Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) - 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 15-24 are generally considered the youth population.
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Mozambique75.40
2Burundi74.30
3Uganda72.20
4Guinea70.90
5Laos70.80
6Burkina Faso70.60
7Tanzania69.70
8Madagascar69.40
9Iceland68.50
10Ethiopia68.10
11Cambodia66.40
12Rwanda66.20
13Netherlands66.10
14Angola63.70
15Australia63.50
16Canada62.10
17Switzerland62
18Denmark60.80
19China59.70
20Norway57.40
21Kenya55.40
22United Kingdom55
23Papua New Guinea54.50
24Chad54.30
25Gambia54.30
26New Zealand53.70
27Paraguay52.60
28East Asia & Pacific52.40
29Timor-Leste52.40
30Guinea-Bissau51.90
31Malawi51.60
32Central African Republic51.10
33Democratic Republic of the Congo51
34Least developed countries: UN classification50.96
35Low income50.93
36Liberia50.90
37Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)50.44
38Vietnam50.30
39United States49.70
40Benin48.50
41Sierra Leone47.90
42Austria47.70
43Somalia47.10
44Bangladesh46.50
45Malta46.40
46Sweden46.30
47Nepal45.80
48Solomon Islands45.30
49Peru45.10
50Finland45
51Zimbabwe44.90
52Sub-Saharan Africa43.84
53High income: OECD43.59
54Equatorial Guinea43.50
55Burma43.50
56Eritrea43.40
57Comoros43.40
58Senegal43.40
59Brazil42.70
60Germany42.10
61Ireland41.70
62High income41.62
63Ghana41.60
64Togo41.40
65Japan41.20
66Bolivia41.20
67Zambia40.30
68Bahamas39.40
69Hong Kong39.40
70Kazakhstan38.90
71Brunei Darussalam38.50
72Macau38.50
73Haiti38.40
74Trinidad and Tobago38.10
75Thailand38
76Barbados38
77Malaysia37.40
78Low & middle income37.23
79Colombia37.10
80Singapore36.70
81Azerbaijan36.50
82Republic of the Congo35.60
83Latin America & Caribbean35.30
84Uzbekistan35.10
85Lower middle income34.92
86Maldives34.60
87Cyprus34.10
88Middle income34
89Tajikistan33.50
90Niger33.50
91Euro area33.40
92Guatemala33.40
93Bhutan33.40
94Mongolia33.30
95Lesotho32.90
96Belarus32.30
97Albania32.20
98Spain32.10
99Indonesia31.60
100Costa Rica31.50
101Uruguay31.40
102South Korea31.40
103North Korea31.40
104Latvia30.90
105Turkmenistan30.80
106Cape Verde30.50
107Portugal30.50
108Kyrgyzstan30.50
109Philippines30.50
110Ukraine30.50
111Upper middle income30.24
112Mauritius30.20
113Gabon30.10
114Mexico30.10
115Ecuador30.10
116Russia29.50
117Belize29.10
118Israel29
119Argentina28.70
120Mali28.50
121El Salvador28.10
122Europe & Central Asia27.55
123Afghanistan27.40
124Slovakia27.30
125Ivory Coast27.10
126Slovenia27
127Cameroon26.60
128Fiji26.40
129Netherlands Antilles26.30
130France26.20
131Estonia26.20
132Panama26.10
133Croatia26
134Czech Republic25.90
135Nicaragua25.90
136Venezuela25.90
137Botswana25.40
138Cuba25
139United Arab Emirates24.90
140Iran24.90
141Belgium24.70
142Swaziland24.60
143South Asia24.24
144Honduras24.20
145Dominican Republic24.10
146Bulgaria23.50
147Poland23.50
148Kuwait23.40
149Puerto Rico23.40
150Greece22.90
151Sri Lanka22.80
152Mauritania22.30
153India21.40
154Romania21
155Jamaica21
156Algeria20.80
157High income: nonOECD20.71
158Italy20.20
159Turkey20
160Luxembourg19.30
161Armenia18.90
162Guyana18.80
163Morocco18.50
164Qatar18.50
165Oman18.30
166Hungary18.30
167Sudan18.20
168Lithuania17.80
169Chile17.80
170Bahrain17.60
171Nigeria17.10
172Middle East & North Africa17.02
173Pakistan16.60
174Yemen16.10
175Moldova16
176Tunisia15.40
177Syria14.80
178Bosnia and Herzegovina14.50
179Georgia13.80
180Egypt13.30
181Libya13.10
182South Africa12.70
183Namibia12.10
184Lebanon12.10
185Suriname10.90
186Macedonia10.30
187Saudi Arabia7.60
188Jordan7.10
189Iraq6.70
190West Bank and Gaza4.50
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