Economic Activity women aged 55-59 by country. Definition, graph and map.

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

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

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

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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