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Labor Statistics > Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Mozambique: 89.37 
# 2   Ghana: 88.85 
# 3   Tanzania: 86.6 
# 4   Malawi: 84.38 
# 5   Solomon Islands: 84.29 
# 6   Cambodia: 83.98 
# 7   Uganda: 83.48 
# 8   Sweden: 80.44 
# 9   Central African Republic: 79.02 
# 10   Kenya: 78.03 
# 11   Iceland: 77.53 
# 12   Eritrea: 76.51 
# 13   Burkina Faso: 76.5 
# 14   Angola: 74.59 
# 15   Madagascar: 74.52 
# 16   Maldives: 74.15 
# 17   Rwanda: 73.85 
# 18   Burundi: 73.71 
# 19   Jamaica: 72.33 
# 20   Zimbabwe: 72.25 
# 21   Gambia, The: 70.67 
= 22   Guinea: 70.47 
= 22   Papua New Guinea: 70.47 
# 24   Mali: 69.56 
# 25   East Timor: 68.77 
# 26   Chad: 68.43 
# 27   Burma: 67.63 
# 28   Bangladesh: 66.73 
# 29   Somalia: 66.35 
# 30   Thailand: 65.44 
# 31   Bahamas, The: 65.41 
# 32   Mongolia: 65.34 
# 33   Norway: 65.26 
# 34   Benin: 65.24 
# 35   Comoros: 64.27 
# 36   Denmark: 62.82 
# 37   Mauritania: 62.72 
# 38   Gabon: 62.64 
# 39   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 62.26 
# 40   Laos: 62.17 
# 41   Senegal: 61.17 
# 42   Finland: 60.79 
# 43   Haiti: 60.13 
# 44   United States: 58.96 
= 45   Niger: 58.81 
= 45   Nigeria: 58.81 
# 47   Ethiopia: 58.48 
# 48   Cameroon: 57.6 
# 49   Nepal: 57.44 
# 50   Indonesia: 57.18 
# 51   Guinea-Bissau: 56.73 
# 52   Togo: 56.4 
# 53   Korea, South: 55.67 
# 54   Switzerland: 55.35 
# 55   Japan: 55.17 
# 56   Vietnam: 55.15 
# 57   Namibia: 53.22 
# 58   Botswana: 53.16 
# 59   Liberia: 53.03 
# 60   Bhutan: 52.88 
# 61   Equatorial Guinea: 52.44 
# 62   Estonia: 52.39 
# 63   Philippines: 52.24 
# 64   Georgia: 50.6 
# 65   Latvia: 49.87 
# 66   Canada: 49.78 
# 67   Korea, North: 49.31 
# 68   Zambia: 48.26 
# 69   New Zealand: 48.1 
# 70   Bolivia: 47.14 
# 71   Poland: 46.21 
# 72   Cote d'Ivoire: 45.82 
# 73   Turkey: 45.65 
# 74   China: 45.43 
# 75   Sierra Leone: 44.34 
# 76   France: 44.31 
# 77   Barbados: 44.24 
# 78   Afghanistan: 43.87 
# 79   Armenia: 43.17 
# 80   Portugal: 42.8 
# 81   Germany: 42.78 
# 82   Lesotho: 42.01 
# 83   Israel: 41.97 
# 84   Nicaragua: 41.2 
# 85   Lithuania: 41.02 
# 86   Cyprus: 39.09 
# 87   India: 38.88 
# 88   Uruguay: 38.28 
# 89   Trinidad and Tobago: 38.24 
# 90   Australia: 38.11 
# 91   Morocco: 37.02 
# 92   Pakistan: 36.07 
# 93   Sudan: 35.08 
# 94   Russia: 34.61 
= 95   El Salvador: 34.42 
= 95   Malaysia: 34.42 
# 97   Honduras: 34.16 
= 98   Dominica: 33.32 
= 98   Dominican Republic: 33.32 
# 100   Czech Republic: 33.29 
# 101   Belarus: 33.24 
# 102   Swaziland: 32.91 
# 103   Paraguay: 32.89 
# 104   Chile: 32.5 
# 105   Suriname: 32.3 
# 106   Guyana: 32.08 
# 107   Colombia: 31.97 
# 108   Greece: 31.23 
# 109   Cape Verde: 31.1 
# 110   Venezuela: 31.08 
# 111   South Africa: 30.54 
# 112   Brazil: 30.29 
# 113   Romania: 29.67 
# 114   Slovakia: 29.54 
# 115   Azerbaijan: 29.43 
# 116   Mexico: 29.36 
# 117   Serbia and Montenegro: 28.71 
# 118   Fiji: 28.42 
# 119   Bulgaria: 28.25 
# 120   Guatemala: 28.21 
# 121   Ukraine: 28.19 
# 122   Turkmenistan: 27.48 
# 123   Sri Lanka: 26.87 
# 124   Peru: 26.41 
# 125   Netherlands: 25.99 
# 126   Ecuador: 25.86 
# 127   Kazakhstan: 25.79 
# 128   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 25.23 
# 129   Egypt: 24.88 
# 130   Cuba: 24.87 
# 131   Yemen: 24.36 
# 132   Argentina: 24.29 
# 133   Tunisia: 24.13 
# 134   Albania: 23.76 
# 135   Mauritius: 23.72 
# 136   Croatia: 23.69 
# 137   Syria: 23.18 
# 138   Austria: 23.16 
# 139   Tajikistan: 22.92 
# 140   Spain: 22.72 
# 141   Slovenia: 22.46 
# 142   Algeria: 22.43 
# 143   Kyrgyzstan: 21.83 
# 144   Italy: 21.07 
# 145   Ireland: 20.53 
# 146   Costa Rica: 20.46 
# 147   Libya: 20.1 
# 148   Singapore: 20.03 
# 149   Iran: 19.69 
# 150   Uzbekistan: 19.67 
# 151   Luxembourg: 18.66 
# 152   Moldova: 18.18 
# 153   Malta: 18.09 
# 154   Jordan: 17.99 
# 155   Kuwait: 17.51 
# 156   Belgium: 17.07 
# 157   Panama: 16.96 
# 158   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 16.63 
# 159   Qatar: 14.17 
# 160   Belize: 14.02 
# 161   Lebanon: 11.05 
# 162   Oman: 10.83 
# 163   Iraq: 10.47 
# 164   Saudi Arabia: 9.23 
# 165   United Arab Emirates: 8.72 
# 166   Bahrain: 5.85 
# 167   Hungary: 4.78 
Weighted average: 43.6  



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

SOURCE: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation

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