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: |
83.77 |
|
| #2 |
Malawi: |
82.06 |
|
| #3 |
Tanzania: |
80.77 |
|
| #4 |
Mozambique: |
80.7 |
|
| #5 |
Central African Republic: |
76.25 |
|
| #6 |
Uganda: |
74.29 |
|
| #7 |
Madagascar: |
72.81 |
|
| #8 |
Iceland: |
71.97 |
|
| #9 |
Solomon Islands: |
68.57 |
|
| #10 |
Kenya: |
67.26 |
|
| #11 |
Zimbabwe: |
66.87 |
|
| #12 |
Gambia, The: |
65.9 |
|
| #13 |
Eritrea: |
65.57 |
|
| #14 |
Burkina Faso: |
65.51 |
|
| #15 |
Angola: |
64.35 |
|
| #16 |
Maldives: |
61.7 |
|
| #17 |
Burma: |
60.08 |
|
| #18 |
Rwanda: |
59.28 |
|
| #19 |
Burundi: |
59.28 |
|
| #20 |
Mali: |
57.84 |
|
| #21 |
East Timor: |
57.38 |
|
| #22 |
Bangladesh: |
57.09 |
|
| #23 |
Chad: |
57.07 |
|
| #24 |
Cambodia: |
55.83 |
|
| #25 |
Comoros: |
55.69 |
|
| #26 |
Somalia: |
54.17 |
|
| #27 |
Gabon: |
53.92 |
|
| #28 |
Sweden: |
52.9 |
|
| #29 |
Mauritania: |
52.68 |
|
| #30 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
52.28 |
|
| #31 |
Senegal: |
51.4 |
|
| #32 |
Ethiopia: |
51.28 |
|
| #33 |
Benin: |
50.46 |
|
| #34 |
Haiti: |
50.03 |
|
| #35 |
Papua New Guinea: |
48.24 |
|
| #36 |
Guinea: |
48.24 |
|
| #37 |
Bahamas, The: |
48.17 |
|
| #38 |
Philippines: |
47.68 |
|
| #39 |
Togo: |
47.53 |
|
| #40 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
46.89 |
|
| #41 |
Indonesia: |
45.74 |
|
| #42 |
Thailand: |
45.68 |
|
| #43 |
Norway: |
45.35 |
|
| #44 |
Botswana: |
45.23 |
|
| #45 |
Jamaica: |
45.18 |
|
| #46 |
Nigeria: |
45.11 |
|
| #47 |
Niger: |
45.11 |
|
| #48 |
Cameroon: |
44.61 |
|
| #49 |
Laos: |
44.28 |
|
| #50 |
Bolivia: |
43.9 |
|
| #51 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
43.49 |
|
| #52 |
Vietnam: |
43.13 |
|
| #53 |
Mongolia: |
42.71 |
|
| #54 |
Zambia: |
41.65 |
|
| #55 |
Nepal: |
41.41 |
|
| #56 |
Korea, South: |
40.49 |
|
| #57 |
Liberia: |
38.69 |
|
| #58 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
38.57 |
|
| #59 |
Bhutan: |
38.13 |
|
| #60 |
Japan: |
38.04 |
|
| #61 |
Turkey: |
37.35 |
|
| #62 |
Lesotho: |
35.63 |
|
| #63 |
Namibia: |
35.47 |
|
| #64 |
Afghanistan: |
35.45 |
|
| #65 |
Estonia: |
33.97 |
|
| #66 |
Latvia: |
33.24 |
|
| #67 |
United States: |
33.2 |
|
| #68 |
Georgia: |
31.8 |
|
| #69 |
Sudan: |
31.38 |
|
| #70 |
Sierra Leone: |
31.15 |
|
| #71 |
Korea, North: |
31.05 |
|
| #72 |
Poland: |
29.87 |
|
| #73 |
Dominica: |
29.02 |
|
| #74 |
Dominican Republic: |
29.02 |
|
| #75 |
Pakistan: |
28.98 |
|
| #76 |
El Salvador: |
28.62 |
|
| #77 |
Malaysia: |
28.22 |
|
| #78 |
Morocco: |
28.02 |
|
| #79 |
India: |
27.96 |
|
| #80 |
China: |
27.17 |
|
| #81 |
Paraguay: |
27.07 |
|
| #82 |
Cape Verde: |
26.61 |
|
| #83 |
Nicaragua: |
26.45 |
|
| #84 |
Barbados: |
26.06 |
|
| #85 |
Cyprus: |
26.04 |
|
| #86 |
Denmark: |
25.09 |
|
| #87 |
Lithuania: |
24.81 |
|
| #88 |
Switzerland: |
24.65 |
|
| #89 |
Colombia: |
24.47 |
|
| #90 |
Peru: |
24.44 |
|
| #91 |
Portugal: |
24.36 |
|
| #92 |
Brazil: |
23.4 |
|
| #93 |
Canada: |
23.16 |
|
| #94 |
Guatemala: |
22.72 |
|
| #95 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
22.45 |
|
| #96 |
Israel: |
22.12 |
|
| #97 |
Honduras: |
21.82 |
|
| #98 |
Ecuador: |
21.39 |
|
| #99 |
Guyana: |
21.27 |
|
| #100 |
Yemen: |
21.15 |
|
| #101 |
Uruguay: |
21.12 |
|
| #102 |
Mexico: |
20.91 |
|
| #103 |
South Africa: |
20.09 |
|
| #104 |
Fiji: |
19.99 |
|
| #105 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
19.96 |
|
| #106 |
Russia: |
18.52 |
|
| #107 |
Finland: |
18.25 |
|
| #108 |
Syria: |
18.14 |
|
| #109 |
Belarus: |
18.14 |
|
| #110 |
Slovenia: |
17.76 |
|
| #111 |
Swaziland: |
17.65 |
|
| #112 |
New Zealand: |
17.34 |
|
| #113 |
Australia: |
17.3 |
|
| #114 |
Azerbaijan: |
17.21 |
|
| #115 |
Algeria: |
17.17 |
|
| #116 |
Iran: |
16.93 |
|
| #117 |
Czech Republic: |
16.23 |
|
| #118 |
Greece: |
16.14 |
|
| #119 |
Armenia: |
15.07 |
|
| #120 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
14.99 |
|
| #121 |
Egypt: |
14.62 |
|
| #122 |
Spain: |
14.53 |
|
| #123 |
France: |
14.47 |
|
| #124 |
Malta: |
14.33 |
|
| #125 |
Turkmenistan: |
14.25 |
|
| #126 |
Slovakia: |
14.01 |
|
| #127 |
Albania: |
13.87 |
|
| #128 |
Libya: |
13.68 |
|
| #129 |
Croatia: |
13.63 |
|
| #130 |
Costa Rica: |
13.48 |
|
| #131 |
Bulgaria: |
13.36 |
|
| #132 |
Ukraine: |
13.09 |
|
| #133 |
Tunisia: |
12.96 |
|
| #134 |
Kazakhstan: |
12.85 |
|
| #135 |
Suriname: |
12.69 |
|
| #136 |
Panama: |
12.52 |
|
| #137 |
Ireland: |
12.24 |
|
| #138 |
Tajikistan: |
12.23 |
|
| #139 |
Venezuela: |
12.05 |
|
| #140 |
Kuwait: |
11.7 |
|
| #141 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
11.67 |
|
| #142 |
Sri Lanka: |
11.39 |
|
| #143 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
11.21 |
|
| #144 |
Belize: |
10.79 |
|
| #145 |
Singapore: |
10.69 |
|
| #146 |
Argentina: |
10.25 |
|
| #147 |
Romania: |
9.59 |
|
| #148 |
Qatar: |
9.31 |
|
| #149 |
Italy: |
9.28 |
|
| #150 |
Germany: |
8.93 |
|
| #151 |
Lebanon: |
8.9 |
|
| #152 |
Luxembourg: |
8.4 |
|
| #153 |
Saudi Arabia: |
8.26 |
|
| #154 |
Moldova: |
8.08 |
|
| #155 |
Cuba: |
7.97 |
|
| #156 |
Jordan: |
7.7 |
|
| #157 |
Mauritius: |
7.67 |
|
| #158 |
Netherlands: |
7.6 |
|
| #159 |
Iraq: |
7.56 |
|
| #160 |
Oman: |
6.09 |
|
| #161 |
Austria: |
4.06 |
|
| #162 |
United Arab Emirates: |
3.91 |
|
| #163 |
Belgium: |
3.26 |
|
| #164 |
Hungary: |
1.51 |
|
| #165 |
Bahrain: |
1.51 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
31.6 |
|
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
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