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
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Guinea-Bissau: | 95.95 | |
| #2 | Tanzania: | 94.32 | |
| #3 | Malawi: | 93.73 | |
| #4 | Mozambique: | 93.09 | |
| #5 | Madagascar: | 92.65 | |
| #6 | Comoros: | 92.56 | |
| #7 | Equatorial Guinea: | 91.78 | |
| #8 | Uganda: | 91.46 | |
| #9 | Burundi: | 91.28 | |
| #10 | Central African Republic: | 91.1 | |
| #11 | Ghana: | 90.78 | |
| #12 | Sudan: | 90.77 | |
| #13 | Niger: | 90.75 | |
| #14 | Nigeria: | 90.75 | |
| #15 | Iceland: | 90.61 | |
| #16 | Ethiopia: | 90.38 | |
| #17 | Kenya: | 90.31 | |
| #18 | Burkina Faso: | 89.96 | |
| #19 | Gambia, The: | 89.85 | |
| #20 | Bangladesh: | 89.79 | |
| #21 | Eritrea: | 89.09 | |
| #22 | Lesotho: | 88.38 | |
| #23 | Guatemala: | 88.25 | |
| #24 | Mali: | 88.16 | |
| #25 | Rwanda: | 88.13 | |
| #26 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 88.1 | |
| #27 | Nicaragua: | 88.08 | |
| #28 | Somalia: | 87.81 | |
| #29 | Cameroon: | 87.8 | |
| #30 | Honduras: | 87.25 | |
| #31 | Togo: | 86.99 | |
| #32 | Ecuador: | 86.98 | |
| #33 | Haiti: | 86.97 | |
| #34 | Benin: | 86.9 | |
| #35 | Zimbabwe: | 86.83 | |
| #36 | Cape Verde: | 86.67 | |
| #37 | Dominica: | 86.01 | |
| #38 | Dominican Republic: | 86.01 | |
| #39 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 85.65 | |
| #40 | Peru: | 85.17 | |
| #41 | Liberia: | 85.11 | |
| #42 | Bolivia: | 83.91 | |
| #43 | Afghanistan: | 83.71 | |
| #44 | Paraguay: | 83.65 | |
| #45 | Bhutan: | 82.91 | |
| #46 | Philippines: | 82.73 | |
| #47 | Burma: | 82.64 | |
| #48 | Angola: | 82.53 | |
| #49 | El Salvador: | 81.77 | |
| #50 | Libya: | 81.7 | |
| #51 | Sierra Leone: | 81.62 | |
| #52 | East Timor: | 81.13 | |
| #53 | Botswana: | 80.5 | |
| #54 | Nepal: | 79.79 | |
| #55 | Mexico: | 79.26 | |
| #56 | Pakistan: | 78.72 | |
| #57 | Chad: | 78.3 | |
| #58 | Switzerland: | 78.01 | |
| #59 | Jamaica: | 77.62 | |
| #60 | Gabon: | 77.49 | |
| #61 | United Arab Emirates: | 77.44 | |
| #62 | Qatar: | 77.19 | |
| #63 | Belize: | 76.84 | |
| #64 | Yemen: | 76.84 | |
| #65 | Senegal: | 76.69 | |
| #66 | Iran: | 76.37 | |
| #67 | Laos: | 76.01 | |
| #68 | Indonesia: | 75.66 | |
| #69 | Cyprus: | 75.62 | |
| #70 | Zambia: | 75.6 | |
| #71 | Mauritania: | 75.35 | |
| #72 | Solomon Islands: | 75.17 | |
| #73 | Syria: | 74.98 | |
| #74 | Albania: | 74.31 | |
| #75 | Bahamas, The: | 74.12 | |
| #76 | Swaziland: | 72.7 | |
| #77 | Japan: | 72.12 | |
| #78 | Jordan: | 71.3 | |
| #79 | Morocco: | 70.33 | |
| #80 | India: | 70.31 | |
| #81 | Mongolia: | 69.48 | |
| #82 | Colombia: | 69.39 | |
| #83 | Korea, North: | 69.05 | |
| #84 | South Africa: | 68.87 | |
| #85 | Saudi Arabia: | 68.6 | |
| #86 | Thailand: | 68.57 | |
| #87 | Maldives: | 68.2 | |
| #88 | Costa Rica: | 66.76 | |
| #89 | Kuwait: | 65.91 | |
| #90 | Cambodia: | 65.66 | |
| #91 | Fiji: | 65.5 | |
| #92 | Egypt: | 65.41 | |
| #93 | Venezuela: | 65.19 | |
| #94 | Brazil: | 64.64 | |
| #95 | Vietnam: | 64.33 | |
| #96 | Guinea: | 64.29 | |
| #97 | Papua New Guinea: | 64.29 | |
| #98 | Namibia: | 63.88 | |
| #99 | Iraq: | 62.97 | |
| #100 | Lebanon: | 62.83 | |
| #101 | Bahrain: | 62.76 | |
| #102 | Suriname: | 61.8 | |
| #103 | Korea, South: | 61.38 | |
| #104 | Chile: | 61.11 | |
| #105 | Israel: | 60.87 | |
| #106 | Barbados: | 60.37 | |
| #107 | Guyana: | 60.34 | |
| #108 | Sweden: | 59.96 | |
| #109 | China: | 59.64 | |
| #110 | Norway: | 59.42 | |
| #111 | Oman: | 58.22 | |
| #112 | Turkey: | 57.9 | |
| #113 | Malaysia: | 57.81 | |
| #114 | Ireland: | 56.92 | |
| #115 | Panama: | 55.97 | |
| #116 | Sri Lanka: | 55.69 | |
| #117 | Algeria: | 54.69 | |
| #118 | Latvia: | 52.73 | |
| #119 | Argentina: | 52.5 | |
| #120 | Portugal: | 52.34 | |
| #121 | United States: | 50.34 | |
| #122 | Georgia: | 50.06 | |
| #123 | Estonia: | 50.01 | |
| #124 | Tunisia: | 49.95 | |
| #125 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 46.88 | |
| #126 | Canada: | 46.65 | |
| #127 | Uruguay: | 46.09 | |
| #128 | Poland: | 45.64 | |
| #129 | Cuba: | 44.33 | |
| #130 | Singapore: | 44.03 | |
| #131 | Denmark: | 43.76 | |
| #132 | Armenia: | 43.47 | |
| #133 | Azerbaijan: | 42.9 | |
| #134 | Spain: | 42.03 | |
| #135 | Greece: | 41.71 | |
| #136 | Lithuania: | 40.63 | |
| #137 | Malta: | 40.47 | |
| #138 | Turkmenistan: | 40.29 | |
| #139 | Serbia and Montenegro: | 37.68 | |
| #140 | Belarus: | 36.99 | |
| #141 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 36.02 | |
| #142 | Tajikistan: | 34.81 | |
| #143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 34.1 | |
| #144 | New Zealand: | 33.05 | |
| #145 | Uzbekistan: | 32.52 | |
| #146 | Bulgaria: | 32.24 | |
| #147 | Russia: | 32.02 | |
| #148 | Italy: | 31.9 | |
| #149 | Germany: | 29.84 | |
| #150 | Czech Republic: | 28.7 | |
| #151 | Ukraine: | 27.69 | |
| #152 | Kazakhstan: | 26.8 | |
| #153 | Slovakia: | 26.77 | |
| #154 | Croatia: | 25.98 | |
| #155 | Mauritius: | 25.32 | |
| #156 | Kyrgyzstan: | 24.56 | |
| #157 | Moldova: | 24.1 | |
| #158 | Finland: | 24.09 | |
| #159 | Romania: | 21.29 | |
| #160 | Netherlands: | 19.13 | |
| #161 | France: | 17.81 | |
| #162 | Luxembourg: | 16.81 | |
| #163 | Belgium: | 15.68 | |
| #164 | Austria: | 11.48 | |
| #165 | Hungary: | 3.3 | |
| |
Weighted average: |
64.9 |
|
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
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