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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 (most recent) by country

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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

SOURCE: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation

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