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
|
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 |
|
|
= 13
|
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 |
|
|
= 37
|
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 |
|
|
= 63
|
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 |
|
|
= 96
|
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