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
|
Bulgaria: |
96.05 |
|
|
# 2
|
Belarus: |
95.07 |
|
|
# 3
|
Slovakia: |
94.73 |
|
|
# 4
|
Czech Republic: |
94.7 |
|
|
# 5
|
Slovenia: |
94.24 |
|
|
# 6
|
Russia: |
93.85 |
|
|
# 7
|
Latvia: |
93.78 |
|
|
# 8
|
Ukraine: |
93.48 |
|
|
# 9
|
Moldova: |
93.24 |
|
|
# 10
|
Estonia: |
92.77 |
|
|
# 11
|
China: |
92.57 |
|
|
# 12
|
Denmark: |
92.46 |
|
|
# 13
|
Sweden: |
92.01 |
|
|
# 14
|
Benin: |
91.8 |
|
|
# 15
|
Cambodia: |
91.79 |
|
|
# 16
|
Lithuania: |
91.22 |
|
|
# 17
|
Burundi: |
90.39 |
|
|
# 18
|
Rwanda: |
90.14 |
|
|
# 19
|
Kazakhstan: |
89.82 |
|
|
# 20
|
Ghana: |
89.74 |
|
|
# 21
|
Mozambique: |
89.64 |
|
|
# 22
|
Vietnam: |
89.43 |
|
|
# 23
|
Solomon Islands: |
89.36 |
|
|
# 24
|
Armenia: |
88.71 |
|
|
# 25
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
88.63 |
|
|
# 26
|
Mongolia: |
88.45 |
|
|
# 27
|
Barbados: |
88.28 |
|
|
# 28
|
Tanzania: |
87.84 |
|
|
# 29
|
Croatia: |
87.64 |
|
|
# 30
|
Uganda: |
87.24 |
|
|
# 31
|
Finland: |
87.08 |
|
|
# 32
|
Uzbekistan: |
86.44 |
|
|
# 33
|
Jamaica: |
86.25 |
|
|
# 34
|
Norway: |
86.05 |
|
|
# 35
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
85.42 |
|
|
# 36
|
Thailand: |
85.34 |
|
|
# 37
|
Bahamas, The: |
85.15 |
|
|
# 38
|
Malawi: |
84.55 |
|
|
# 39
|
Laos: |
84.4 |
|
|
# 40
|
Kenya: |
83.28 |
|
|
# 41
|
Burkina Faso: |
83.14 |
|
|
# 42
|
Zimbabwe: |
82.86 |
|
|
# 43
|
Hungary: |
82.83 |
|
|
# 44
|
Romania: |
82.77 |
|
|
# 45
|
Portugal: |
82.53 |
|
|
# 46
|
France: |
82.46 |
|
|
# 47
|
Canada: |
82.45 |
|
|
# 48
|
Poland: |
82.31 |
|
|
# 49
|
Turkmenistan: |
82.2 |
|
|
# 50
|
Iceland: |
81.97 |
|
|
# 51
|
Albania: |
81.91 |
|
|
# 52
|
Belgium: |
81.47 |
|
|
# 53
|
Eritrea: |
80.88 |
|
|
# 54
|
Botswana: |
80.58 |
|
|
# 55
|
Georgia: |
80.57 |
|
|
# 56
|
East Timor: |
79.87 |
|
|
# 57
|
United States: |
79.8 |
|
|
# 58
|
Mali: |
78.41 |
|
|
= 59
|
Guinea: |
78.08 |
|
|
= 59
|
Papua New Guinea: |
78.08 |
|
|
# 61
|
Tajikistan: |
77.85 |
|
|
# 62
|
Cuba: |
77.72 |
|
|
# 63
|
Angola: |
77.23 |
|
|
# 64
|
Madagascar: |
76.79 |
|
|
# 65
|
Korea, North: |
76.61 |
|
|
# 66
|
Chad: |
76.41 |
|
|
# 67
|
Bangladesh: |
76.32 |
|
|
# 68
|
Germany: |
76.28 |
|
|
# 69
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
76.27 |
|
|
# 70
|
Australia: |
75.71 |
|
|
# 71
|
Gambia, The: |
75.46 |
|
|
# 72
|
Gabon: |
74.71 |
|
|
# 73
|
Zambia: |
74.17 |
|
|
# 74
|
Azerbaijan: |
74.11 |
|
|
# 75
|
Burma: |
73.32 |
|
|
# 76
|
Uruguay: |
72.64 |
|
|
# 77
|
Singapore: |
72.25 |
|
|
# 78
|
Maldives: |
72.04 |
|
|
# 79
|
Mauritania: |
71.5 |
|
|
# 80
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
70.71 |
|
|
# 81
|
New Zealand: |
70.46 |
|
|
# 82
|
Italy: |
70.4 |
|
|
# 83
|
Netherlands: |
70.2 |
|
|
# 84
|
Cyprus: |
69.93 |
|
|
= 85
|
Central African Republic: |
69.7 |
|
|
= 85
|
Somalia: |
69.7 |
|
|
# 87
|
Austria: |
69.43 |
|
|
# 88
|
Israel: |
69.11 |
|
|
# 89
|
Comoros: |
68.99 |
|
|
# 90
|
Namibia: |
68.87 |
|
|
# 91
|
Kuwait: |
68.65 |
|
|
# 92
|
Qatar: |
68.08 |
|
|
# 93
|
Switzerland: |
67.84 |
|
|
# 94
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
67.54 |
|
|
# 95
|
Senegal: |
67.1 |
|
|
# 96
|
Nicaragua: |
65.93 |
|
|
# 97
|
Spain: |
64.88 |
|
|
# 98
|
Haiti: |
64.42 |
|
|
# 99
|
Colombia: |
64.31 |
|
|
# 100
|
Greece: |
64.24 |
|
|
# 101
|
Indonesia: |
63.88 |
|
|
# 102
|
Luxembourg: |
63.73 |
|
|
# 103
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
63.13 |
|
|
# 104
|
Venezuela: |
62.87 |
|
|
# 105
|
Panama: |
61.85 |
|
|
# 106
|
Japan: |
60.71 |
|
|
# 107
|
Bhutan: |
60.61 |
|
|
# 108
|
Togo: |
60.08 |
|
|
# 109
|
Nepal: |
60.07 |
|
|
= 110
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
59.99 |
|
|
= 110
|
Ethiopia: |
59.99 |
|
|
# 112
|
Liberia: |
59.14 |
|
|
# 113
|
Ireland: |
59.1 |
|
|
# 114
|
Korea, South: |
59.05 |
|
|
# 115
|
Sri Lanka: |
57.93 |
|
|
# 116
|
South Africa: |
57.74 |
|
|
# 117
|
Guyana: |
57.65 |
|
|
# 118
|
El Salvador: |
56.6 |
|
|
# 119
|
Cape Verde: |
56.34 |
|
|
# 120
|
Lesotho: |
56.21 |
|
|
= 121
|
Malaysia: |
55.8 |
|
|
= 121
|
Turkey: |
55.8 |
|
|
# 123
|
Brazil: |
54.94 |
|
|
# 124
|
Philippines: |
54.65 |
|
|
# 125
|
Afghanistan: |
54.55 |
|
|
# 126
|
India: |
54.08 |
|
|
= 127
|
Dominica: |
53.45 |
|
|
= 127
|
Dominican Republic: |
53.45 |
|
|
# 129
|
Suriname: |
53.38 |
|
|
# 130
|
Bolivia: |
53.16 |
|
|
# 131
|
Cameroon: |
52.98 |
|
|
# 132
|
Honduras: |
52.59 |
|
|
# 133
|
United Arab Emirates: |
52.55 |
|
|
# 134
|
Sierra Leone: |
52.27 |
|
|
# 135
|
Mauritius: |
52.04 |
|
|
# 136
|
Argentina: |
51.95 |
|
|
# 137
|
Swaziland: |
51.76 |
|
|
# 138
|
Bahrain: |
51.6 |
|
|
# 139
|
Costa Rica: |
50.98 |
|
|
# 140
|
Chile: |
50.82 |
|
|
# 141
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
50.59 |
|
|
= 142
|
Niger: |
49.28 |
|
|
= 142
|
Nigeria: |
49.28 |
|
|
# 144
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
49.21 |
|
|
# 145
|
Peru: |
48.07 |
|
|
# 146
|
Mexico: |
47.95 |
|
|
# 147
|
Egypt: |
47.71 |
|
|
# 148
|
Morocco: |
47.68 |
|
|
# 149
|
Fiji: |
47.12 |
|
|
# 150
|
Tunisia: |
46.04 |
|
|
# 151
|
Paraguay: |
45.59 |
|
|
# 152
|
Guatemala: |
45.37 |
|
|
# 153
|
Ecuador: |
43.92 |
|
|
# 154
|
Sudan: |
39.64 |
|
|
# 155
|
Pakistan: |
39.41 |
|
|
# 156
|
Yemen: |
38.17 |
|
|
# 157
|
Iran: |
37.75 |
|
|
# 158
|
Lebanon: |
37.7 |
|
|
# 159
|
Algeria: |
37.47 |
|
|
# 160
|
Saudi Arabia: |
35.97 |
|
|
# 161
|
Malta: |
34.19 |
|
|
# 162
|
Syria: |
33.46 |
|
|
# 163
|
Belize: |
33.44 |
|
|
# 164
|
Oman: |
32.92 |
|
|
# 165
|
Jordan: |
30.82 |
|
|
# 166
|
Libya: |
29.47 |
|
|
# 167
|
Iraq: |
26.29 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
68.5 |
|
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