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 |
China: |
90.81 |
|
| #2 |
Cambodia: |
87.47 |
|
| #3 |
Burundi: |
87.15 |
|
| #4 |
Vietnam: |
87.14 |
|
| #5 |
Rwanda: |
86.88 |
|
| #6 |
Czech Republic: |
85.94 |
|
| #7 |
Mozambique: |
85.73 |
|
| #8 |
Slovakia: |
85.22 |
|
| #9 |
Solomon Islands: |
85.21 |
|
| #10 |
Barbados: |
84.88 |
|
| #11 |
Laos: |
82.44 |
|
| #12 |
Ghana: |
81.8 |
|
| #13 |
Bulgaria: |
80.98 |
|
| #14 |
Belarus: |
80.88 |
|
| #15 |
Latvia: |
80.4 |
|
| #16 |
Mongolia: |
80.28 |
|
| #17 |
Switzerland: |
80.1 |
|
| #18 |
Singapore: |
80.1 |
|
| #19 |
Tanzania: |
79.98 |
|
| #20 |
Australia: |
79.83 |
|
| #21 |
Thailand: |
79.52 |
|
| #22 |
Sweden: |
79.51 |
|
| #23 |
Jamaica: |
79.18 |
|
| #24 |
Denmark: |
78.98 |
|
| #25 |
Moldova: |
78.46 |
|
| #26 |
Malawi: |
78.31 |
|
| #27 |
Russia: |
77.21 |
|
| #28 |
Canada: |
77.19 |
|
| #29 |
Burkina Faso: |
77.08 |
|
| #30 |
East Timor: |
76.93 |
|
| #31 |
Uganda: |
76.9 |
|
| #32 |
Ukraine: |
76.64 |
|
| #33 |
Turkmenistan: |
76.6 |
|
| #34 |
Uzbekistan: |
76.55 |
|
| #35 |
Bahamas, The: |
76.4 |
|
| #36 |
Korea, North: |
76.31 |
|
| #37 |
Botswana: |
75.4 |
|
| #38 |
Germany: |
75.37 |
|
| #39 |
Eritrea: |
74.87 |
|
| #40 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
74.71 |
|
| #41 |
Kazakhstan: |
74.1 |
|
| #42 |
Angola: |
74.08 |
|
| #43 |
Ireland: |
73.85 |
|
| #44 |
Albania: |
73.09 |
|
| #45 |
Estonia: |
73.06 |
|
| #46 |
Slovenia: |
72.89 |
|
| #47 |
Kenya: |
72.85 |
|
| #48 |
Mali: |
72.81 |
|
| #49 |
Netherlands: |
72.8 |
|
| #50 |
New Zealand: |
72.78 |
|
| #51 |
Zambia: |
72.75 |
|
| #52 |
United States: |
72.42 |
|
| #53 |
Romania: |
72.16 |
|
| #54 |
Japan: |
71.9 |
|
| #55 |
Austria: |
71.49 |
|
| #56 |
Chad: |
71.45 |
|
| #57 |
Armenia: |
71.07 |
|
| #58 |
Lithuania: |
70.8 |
|
| #59 |
Malta: |
70.76 |
|
| #60 |
Gambia, The: |
69.66 |
|
| #61 |
Korea, South: |
69.54 |
|
| #62 |
Luxembourg: |
69.35 |
|
| #63 |
Tajikistan: |
69.27 |
|
| #64 |
Norway: |
68.95 |
|
| #65 |
Iceland: |
68.54 |
|
| #66 |
Maldives: |
68.05 |
|
| #67 |
Portugal: |
68.02 |
|
| #68 |
Madagascar: |
67.98 |
|
| #69 |
Burma: |
67.81 |
|
| #70 |
Finland: |
67.75 |
|
| #71 |
Uruguay: |
67.56 |
|
| #72 |
Cyprus: |
67.12 |
|
| #73 |
Spain: |
66.8 |
|
| #74 |
Sri Lanka: |
66.35 |
|
| #75 |
Mauritania: |
66.12 |
|
| #76 |
Guinea: |
65.89 |
|
| #77 |
Papua New Guinea: |
65.89 |
|
| #78 |
Bangladesh: |
65.71 |
|
| #79 |
Malaysia: |
65.61 |
|
| #80 |
Italy: |
65.45 |
|
| #81 |
Croatia: |
65.17 |
|
| #82 |
Zimbabwe: |
64.4 |
|
| #83 |
Gabon: |
64.35 |
|
| #84 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
63.11 |
|
| #85 |
Israel: |
63.03 |
|
| #86 |
Hungary: |
62.88 |
|
| #87 |
Bhutan: |
62.59 |
|
| #88 |
Poland: |
62.47 |
|
| #89 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
62.43 |
|
| #90 |
Senegal: |
61.94 |
|
| #91 |
Comoros: |
61.89 |
|
| #92 |
Somalia: |
61.61 |
|
| #93 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
61.54 |
|
| #94 |
Central African Republic: |
61.3 |
|
| #95 |
Azerbaijan: |
61.28 |
|
| #96 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
60.8 |
|
| #97 |
Georgia: |
60.73 |
|
| #98 |
Belgium: |
60.64 |
|
| #99 |
Turkey: |
60.06 |
|
| #100 |
Argentina: |
60.05 |
|
| #101 |
Liberia: |
59.97 |
|
| #102 |
Nepal: |
59.71 |
|
| #103 |
Cuba: |
59.63 |
|
| #104 |
Greece: |
59.44 |
|
| #105 |
Colombia: |
59.39 |
|
| #106 |
Ethiopia: |
59.35 |
|
| #107 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
59.1 |
|
| #108 |
Namibia: |
58.82 |
|
| #109 |
Haiti: |
58.67 |
|
| #110 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
58.63 |
|
| #111 |
El Salvador: |
58.19 |
|
| #112 |
Kuwait: |
57.6 |
|
| #113 |
Indonesia: |
55.66 |
|
| #114 |
Tunisia: |
55.5 |
|
| #115 |
France: |
55.36 |
|
| #116 |
Lesotho: |
55.32 |
|
| #117 |
Cape Verde: |
54.24 |
|
| #118 |
Togo: |
53.47 |
|
| #119 |
Swaziland: |
52.75 |
|
| #120 |
South Africa: |
51.94 |
|
| #121 |
Philippines: |
51.9 |
|
| #122 |
Nicaragua: |
51.84 |
|
| #123 |
Brazil: |
51.64 |
|
| #124 |
Morocco: |
50.64 |
|
| #125 |
Lebanon: |
50.3 |
|
| #126 |
Afghanistan: |
50.03 |
|
| #127 |
Guyana: |
49.56 |
|
| #128 |
Sierra Leone: |
49.29 |
|
| #129 |
Mauritius: |
49.19 |
|
| #130 |
Egypt: |
48.85 |
|
| #131 |
Dominica: |
48.82 |
|
| #132 |
Dominican Republic: |
48.82 |
|
| #133 |
Cameroon: |
48.44 |
|
| #134 |
Costa Rica: |
47.52 |
|
| #135 |
Panama: |
47.2 |
|
| #136 |
Mexico: |
47.18 |
|
| #137 |
Honduras: |
46.89 |
|
| #138 |
Chile: |
46.57 |
|
| #139 |
Bolivia: |
46.15 |
|
| #140 |
Fiji: |
45.85 |
|
| #141 |
Venezuela: |
45.74 |
|
| #142 |
Niger: |
45.33 |
|
| #143 |
Nigeria: |
45.33 |
|
| #144 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
45.02 |
|
| #145 |
Peru: |
44.73 |
|
| #146 |
Bahrain: |
44.69 |
|
| #147 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
44.46 |
|
| #148 |
India: |
43.96 |
|
| #149 |
Paraguay: |
43.29 |
|
| #150 |
Libya: |
42.49 |
|
| #151 |
Qatar: |
42.04 |
|
| #152 |
Jordan: |
41.81 |
|
| #153 |
Guatemala: |
41.66 |
|
| #154 |
United Arab Emirates: |
41.37 |
|
| #155 |
Suriname: |
41.06 |
|
| #156 |
Algeria: |
39.71 |
|
| #157 |
Belize: |
38.57 |
|
| #158 |
Iran: |
37.37 |
|
| #159 |
Ecuador: |
36.94 |
|
| #160 |
Pakistan: |
36.76 |
|
| #161 |
Syria: |
35.09 |
|
| #162 |
Sudan: |
35.01 |
|
| #163 |
Yemen: |
30.27 |
|
| #164 |
Saudi Arabia: |
29.56 |
|
| #165 |
Iraq: |
22.62 |
|
| #166 |
Oman: |
22.15 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
62.6 |
|
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