Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 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 force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi90.50
2Tanzania90.20
3Uganda87.20
4Ethiopia86.90
5Madagascar86.60
6Guinea86.10
7Burkina Faso85.30
8Mozambique83.20
9Angola83
10Kenya82.10
11Rwanda81.30
12Gambia77.20
13Malawi77.20
14Central African Republic77.10
15Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria76.25
16Senegal75.50
17Chad74.50
18Comoros74
19Ghana73.80
20Democratic Republic of the Congo72.90
21Benin72.90
22Gabon72.80
23Guinea-Bissau72.70
24Somalia72.40
25Lesotho72.10
26Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa72.09
27Mauritania72
28Eritrea71.20
29Zimbabwe71.10
30Sub-Saharan Africa70.91
31Liberia70.80
32Zambia70.50
33Djibouti70.40
34Togo69.80
35Republic of the Congo69.40
36Equatorial Guinea68.70
37Sierra Leone67.90
38Africa67.47
39Swaziland66.80
40Mauritius64.70
41Cameroon64.60
42Niger64.10
43Ivory Coast63.40
44Cape Verde62.70
45Algeria59.70
46Sao Tome and Principe59.30
47Botswana57.50
48South Africa55.70
49Nigeria55.40
50Namibia55.20
51Libya54.80
52Morocco53.90
53North Africa53.23
54Sudan52.30
55Mali52.10
56Tunisia51.20
57Egypt50.20
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