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
|
|
# 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
|
Burundi: |
59.28 |
|
|
= 18
|
Rwanda: |
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 |
|
|
= 35
|
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 |
|
|
= 46
|
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 |
|
|
= 73
|
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 |
|
|
= 108
|
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
|
Bahrain: |
1.51 |
|
|
= 164
|
Hungary: |
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