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Labor Statistics > Employment rate > Adults (2005) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Burundi: 84.2   2005 Time series
# 2     Madagascar: 84.2   2005 Time series
# 3     Uganda: 82.9   2005 Time series
# 4     Burkina Faso: 81.8   2005 Time series
# 5     Guinea: 81.5   2005 Time series
# 6     Rwanda: 80.4   2005 Time series
# 7     Ethiopia: 79.9   2005 Time series
# 8     Tanzania: 79.6   2005 Time series
# 9     Mozambique: 78.1   2005 Time series
# 10     Laos: 78   2005 Time series
# 11     United Arab Emirates: 75.1   2005 Time series
# 12     Qatar: 75   2005 Time series
# 13     Cambodia: 74.5   2005 Time series
# 14     Burma: 74.2   2005 Time series
# 15     Kenya: 72.8   2005 Time series
# 16     Central African Republic: 72.6   2005 Time series
# 17     Thailand: 72.5   2005 Time series
# 18     Malawi: 72.3   2005 Time series
# 19     Gambia, The: 72.2   2005 Time series
# 20     Paraguay: 72   2005 Time series
# 21     Iceland: 71.8   2005 Time series
# 22     Benin: 71.7   2005 Time series
# 23     China: 71.7   2005 Time series
# 24     Papua New Guinea: 70.1   2005 Time series
# 25     Vietnam: 70   2005 Time series
# 26     Chad: 69.7   2005 Time series
# 27     Bolivia: 69.1   2005 Time series
# 28     Comoros: 68.7   2005 Time series
# 29     Bangladesh: 68.1   2005 Time series
# 30     Guinea-Bissau: 67.3   2005 Time series
# 31     Peru: 67.1   2005 Time series
# 32     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 66.8   2005 Time series
# 33     Somalia: 66.2   2005 Time series
# 34     Kuwait: 65.9   2005 Time series
# 35     Zimbabwe: 65.9   2005 Time series
# 36     Eritrea: 65.7   2005 Time series
# 37     Senegal: 65.6   2005 Time series
# 38     Liberia: 65.6   2005 Time series
# 39     Ghana: 65.5   2005 Time series
# 40     East Timor: 65.4   2005 Time series
# 41     Solomon Islands: 65.2   2005 Time series
# 42     Togo: 64.7   2005 Time series
# 43     Bahamas, The: 64.6   2005 Time series
# 44     Sierra Leone: 64.5   2005 Time series
# 45     Congo, Republic of the: 64.5   2005 Time series
# 46     Brunei: 63.8   2005 Time series
# 47     Equatorial Guinea: 63.3   2005 Time series
# 48     Barbados: 63.2   2005 Time series
# 49     New Zealand: 62.8   2005 Time series
# 50     Brazil: 62.5   2005 Time series
# 51     Kazakhstan: 62.4   2005 Time series
# 52     Guatemala: 61.5   2005 Time series
# 53     Colombia: 61.3   2005 Time series
# 54     Bahrain: 61.3   2005 Time series
# 55     Zambia: 61   2005 Time series
# 56     Côte d'Ivoire: 60.9   2005 Time series
# 57     Switzerland: 60.9   2005 Time series
# 58     Norway: 60.8   2005 Time series
# 59     Nepal: 60.8   2005 Time series
# 60     Singapore: 60.7   2005 Time series
# 61     Malaysia: 60.1   2005 Time series
# 62     Canada: 60   2005 Time series
# 63     United States: 60   2005 Time series
# 64     Cameroon: 59.8   2005 Time series
# 65     Niger: 59.8   2005 Time series
# 66     Philippines: 59.8   2005 Time series
# 67     Indonesia: 59.8   2005 Time series
# 68     Denmark: 59.5   2005 Time series
# 69     Trinidad and Tobago: 59.3   2005 Time series
# 70     Ecuador: 59.3   2005 Time series
# 71     Australia: 59   2005 Time series
# 72     Bhutan: 58.9   2005 Time series
# 73     Azerbaijan: 58.6   2005 Time series
# 74     Gabon: 58.4   2005 Time series
# 75     Turkmenistan: 58.2   2005 Time series
# 76     Mexico: 57.9   2005 Time series
# 77     Kyrgyzstan: 57.7   2005 Time series
# 78     Jamaica: 57.5   2005 Time series
# 79     Ireland: 57.4   2005 Time series
# 80     Panama: 57.3   2005 Time series
# 81     Netherlands: 57.2   2005 Time series
# 82     Nicaragua: 57.1   2005 Time series
# 83     Maldives: 56.7   2005 Time series
# 84     Sweden: 56.6   2005 Time series
# 85     Honduras: 56.6   2005 Time series
# 86     Guyana: 56.6   2005 Time series
# 87     United Kingdom: 56.6   2005 Time series
# 88     Cyprus: 56.5   2005 Time series
# 89     Venezuela: 56.4   2005 Time series
# 90     Fiji: 56.4   2005 Time series
# 91     Dominican Republic: 56.4   2005 Time series
# 92     Costa Rica: 56.3   2005 Time series
# 93     Uzbekistan: 55.9   2005 Time series
# 94     India: 55.7   2005 Time series
# 95     Russia: 55.7   2005 Time series
# 96     Portugal: 55.6   2005 Time series
# 97     Japan: 55.6   2005 Time series
# 98     Belize: 55.6   2005 Time series
# 99     Uruguay: 55.4   2005 Time series
# 100     Cape Verde: 55.2   2005 Time series
# 101     Cuba: 55   2005 Time series
# 102     Haiti: 55   2005 Time series
# 103     El Salvador: 54.9   2005 Time series
# 104     Georgia: 54.5   2005 Time series
# 105     Argentina: 54.2   2005 Time series
# 106     Afghanistan: 54   2005 Time series
# 107     Slovenia: 53.7   2005 Time series
# 108     Finland: 53.4   2005 Time series
# 109     Austria: 53.3   2005 Time series
# 110     Estonia: 53   2005 Time series
# 111     Czech Republic: 52.8   2005 Time series
# 112     Ukraine: 52.5   2005 Time series
# 113     Mauritius: 52.5   2005 Time series
# 114     Sri Lanka: 52.4   2005 Time series
# 115     Belarus: 52.3   2005 Time series
# 116     Latvia: 52.1   2005 Time series
# 117     Oman: 51.9   2005 Time series
# 118     Nigeria: 51.8   2005 Time series
# 119     Mongolia: 51.7   2005 Time series
# 120     Lesotho: 51.5   2005 Time series
# 121     Swaziland: 51.2   2005 Time series
# 122     Saudi Arabia: 51.2   2005 Time series
# 123     Luxembourg: 50.7   2005 Time series
# 124     Tajikistan: 50.5   2005 Time series
# 125     Chile: 50.5   2005 Time series
# 126     Lithuania: 50.2   2005 Time series
# 127     Germany: 49.6   2005 Time series
# 128     Spain: 49.2   2005 Time series
# 129     Romania: 49.2   2005 Time series
# 130     Israel: 49   2005 Time series
# 131     Pakistan: 48.7   2005 Time series
# 132     Slovakia: 48.5   2005 Time series
# 133     Netherlands Antilles: 48.2   2005 Time series
# 134     France: 47.9   2005 Time series
# 135     Algeria: 47.7   2005 Time series
# 136     Libya: 47.6   2005 Time series
# 137     Mauritania: 47.1   2005 Time series
# 138     Greece: 47   2005 Time series
# 139     Mali: 47   2005 Time series
# 140     Sudan: 46.9   2005 Time series
# 141     Belgium: 46.2   2005 Time series
# 142     Suriname: 46.1   2005 Time series
# 143     Lebanon: 45.9   2005 Time series
# 144     Morocco: 45.9   2005 Time series
# 145     Albania: 45.8   2005 Time series
# 146     Moldova: 45.4   2005 Time series
# 147     Hungary: 45   2005 Time series
# 148     Croatia: 44.7   2005 Time series
# 149     Syria: 44.3   2005 Time series
# 150     Malta: 44.2   2005 Time series
# 151     Poland: 43.8   2005 Time series
# 152     Bulgaria: 43.8   2005 Time series
# 153     Turkey: 43.3   2005 Time series
# 154     Italy: 42.7   2005 Time series
# 155     Namibia: 42.6   2005 Time series
# 156     Puerto Rico: 40.9   2005 Time series
# 157     Tunisia: 40.6   2005 Time series
# 158     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 40.5   2005 Time series
# 159     South Africa: 38.7   2005 Time series
# 160     Armenia: 38.6   2005 Time series
# 161     Jordan: 37.9   2005 Time series
# 162     Botswana: 37.7   2005 Time series
# 163     Iraq: 36.9   2005 Time series
# 164     Macedonia, Republic of: 32.6   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 57.6  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 49.45   


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 (2005) 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=2005

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