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
|
Botswana: |
98.71 |
|
|
# 2
|
Madagascar: |
98.15 |
|
|
# 3
|
Mozambique: |
98.1 |
|
|
# 4
|
Tanzania: |
97.8 |
|
|
# 5
|
Guatemala: |
97.73 |
|
|
# 6
|
Switzerland: |
97.39 |
|
|
# 7
|
Bangladesh: |
97.28 |
|
|
# 8
|
Chad: |
97.03 |
|
|
# 9
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
97.01 |
|
|
# 10
|
Japan: |
96.82 |
|
|
# 11
|
Malawi: |
96.63 |
|
|
= 12
|
Bolivia: |
96.58 |
|
|
= 12
|
Central African Republic: |
96.58 |
|
|
= 12
|
Ghana: |
96.58 |
|
|
= 15
|
Sudan: |
96.56 |
|
|
= 15
|
Comoros: |
96.56 |
|
|
# 17
|
Peru: |
96.53 |
|
|
# 18
|
Rwanda: |
96.51 |
|
|
# 19
|
United Arab Emirates: |
96.46 |
|
|
# 20
|
Uganda: |
96.36 |
|
|
# 21
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
96.35 |
|
|
# 22
|
Burundi: |
96.34 |
|
|
= 23
|
Nigeria: |
96.33 |
|
|
= 23
|
Niger: |
96.33 |
|
|
# 25
|
Qatar: |
96.15 |
|
|
# 26
|
Cyprus: |
96.11 |
|
|
# 27
|
Philippines: |
96.09 |
|
|
# 28
|
Zimbabwe: |
96.08 |
|
|
# 29
|
El Salvador: |
96.03 |
|
|
# 30
|
Gambia, The: |
95.97 |
|
|
# 31
|
Kenya: |
95.88 |
|
|
# 32
|
Mali: |
95.85 |
|
|
# 33
|
Bahrain: |
95.79 |
|
|
# 34
|
Cambodia: |
95.64 |
|
|
# 35
|
Paraguay: |
95.62 |
|
|
= 36
|
Yemen: |
95.61 |
|
|
= 36
|
Nicaragua: |
95.61 |
|
|
# 38
|
Lesotho: |
95.47 |
|
|
# 39
|
Senegal: |
95.32 |
|
|
# 40
|
Thailand: |
95.26 |
|
|
# 41
|
Burkina Faso: |
95.2 |
|
|
# 42
|
Maldives: |
95.17 |
|
|
# 43
|
Eritrea: |
95.08 |
|
|
# 44
|
Honduras: |
95.04 |
|
|
# 45
|
India: |
95.02 |
|
|
# 46
|
Ethiopia: |
94.98 |
|
|
# 47
|
Cameroon: |
94.97 |
|
|
# 48
|
Ecuador: |
94.95 |
|
|
= 49
|
Sierra Leone: |
94.92 |
|
|
= 49
|
Bahamas, The: |
94.92 |
|
|
# 51
|
Somalia: |
94.9 |
|
|
# 52
|
Mauritania: |
94.85 |
|
|
# 53
|
South Africa: |
94.81 |
|
|
# 54
|
Liberia: |
94.68 |
|
|
# 55
|
Cape Verde: |
94.65 |
|
|
# 56
|
Afghanistan: |
94.62 |
|
|
# 57
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
94.56 |
|
|
# 58
|
Bhutan: |
94.55 |
|
|
# 59
|
Indonesia: |
94.49 |
|
|
# 60
|
Egypt: |
94.47 |
|
|
# 61
|
Haiti: |
94.44 |
|
|
= 62
|
Dominica: |
94.38 |
|
|
= 62
|
Dominican Republic: |
94.38 |
|
|
# 64
|
Albania: |
94.37 |
|
|
# 65
|
Belize: |
94.36 |
|
|
# 66
|
Burma: |
94.31 |
|
|
# 67
|
Turkmenistan: |
94.22 |
|
|
= 68
|
Iceland: |
94.15 |
|
|
= 68
|
Angola: |
94.15 |
|
|
# 70
|
Pakistan: |
94.09 |
|
|
# 71
|
Mongolia: |
94.06 |
|
|
= 72
|
Benin: |
93.81 |
|
|
= 72
|
Jamaica: |
93.81 |
|
|
# 74
|
Namibia: |
93.77 |
|
|
# 75
|
Cuba: |
93.67 |
|
|
# 76
|
Barbados: |
93.48 |
|
|
# 77
|
Gabon: |
93.39 |
|
|
# 78
|
Korea, North: |
93.32 |
|
|
# 79
|
Nepal: |
93.26 |
|
|
# 80
|
Tajikistan: |
93.23 |
|
|
# 81
|
Germany: |
93.17 |
|
|
# 82
|
Zambia: |
92.98 |
|
|
= 83
|
Togo: |
92.94 |
|
|
= 83
|
Morocco: |
92.94 |
|
|
# 85
|
Guyana: |
92.87 |
|
|
# 86
|
Sweden: |
92.81 |
|
|
# 87
|
Malaysia: |
92.78 |
|
|
# 88
|
Belarus: |
92.71 |
|
|
# 89
|
Mexico: |
92.58 |
|
|
# 90
|
China: |
92.56 |
|
|
# 91
|
Moldova: |
92.48 |
|
|
# 92
|
Venezuela: |
92.43 |
|
|
# 93
|
Latvia: |
92.4 |
|
|
# 94
|
Syria: |
92.3 |
|
|
# 95
|
Uzbekistan: |
92.28 |
|
|
# 96
|
Tunisia: |
92.18 |
|
|
# 97
|
Armenia: |
91.97 |
|
|
= 98
|
Solomon Islands: |
91.74 |
|
|
= 98
|
Lithuania: |
91.74 |
|
|
# 100
|
Russia: |
91.65 |
|
|
= 101
|
Laos: |
91.55 |
|
|
= 101
|
Czech Republic: |
91.55 |
|
|
# 103
|
Slovakia: |
91.53 |
|
|
# 104
|
Saudi Arabia: |
91.36 |
|
|
# 105
|
Estonia: |
91.28 |
|
|
# 106
|
Jordan: |
91.26 |
|
|
# 107
|
Kazakhstan: |
91.2 |
|
|
# 108
|
Algeria: |
91.18 |
|
|
= 109
|
Papua New Guinea: |
90.92 |
|
|
= 109
|
Guinea: |
90.92 |
|
|
# 111
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
90.82 |
|
|
# 112
|
Georgia: |
90.8 |
|
|
# 113
|
Swaziland: |
90.58 |
|
|
# 114
|
Oman: |
90.41 |
|
|
# 115
|
Iran: |
90.38 |
|
|
# 116
|
Mauritius: |
90.37 |
|
|
# 117
|
New Zealand: |
90.36 |
|
|
# 118
|
Sri Lanka: |
90.26 |
|
|
# 119
|
Israel: |
90.18 |
|
|
# 120
|
Argentina: |
90.1 |
|
|
# 121
|
Libya: |
90.06 |
|
|
# 122
|
Denmark: |
89.97 |
|
|
# 123
|
Azerbaijan: |
89.96 |
|
|
# 124
|
Austria: |
89.88 |
|
|
# 125
|
Fiji: |
89.85 |
|
|
# 126
|
Panama: |
89.67 |
|
|
# 127
|
Ukraine: |
89.64 |
|
|
# 128
|
Korea, South: |
89.42 |
|
|
# 129
|
Costa Rica: |
89.26 |
|
|
# 130
|
France: |
89.14 |
|
|
# 131
|
Colombia: |
88.94 |
|
|
# 132
|
Chile: |
88.87 |
|
|
# 133
|
Singapore: |
88.72 |
|
|
# 134
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
88.71 |
|
|
# 135
|
Canada: |
88.66 |
|
|
# 136
|
Suriname: |
88.62 |
|
|
# 137
|
United States: |
88.58 |
|
|
# 138
|
Lebanon: |
88.34 |
|
|
# 139
|
Kuwait: |
88.32 |
|
|
# 140
|
Ireland: |
87.35 |
|
|
= 141
|
Norway: |
86.97 |
|
|
= 141
|
Uruguay: |
86.97 |
|
|
# 143
|
Spain: |
86.93 |
|
|
# 144
|
Australia: |
86.44 |
|
|
# 145
|
Bulgaria: |
85.66 |
|
|
# 146
|
Malta: |
85.57 |
|
|
# 147
|
Vietnam: |
85.53 |
|
|
# 148
|
Greece: |
85.52 |
|
|
# 149
|
Portugal: |
85.48 |
|
|
# 150
|
Netherlands: |
85.15 |
|
|
# 151
|
Luxembourg: |
85.01 |
|
|
# 152
|
Croatia: |
84.92 |
|
|
# 153
|
Italy: |
84.16 |
|
|
# 154
|
Finland: |
83.91 |
|
|
# 155
|
Brazil: |
83.6 |
|
|
# 156
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
83.47 |
|
|
# 157
|
Slovenia: |
81.84 |
|
|
# 158
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
81.83 |
|
|
# 159
|
Poland: |
81.05 |
|
|
# 160
|
Iraq: |
80.85 |
|
|
# 161
|
Hungary: |
79.88 |
|
|
# 162
|
Romania: |
78.87 |
|
|
# 163
|
Belgium: |
78.06 |
|
|
# 164
|
Turkey: |
77.15 |
|
|
# 165
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
76.7 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
91.9 |
|
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