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
|
Malawi: |
83.47 |
|
|
# 2
|
Mozambique: |
82.76 |
|
|
# 3
|
Tanzania: |
82.15 |
|
|
# 4
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
81.89 |
|
|
# 5
|
Central African Republic: |
80.52 |
|
|
# 6
|
Comoros: |
78.79 |
|
|
# 7
|
Madagascar: |
78.52 |
|
|
# 8
|
Sudan: |
76.28 |
|
|
= 9
|
Bolivia: |
76.08 |
|
|
= 9
|
Uganda: |
76.08 |
|
|
# 11
|
Liberia: |
74.87 |
|
|
# 12
|
Ethiopia: |
74.63 |
|
|
# 13
|
Ghana: |
74.17 |
|
|
# 14
|
Burundi: |
74.04 |
|
|
# 15
|
Kenya: |
73.41 |
|
|
# 16
|
Eritrea: |
72.62 |
|
|
# 17
|
Lesotho: |
72.52 |
|
|
# 18
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
72.26 |
|
|
# 19
|
Gambia, The: |
71.13 |
|
|
# 20
|
Togo: |
70.92 |
|
|
# 21
|
Angola: |
70.74 |
|
|
# 22
|
Burkina Faso: |
70.66 |
|
|
= 23
|
Dominica: |
70.63 |
|
|
= 23
|
Dominican Republic: |
70.63 |
|
|
= 23
|
Somalia: |
70.63 |
|
|
# 26
|
Cameroon: |
69.69 |
|
|
# 27
|
Mali: |
69.41 |
|
|
# 28
|
Rwanda: |
68.39 |
|
|
# 29
|
Haiti: |
67.08 |
|
|
# 30
|
Burma: |
66.73 |
|
|
# 31
|
Bhutan: |
66.51 |
|
|
# 32
|
Ecuador: |
65.74 |
|
|
# 33
|
Botswana: |
65.02 |
|
|
# 34
|
Nepal: |
65.01 |
|
|
# 35
|
Solomon Islands: |
64.14 |
|
|
# 36
|
Guatemala: |
60.17 |
|
|
# 37
|
East Timor: |
59.91 |
|
|
# 38
|
Chad: |
59.71 |
|
|
# 39
|
Zimbabwe: |
59.55 |
|
|
# 40
|
Bangladesh: |
58.98 |
|
|
# 41
|
Gabon: |
58.7 |
|
|
# 42
|
Cape Verde: |
58.06 |
|
|
# 43
|
Sierra Leone: |
57.01 |
|
|
# 44
|
Mauritania: |
56.49 |
|
|
# 45
|
Zambia: |
55.37 |
|
|
# 46
|
Honduras: |
55.29 |
|
|
# 47
|
Afghanistan: |
55.24 |
|
|
# 48
|
Senegal: |
55.18 |
|
|
# 49
|
Philippines: |
54.54 |
|
|
# 50
|
Nicaragua: |
54.42 |
|
|
# 51
|
Peru: |
53.97 |
|
|
# 52
|
Iran: |
53.71 |
|
|
# 53
|
Laos: |
53.6 |
|
|
# 54
|
India: |
52.67 |
|
|
# 55
|
Mexico: |
51.08 |
|
|
# 56
|
El Salvador: |
50.8 |
|
|
# 57
|
Belize: |
50.12 |
|
|
# 58
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
49.65 |
|
|
# 59
|
Jamaica: |
49.28 |
|
|
# 60
|
Indonesia: |
48.47 |
|
|
# 61
|
Pakistan: |
48.12 |
|
|
# 62
|
Qatar: |
48.03 |
|
|
# 63
|
Venezuela: |
46.92 |
|
|
= 64
|
Guinea: |
45.97 |
|
|
= 64
|
Papua New Guinea: |
45.97 |
|
|
# 66
|
Yemen: |
45.35 |
|
|
# 67
|
Fiji: |
44.64 |
|
|
# 68
|
Vietnam: |
43.7 |
|
|
# 69
|
Turkey: |
42.86 |
|
|
# 70
|
Paraguay: |
41.21 |
|
|
# 71
|
Maldives: |
40.76 |
|
|
# 72
|
Saudi Arabia: |
39.85 |
|
|
# 73
|
Cambodia: |
39.73 |
|
|
# 74
|
Malaysia: |
38.62 |
|
|
# 75
|
Iceland: |
37.98 |
|
|
# 76
|
Iraq: |
37.95 |
|
|
# 77
|
Thailand: |
37.47 |
|
|
# 78
|
Mongolia: |
36.56 |
|
|
# 79
|
Namibia: |
35.65 |
|
|
# 80
|
Swaziland: |
33.86 |
|
|
# 81
|
Japan: |
33.4 |
|
|
# 82
|
Bahrain: |
32.98 |
|
|
# 83
|
Libya: |
32.96 |
|
|
# 84
|
Bahamas, The: |
32.71 |
|
|
# 85
|
Syria: |
32.68 |
|
|
# 86
|
Korea, South: |
32.4 |
|
|
# 87
|
Albania: |
32.03 |
|
|
# 88
|
Lebanon: |
30.94 |
|
|
# 89
|
Costa Rica: |
30.41 |
|
|
# 90
|
Jordan: |
30.22 |
|
|
# 91
|
Brazil: |
30.06 |
|
|
# 92
|
Oman: |
29.76 |
|
|
# 93
|
Morocco: |
29.34 |
|
|
# 94
|
Panama: |
28.55 |
|
|
# 95
|
Tunisia: |
28.1 |
|
|
# 96
|
Guyana: |
27.82 |
|
|
# 97
|
Korea, North: |
27.56 |
|
|
# 98
|
China: |
27.52 |
|
|
# 99
|
Sri Lanka: |
27.22 |
|
|
# 100
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
27.11 |
|
|
# 101
|
Kuwait: |
25.57 |
|
|
# 102
|
Chile: |
25.08 |
|
|
# 103
|
Colombia: |
24.89 |
|
|
# 104
|
Egypt: |
24.58 |
|
|
# 105
|
Poland: |
24.13 |
|
|
# 106
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
23.88 |
|
|
# 107
|
Georgia: |
23.63 |
|
|
# 108
|
South Africa: |
23.47 |
|
|
# 109
|
United Arab Emirates: |
22.26 |
|
|
# 110
|
Cyprus: |
20.92 |
|
|
# 111
|
Argentina: |
20.59 |
|
|
# 112
|
Latvia: |
20.35 |
|
|
# 113
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
18.88 |
|
|
# 114
|
Suriname: |
18.36 |
|
|
# 115
|
Algeria: |
18.26 |
|
|
# 116
|
Azerbaijan: |
18.17 |
|
|
# 117
|
Israel: |
16.91 |
|
|
# 118
|
Portugal: |
16.71 |
|
|
# 119
|
Singapore: |
16.26 |
|
|
# 120
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
16.17 |
|
|
# 121
|
Croatia: |
14.61 |
|
|
# 122
|
Armenia: |
14.18 |
|
|
# 123
|
Mauritius: |
14.04 |
|
|
# 124
|
Uruguay: |
13.65 |
|
|
# 125
|
Ireland: |
13.62 |
|
|
# 126
|
Turkmenistan: |
13.54 |
|
|
# 127
|
United States: |
13.49 |
|
|
# 128
|
Barbados: |
12.81 |
|
|
# 129
|
Lithuania: |
12.31 |
|
|
# 130
|
Russia: |
12.07 |
|
|
# 131
|
Slovenia: |
11.82 |
|
|
# 132
|
Czech Republic: |
11.65 |
|
|
# 133
|
Norway: |
11.17 |
|
|
# 134
|
Belarus: |
11.14 |
|
|
# 135
|
Slovakia: |
10.91 |
|
|
# 136
|
Tajikistan: |
10.46 |
|
|
# 137
|
Bulgaria: |
10.09 |
|
|
= 138
|
Canada: |
9.41 |
|
|
= 138
|
Denmark: |
9.41 |
|
|
# 140
|
Greece: |
9.39 |
|
|
# 141
|
Ukraine: |
9.13 |
|
|
# 142
|
Uzbekistan: |
9.05 |
|
|
# 143
|
Cuba: |
8.95 |
|
|
# 144
|
New Zealand: |
8.83 |
|
|
# 145
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
8.78 |
|
|
# 146
|
Moldova: |
7.87 |
|
|
# 147
|
Kazakhstan: |
7.86 |
|
|
# 148
|
Switzerland: |
7.72 |
|
|
# 149
|
Australia: |
7.54 |
|
|
# 150
|
Sweden: |
6.62 |
|
|
# 151
|
Italy: |
6.59 |
|
|
# 152
|
Malta: |
5.82 |
|
|
# 153
|
Romania: |
4.86 |
|
|
# 154
|
Finland: |
3.95 |
|
|
# 155
|
Germany: |
3.91 |
|
|
# 156
|
Spain: |
3.04 |
|
|
# 157
|
Netherlands: |
2.45 |
|
|
# 158
|
France: |
2.07 |
|
|
# 159
|
Austria: |
1.94 |
|
|
# 160
|
Luxembourg: |
1.83 |
|
|
# 161
|
Belgium: |
1.65 |
|
|
# 162
|
Hungary: |
0.91 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
37.9 |
|
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