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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Burundi: 93.02 %   2005 Time series
# 2     Tanzania: 89.45 %   2005 Time series
# 3     Malawi: 88.02 %   2005 Time series
# 4     Iceland: 86.73 %   2005 Time series
# 5     Guinea: 85.71 %   2005 Time series
# 6     Burkina Faso: 84.85 %   2005 Time series
# 7     Vanuatu: 84.77 %   2005 Time series
# 8     Niger: 84.51 %   2005 Time series
# 9     Uganda: 84.27 %   2005 Time series
# 10     Mozambique: 83.83 %   2005 Time series
# 11     Angola: 83.76 %   2005 Time series
# 12     Rwanda: 83.39 %   2005 Time series
# 13     Madagascar: 83.07 %   2005 Time series
# 14     Ethiopia: 81.99 %   2005 Time series
# 15     China: 81.97 %   2005 Time series
# 16     Switzerland: 81.38 %   2005 Time series
# 17     Barbados: 80.7 %   2005 Time series
# 18     Norway: 80.52 %   2005 Time series
# 19     Kenya: 80.49 %   2005 Time series
# 20     Zambia: 79.94 %   2005 Time series
# 21     Vietnam: 79.88 %   2005 Time series
# 22     Mali: 79.83 %   2005 Time series
# 23     Central African Republic: 79.8 %   2005 Time series
# 24     Cambodia: 79.65 %   2005 Time series
# 25     Burma: 78.76 %   2005 Time series
# 26     Denmark: 78.48 %   2005 Time series
# 27     Paraguay: 77.84 %   2005 Time series
= 28     United Arab Emirates: 77.8 %   2005 Time series
= 28     Somalia: 77.8 %   2005 Time series
# 30     Guinea-Bissau: 77.77 %   2005 Time series
# 31     Canada: 77.7 %   2005 Time series
# 32     Thailand: 77.65 %   2005 Time series
# 33     Netherlands: 77.16 %   2005 Time series
# 34     New Zealand: 77.14 %   2005 Time series
# 35     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 76.97 %   2005 Time series
# 36     Sweden: 76.95 %   2005 Time series
# 37     Kazakhstan: 76.72 %   2005 Time series
# 38     Sierra Leone: 76.13 %   2005 Time series
# 39     Uruguay: 76.1 %   2005 Time series
# 40     United States: 75.75 %   2005 Time series
# 41     United Kingdom: 75.56 %   2005 Time series
# 42     Colombia: 75.38 %   2005 Time series
# 43     Qatar: 74.84 %   2005 Time series
# 44     Finland: 74.83 %   2005 Time series
# 45     Eritrea: 74.77 %   2005 Time series
# 46     Zimbabwe: 74.75 %   2005 Time series
# 47     Ecuador: 74.74 %   2005 Time series
# 48     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 74.36 %   2005 Time series
# 49     Bolivia: 74.27 %   2005 Time series
# 50     Australia: 74.06 %   2005 Time series
# 51     Papua New Guinea: 74.03 %   2005 Time series
# 52     Gabon: 73.99 %   2005 Time series
# 53     Venezuela: 73.82 %   2005 Time series
# 54     Ghana: 73.75 %   2005 Time series
# 55     Portugal: 73.66 %   2005 Time series
# 56     Honduras: 73.58 %   2005 Time series
# 57     Germany: 73.41 %   2005 Time series
# 58     Comoros: 73.4 %   2005 Time series
# 59     Gambia, The: 73.27 %   2005 Time series
# 60     Kuwait: 73.1 %   2005 Time series
# 61     Macau: 73.09 %   2005 Time series
# 62     Japan: 72.72 %   2005 Time series
# 63     Equatorial Guinea: 72.59 %   2005 Time series
# 64     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 72.55 %   2005 Time series
# 65     Peru: 72.44 %   2005 Time series
# 66     Brazil: 72.12 %   2005 Time series
# 67     Bangladesh: 72.04 %   2005 Time series
# 68     Azerbaijan: 71.94 %   2005 Time series
# 69     Bahamas, The: 71.8 %   2005 Time series
# 70     Saint Lucia: 71.73 %   2005 Time series
# 71     Argentina: 71.65 %   2005 Time series
# 72     Chad: 71.44 %   2005 Time series
# 73     Ireland: 71.34 %   2005 Time series
# 74     Congo, Republic of the: 71.19 %   2005 Time series
# 75     Cyprus: 71.13 %   2005 Time series
# 76     Slovenia: 71.12 %   2005 Time series
# 77     Russia: 71.03 %   2005 Time series
# 78     Hong Kong: 70.94 %   2005 Time series
# 79     Benin: 70.8 %   2005 Time series
= 80     Turkmenistan: 70.75 %   2005 Time series
= 80     Togo: 70.75 %   2005 Time series
# 82     Czech Republic: 70.71 %   2005 Time series
# 83     Philippines: 70.69 %   2005 Time series
# 84     Austria: 70.64 %   2005 Time series
= 85     Senegal: 70.54 %   2005 Time series
= 85     Moldova: 70.54 %   2005 Time series
# 87     Mauritania: 70.5 %   2005 Time series
# 88     East Timor: 70.48 %   2005 Time series
# 89     Haiti: 70.22 %   2005 Time series
# 90     Indonesia: 70.07 %   2005 Time series
# 91     Singapore: 69.88 %   2005 Time series
# 92     Solomon Islands: 69.78 %   2005 Time series
# 93     Mongolia: 69.73 %   2005 Time series
# 94     Liberia: 69.7 %   2005 Time series
# 95     Fiji: 69.49 %   2005 Time series
# 96     Slovakia: 69.36 %   2005 Time series
# 97     Laos: 69.3 %   2005 Time series
# 98     Djibouti: 69.29 %   2005 Time series
# 99     Belarus: 69.28 %   2005 Time series
# 100     Panama: 69.05 %   2005 Time series
# 101     Spain: 69.04 %   2005 Time series
# 102     Lithuania: 69 %   2005 Time series
# 103     Estonia: 68.82 %   2005 Time series
# 104     Virgin Islands: 68.65 %   2005 Time series
# 105     Kyrgyzstan: 68.6 %   2005 Time series
# 106     Jamaica: 68.47 %   2005 Time series
= 107     Guam: 68.11 %   2005 Time series
= 107     Uzbekistan: 68.11 %   2005 Time series
# 109     France: 67.96 %   2005 Time series
# 110     Greece: 67.5 %   2005 Time series
# 111     Ukraine: 67.43 %   2005 Time series
# 112     Cameroon: 67.42 %   2005 Time series
# 113     Latvia: 67.26 %   2005 Time series
# 114     Costa Rica: 67.04 %   2005 Time series
# 115     Trinidad and Tobago: 66.76 %   2005 Time series
# 116     Cuba: 66.61 %   2005 Time series
# 117     Dominican Republic: 66.36 %   2005 Time series
# 118     Nigeria: 66.33 %   2005 Time series
# 119     Malaysia: 66.2 %   2005 Time series
# 120     Nepal: 66.19 %   2005 Time series
# 121     Korea, South: 65.92 %   2005 Time series
# 122     Netherlands Antilles: 65.72 %   2005 Time series
# 123     Bahrain: 65.59 %   2005 Time series
# 124     Luxembourg: 65.52 %   2005 Time series
# 125     Mauritius: 65.51 %   2005 Time series
# 126     Serbia and Montenegro: 65.49 %   2005 Time series
# 127     Guyana: 65.38 %   2005 Time series
# 128     Belize: 65.33 %   2005 Time series
# 129     Côte d'Ivoire: 65.3 %   2005 Time series
# 130     Korea, North: 65.29 %   2005 Time series
# 131     South Africa: 65.28 %   2005 Time series
# 132     Bhutan: 65.27 %   2005 Time series
# 133     Albania: 65.06 %   2005 Time series
# 134     Belgium: 65 %   2005 Time series
# 135     Syria: 64.64 %   2005 Time series
# 136     Brunei: 64.55 %   2005 Time series
# 137     Afghanistan: 64.35 %   1989 Time series
# 138     Croatia: 64.24 %   2005 Time series
# 139     El Salvador: 64.14 %   2005 Time series
# 140     French Polynesia: 63.99 %   2005 Time series
# 141     Georgia: 63.66 %   2005 Time series
# 142     Poland: 63.21 %   2005 Time series
# 143     Samoa: 63.08 %   2005 Time series
# 144     Tonga: 62.59 %   2005 Time series
# 145     Romania: 62.4 %   2005 Time series
# 146     New Caledonia: 62.38 %   2005 Time series
# 147     Italy: 62.24 %   2005 Time series
# 148     Israel: 62.13 %   2005 Time series
# 149     Mexico: 62.1 %   2005 Time series
# 150     Nicaragua: 61.98 %   2005 Time series
# 151     Maldives: 61.32 %   2005 Time series
# 152     Algeria: 60.98 %   2005 Time series
# 153     India: 60.93 %   2005 Time series
# 154     Sri Lanka: 60.81 %   2005 Time series
# 155     Macedonia, Republic of: 60.63 %   2005 Time series
# 156     Malta: 60.61 %   2005 Time series
# 157     Pakistan: 60.56 %   2005 Time series
# 158     Armenia: 60.21 %   2005 Time series
# 159     Hungary: 60.05 %   2005 Time series
# 160     Lesotho: 59.83 %   2005 Time series
# 161     Libya: 59.15 %   2005 Time series
# 162     Lebanon: 59.05 %   2005 Time series
# 163     Guatemala: 58.63 %   2005 Time series
# 164     Oman: 58.52 %   2005 Time series
# 165     Chile: 58.39 %   2005 Time series
# 166     Iran: 58.18 %   2005 Time series
# 167     Tajikistan: 57.47 %   2005 Time series
# 168     Bulgaria: 57.43 %   2005 Time series
# 169     Botswana: 57.23 %   2005 Time series
# 170     Namibia: 56.31 %   2005 Time series
# 171     Cape Verde: 56.26 %   2005 Time series
# 172     Morocco: 56.06 %   2005 Time series
# 173     Puerto Rico: 55.59 %   2005 Time series
# 174     Jordan: 55.58 %   2005 Time series
# 175     Tunisia: 54.9 %   2005 Time series
# 176     Yemen: 54.38 %   2005 Time series
# 177     São Tomé and Príncipe: 54.25 %   2005 Time series
# 178     Suriname: 53.13 %   2005 Time series
# 179     Saudi Arabia: 53.08 %   2005 Time series
# 180     Swaziland: 52.49 %   2005 Time series
# 181     Turkey: 51.9 %   2005 Time series
# 182     Iraq: 49.67 %   1999 Time series
# 183     Egypt: 49.34 %   2005 Time series
# 184     Sudan: 48.4 %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 69.4 %  


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

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"force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_par_rat_tot_of_tot_pop_age_1564-total-population-ages-15-64

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