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 |
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 |
Uganda: |
76.08 |
|
| #10 |
Bolivia: |
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 |
|
| #24 |
Dominican Republic: |
70.63 |
|
| #25 |
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 |
|
| #65 |
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 |
Denmark: |
9.41 |
|
| #139 |
Canada: |
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