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: |
98.81 |
|
|
# 2
|
Botswana: |
98.76 |
|
|
= 3
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
98.62 |
|
|
= 3
|
Tanzania: |
98.62 |
|
|
# 5
|
Madagascar: |
98.6 |
|
|
# 6
|
Mozambique: |
98.58 |
|
|
= 7
|
Niger: |
98.48 |
|
|
= 7
|
Nigeria: |
98.48 |
|
|
# 9
|
Bangladesh: |
98.46 |
|
|
# 10
|
United Arab Emirates: |
98.45 |
|
|
# 11
|
Guatemala: |
98.32 |
|
|
# 12
|
Qatar: |
98.3 |
|
|
# 13
|
Switzerland: |
98.28 |
|
|
# 14
|
Bolivia: |
98.19 |
|
|
# 15
|
Peru: |
98.1 |
|
|
# 16
|
Central African Republic: |
97.97 |
|
|
# 17
|
Cyprus: |
97.91 |
|
|
# 18
|
Philippines: |
97.9 |
|
|
# 19
|
Sudan: |
97.79 |
|
|
# 20
|
Rwanda: |
97.71 |
|
|
= 21
|
Indonesia: |
97.69 |
|
|
= 21
|
Burundi: |
97.69 |
|
|
# 23
|
Zimbabwe: |
97.61 |
|
|
# 24
|
Japan: |
97.6 |
|
|
# 25
|
Comoros: |
97.58 |
|
|
# 26
|
Liberia: |
97.57 |
|
|
# 27
|
Ghana: |
97.56 |
|
|
# 28
|
Malaysia: |
97.49 |
|
|
= 29
|
Saudi Arabia: |
97.46 |
|
|
= 29
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
97.46 |
|
|
# 31
|
Turkmenistan: |
97.4 |
|
|
# 32
|
India: |
97.38 |
|
|
= 33
|
Pakistan: |
97.37 |
|
|
= 33
|
Burkina Faso: |
97.37 |
|
|
# 35
|
China: |
97.3 |
|
|
# 36
|
Iceland: |
97.28 |
|
|
# 37
|
Mali: |
97.23 |
|
|
# 38
|
Honduras: |
97.22 |
|
|
# 39
|
Yemen: |
97.21 |
|
|
# 40
|
Sri Lanka: |
97.19 |
|
|
# 41
|
Paraguay: |
97.17 |
|
|
= 42
|
Thailand: |
97.16 |
|
|
= 42
|
Cambodia: |
97.16 |
|
|
# 44
|
El Salvador: |
97.14 |
|
|
# 45
|
Mauritania: |
97.13 |
|
|
= 46
|
Cape Verde: |
97.11 |
|
|
= 46
|
Ethiopia: |
97.11 |
|
|
# 48
|
Nicaragua: |
97.09 |
|
|
# 49
|
Malawi: |
97.02 |
|
|
# 50
|
Tajikistan: |
96.98 |
|
|
# 51
|
Togo: |
96.97 |
|
|
# 52
|
Uganda: |
96.96 |
|
|
# 53
|
Senegal: |
96.93 |
|
|
# 54
|
Lesotho: |
96.91 |
|
|
# 55
|
Maldives: |
96.9 |
|
|
# 56
|
Ecuador: |
96.83 |
|
|
# 57
|
Germany: |
96.81 |
|
|
# 58
|
Chad: |
96.79 |
|
|
# 59
|
Gambia, The: |
96.75 |
|
|
# 60
|
Eritrea: |
96.69 |
|
|
# 61
|
Kenya: |
96.67 |
|
|
# 62
|
South Africa: |
96.63 |
|
|
= 63
|
Namibia: |
96.57 |
|
|
= 63
|
Lithuania: |
96.57 |
|
|
# 65
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.55 |
|
|
# 66
|
Bhutan: |
96.51 |
|
|
# 67
|
Mongolia: |
96.46 |
|
|
# 68
|
Egypt: |
96.44 |
|
|
# 69
|
Cuba: |
96.43 |
|
|
# 70
|
Haiti: |
96.41 |
|
|
# 71
|
Afghanistan: |
96.39 |
|
|
# 72
|
Kazakhstan: |
96.24 |
|
|
# 73
|
Somalia: |
96.18 |
|
|
# 74
|
Moldova: |
96.17 |
|
|
# 75
|
Swaziland: |
96.16 |
|
|
# 76
|
Sierra Leone: |
96.08 |
|
|
# 77
|
Cameroon: |
96.07 |
|
|
= 78
|
Benin: |
96.01 |
|
|
= 78
|
Colombia: |
96.01 |
|
|
= 80
|
Tunisia: |
95.98 |
|
|
= 80
|
Uzbekistan: |
95.98 |
|
|
= 82
|
Belize: |
95.94 |
|
|
= 82
|
Nepal: |
95.94 |
|
|
# 84
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
95.8 |
|
|
# 85
|
Solomon Islands: |
95.77 |
|
|
# 86
|
Sweden: |
95.76 |
|
|
# 87
|
France: |
95.73 |
|
|
= 88
|
Dominica: |
95.7 |
|
|
= 88
|
Dominican Republic: |
95.7 |
|
|
# 90
|
Belarus: |
95.65 |
|
|
# 91
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
95.64 |
|
|
# 92
|
Jamaica: |
95.62 |
|
|
= 93
|
Bahamas, The: |
95.57 |
|
|
= 93
|
Mexico: |
95.57 |
|
|
= 95
|
Guinea: |
95.55 |
|
|
= 95
|
Papua New Guinea: |
95.55 |
|
|
# 97
|
Morocco: |
95.53 |
|
|
# 98
|
Singapore: |
95.51 |
|
|
# 99
|
Venezuela: |
95.5 |
|
|
# 100
|
Russia: |
95.49 |
|
|
# 101
|
Czech Republic: |
95.48 |
|
|
# 102
|
Korea, North: |
95.46 |
|
|
# 103
|
Latvia: |
95.44 |
|
|
= 104
|
Oman: |
95.36 |
|
|
= 104
|
Ukraine: |
95.36 |
|
|
# 106
|
Albania: |
95.34 |
|
|
# 107
|
Panama: |
95.27 |
|
|
# 108
|
Austria: |
95.17 |
|
|
# 109
|
Italy: |
95.16 |
|
|
# 110
|
Estonia: |
95.14 |
|
|
# 111
|
Fiji: |
95.08 |
|
|
# 112
|
Burma: |
95.02 |
|
|
# 113
|
Zambia: |
94.95 |
|
|
= 114
|
Chile: |
94.92 |
|
|
= 114
|
Guyana: |
94.92 |
|
|
# 116
|
Syria: |
94.68 |
|
|
= 117
|
Gabon: |
94.67 |
|
|
= 117
|
Argentina: |
94.67 |
|
|
# 119
|
Slovakia: |
94.63 |
|
|
# 120
|
East Timor: |
94.6 |
|
|
# 121
|
Denmark: |
94.56 |
|
|
# 122
|
Algeria: |
94.55 |
|
|
# 123
|
Angola: |
94.45 |
|
|
# 124
|
Mauritius: |
94.42 |
|
|
= 125
|
Azerbaijan: |
94.32 |
|
|
= 125
|
Luxembourg: |
94.32 |
|
|
# 127
|
Laos: |
94.29 |
|
|
# 128
|
Iran: |
94.28 |
|
|
# 129
|
Lebanon: |
94.2 |
|
|
# 130
|
Jordan: |
94.19 |
|
|
# 131
|
Barbados: |
94.1 |
|
|
# 132
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
93.88 |
|
|
# 133
|
Armenia: |
93.85 |
|
|
# 134
|
Spain: |
93.82 |
|
|
# 135
|
Greece: |
93.79 |
|
|
# 136
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
93.77 |
|
|
# 137
|
Bulgaria: |
93.57 |
|
|
# 138
|
Uruguay: |
93.42 |
|
|
# 139
|
Portugal: |
93.39 |
|
|
= 140
|
Georgia: |
93.32 |
|
|
= 140
|
Norway: |
93.32 |
|
|
# 142
|
Kuwait: |
93.31 |
|
|
# 143
|
Slovenia: |
93.27 |
|
|
# 144
|
Malta: |
93.23 |
|
|
# 145
|
Romania: |
93.14 |
|
|
# 146
|
Ireland: |
93.12 |
|
|
# 147
|
Croatia: |
93.11 |
|
|
# 148
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
92.99 |
|
|
# 149
|
New Zealand: |
92.97 |
|
|
# 150
|
Israel: |
92.95 |
|
|
# 151
|
Canada: |
92.91 |
|
|
# 152
|
Suriname: |
92.87 |
|
|
# 153
|
Brazil: |
92.77 |
|
|
# 154
|
Costa Rica: |
92.57 |
|
|
# 155
|
Korea, South: |
92.29 |
|
|
# 156
|
United States: |
92.2 |
|
|
# 157
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
91.86 |
|
|
# 158
|
Belgium: |
91.83 |
|
|
# 159
|
Libya: |
91.73 |
|
|
# 160
|
Netherlands: |
91.65 |
|
|
# 161
|
Australia: |
90.57 |
|
|
# 162
|
Finland: |
90.55 |
|
|
# 163
|
Hungary: |
90.38 |
|
|
# 164
|
Vietnam: |
89.94 |
|
|
# 165
|
Iraq: |
88.9 |
|
|
# 166
|
Poland: |
88.66 |
|
|
# 167
|
Turkey: |
87.73 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
95.6 |
|
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