Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators



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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.
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi84.20
2Madagascar83.30
3Uganda83
4Burkina Faso81.90
5Guinea81.20
6Ethiopia80.60
7Rwanda80.30
8Tanzania78
9Mozambique77.90
10Laos77.70
11Qatar76.90
12Angola76.40
13United Arab Emirates75.90
14Cambodia74.60
15Burma74.40
16Kenya73
17Paraguay72.80
18Central African Republic72.60
19Malawi72.10
20Gambia72.10
21Benin71.60
22Thailand71.50
23Iceland71.20
24China71
25Bolivia70.70
26Papua New Guinea70.20
27Chad69.70
28Comoros69.40
29Vietnam69.40
30East Asia & Pacific69.36
31Low income69.13
32Least developed countries: UN classification68.92
33Peru68.80
34Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)68.60
35Bangladesh67.90
36Guinea-Bissau66.90
37Timor-Leste66.80
38Democratic Republic of the Congo66.70
39Somalia66.50
40Senegal66
41Liberia65.90
42Eritrea65.60
43Bahamas65.40
44Kuwait65.30
45Ghana65.20
46Zimbabwe64.90
47Sierra Leone64.80
48Togo64.60
49Republic of the Congo64.60
50Solomon Islands64.50
51Sub-Saharan Africa64.46
52Barbados64.40
53Macau63.90
54Brazil63.90
55Kazakhstan63.50
56Brunei Darussalam63.30
57New Zealand62.70
58Equatorial Guinea62.60
59Guatemala62.40
60Norway62.30
61Colombia62
62Indonesia61.80
63Low & middle income61.65
64Singapore61.60
65Lower middle income61.57
66Nepal61.50
67Venezuela61.30
68Switzerland61.20
69Zambia61.20
70Canada61.20
71Bhutan61.10
72Bahrain61
73Latin America & Caribbean60.72
74Trinidad and Tobago60.70
75Ecuador60.50
76Malaysia60.50
77Ivory Coast60.40
78Middle income60.32
79Denmark60.30
80Philippines60.10
81Azerbaijan60
82Niger59.80
83Australia59.40
84Netherlands59.30
85United States59.20
86Cameroon59.10
87Panama58.70
88Turkmenistan58.30
89Nicaragua58.30
90Kyrgyzstan58.30
91Gabon58.20
92South Korea58.10
93North Korea58.10
94Guyana57.80
95Ireland57.80
96Sweden57.60
97Uzbekistan57.50
98Cyprus57.50
99Maldives57.30
100Costa Rica57.20
101Mexico57.10
102Belize56.90
103Russia56.70
104Hong Kong56.60
105South Asia56.56
106Argentina56.50
107Uruguay56.40
108Honduras56.30
109United Kingdom56.30
110Fiji56.30
111Jamaica56.20
112Cape Verde55.70
113Portugal55.70
114Upper middle income55.66
115India55.60
116Haiti55.40
117Tajikistan55.40
118Afghanistan55.20
119Latvia55
120High income: nonOECD54.96
121High income54.89
122High income: OECD54.88
123Finland54.70
124Sri Lanka54.70
125Austria54.50
126Estonia54.50
127Cuba54.40
128Czech Republic54.30
129El Salvador54.30
130Georgia54.30
131Japan54.20
132Slovenia54.10
133Lesotho54.10
134Mauritius53.80
135Ukraine53.50
136Dominican Republic53.30
137Slovakia52.60
138Belarus52.30
139Europe & Central Asia52.18
140Nigeria51.80
141Germany51.70
142Netherlands Antilles51.60
143Mongolia51.60
144Pakistan51.50
145Oman51.40
146Luxembourg51.20
147Saudi Arabia50.90
148Swaziland50.40
149Israel50.40
150Lithuania50.20
151Chile49.60
152Euro area49.51
153Algeria49.40
154Iran48.90
155Libya48.60
156Spain48.60
157Greece48.40
158Poland48.20
159Romania48.10
160France47.90
161Sudan47.30
162Mauritania47.20
163Mali47
164Belgium46.50
165Suriname46.50
166Bulgaria46.30
167Albania46.20
168Morocco46.10
169Botswana46
170Croatia45.90
171Lebanon45.90
172Malta45.20
173Syria44.80
174Hungary44.80
175Middle East & North Africa44.79
176Moldova44.70
177Serbia44.43
178Italy43.60
179Egypt43.20
180Namibia42.90
181Turkey42.30
182Bosnia and Herzegovina41.50
183South Africa41.10
184Tunisia41
185Puerto Rico40.60
186Yemen39
187Armenia38.10
188Jordan37.90
189Iraq37.10
190Macedonia34.80
191West Bank and Gaza30.20
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