Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) - 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Equatorial Guinea	79.60
2	Ethiopia	78.90
3	Uganda	78.60
4	Burkina Faso	77.70
5	Guinea	74.70
6	Guinea-Bissau	74.30
7	Angola	73.50
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72.80
9	Burundi	72.20
10	Madagascar	72
11	Niger	71.30
12	Tanzania	70.30
13	Guatemala	70.30
14	Nicaragua	70.20
15	Cambodia	69.90
16	Pakistan	69.20
17	Benin	68.90
18	Somalia	68.60
19	Netherlands	67.50
20	Iceland	65.80
21	Senegal	65.50
22	Central African Republic	65.30
23	Bangladesh	65.10
24	Afghanistan	64.90
25	Australia	64.60
26	Togo	64.20
27	Switzerland	64
28	Eritrea	64
29	Timor-Leste	63.50
30	Ivory Coast	63.40
31	Burma	63.40
32	Least developed countries: UN classification	62.98
33	Paraguay	62.70
34	Liberia	62.40
35	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	62.39
36	Brazil	62.30
37	Rwanda	62.10
38	Kenya	61.90
39	Honduras	61.30
40	Low income	61.24
41	United Arab Emirates	61.20
42	Denmark	61.20
43	Peru	59.70
44	Canada	59.10
45	New Zealand	58.70
46	South Asia	58.66
47	Austria	57.70
48	Bolivia	57.50
49	Bhutan	56.80
50	United Kingdom	56.60
51	Laos	56.50
52	India	56.40
53	Mozambique	55.90
54	Qatar	55.80
55	Solomon Islands	55.70
56	Haiti	55.70
57	Republic of the Congo	55.60
58	Latin America & Caribbean	55.24
59	Guyana	55.10
60	Gambia	54.80
61	Zimbabwe	54.50
62	Belize	54.20
63	Costa Rica	54.10
64	Norway	54.10
65	Papua New Guinea	54
66	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.68
67	Comoros	53.50
68	Mexico	53.40
69	Trinidad and Tobago	53.20
70	Thailand	53
71	Venezuela	52.70
72	Zambia	52.50
73	Panama	52.40
74	Low & middle income	52.18
75	Fiji	52.10
76	Vietnam	51.80
77	United States	51.70
78	Malaysia	51.30
79	Lower middle income	51.25
80	Morocco	51
81	East Asia & Pacific	50.46
82	Middle income	50.13
83	El Salvador	50.10
84	Maldives	49.90
85	China	49.90
86	Indonesia	49.70
87	Barbados	49.50
88	Syria	49.20
89	Ecuador	49.10
90	Colombia	48.40
91	Kyrgyzstan	48.30
92	Lesotho	48.10
93	Malta	47.90
94	Sri Lanka	47.80
95	Philippines	47.60
96	Iran	47.30
97	Ireland	47.10
98	Malawi	46.30
99	Germany	46.30
100	Chad	46.10
101	Nepal	46
102	Brunei Darussalam	45.90
103	Cape Verde	45.90
104	High income: OECD	45.74
105	Uruguay	45.70
106	Upper middle income	45.37
107	Kazakhstan	45.30
108	High income	45.24
109	Bahamas	45
110	Lebanon	44.90
111	Mauritius	44.20
112	Sweden	44.10
113	Argentina	43.40
114	Dominican Republic	42.90
115	Uzbekistan	42.50
116	Finland	42.30
117	Saudi Arabia	41.50
118	Tajikistan	41.40
119	Bahrain	41.30
120	Spain	41.30
121	Libya	41.20
122	Turkey	41
123	Azerbaijan	40.60
124	Mali	40.50
125	High income: nonOECD	40.12
126	Cameroon	40.10
127	Middle East & North Africa	39.98
128	Algeria	39.90
129	Japan	39.70
130	Euro area	39.67
131	Portugal	39.60
132	Albania	39.50
133	Oman	39.30
134	Latvia	39.20
135	Iraq	39
136	Ghana	38.40
137	Singapore	38.40
138	Cuba	38.40
139	Ukraine	37.90
140	Slovenia	37.40
141	Cyprus	37.20
142	Jamaica	37.10
143	Belarus	37
144	Europe & Central Asia	36.94
145	Turkmenistan	36.50
146	Hong Kong	36.30
147	Gabon	36.10
148	Mongolia	36.10
149	Kuwait	35.90
150	Russia	35.90
151	Sierra Leone	35.70
152	Puerto Rico	33.50
153	Macau	33.50
154	Slovakia	33.10
155	Egypt	32.60
156	Estonia	32.30
157	France	32.20
158	Suriname	32.20
159	Armenia	31.90
160	Greece	31.90
161	Jordan	31.90
162	Czech Republic	31.50
163	Croatia	31.30
164	Nigeria	31.10
165	Georgia	30.10
166	Poland	30
167	Belgium	29.70
168	Chile	29.50
169	Bulgaria	29.30
170	Italy	29
171	Tunisia	28.90
172	Botswana	28.80
173	Sudan	28.50
174	Yemen	27.40
175	Romania	26.90
176	Swaziland	26.40
177	Luxembourg	26.10
178	Netherlands Antilles	26.10
179	West Bank and Gaza	25.50
180	Israel	25.20
181	North Korea	24.40
182	South Korea	24.40
183	Mauritania	24.10
184	Hungary	22.30
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.70
186	Lithuania	18.30
187	Moldova	17.80
188	South Africa	16.50
189	Macedonia	15.10
190	Namibia	15

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Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) - Economic activity - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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