Economic Activity men aged 55-59 by country. Definition, graph and map.

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

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

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

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Botswana:

98.6

= 2

Tanzania:

97.65

= 2

Guinea-Bissau:

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

= 20

Nigeria:

94.24

# 22

Honduras:

94.17

# 23

Liberia:

94.08

= 24

Dominica:

93.93

= 24

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

Somalia:

92.91

= 37

Burkina Faso:

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

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

92.02

= 44

Burma:

92.02

# 46

Cyprus:

91.95

# 47

Egypt:

91.92

# 48

Paraguay:

91.76

# 49

Maldives:

91.75

= 50

Afghanistan:

91.67

= 50

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

= 66

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

= 97

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

= 118

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

Tunisia:

77.88

= 128

Argentina:

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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