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 |
Ghana: |
90.33 |
|
| #2 |
Mozambique: |
90.08 |
|
| #3 |
Sweden: |
90.06 |
|
| #4 |
Cambodia: |
89.11 |
|
| #5 |
Estonia: |
88.98 |
|
| #6 |
Tanzania: |
88.69 |
|
| #7 |
Uganda: |
88.6 |
|
| #8 |
Latvia: |
88.02 |
|
| #9 |
Malawi: |
86.72 |
|
| #10 |
Belarus: |
86.71 |
|
| #11 |
Solomon Islands: |
86.08 |
|
| #12 |
Lithuania: |
85.16 |
|
| #13 |
Ukraine: |
85.05 |
|
| #14 |
Czech Republic: |
84.94 |
|
| #15 |
Finland: |
84.08 |
|
| #16 |
Slovakia: |
83.9 |
|
| #17 |
Burkina Faso: |
83.21 |
|
| #18 |
Russia: |
83.11 |
|
| #19 |
Kenya: |
82.51 |
|
| #20 |
Burundi: |
82.44 |
|
| #21 |
Rwanda: |
82.24 |
|
| #22 |
Mongolia: |
81.79 |
|
| #23 |
Bulgaria: |
81.73 |
|
| #24 |
Iceland: |
81.73 |
|
| #25 |
Armenia: |
81.35 |
|
| #26 |
Eritrea: |
81.05 |
|
| #27 |
Central African Republic: |
80.65 |
|
| #28 |
Denmark: |
80.12 |
|
| #29 |
East Timor: |
79.57 |
|
| #30 |
Angola: |
79.37 |
|
| #31 |
Thailand: |
78.95 |
|
| #32 |
Madagascar: |
78.58 |
|
| #33 |
Jamaica: |
78.18 |
|
| #34 |
Maldives: |
77.5 |
|
| #35 |
Norway: |
77.19 |
|
| #36 |
Guinea: |
76.91 |
|
| #37 |
Papua New Guinea: |
76.91 |
|
| #38 |
Mali: |
76.24 |
|
| #39 |
Moldova: |
75.92 |
|
| #40 |
Zimbabwe: |
75.27 |
|
| #41 |
Georgia: |
74.67 |
|
| #42 |
Poland: |
73.91 |
|
| #43 |
Korea, North: |
73.78 |
|
| #44 |
New Zealand: |
73.31 |
|
| #45 |
Chad: |
72.97 |
|
| #46 |
Burma: |
72.82 |
|
| #47 |
Bangladesh: |
72.6 |
|
| #48 |
Bahamas, The: |
72.32 |
|
| #49 |
Gambia, The: |
72.23 |
|
| #50 |
United States: |
72.09 |
|
| #51 |
Japan: |
72.06 |
|
| #52 |
Canada: |
71.91 |
|
| #53 |
Vietnam: |
71.68 |
|
| #54 |
Hungary: |
71.63 |
|
| #55 |
Kazakhstan: |
71.35 |
|
| #56 |
Comoros: |
70.88 |
|
| #57 |
Laos: |
70.72 |
|
| #58 |
Gabon: |
70.48 |
|
| #59 |
Somalia: |
70.39 |
|
| #60 |
Benin: |
69.68 |
|
| #61 |
Mauritania: |
69.17 |
|
| #62 |
Senegal: |
68.99 |
|
| #63 |
Barbados: |
68.01 |
|
| #64 |
France: |
67.59 |
|
| #65 |
Germany: |
67.58 |
|
| #66 |
Albania: |
67.52 |
|
| #67 |
Switzerland: |
67.26 |
|
| #68 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
66.8 |
|
| #69 |
Korea, South: |
66.18 |
|
| #70 |
Niger: |
65.67 |
|
| #71 |
Nigeria: |
65.67 |
|
| #72 |
Haiti: |
65.35 |
|
| #73 |
China: |
64.02 |
|
| #74 |
Australia: |
63.81 |
|
| #75 |
Indonesia: |
63.28 |
|
| #76 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
62.23 |
|
| #77 |
Liberia: |
61.08 |
|
| #78 |
Cameroon: |
61.01 |
|
| #79 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
60.94 |
|
| #80 |
Nepal: |
60.56 |
|
| #81 |
Ethiopia: |
60.43 |
|
| #82 |
Azerbaijan: |
60.22 |
|
| #83 |
Togo: |
60.14 |
|
| #84 |
Namibia: |
59.89 |
|
| #85 |
Botswana: |
59.76 |
|
| #86 |
Turkmenistan: |
59.08 |
|
| #87 |
Bhutan: |
57.67 |
|
| #88 |
Israel: |
57.28 |
|
| #89 |
Uruguay: |
57.06 |
|
| #90 |
Zambia: |
56.85 |
|
| #91 |
Austria: |
56.83 |
|
| #92 |
Philippines: |
56.39 |
|
| #93 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
55.34 |
|
| #94 |
Portugal: |
54.94 |
|
| #95 |
Uzbekistan: |
54.09 |
|
| #96 |
Bolivia: |
53.75 |
|
| #97 |
Cyprus: |
53.07 |
|
| #98 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
52.19 |
|
| #99 |
Afghanistan: |
50.69 |
|
| #100 |
Cuba: |
50.32 |
|
| #101 |
Romania: |
49.56 |
|
| #102 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
49.42 |
|
| #103 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
49.18 |
|
| #104 |
South Africa: |
48.64 |
|
| #105 |
Croatia: |
47.63 |
|
| #106 |
Turkey: |
47.59 |
|
| #107 |
Sierra Leone: |
47.26 |
|
| #108 |
Lesotho: |
47.19 |
|
| #109 |
Nicaragua: |
46.66 |
|
| #110 |
Malaysia: |
45.54 |
|
| #111 |
Netherlands: |
45.17 |
|
| #112 |
Venezuela: |
45.04 |
|
| #113 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
44.82 |
|
| #114 |
El Salvador: |
44.5 |
|
| #115 |
Slovenia: |
44.19 |
|
| #116 |
Greece: |
42.05 |
|
| #117 |
India: |
41.42 |
|
| #118 |
Pakistan: |
40.56 |
|
| #119 |
Sudan: |
40.03 |
|
| #120 |
Morocco: |
39.65 |
|
| #121 |
Honduras: |
39.56 |
|
| #122 |
Singapore: |
38.86 |
|
| #123 |
Italy: |
38.53 |
|
| #124 |
Chile: |
38.38 |
|
| #125 |
Cape Verde: |
37.96 |
|
| #126 |
Dominica: |
37.8 |
|
| #127 |
Dominican Republic: |
37.8 |
|
| #128 |
Colombia: |
37.31 |
|
| #129 |
Guyana: |
37.25 |
|
| #130 |
Guatemala: |
37.07 |
|
| #131 |
Swaziland: |
36.94 |
|
| #132 |
Argentina: |
36.85 |
|
| #133 |
Brazil: |
36.59 |
|
| #134 |
Suriname: |
36.21 |
|
| #135 |
Panama: |
36.18 |
|
| #136 |
Paraguay: |
35.91 |
|
| #137 |
Mauritius: |
35.13 |
|
| #138 |
Sri Lanka: |
34.6 |
|
| #139 |
Spain: |
34.37 |
|
| #140 |
Fiji: |
33.98 |
|
| #141 |
Belgium: |
33.55 |
|
| #142 |
Luxembourg: |
32.85 |
|
| #143 |
Ireland: |
32.61 |
|
| #144 |
Mexico: |
31.91 |
|
| #145 |
Peru: |
30.29 |
|
| #146 |
Costa Rica: |
29.71 |
|
| #147 |
Ecuador: |
29.49 |
|
| #148 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
29.38 |
|
| #149 |
Egypt: |
29.06 |
|
| #150 |
Syria: |
28.49 |
|
| #151 |
Yemen: |
28.24 |
|
| #152 |
Tunisia: |
27.4 |
|
| #153 |
Algeria: |
25.16 |
|
| #154 |
Kuwait: |
22.61 |
|
| #155 |
Malta: |
22.11 |
|
| #156 |
Iran: |
22.08 |
|
| #157 |
Belize: |
21.63 |
|
| #158 |
Jordan: |
21.6 |
|
| #159 |
Libya: |
20.72 |
|
| #160 |
Qatar: |
19.63 |
|
| #161 |
United Arab Emirates: |
18.72 |
|
| #162 |
Lebanon: |
18.43 |
|
| #163 |
Saudi Arabia: |
14.78 |
|
| #164 |
Iraq: |
13.77 |
|
| #165 |
Oman: |
13.68 |
|
| #166 |
Bahrain: |
12.64 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
56.9 |
|
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