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DEFINITION:
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 75.4 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 74.2 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Ethiopia | 73.5 | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Burundi | 73.2 | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Guinea | 72.8 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Madagascar | 70.7 | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Tanzania | 70 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Cambodia | 68.2 | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Iceland | 67.1 | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Netherlands | 66.8 | 2008 | ||
| 11 | Mozambique | 65.7 | 2008 | ||
| =12 | Australia | 64.1 | 2008 | ||
| =12 | Rwanda | 64.1 | 2008 | ||
| 14 | Laos | 63.6 | 2008 | ||
| =15 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.1 | 2008 | ||
| =15 | Switzerland | 63.1 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.9 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 61.5 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Denmark | 61 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Canada | 60.6 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Benin | 58.9 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Kenya | 58.7 | 2008 | ||
| =23 | East Timor | 58.1 | 2008 | ||
| =23 | Central African Republic | 58.1 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Somalia | 57.9 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Paraguay | 57.7 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Liberia | 56.7 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | New Zealand | 56.3 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | Bangladesh | 56 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | United Kingdom | 55.8 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | Norway | 55.7 | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Senegal | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
| =32 | The Gambia | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
| =32 | China | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 54.2 | 2008 | ||
| 36 | Eritrea | 53.6 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Burma | 53.4 | 2008 | ||
| 38 | Austria | 52.8 | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Togo | 52.7 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Brazil | 52.6 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Peru | 52.5 | 2008 | ||
| =42 | Guatemala | 51.6 | 2008 | ||
| =42 | Niger | 51.6 | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Vietnam | 51.1 | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Solomon Islands | 50.7 | 2008 | ||
| =45 | United States | 50.7 | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Chad | 50.2 | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 49.6 | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Bolivia | 49.4 | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 49.36 | 2008 | |||
| 50 | Malawi | 49 | 2008 | ||
| 51 | Comoros | 48.5 | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 48.23 | 2008 | |||
| 52 | Nicaragua | 48 | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 47.66 | 2008 | |||
| =53 | Qatar | 47.2 | 2008 | ||
| =53 | Malta | 47.2 | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Haiti | 47 | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 46.91 | 2008 | |||
| 56 | Afghanistan | 46.9 | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Zambia | 46.4 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 46.34 | 2008 | |||
| 58 | Nepal | 45.9 | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.7 | 2008 | ||
| =60 | Congo, Republic of the | 45.6 | 2008 | ||
| =60 | Thailand | 45.6 | 2008 | ||
| =60 | United Arab Emirates | 45.6 | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Bhutan | 45.5 | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45.3 | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Sweden | 45.2 | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Malaysia | 44.5 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Ireland | 44.4 | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Germany | 44.3 | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Barbados | 43.8 | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Pakistan | 43.7 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 43.69 | 2008 | |||
| 71 | Finland | 43.6 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Costa Rica | 43.1 | 2008 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 43.01 | 2008 | |||
| 73 | Colombia | 42.9 | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Honduras | 42.8 | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 42.59 | 2008 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 42.45 | 2008 | |||
| 75 | Maldives | 42.4 | 2008 | ||
| 76 | Brunei | 42.3 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | The Bahamas | 42.2 | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 42.1 | 2008 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 42.09 | 2008 | |||
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 42 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Belize | 41.8 | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Mexico | 41.6 | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Indonesia | 40.8 | 2008 | ||
| =83 | Lesotho | 40.4 | 2008 | ||
| =83 | Japan | 40.4 | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Ghana | 39.9 | 2008 | ||
| =86 | Ecuador | 39.7 | 2008 | ||
| =86 | Fiji | 39.7 | 2008 | ||
| 88 | India | 39.6 | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Panama | 39.5 | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Venezuela | 39.5 | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.5 | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 39.32 | 2008 | |||
| 92 | Philippines | 39.2 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 38.9 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | El Salvador | 38.8 | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 38.63 | 2008 | |||
| =95 | Azerbaijan | 38.6 | 2008 | ||
| =95 | Uruguay | 38.6 | 2008 | ||
| 97 | Cape Verde | 38.1 | 2008 | ||
| 98 | Singapore | 37.6 | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Tajikistan | 37.5 | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Mauritius | 37.3 | 2008 | ||
| 101 | European Union | 37.17 | 2008 | ||
| 102 | Guyana | 37 | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 36.95 | 2008 | |||
| 103 | Spain | 36.8 | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 36.35 | 2008 | |||
| 104 | Argentina | 36.2 | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 35.98 | 2008 | |||
| 105 | Albania | 35.9 | 2008 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 35.73 | 2008 | |||
| 106 | Cyprus | 35.7 | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 35.57 | 2008 | |||
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 35.5 | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 35.37 | 2008 | |||
| =108 | Latvia | 35.1 | 2008 | ||
| =108 | Portugal | 35.1 | 2008 | ||
| =110 | Morocco | 34.7 | 2008 | ||
| =110 | Mongolia | 34.7 | 2008 | ||
| =110 | Belarus | 34.7 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Mali | 34.5 | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Ukraine | 34.3 | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 33.7 | 2008 | ||
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 33.5 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Cameroon | 33.4 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Gabon | 33.1 | 2008 | ||
| 119 | Russia | 32.7 | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 32.51 | 2008 | |||
| =120 | Syria | 32.3 | 2008 | ||
| =120 | Slovenia | 32.3 | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 31.91 | 2008 | |||
| 122 | Cuba | 31.9 | 2008 | ||
| 123 | Turkey | 30.7 | 2008 | ||
| 124 | Algeria | 30.6 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Bahrain | 30.3 | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 30.23 | 2008 | |||
| =126 | Slovakia | 30.2 | 2008 | ||
| =126 | Kuwait | 30.2 | 2008 | ||
| 128 | Oman | 29.4 | 2008 | ||
| =129 | France | 29.3 | 2008 | ||
| =129 | Estonia | 29.3 | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Jamaica | 29.1 | 2008 | ||
| 132 | Czech Republic | 28.8 | 2008 | ||
| =133 | Lebanon | 28.7 | 2008 | ||
| =133 | Croatia | 28.7 | 2008 | ||
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 28.5 | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 27.99 | 2008 | |||
| 136 | Greece | 27.6 | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Libya | 27.4 | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Belgium | 27.2 | 2008 | ||
| =139 | Israel | 27.1 | 2008 | ||
| =139 | Botswana | 27.1 | 2008 | ||
| 141 | Poland | 26.8 | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Bulgaria | 26.5 | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Netherlands Antilles | 26.2 | 2008 | ||
| 144 | Swaziland | 25.5 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Armenia | 25.4 | 2008 | ||
| =146 | Italy | 24.7 | 2008 | ||
| =146 | Saudi Arabia | 24.7 | 2008 | ||
| 148 | Nigeria | 24.2 | 2008 | ||
| 149 | Romania | 24 | 2008 | ||
| 150 | Chile | 23.7 | 2008 | ||
| 151 | Sudan | 23.4 | 2008 | ||
| =152 | Mauritania | 23.2 | 2008 | ||
| =152 | Iraq | 23.2 | 2008 | ||
| 154 | Luxembourg | 22.7 | 2008 | ||
| 155 | Tunisia | 22.3 | 2008 | ||
| 156 | Georgia | 22 | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Suriname | 21.7 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Serbia and Montenegro | 21.07 | 2008 | ||
| 159 | Hungary | 20.4 | 2008 | ||
| 160 | Jordan | 19.8 | 2008 | ||
| 161 | Lithuania | 18 | 2008 | ||
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.6 | 2008 | ||
| 163 | Moldova | 16.9 | 2008 | ||
| 164 | South Africa | 14.6 | 2008 | ||
| 165 | Namibia | 13.6 | 2008 |