Labor participation rate, male (a% of male population ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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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.
Labor participation rate, male (a% of male population ages 15+) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Equatorial Guinea91.50
2Ethiopia91
3Burundi90.40
4Uganda90.30
5Tanzania90.30
6Guinea-Bissau89.90
7Burkina Faso89.80
8Democratic Republic of the Congo89.70
9Angola89.20
10Guinea88.90
11Somalia88.50
12Madagascar88.40
13Niger87.50
14Kenya87.30
15Central African Republic87.10
16Togo86.70
17Senegal86.20
18Eritrea85.80
19Benin85.70
20Ivory Coast84.70
21Liberia84.50
22Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria84.16
23Gambia83.80
24Comoros83
25Republic of the Congo82.80
26Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa81.43
27Zambia80.50
28Sub-Saharan Africa79.91
29Mauritania79.90
30Gabon79.80
31Morocco79.80
32Zimbabwe79.70
33Malawi79.50
34Rwanda79.20
35Africa78.83
36Libya77.50
37Algeria77.50
38Chad77.30
39Mauritius77.20
40Mozambique77.20
41Djibouti77
42Cape Verde75.40
43Cameroon75.40
44Lesotho75
45North Africa74.44
46Ghana73.30
47Sudan71.60
48Egypt71.20
49Tunisia70.90
50Sao Tome and Principe70.80
51Nigeria70.60
52Swaziland68.50
53Sierra Leone67.40
54Mali65.10
55Botswana63.40
56South Africa60.20
57Namibia59
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