High income OECD countries Compared by Labor > Force > Total > Per capita

DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Iceland	0.596 per capita	2005
2	Switzerland	0.564 per capita	2005
=3	Norway	0.546 per capita	2005
=3	Canada	0.546 per capita	2005
5	Netherlands	0.528 per capita	2005
6	Portugal	0.527 per capita	2005
7	New Zealand	0.525 per capita	2005
=8	United States	0.524 per capita	2005
=8	Denmark	0.524 per capita	2005
10	Japan	0.521 per capita	2005
11	Sweden	0.519 per capita	2005
12	Slovenia	0.516 per capita	2005
=13	United Kingdom	0.509 per capita	2005
=13	Australia	0.509 per capita	2005
15	Czech Republic	0.508 per capita	2005
16	Finland	0.506 per capita	2005
17	South Korea	0.505 per capita	2005
18	Ireland	0.501 per capita	2005
=19	Germany	0.497 per capita	2005
=19	Slovakia	0.497 per capita	2005
21	Estonia	0.493 per capita	2005
22	Austria	0.483 per capita	2005
23	Spain	0.481 per capita	2005
24	Greece	0.464 per capita	2005
25	Poland	0.454 per capita	2005
26	France	0.445 per capita	2005
27	Luxembourg	0.442 per capita	2005
28	Belgium	0.429 per capita	2005
29	Italy	0.417 per capita	2005
30	Chile	0.4 per capita	2005
31	Israel	0.394 per capita	2005

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