FACTOID # 10: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
TOP STATS
More Top Stats »
RECENT UPDATES
More Recent Updates »

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWS

Receive our NationMaster newsletter: (Privacy)

 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Labor Statistics > force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 (most recent) by country

VIEW DATA:   Totals  
Definition     Source      Printable version   
    Bar Graph   Map  

Showing latest available data. Select another time period:
Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Niger: 95.52 %   2005 Time series
# 2   Somalia: 95.09 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Sierra Leone: 94.49 %   2005 Time series
# 4   Equatorial Guinea: 93.58 %   2005 Time series
# 5   Burundi: 93.24 %   2005 Time series
# 6   Guinea-Bissau: 93.03 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Angola: 92.18 %   2005 Time series
# 8   United Arab Emirates: 92 %   2005 Time series
# 9   Zambia: 91.48 %   2005 Time series
# 10   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 91.12 %   2005 Time series
= 11   Tanzania: 90.66 %   2005 Time series
= 11   Eritrea: 90.66 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Ethiopia: 90.65 %   2005 Time series
# 14   Iceland: 90.52 %   2005 Time series
# 15   Honduras: 90.46 %   2005 Time series
# 16   Togo: 90.38 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Burkina Faso: 90.17 %   2005 Time series
# 18   Malawi: 89.94 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Kenya: 89.64 %   2005 Time series
# 20   Qatar: 89.58 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Central African Republic: 89.35 %   2005 Time series
# 22   Bahrain: 89.29 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Syria: 89.23 %   2005 Time series
# 24   Vanuatu: 89.21 %   2005 Time series
# 25   Côte d'Ivoire: 89.1 %   2005 Time series
= 26   Afghanistan: 88.62 %   1989 Time series
= 26   Guinea: 88.62 %   2005 Time series
# 28   Bangladesh: 88.08 %   2005 Time series
# 29   China: 87.79 %   2005 Time series
# 30   Burma: 87.65 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Switzerland: 87.61 %   2005 Time series
# 32   Nicaragua: 87.37 %   2005 Time series
# 33   Uganda: 87.35 %   2005 Time series
# 34   Comoros: 87.28 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Indonesia: 87.11 %   2005 Time series
# 36   Paraguay: 86.89 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Gambia, The: 86.64 %   2005 Time series
# 38   Congo, Republic of the: 86.58 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Benin: 86.49 %   2005 Time series
# 40   Kuwait: 86.43 %   2005 Time series
# 41   Madagascar: 86.34 %   2005 Time series
# 42   Uruguay: 86.12 %   2005 Time series
# 43   Barbados: 86.08 %   2005 Time series
# 44   Nigeria: 85.8 %   2005 Time series
# 45   Venezuela: 85.67 %   2005 Time series
# 46   Pakistan: 85.66 %   2005 Time series
# 47   Guyana: 85.63 %   2005 Time series
# 48   Ecuador: 85.37 %   2005 Time series
# 49   Colombia: 85.23 %   2005 Time series
# 50   Zimbabwe: 85.17 %   2005 Time series
= 51   Mali: 85.06 %   2005 Time series
= 51   Mauritania: 85.06 %   2005 Time series
# 53   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 84.94 %   2005 Time series
# 54   Rwanda: 84.9 %   2005 Time series
# 55   Belize: 84.87 %   2005 Time series
# 56   Japan: 84.83 %   2005 Time series
# 57   Costa Rica: 84.78 %   2005 Time series
# 58   Guatemala: 84.7 %   2005 Time series
# 59   Philippines: 84.68 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Netherlands: 84.52 %   2005 Time series
# 61   Thailand: 84.51 %   2005 Time series
# 62   India: 84.3 %   2005 Time series
# 63   Bolivia: 84.26 %   2005 Time series
# 64   Saint Lucia: 84.18 %   2005 Time series
# 65   Mauritius: 84.13 %   2005 Time series
# 66   Dominican Republic: 83.97 %   2005 Time series
# 67   Gabon: 83.95 %   2005 Time series
# 68   Lebanon: 83.87 %   2005 Time series
= 69   Morocco: 83.85 %   2005 Time series
= 69   Djibouti: 83.85 %   2005 Time series
# 71   Liberia: 83.75 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Malaysia: 83.74 %   2005 Time series
# 73   Brazil: 83.62 %   2005 Time series
# 74   Norway: 83.61 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Peru: 83.55 %   2005 Time series
# 76   Algeria: 83.52 %   2005 Time series
= 77   Fiji: 83.44 %   2005 Time series
= 77   Senegal: 83.44 %   2005 Time series
# 79   New Zealand: 83.3 %   2005 Time series
# 80   Haiti: 83.27 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Mongolia: 83.25 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Solomon Islands: 83.18 %   2005 Time series
# 83   Panama: 83.02 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Mexico: 82.98 %   2005 Time series
# 85   East Timor: 82.94 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Singapore: 82.78 %   2005 Time series
# 87   Libya: 82.76 %   2005 Time series
# 88   Mozambique: 82.66 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Oman: 82.65 %   2005 Time series
# 90   Denmark: 82.63 %   2005 Time series
# 91   Canada: 82.56 %   2005 Time series
# 92   Trinidad and Tobago: 82.46 %   2005 Time series
# 93   Argentina: 82.43 %   2005 Time series
# 94   Vietnam: 82.4 %   2005 Time series
# 95   Laos: 82.35 %   2005 Time series
# 96   Cuba: 82.25 %   2005 Time series
# 97   Guam: 82.03 %   2005 Time series
# 98   Sri Lanka: 81.9 %   2005 Time series
# 99   United Kingdom: 81.86 %   2005 Time series
# 100   South Africa: 81.85 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Brunei: 81.77 %   2005 Time series
# 102   United States: 81.46 %   2005 Time series
# 103   Cambodia: 81.42 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Bhutan: 81.35 %   2005 Time series
# 105   Cameroon: 81.1 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Hong Kong: 81.06 %   2005 Time series
# 107   Samoa: 81.03 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Australia: 80.75 %   2005 Time series
# 109   Spain: 80.69 %   2005 Time series
# 110   Nepal: 80.55 %   2005 Time series
# 111   Korea, North: 80.42 %   2005 Time series
# 112   Ireland: 80.41 %   2005 Time series
# 113   Saudi Arabia: 80.38 %   2005 Time series
# 114   Macau: 80.13 %   2005 Time series
# 115   Kazakhstan: 80.1 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Jordan: 79.71 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Portugal: 79.67 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Cyprus: 79.61 %   2005 Time series
# 119   Germany: 79.3 %   2005 Time series
# 120   Malta: 79.15 %   2005 Time series
# 121   Iraq: 79.03 %   1999 Time series
# 122   Sweden: 78.98 %   2005 Time series
# 123   Greece: 78.81 %   2005 Time series
# 124   El Salvador: 78.66 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Tunisia: 78.4 %   2005 Time series
# 126   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 78.3 %   2005 Time series
# 127   Virgin Islands: 78.22 %   2005 Time series
# 128   Azerbaijan: 78.09 %   2005 Time series
# 129   Cape Verde: 78.04 %   2005 Time series
# 130   Jamaica: 78.02 %   2005 Time series
# 131   São Tomé and Príncipe: 77.61 %   2005 Time series
# 132   Kyrgyzstan: 77.55 %   2005 Time series
# 133   Yemen: 77.45 %   2005 Time series
= 134   Austria: 77.37 %   2005 Time series
= 134   Czech Republic: 77.37 %   2005 Time series
# 136   Korea, South: 77.3 %   2005 Time series
# 137   Chad: 77.03 %   2005 Time series
# 138   Egypt: 76.94 %   2005 Time series
# 139   French Polynesia: 76.87 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Finland: 76.79 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Turkmenistan: 76.54 %   2005 Time series
# 142   Slovakia: 76.4 %   2005 Time series
# 143   New Caledonia: 76.2 %   2005 Time series
# 144   Tonga: 76.19 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Georgia: 76.08 %   2005 Time series
# 146   Serbia and Montenegro: 76.04 %   2005 Time series
# 147   Moldova: 76.02 %   2005 Time series
# 148   Turkey: 76 %   2005 Time series
# 149   Chile: 75.98 %   2005 Time series
# 150   Uzbekistan: 75.74 %   2005 Time series
# 151   Ghana: 75.71 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Netherlands Antilles: 75.7 %   2005 Time series
# 153   Albania: 75.66 %   2005 Time series
# 154   Slovenia: 75.53 %   2005 Time series
# 155   Iran: 75.48 %   2005 Time series
# 156   Russia: 75.29 %   2005 Time series
# 157   Papua New Guinea: 75.24 %   2005 Time series
# 158   Luxembourg: 75.13 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Swaziland: 74.53 %   2005 Time series
# 160   Italy: 74.33 %   2005 Time series
# 161   Bahamas, The: 73.9 %   2005 Time series
# 162   Lesotho: 73.8 %   2005 Time series
# 163   Estonia: 73.64 %   2005 Time series
# 164   France: 73.5 %   2005 Time series
# 165   Macedonia, Republic of: 73.16 %   2005 Time series
# 166   Maldives: 73 %   2005 Time series
# 167   Belgium: 72.46 %   2005 Time series
# 168   Sudan: 72.45 %   2005 Time series
# 169   Ukraine: 72.43 %   2005 Time series
# 170   Lithuania: 72.35 %   2005 Time series
# 171   Belarus: 72.32 %   2005 Time series
# 172   Latvia: 71.86 %   2005 Time series
# 173   Croatia: 71.03 %   2005 Time series
# 174   Suriname: 70.01 %   2005 Time series
# 175   Romania: 69.5 %   2005 Time series
# 176   Poland: 68.83 %   2005 Time series
# 177   Botswana: 68.23 %   2005 Time series
# 178   Puerto Rico: 67.73 %   2005 Time series
# 179   Hungary: 66.78 %   2005 Time series
# 180   Armenia: 65.88 %   2005 Time series
# 181   Tajikistan: 65.75 %   2005 Time series
# 182   Israel: 65.6 %   2005 Time series
# 183   Namibia: 64.49 %   2005 Time series
# 184   Bulgaria: 62.57 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 81.4 %   



DEFINITION: Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

See also

See this stat for year: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980

Related links:
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2009. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms.