Total employment, total (ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Total employment shows the total number employed ages 15 and over. Source: International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database.
Total employment, total (ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa342,875,045
2Sub-Saharan Africa292,361,232
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa278,799,587
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria235,731,807
5North Africa50,513,814
6Nigeria43,067,780
7Ethiopia35,416,273
8Egypt22,857,316
9Democratic Republic of the Congo21,801,142
10Tanzania17,872,960
11Kenya15,738,690
12South Africa13,561,645
13Uganda12,967,306
14Algeria12,256,893
15Sudan11,484,388
16Morocco10,089,491
17Mozambique9,199,739
18Ghana9,079,023
19Madagascar8,703,454
20Angola7,225,341
21Ivory Coast7,105,313
22Burkina Faso6,488,370
23Cameroon6,431,107
24Malawi5,335,616
25Zimbabwe4,946,743
26Guinea4,459,181
27Senegal4,369,828
28Rwanda4,362,811
29Niger4,335,576
30Zambia4,040,115
31Chad4,013,067
32Burundi3,932,600
33Benin3,402,820
34Tunisia3,220,948
35Somalia3,168,453
36Mali3,138,579
37Togo2,391,503
38Libya2,089,165
39Sierra Leone1,967,998
40Eritrea1,836,717
41Central African Republic1,822,566
42Liberia1,361,291
43Republic of the Congo1,348,605
44Mauritania877,744
45Lesotho683,418
46Gambia664,535
47Guinea-Bissau582,576
48Botswana569,811
49Namibia542,372
50Gabon525,308
51Mauritius523,960
52Swaziland348,074
53Comoros263,964
54Equatorial Guinea231,701
55Cape Verde171,169
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