Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Labor > Labor force, total per 1000
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DEFINITION:
Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Equatorial Guinea | 528.67 | 2012 | ||
2 | Zimbabwe | 516.29 | 2012 | ||
3 | Botswana | 508.14 | 2012 | ||
4 | Madagascar | 508.1 | 2012 | ||
5 | Namibia | 498.43 | 2012 | ||
6 | Tanzania | 491.92 | 2012 | ||
7 | Rwanda | 485.38 | 2012 | ||
8 | Eritrea | 481.97 | 2012 | ||
9 | Ethiopia | 475.22 | 2012 | ||
10 | Central African Republic | 471.68 | 2012 | ||
11 | Togo | 470.09 | 2012 | ||
12 | Cape Verde | 469.27 | 2012 | ||
13 | Mauritius | 467.79 | 2012 | ||
14 | Burundi | 460.38 | 2012 | ||
15 | Burkina Faso | 453.7 | 2012 | ||
16 | Malawi | 452.81 | 2012 | ||
17 | Senegal | 431.9 | 2012 | ||
18 | Guinea-Bissau | 427.82 | 2012 | ||
19 | Ghana | 424.94 | 2012 | ||
20 | Zambia | 422.96 | 2012 | ||
21 | The Gambia | 419.29 | 2012 | ||
22 | Lesotho | 416.81 | 2012 | ||
23 | Benin | 415.32 | 2012 | ||
24 | Guinea | 413.74 | 2012 | ||
25 | Republic of the Congo | 407.46 | 2012 | ||
26 | Uganda | 399.31 | 2012 | ||
27 | Cameroon | 399.02 | 2012 | ||
28 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 394.65 | 2012 | ||
29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 393.81 | 2012 | ||
30 | Sierra Leone | 392.1 | 2012 | ||
31 | Kenya | 386.71 | 2012 | ||
32 | Gabon | 372.76 | 2012 | ||
33 | Chad | 368.61 | 2012 | ||
34 | Angola | 366.4 | 2012 | ||
35 | South Africa | 365.06 | 2012 | ||
36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 354.47 | 2012 | ||
37 | Swaziland | 353.76 | 2012 | ||
38 | Liberia | 349.62 | 2012 | ||
39 | Mali | 348.36 | 2012 | ||
40 | Djibouti | 342.68 | 2012 | ||
41 | Comoros | 333.13 | 2012 | ||
42 | Niger | 323.55 | 2012 | ||
43 | Mauritania | 321.63 | 2012 | ||
44 | Sudan | 313.09 | 2012 | ||
45 | Nigeria | 311.8 | 2012 | ||
46 | Somalia | 295.37 | 2012 | ||
47 | Mozambique | 274.72 | 2012 |