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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and above that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Source: International Labour Organization, Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population database.

Rank	Country	Value
Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)
1	Burundi	89.90
2	Tanzania	88.60
3	Uganda	85.90
4	Ethiopia	85.30
5	Madagascar	85.20
6	Guinea	84.10
7	Burkina Faso	83.30
8	Mozambique	82.90
9	Angola	81.70
10	Kenya	80.80
11	Rwanda	80
12	Malawi	77.80
13	Gambia	76.90
14	Central African Republic	76.80
15	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	75.03
16	Chad	74.10
17	Senegal	73.70
18	Comoros	73.10
19	Ghana	72.50
20	Benin	72.10
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	71.60
22	Guinea-Bissau	71.40
23	Somalia	71.10
24	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	70.93
25	Gabon	70.90
26	Lesotho	70.90
27	Mauritania	70.10
28	Zambia	70.10
29	Eritrea	70
30	Liberia	69.90
31	Zimbabwe	69.70
32	Sub-Saharan Africa	69.66
33	Republic of the Congo	69.10
34	Togo	68.90
35	Djibouti	67.30
36	Equatorial Guinea	66.60
37	Sierra Leone	66.10
38	Africa	65.89
39	Swaziland	65.10
40	Cameroon	63.80
41	Niger	63.50
42	Ivory Coast	62.50
43	Cape Verde	60.10
44	Mauritius	59.50
45	Algeria	57.30
46	Sao Tome and Principe	56.50
47	Botswana	55.70
48	Nigeria	54.50
49	Namibia	53.80
50	South Africa	53.40
51	Libya	52.70
52	Sudan	51.50
53	Morocco	51.40
54	North Africa	50.54
55	Mali	50.10
56	Tunisia	48.30
57	Egypt	47.30

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