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
|
Estonia: |
96.44 |
|
|
# 2
|
Belarus: |
96.06 |
|
|
# 3
|
Russia: |
95.44 |
|
|
# 4
|
Czech Republic: |
95.21 |
|
|
# 5
|
Ukraine: |
95.04 |
|
|
# 6
|
Slovakia: |
94.85 |
|
|
# 7
|
Moldova: |
94.67 |
|
|
# 8
|
Latvia: |
94.65 |
|
|
# 9
|
Bulgaria: |
94.44 |
|
|
# 10
|
Lithuania: |
93.64 |
|
|
# 11
|
Sweden: |
93.56 |
|
|
# 12
|
Slovenia: |
92.94 |
|
|
# 13
|
China: |
92.59 |
|
|
# 14
|
Kazakhstan: |
92.53 |
|
|
# 15
|
Cambodia: |
92.3 |
|
|
# 16
|
Denmark: |
92.02 |
|
|
# 17
|
Ghana: |
91.6 |
|
|
# 18
|
Mozambique: |
91.19 |
|
|
# 19
|
Armenia: |
91.17 |
|
|
# 20
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
91.04 |
|
|
# 21
|
Burundi: |
90.59 |
|
|
# 22
|
Rwanda: |
90.34 |
|
|
# 23
|
Finland: |
90.03 |
|
|
# 24
|
Barbados: |
89.46 |
|
|
# 25
|
Tanzania: |
89.33 |
|
|
# 26
|
Uganda: |
89.13 |
|
|
# 27
|
Mongolia: |
89.06 |
|
|
# 28
|
Benin: |
88.99 |
|
|
# 29
|
Jamaica: |
88.65 |
|
|
# 30
|
Solomon Islands: |
88.55 |
|
|
# 31
|
Uzbekistan: |
88.44 |
|
|
# 32
|
Vietnam: |
88.42 |
|
|
# 33
|
Norway: |
88.39 |
|
|
# 34
|
Hungary: |
88.19 |
|
|
# 35
|
Croatia: |
86.78 |
|
|
# 36
|
Poland: |
86.61 |
|
|
# 37
|
Thailand: |
86.23 |
|
|
# 38
|
Malawi: |
86.03 |
|
|
# 39
|
Turkmenistan: |
85.63 |
|
|
# 40
|
Georgia: |
85.32 |
|
|
# 41
|
Kenya: |
85.22 |
|
|
# 42
|
Bahamas, The: |
84.98 |
|
|
= 43
|
Iceland: |
84.66 |
|
|
= 43
|
Canada: |
84.66 |
|
|
# 45
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
84.55 |
|
|
# 46
|
Laos: |
83.96 |
|
|
# 47
|
Burkina Faso: |
83.93 |
|
|
# 48
|
Albania: |
83.72 |
|
|
# 49
|
Romania: |
83.11 |
|
|
# 50
|
Eritrea: |
82.99 |
|
|
# 51
|
East Timor: |
82.51 |
|
|
# 52
|
Tajikistan: |
81.73 |
|
|
# 53
|
France: |
81.34 |
|
|
# 54
|
United States: |
81.1 |
|
|
# 55
|
New Zealand: |
80.65 |
|
|
# 56
|
Zimbabwe: |
80.2 |
|
|
# 57
|
Mali: |
80.13 |
|
|
# 58
|
Australia: |
79.73 |
|
|
# 59
|
Portugal: |
79.37 |
|
|
# 60
|
Angola: |
79.34 |
|
|
# 61
|
Azerbaijan: |
79.22 |
|
|
# 62
|
Bangladesh: |
78.89 |
|
|
= 63
|
Guinea: |
78.34 |
|
|
= 63
|
Papua New Guinea: |
78.34 |
|
|
# 65
|
Germany: |
78.05 |
|
|
# 66
|
Madagascar: |
77.51 |
|
|
# 67
|
Botswana: |
77.5 |
|
|
# 68
|
Cuba: |
77.33 |
|
|
# 69
|
Chad: |
77.07 |
|
|
# 70
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
76.95 |
|
|
# 71
|
Belgium: |
76.88 |
|
|
# 72
|
Gambia, The: |
76.02 |
|
|
# 73
|
Gabon: |
75.85 |
|
|
# 74
|
Korea, North: |
75.74 |
|
|
# 75
|
Central African Republic: |
74.92 |
|
|
# 76
|
Uruguay: |
74.26 |
|
|
# 77
|
Maldives: |
74.2 |
|
|
# 78
|
Burma: |
73.71 |
|
|
= 79
|
Israel: |
73.25 |
|
|
= 79
|
Zambia: |
73.25 |
|
|
# 81
|
Mauritania: |
73.13 |
|
|
# 82
|
Somalia: |
71.88 |
|
|
# 83
|
Comoros: |
71.24 |
|
|
# 84
|
Switzerland: |
70.62 |
|
|
# 85
|
Netherlands: |
70.55 |
|
|
# 86
|
Austria: |
70.31 |
|
|
# 87
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
70.06 |
|
|
# 88
|
Japan: |
69.73 |
|
|
# 89
|
Cyprus: |
69.53 |
|
|
# 90
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
69.18 |
|
|
# 91
|
Senegal: |
69.1 |
|
|
# 92
|
Namibia: |
68.44 |
|
|
# 93
|
Indonesia: |
67.69 |
|
|
# 94
|
Korea, South: |
66.91 |
|
|
# 95
|
Italy: |
66.87 |
|
|
# 96
|
Qatar: |
66.51 |
|
|
# 97
|
Haiti: |
65.94 |
|
|
# 98
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
64.61 |
|
|
# 99
|
Singapore: |
64.59 |
|
|
# 100
|
Panama: |
64.38 |
|
|
# 101
|
Greece: |
63.49 |
|
|
# 102
|
Venezuela: |
63.06 |
|
|
# 103
|
Nepal: |
62.43 |
|
|
# 104
|
Liberia: |
62.33 |
|
|
# 105
|
Togo: |
61.75 |
|
|
# 106
|
Nicaragua: |
61.6 |
|
|
# 107
|
Bhutan: |
61.15 |
|
|
# 108
|
Ethiopia: |
61.05 |
|
|
# 109
|
Colombia: |
61.01 |
|
|
# 110
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
60.5 |
|
|
# 111
|
Luxembourg: |
59.98 |
|
|
# 112
|
Philippines: |
59.64 |
|
|
# 113
|
Cameroon: |
58.99 |
|
|
# 114
|
Spain: |
58.77 |
|
|
# 115
|
El Salvador: |
58.35 |
|
|
# 116
|
Kuwait: |
57.13 |
|
|
# 117
|
Lesotho: |
57.08 |
|
|
# 118
|
South Africa: |
57.01 |
|
|
# 119
|
Sri Lanka: |
56.94 |
|
|
= 120
|
Niger: |
56.65 |
|
|
= 120
|
Nigeria: |
56.65 |
|
|
# 122
|
Afghanistan: |
56.61 |
|
|
# 123
|
Cape Verde: |
56.29 |
|
|
# 124
|
Turkey: |
55.82 |
|
|
# 125
|
Bolivia: |
55.68 |
|
|
# 126
|
Suriname: |
54.82 |
|
|
# 127
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
53.4 |
|
|
# 128
|
Honduras: |
53.16 |
|
|
# 129
|
Sierra Leone: |
52.79 |
|
|
# 130
|
Chile: |
52.16 |
|
|
# 131
|
Guyana: |
51.42 |
|
|
# 132
|
Brazil: |
51.38 |
|
|
# 133
|
Mauritius: |
51.36 |
|
|
# 134
|
United Arab Emirates: |
51.07 |
|
|
# 135
|
Costa Rica: |
50.33 |
|
|
# 136
|
Mexico: |
49.87 |
|
|
# 137
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
49.49 |
|
|
# 138
|
Argentina: |
47.92 |
|
|
= 139
|
Dominica: |
47.81 |
|
|
= 139
|
Dominican Republic: |
47.81 |
|
|
# 141
|
Swaziland: |
47.78 |
|
|
# 142
|
India: |
47.41 |
|
|
# 143
|
Bahrain: |
46.94 |
|
|
# 144
|
Fiji: |
45.89 |
|
|
= 145
|
Morocco: |
45.27 |
|
|
= 145
|
Ireland: |
45.27 |
|
|
# 147
|
Pakistan: |
44.08 |
|
|
# 148
|
Egypt: |
43.72 |
|
|
# 149
|
Paraguay: |
42.6 |
|
|
# 150
|
Ecuador: |
42.54 |
|
|
# 151
|
Peru: |
41.73 |
|
|
# 152
|
Guatemala: |
40.92 |
|
|
# 153
|
Sudan: |
39.47 |
|
|
# 154
|
Jordan: |
38.31 |
|
|
# 155
|
Yemen: |
36.68 |
|
|
# 156
|
Algeria: |
35.8 |
|
|
# 157
|
Iran: |
35.21 |
|
|
# 158
|
Belize: |
33.78 |
|
|
# 159
|
Syria: |
32.43 |
|
|
# 160
|
Lebanon: |
31.01 |
|
|
# 161
|
Saudi Arabia: |
28.44 |
|
|
# 162
|
Oman: |
28.41 |
|
|
# 163
|
Libya: |
26.03 |
|
|
# 164
|
Malta: |
25.51 |
|
|
# 165
|
Iraq: |
22.11 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
68.9 |
|
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