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
|
Mozambique: |
72.86 |
|
|
# 2
|
Ghana: |
68.9 |
|
|
# 3
|
Malawi: |
68.07 |
|
|
# 4
|
Central African Republic: |
63.79 |
|
|
# 5
|
Tanzania: |
59.9 |
|
|
# 6
|
Zimbabwe: |
56.07 |
|
|
# 7
|
Gambia, The: |
53.25 |
|
|
# 8
|
Solomon Islands: |
50.96 |
|
|
# 9
|
Uganda: |
48.63 |
|
|
# 10
|
Kenya: |
41.45 |
|
|
# 11
|
Madagascar: |
40.54 |
|
|
# 12
|
Eritrea: |
40.44 |
|
|
# 13
|
Burkina Faso: |
40.09 |
|
|
# 14
|
Angola: |
38.2 |
|
|
# 15
|
Bolivia: |
36.9 |
|
|
# 16
|
Nepal: |
36.46 |
|
|
# 17
|
Comoros: |
35.01 |
|
|
# 18
|
Gabon: |
34.95 |
|
|
# 19
|
Rwanda: |
34.77 |
|
|
# 20
|
Burundi: |
34.73 |
|
|
# 21
|
Benin: |
34.35 |
|
|
# 22
|
Ethiopia: |
34.28 |
|
|
# 23
|
Haiti: |
33.5 |
|
|
# 24
|
Mauritania: |
33.07 |
|
|
= 25
|
Guinea: |
32.96 |
|
|
= 25
|
Papua New Guinea: |
32.96 |
|
|
= 27
|
Bangladesh: |
32.9 |
|
|
= 27
|
Burma: |
32.9 |
|
|
# 29
|
Somalia: |
32.81 |
|
|
# 30
|
Togo: |
32.42 |
|
|
# 31
|
Maldives: |
32.38 |
|
|
# 32
|
Mali: |
31.64 |
|
|
# 33
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
30.77 |
|
|
# 34
|
Zambia: |
30.74 |
|
|
# 35
|
East Timor: |
30.65 |
|
|
= 36
|
Senegal: |
27.6 |
|
|
= 36
|
Cameroon: |
27.6 |
|
|
# 38
|
Bhutan: |
27.42 |
|
|
# 39
|
Laos: |
27.09 |
|
|
# 40
|
Philippines: |
26.24 |
|
|
# 41
|
Cambodia: |
26.2 |
|
|
# 42
|
Vietnam: |
26.14 |
|
|
= 43
|
Niger: |
25.61 |
|
|
= 43
|
Nigeria: |
25.61 |
|
|
# 45
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
24.61 |
|
|
# 46
|
Botswana: |
24.52 |
|
|
# 47
|
Indonesia: |
24.12 |
|
|
# 48
|
Liberia: |
23.67 |
|
|
# 49
|
Turkey: |
23.66 |
|
|
# 50
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
23.42 |
|
|
# 51
|
Chad: |
22.75 |
|
|
# 52
|
Sudan: |
22.36 |
|
|
# 53
|
Jamaica: |
22.34 |
|
|
# 54
|
Mongolia: |
22.01 |
|
|
# 55
|
Lesotho: |
20.95 |
|
|
# 56
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
20.79 |
|
|
# 57
|
Afghanistan: |
20.51 |
|
|
# 58
|
Iceland: |
19.57 |
|
|
# 59
|
Namibia: |
19.38 |
|
|
# 60
|
Sierra Leone: |
18.34 |
|
|
# 61
|
Thailand: |
17.34 |
|
|
# 62
|
Malaysia: |
16.96 |
|
|
# 63
|
El Salvador: |
16.62 |
|
|
# 64
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
16.36 |
|
|
# 65
|
Korea, South: |
16.02 |
|
|
# 66
|
Poland: |
15.32 |
|
|
# 67
|
Bahamas, The: |
14.67 |
|
|
# 68
|
Nicaragua: |
14.45 |
|
|
# 69
|
Japan: |
14.41 |
|
|
# 70
|
Korea, North: |
13.69 |
|
|
# 71
|
Honduras: |
13.61 |
|
|
# 72
|
India: |
13.52 |
|
|
# 73
|
Estonia: |
13.3 |
|
|
# 74
|
Ecuador: |
13.18 |
|
|
# 75
|
Pakistan: |
12.42 |
|
|
# 76
|
Mexico: |
12.35 |
|
|
# 77
|
Cape Verde: |
12.15 |
|
|
# 78
|
Iran: |
11.88 |
|
|
# 79
|
Guatemala: |
11.23 |
|
|
# 80
|
Peru: |
11.21 |
|
|
# 81
|
Latvia: |
11.14 |
|
|
# 82
|
Georgia: |
11.1 |
|
|
# 83
|
Morocco: |
10.95 |
|
|
# 84
|
Paraguay: |
10.77 |
|
|
# 85
|
Fiji: |
10.19 |
|
|
= 86
|
Dominican Republic: |
10.18 |
|
|
= 86
|
Dominica: |
10.18 |
|
|
# 88
|
Colombia: |
10.09 |
|
|
# 89
|
Swaziland: |
8.78 |
|
|
# 90
|
Slovenia: |
8.76 |
|
|
# 91
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
8.46 |
|
|
# 92
|
Egypt: |
7.95 |
|
|
# 93
|
Cyprus: |
7.77 |
|
|
# 94
|
China: |
7.6 |
|
|
# 95
|
United States: |
7.41 |
|
|
# 96
|
Portugal: |
7.09 |
|
|
# 97
|
Croatia: |
7.06 |
|
|
# 98
|
Syria: |
6.77 |
|
|
# 99
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
6.46 |
|
|
# 100
|
Yemen: |
6.45 |
|
|
# 101
|
Lithuania: |
6.35 |
|
|
# 102
|
Azerbaijan: |
6.34 |
|
|
# 103
|
Tunisia: |
6.33 |
|
|
# 104
|
Norway: |
5.88 |
|
|
# 105
|
Israel: |
5.85 |
|
|
# 106
|
Panama: |
5.84 |
|
|
# 107
|
Algeria: |
5.66 |
|
|
# 108
|
Russia: |
5.38 |
|
|
# 109
|
Sri Lanka: |
5.12 |
|
|
# 110
|
Armenia: |
5.1 |
|
|
# 111
|
Albania: |
5.01 |
|
|
# 112
|
Brazil: |
4.95 |
|
|
# 113
|
Tajikistan: |
4.9 |
|
|
# 114
|
Czech Republic: |
4.88 |
|
|
# 115
|
Venezuela: |
4.77 |
|
|
# 116
|
Guyana: |
4.73 |
|
|
# 117
|
Belize: |
4.6 |
|
|
# 118
|
Libya: |
4.58 |
|
|
# 119
|
Turkmenistan: |
4.57 |
|
|
# 120
|
South Africa: |
4.56 |
|
|
# 121
|
Uruguay: |
4.53 |
|
|
# 122
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
4.48 |
|
|
# 123
|
Singapore: |
4.32 |
|
|
# 124
|
Belarus: |
4.24 |
|
|
# 125
|
Romania: |
4.22 |
|
|
# 126
|
Slovakia: |
4.16 |
|
|
# 127
|
Jordan: |
3.75 |
|
|
# 128
|
Mauritius: |
3.66 |
|
|
# 129
|
Greece: |
3.64 |
|
|
# 130
|
Canada: |
3.55 |
|
|
# 131
|
Oman: |
3.51 |
|
|
# 132
|
Iraq: |
3.49 |
|
|
# 133
|
Barbados: |
3.42 |
|
|
# 134
|
Uzbekistan: |
3.38 |
|
|
= 135
|
New Zealand: |
3.34 |
|
|
= 135
|
Ukraine: |
3.34 |
|
|
# 137
|
Costa Rica: |
3.17 |
|
|
# 138
|
Chile: |
3.16 |
|
|
# 139
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
3.14 |
|
|
# 140
|
Kazakhstan: |
3.11 |
|
|
# 141
|
Bulgaria: |
2.93 |
|
|
# 142
|
Switzerland: |
2.75 |
|
|
# 143
|
Denmark: |
2.69 |
|
|
# 144
|
Moldova: |
2.68 |
|
|
# 145
|
Sweden: |
2.54 |
|
|
# 146
|
Argentina: |
2.52 |
|
|
# 147
|
Ireland: |
2.43 |
|
|
= 148
|
Australia: |
2.1 |
|
|
= 148
|
Lebanon: |
2.1 |
|
|
# 150
|
Suriname: |
1.85 |
|
|
# 151
|
Italy: |
1.81 |
|
|
# 152
|
Cuba: |
1.43 |
|
|
# 153
|
Finland: |
1.36 |
|
|
# 154
|
Spain: |
1.33 |
|
|
# 155
|
Germany: |
1.31 |
|
|
# 156
|
Saudi Arabia: |
1.24 |
|
|
# 157
|
Malta: |
1.2 |
|
|
# 158
|
France: |
1.15 |
|
|
# 159
|
Austria: |
0.84 |
|
|
# 160
|
Luxembourg: |
0.72 |
|
|
# 161
|
Bahrain: |
0.65 |
|
|
# 162
|
United Arab Emirates: |
0.57 |
|
|
# 163
|
Qatar: |
0.52 |
|
|
# 164
|
Belgium: |
0.44 |
|
|
# 165
|
Kuwait: |
0.38 |
|
|
# 166
|
Netherlands: |
0.23 |
|
|
# 167
|
Hungary: |
0.2 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
16.2 |
|
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