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 |
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 |
Canada: |
84.66 |
|
| #44 |
Iceland: |
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 |
|
| #64 |
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 |
|
| #80 |
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 |
|
| #121 |
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 |
|
| #140 |
Dominican Republic: |
47.81 |
|
| #141 |
Swaziland: |
47.78 |
|
| #142 |
India: |
47.41 |
|
| #143 |
Bahrain: |
46.94 |
|
| #144 |
Fiji: |
45.89 |
|
| #145 |
Ireland: |
45.27 |
|
| #146 |
Morocco: |
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