |
97.34 |
|
|
= 59
|
Gambia, The: |
97.33 |
|
|
= 59
|
Kenya: |
97.33 |
|
|
= 59
|
Tunisia: |
97.33 |
|
|
# 62
|
Belize: |
97.32 |
|
|
= 63
|
Colombia: |
97.31 |
|
|
= 63
|
Togo: |
97.31 |
|
|
= 63
|
Uzbekistan: |
97.31 |
|
|
= 66
|
Nicaragua: |
97.26 |
|
|
= 66
|
Chad: |
97.26 |
|
|
# 68
|
Cape Verde: |
97.21 |
|
|
= 69
|
Belarus: |
97.2 |
|
|
= 69
|
Italy: |
97.2 |
|
|
= 69
|
Swaziland: |
97.2 |
|
|
# 72
|
Guyana: |
97.19 |
|
|
= 73
|
Nepal: |
97.18 |
|
|
= 73
|
Ethiopia: |
97.18 |
|
|
= 75
|
Slovakia: |
97.17 |
|
|
= 75
|
Ukraine: |
97.17 |
|
|
# 77
|
Syria: |
97.14 |
|
|
# 78
|
Saudi Arabia: |
97.09 |
|
|
= 79
|
Tajikistan: |
97.06 |
|
|
= 79
|
Czech Republic: |
97.06 |
|
|
= 81
|
Fiji: |
97.04 |
|
|
= 81
|
Russia: |
97.04 |
|
|
= 83
|
Eritrea: |
97.01 |
|
|
= 83
|
South Africa: |
97.01 |
|
|
# 85
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.99 |
|
|
# 86
|
Namibia: |
96.97 |
|
|
# 87
|
Egypt: |
96.96 |
|
|
# 88
|
Haiti: |
96.94 |
|
|
# 89
|
Chile: |
96.92 |
|
|
# 90
|
Venezuela: |
96.91 |
|
|
= 91
|
Guinea: |
96.9 |
|
|
= 91
|
Papua New Guinea: |
96.9 |
|
|
# 93
|
Mexico: |
96.89 |
|
|
# 94
|
France: |
96.85 |
|
|
# 95
|
Korea, North: |
96.83 |
|
|
# 96
|
Lithuania: |
96.77 |
|
|
# 97
|
Morocco: |
96.76 |
|
|
= 98
|
Kuwait: |
96.72 |
|
|
= 98
|
Somalia: |
96.72 |
|
|
= 98
|
East Timor: |
96.72 |
|
|
= 101
|
Angola: |
96.68 |
|
|
= 101
|
Sierra Leone: |
96.68 |
|
|
= 101
|
Benin: |
96.68 |
|
|
# 104
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
96.65 |
|
|
# 105
|
Afghanistan: |
96.64 |
|
|
# 106
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
96.6 |
|
|
# 107
|
Cameroon: |
96.59 |
|
|
= 108
|
Dominican Republic: |
96.57 |
|
|
= 108
|
Dominica: |
96.57 |
|
|
# 110
|
Gabon: |
96.5 |
|
|
# 111
|
Luxembourg: |
96.48 |
|
|
# 112
|
Mauritius: |
96.42 |
|
|
# 113
|
Iran: |
96.39 |
|
|
# 114
|
Panama: |
96.38 |
|
|
# 115
|
Greece: |
96.37 |
|
|
# 116
|
Solomon Islands: |
96.34 |
|
|
# 117
|
Bahamas, The: |
96.32 |
|
|
# 118
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
96.31 |
|
|
# 119
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
96.27 |
|
|
# 120
|
Sweden: |
96.26 |
|
|
# 121
|
Israel: |
96.22 |
|
|
# 122
|
Algeria: |
96.17 |
|
|
# 123
|
Slovenia: |
96.16 |
|
|
# 124
|
Jamaica: |
96.11 |
|
|
# 125
|
Laos: |
96.09 |
|
|
# 126
|
Portugal: |
96.05 |
|
|
# 127
|
Croatia: |
95.96 |
|
|
# 128
|
Uruguay: |
95.86 |
|
|
# 129
|
Zambia: |
95.78 |
|
|
= 130
|
Malta: |
95.76 |
|
|
= 130
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
95.76 |
|
|
= 132
|
Costa Rica: |
95.75 |
|
|
= 132
|
Jordan: |
95.75 |
|
|
# 134
|
Latvia: |
95.68 |
|
|
# 135
|
Burma: |
95.66 |
|
|
# 136
|
Azerbaijan: |
95.59 |
|
|
# 137
|
Lebanon: |
95.58 |
|
|
# 138
|
Austria: |
95.54 |
|
|
# 139
|
Brazil: |
95.31 |
|
|
# 140
|
Armenia: |
95.2 |
|
|
# 141
|
Turkey: |
95.09 |
|
|
# 142
|
Romania: |
95.08 |
|
|
# 143
|
Georgia: |
95.06 |
|
|
# 144
|
Spain: |
94.98 |
|
|
# 145
|
Suriname: |
94.9 |
|
|
# 146
|
Ireland: |
94.79 |
|
|
# 147
|
Bulgaria: |
94.7 |
|
|
# 148
|
New Zealand: |
94.57 |
|
|
# 149
|
Barbados: |
94.56 |
|
|
# 150
|
Netherlands: |
94.5 |
|
|
# 151
|
Belgium: |
94.32 |
|
|
# 152
|
Iraq: |
94.22 |
|
|
# 153
|
Korea, South: |
94.17 |
|
|
# 154
|
Finland: |
94.13 |
|
|
# 155
|
Hungary: |
94.09 |
|
|
# 156
|
Canada: |
94.03 |
|
|
= 157
|
Norway: |
93.98 |
|
|
= 157
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
93.98 |
|
|
# 159
|
Poland: |
93.92 |
|
|
# 160
|
Vietnam: |
93.61 |
|
|
# 161
|
Australia: |
93.38 |
|
|
# 162
|
Libya: |
92.76 |
|
|
# 163
|
United States: |
92.17 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
96.8 |
|
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