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Labor Statistics > Employment rate > Adults (1999) by country

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Showing values for 1999. Select another time period:
Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Tanzania: 85.6   1999 Time series
# 2     Burundi: 85.6   1999 Time series
# 3     Rwanda: 84.5   1999 Time series
# 4     Guinea: 81.9   1999 Time series
# 5     Uganda: 81.9   1999 Time series
# 6     Burkina Faso: 81.9   1999 Time series
# 7     Madagascar: 80.3   1999 Time series
# 8     Laos: 78.9   1999 Time series
# 9     Mozambique: 78.4   1999 Time series
# 10     Cambodia: 77.1   1999 Time series
# 11     China: 74.2   1999 Time series
# 12     Ethiopia: 74   1999 Time series
# 13     Burma: 74   1999 Time series
# 14     United Arab Emirates: 73.8   1999 Time series
# 15     Kenya: 73.4   1999 Time series
# 16     Iceland: 72.9   1999 Time series
# 17     Central African Republic: 72.8   1999 Time series
# 18     Gambia, The: 72.7   1999 Time series
# 19     Vietnam: 72.2   1999 Time series
# 20     Benin: 72   1999 Time series
# 21     Malawi: 71.6   1999 Time series
# 22     Thailand: 71   1999 Time series
# 23     Qatar: 69.8   1999 Time series
# 24     Papua New Guinea: 69.5   1999 Time series
# 25     Bangladesh: 68.4   1999 Time series
# 26     Kuwait: 68.4   1999 Time series
# 27     Chad: 68.1   1999 Time series
# 28     Comoros: 68   1999 Time series
# 29     Paraguay: 67.9   1999 Time series
# 30     Ghana: 67.8   1999 Time series
# 31     Bolivia: 67.6   1999 Time series
# 32     Guinea-Bissau: 67.2   1999 Time series
# 33     Zimbabwe: 67   1999 Time series
# 34     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 66.9   1999 Time series
# 35     Solomon Islands: 66.3   1999 Time series
# 36     Bahamas, The: 66.2   1999 Time series
# 37     Mauritania: 66.2   1999 Time series
# 38     Senegal: 66.1   1999 Time series
# 39     Somalia: 65.9   1999 Time series
# 40     Eritrea: 65.8   1999 Time series
# 41     Liberia: 65.3   1999 Time series
# 42     Togo: 65.1   1999 Time series
# 43     Sierra Leone: 64.7   1999 Time series
# 44     East Timor: 64.7   1999 Time series
# 45     Honduras: 64.4   1999 Time series
# 46     Congo, Republic of the: 64.3   1999 Time series
# 47     Brunei: 64   1999 Time series
# 48     Indonesia: 63.2   1999 Time series
# 49     Equatorial Guinea: 63.1   1999 Time series
# 50     Switzerland: 63   1999 Time series
# 51     Peru: 62.6   1999 Time series
# 52     Côte d'Ivoire: 62.2   1999 Time series
# 53     Norway: 62.1   1999 Time series
# 54     United States: 61.8   1999 Time series
# 55     Zambia: 61.3   1999 Time series
# 56     Barbados: 61.3   1999 Time series
# 57     Singapore: 61.2   1999 Time series
# 58     Bahrain: 61   1999 Time series
# 59     Philippines: 60.2   1999 Time series
# 60     Brazil: 60.2   1999 Time series
# 61     Cameroon: 60.1   1999 Time series
# 62     Denmark: 60   1999 Time series
# 63     Nepal: 59.9   1999 Time series
# 64     Kazakhstan: 59.8   1999 Time series
# 65     Niger: 59.7   1999 Time series
# 66     Malaysia: 59.4   1999 Time series
# 67     Kyrgyzstan: 59   1999 Time series
# 68     Gabon: 59   1999 Time series
# 69     Turkmenistan: 58.6   1999 Time series
# 70     Romania: 58.5   1999 Time series
# 71     Mexico: 58.5   1999 Time series
# 72     New Zealand: 58.5   1999 Time series
# 73     Japan: 58.3   1999 Time series
# 74     Colombia: 58.2   1999 Time series
# 75     Canada: 58.2   1999 Time series
# 76     Costa Rica: 58.2   1999 Time series
# 77     Netherlands: 57.8   1999 Time series
# 78     Jamaica: 57.6   1999 Time series
# 79     India: 56.9   1999 Time series
# 80     Azerbaijan: 56.8   1999 Time series
# 81     El Salvador: 56.7   1999 Time series
# 82     Australia: 56.6   1999 Time series
# 83     Georgia: 56.4   1999 Time series
# 84     Cyprus: 56.3   1999 Time series
# 85     Portugal: 56.2   1999 Time series
# 86     Ecuador: 56.2   1999 Time series
# 87     Cape Verde: 55.9   1999 Time series
# 88     Nicaragua: 55.8   1999 Time series
# 89     Haiti: 55.8   1999 Time series
# 90     United Kingdom: 55.8   1999 Time series
# 91     Fiji: 55.7   1999 Time series
# 92     Sweden: 55.3   1999 Time series
# 93     Panama: 55.1   1999 Time series
# 94     Guyana: 54.8   1999 Time series
# 95     Uruguay: 54.3   1999 Time series
# 96     Czech Republic: 54.2   1999 Time series
# 97     Mauritius: 54.1   1999 Time series
# 98     Oman: 54   1999 Time series
# 99     Uzbekistan: 53.9   1999 Time series
# 100     Afghanistan: 53.7   1999 Time series
# 101     Swaziland: 53.7   1999 Time series
# 102     Austria: 53.6   1999 Time series
# 103     Cuba: 53.4   1999 Time series
# 104     Lesotho: 53.3   1999 Time series
# 105     Ireland: 53.2   1999 Time series
# 106     Sri Lanka: 53.1   1999 Time series
# 107     Slovenia: 53   1999 Time series
# 108     Trinidad and Tobago: 52.9   1999 Time series
# 109     Finland: 52.7   1999 Time series
# 110     Belize: 52.5   1999 Time series
# 111     Venezuela: 52.4   1999 Time series
# 112     Lithuania: 52.2   1999 Time series
# 113     Estonia: 52   1999 Time series
# 114     Nigeria: 52   1999 Time series
# 115     Belarus: 51.8   1999 Time series
# 116     Dominican Republic: 51.5   1999 Time series
# 117     Germany: 51.5   1999 Time series
# 118     Mongolia: 51.3   1999 Time series
# 119     Saudi Arabia: 51.2   1999 Time series
# 120     Bhutan: 50.9   1999 Time series
# 121     Moldova: 50.8   1999 Time series
# 122     Russia: 50.8   1999 Time series
# 123     Argentina: 50.3   1999 Time series
# 124     Chile: 50.2   1999 Time series
# 125     Netherlands Antilles: 49.5   1999 Time series
# 126     Slovakia: 48.9   1999 Time series
# 127     Botswana: 48.9   1999 Time series
# 128     Mali: 48.8   1999 Time series
# 129     Turkey: 48.7   1999 Time series
# 130     Luxembourg: 48.7   1999 Time series
# 131     Ukraine: 48.5   1999 Time series
# 132     Latvia: 48.3   1999 Time series
# 133     Maldives: 48.2   1999 Time series
# 134     Israel: 48.1   1999 Time series
# 135     Poland: 47.8   1999 Time series
# 136     Pakistan: 47.8   1999 Time series
# 137     Albania: 47.7   1999 Time series
# 138     Sudan: 47.2   1999 Time series
# 139     Morocco: 46.2   1999 Time series
# 140     Libya: 46.2   1999 Time series
# 141     France: 46.1   1999 Time series
# 142     Guatemala: 46   1999 Time series
# 143     Syria: 45.7   1999 Time series
# 144     Croatia: 45.6   1999 Time series
# 145     Lebanon: 45.5   1999 Time series
# 146     Belgium: 45.4   1999 Time series
# 147     Greece: 45.1   1999 Time series
# 148     Namibia: 44.4   1999 Time series
# 149     Tajikistan: 44.3   1999 Time series
# 150     Hungary: 44.2   1999 Time series
# 151     Malta: 44   1999 Time series
# 152     Suriname: 43.7   1999 Time series
# 153     Spain: 42.3   1999 Time series
# 154     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 41.9   1999 Time series
# 155     Bulgaria: 41   1999 Time series
# 156     Puerto Rico: 41   1999 Time series
# 157     Italy: 40.4   1999 Time series
# 158     Tunisia: 40.2   1999 Time series
# 159     Algeria: 39.6   1999 Time series
# 160     South Africa: 39.4   1999 Time series
# 161     Jordan: 38   1999 Time series
# 162     Armenia: 36.9   1999 Time series
# 163     Iraq: 36.7   1999 Time series
# 164     Macedonia, Republic of: 35.3   1999 Time series
Weighted average: 57.4  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 49.19   


DEFINITION: Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.

SOURCE: International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.

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"Employment rate > Adults (1999) by country", International Labour Organisation, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_emp_rat_adu-labor-employment-rate-adults&date=1999

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