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Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country’s population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population. Source: International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi83.20
2Uganda83.20
3Madagascar83
4Guinea81.50
5Burkina Faso81.30
6Ethiopia80.70
7Rwanda79.80
8Tanzania78.20
9Mozambique77
10Angola75.70
11Kenya73.20
12Malawi71.80
13Gambia71.70
14Benin71.60
15Central African Republic71.30
16Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria69.68
17Chad68.90
18Comoros68
19Zimbabwe66.80
20Democratic Republic of the Congo66.20
21Somalia66
22Liberia66
23Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa65.92
24Guinea-Bissau65.90
25Senegal65.60
26Ghana65.10
27Eritrea64.90
28Republic of the Congo64.20
29Sub-Saharan Africa64.13
30Togo63.90
31Sierra Leone63.80
32Equatorial Guinea61.70
33Zambia61
34Niger60.40
35Africa60.37
36Ivory Coast59.90
37Cameroon59.10
38Gabon59
39Lesotho56.30
40Cape Verde55.90
41Mauritius54.50
42Nigeria50.90
43Swaziland50.90
44Algeria50.50
45Libya48.60
46Sudan47.30
47Mauritania46.90
48Morocco46.20
49Botswana46
50Mali45.70
51North Africa45.08
52Egypt42.40
53Namibia42
54Tunisia41.60
55South Africa41.10
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