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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Botswana: 98.6 
#2   Guinea-Bissau: 97.65 
#3   Tanzania: 97.65 
#4   Mozambique: 97.49 
#5   Malawi: 96.57 
#6   Bangladesh: 96.38 
#7   Comoros: 96.07 
#8   Equatorial Guinea: 95.66 
#9   Sudan: 95.53 
#10   Ghana: 95.25 
#11   Uganda: 95.06 
#12   Madagascar: 94.94 
#13   Burundi: 94.85 
#14   Nicaragua: 94.71 
#15   Switzerland: 94.54 
#16   Guatemala: 94.53 
#17   Gambia, The: 94.47 
#18   Kenya: 94.45 
#19   Rwanda: 94.33 
#20   Niger: 94.24 
#21   Nigeria: 94.24 
#22   Honduras: 94.17 
#23   Liberia: 94.08 
#24   Dominica: 93.93 
#25   Dominican Republic: 93.93 
#26   Zimbabwe: 93.92 
#27   Mali: 93.87 
#28   Japan: 93.64 
#29   Yemen: 93.55 
#30   Central African Republic: 93.54 
#31   Ethiopia: 93.52 
#32   Eritrea: 93.44 
#33   Philippines: 93.34 
#34   Mauritania: 93.19 
#35   Peru: 92.99 
#36   Cameroon: 92.94 
#37   Burkina Faso: 92.91 
#38   Somalia: 92.91 
#39   Lesotho: 92.53 
#40   Cape Verde: 92.45 
#41   Bhutan: 92.44 
#42   Ecuador: 92.43 
#43   United Arab Emirates: 92.29 
#44   Burma: 92.02 
#45   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 92.02 
#46   Cyprus: 91.95 
#47   Egypt: 91.92 
#48   Paraguay: 91.76 
#49   Maldives: 91.75 
#50   Afghanistan: 91.67 
#51   Qatar: 91.67 
#52   Haiti: 91.62 
#53   Thailand: 91.35 
#54   Iceland: 91.27 
#55   Benin: 91.04 
#56   Cambodia: 90.94 
#57   El Salvador: 90.79 
#58   Nepal: 90.6 
#59   India: 90.53 
#60   Zambia: 90.51 
#61   Togo: 90.41 
#62   Namibia: 90.4 
#63   Cote d'Ivoire: 90.22 
#64   Bolivia: 90.19 
#65   Chad: 90.16 
#66   Angola: 89.81 
#67   Pakistan: 89.81 
#68   Gabon: 89.4 
#69   Sierra Leone: 89.29 
#70   Mongolia: 89.24 
#71   Turkmenistan: 88.65 
#72   Bahrain: 88.44 
#73   Jamaica: 88.42 
#74   Cuba: 88.2 
#75   Indonesia: 88.07 
#76   Mexico: 87.93 
#77   Tajikistan: 87.84 
#78   Syria: 87.59 
#79   Laos: 87.58 
#80   East Timor: 87.44 
#81   Morocco: 86.61 
#82   Libya: 86.55 
#83   Belize: 86.35 
#84   Sweden: 85.61 
#85   Solomon Islands: 85.45 
#86   Lithuania: 85.39 
#87   Jordan: 85.38 
#88   Latvia: 85.25 
#89   Estonia: 85.24 
#90   Barbados: 85.11 
#91   Iran: 84.96 
#92   Senegal: 84.91 
#93   Belarus: 84.68 
#94   Bahamas, The: 84.44 
#95   South Africa: 84.19 
#96   Guyana: 84.18 
#97   Guinea: 84.16 
#98   Papua New Guinea: 84.16 
#99   Algeria: 84.03 
#100   Uzbekistan: 84.01 
#101   Venezuela: 83.97 
#102   Saudi Arabia: 83.78 
#103   Georgia: 83.55 
#104   Moldova: 83.49 
#105   Azerbaijan: 82.68 
#106   Korea, South: 82.59 
#107   Kyrgyzstan: 82.27 
#108   Korea, North: 82.11 
#109   Swaziland: 81.91 
#110   Armenia: 81.85 
#111   Denmark: 81.62 
#112   China: 81.61 
#113   Kuwait: 81.44 
#114   Colombia: 80.68 
#115   Czech Republic: 79.77 
#116   Fiji: 79.43 
#117   Norway: 79.38 
#118   Israel: 79.16 
#119   Mauritius: 79.16 
#120   Albania: 78.95 
#121   Slovakia: 78.76 
#122   Kazakhstan: 78.61 
#123   Suriname: 78.57 
#124   Trinidad and Tobago: 78.53 
#125   Costa Rica: 78.11 
#126   Chile: 77.93 
#127   Uruguay: 77.9 
#128   Argentina: 77.88 
#129   Tunisia: 77.88 
#130   Sri Lanka: 77.7 
#131   Panama: 77.5 
#132   New Zealand: 77.45 
#133   Bulgaria: 77.44 
#134   Vietnam: 77.09 
#135   Ireland: 77.04 
#136   Ukraine: 76.82 
#137   United States: 76.57 
#138   Oman: 76.2 
#139   Lebanon: 75.47 
#140   Brazil: 74.97 
#141   Germany: 74.48 
#142   Iraq: 74.13 
#143   Canada: 74.04 
#144   Russia: 73.17 
#145   Spain: 72.54 
#146   Portugal: 72.28 
#147   Malta: 72.08 
#148   Australia: 71.92 
#149   Greece: 69.02 
#150   Poland: 68.77 
#151   Malaysia: 68.23 
#152   Turkey: 66.74 
#153   Singapore: 65.32 
#154   France: 65.21 
#155   Italy: 64.53 
#156   Netherlands: 60.09 
#157   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 59.99 
#158   Austria: 59.52 
#159   Hungary: 59.14 
#160   Serbia and Montenegro: 58.89 
#161   Finland: 58.25 
#162   Croatia: 56.45 
#163   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 55.73 
#164   Luxembourg: 49.96 
#165   Romania: 46.34 
#166   Belgium: 46.33 
#167   Slovenia: 44.75 
Weighted average: 83.7  


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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