Labor > Employment rate > Men: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 91.3 | 2008 | ||
2 | Ethiopia | 88.3 | 2008 | ||
3 | Uganda | 87.8 | 2008 | ||
4 | Burkina Faso | 87.3 | 2008 | ||
5 | Madagascar | 86.9 | 2008 | ||
6 | Qatar | 86.3 | 2008 | ||
7 | Equatorial Guinea | 85.8 | 2008 | ||
8 | Guinea | 85.3 | 2008 | ||
9 | Benin | 85 | 2008 | ||
10 | Guinea-Bissau | 84.5 | 2008 | ||
11 | Burundi | 84.3 | 2008 | ||
12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 83.3 | 2008 | ||
=13 | Afghanistan | 83 | 2008 | ||
=13 | Burma | 83 | 2008 | ||
15 | Guatemala | 82.8 | 2008 | ||
16 | Niger | 82.6 | 2008 | ||
17 | Somalia | 82.4 | 2008 | ||
18 | Nicaragua | 82 | 2008 | ||
19 | Central African Republic | 81.9 | 2008 | ||
20 | Bangladesh | 81.6 | 2008 | ||
21 | Pakistan | 81.3 | 2008 | ||
22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 81.2 | 2008 | ||
23 | Togo | 81.1 | 2008 | ||
24 | Bahrain | 80.8 | 2008 | ||
25 | Cambodia | 80.6 | 2008 | ||
26 | Paraguay | 80.5 | 2008 | ||
27 | Tanzania | 80.3 | 2008 | ||
28 | Eritrea | 80.1 | 2008 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 80.06 | 2008 | |||
29 | Indonesia | 80 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Kuwait | 79.5 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Bolivia | 79.5 | 2008 | ||
=30 | Rwanda | 79.5 | 2008 | ||
33 | Liberia | 79.4 | 2008 | ||
34 | East Timor | 79 | 2008 | ||
=35 | Honduras | 78.8 | 2008 | ||
=35 | Thailand | 78.8 | 2008 | ||
37 | Kenya | 78.7 | 2008 | ||
38 | Comoros | 78.5 | 2008 | ||
39 | Laos | 78.2 | 2008 | ||
40 | The Gambia | 78 | 2008 | ||
=41 | Malaysia | 77.4 | 2008 | ||
=41 | India | 77.4 | 2008 | ||
43 | Solomon Islands | 77.3 | 2008 | ||
44 | Haiti | 77.2 | 2008 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 77.19 | 2008 | |||
45 | Peru | 77.1 | 2008 | ||
46 | Bhutan | 77 | 2008 | ||
47 | Congo, Republic of the | 76.8 | 2008 | ||
48 | Mexico | 76.2 | 2008 | ||
49 | Senegal | 76.1 | 2008 | ||
=50 | Iceland | 75.8 | 2008 | ||
=50 | Brazil | 75.8 | 2008 | ||
52 | Fiji | 75.7 | 2008 | ||
=53 | Saudi Arabia | 75.6 | 2008 | ||
=53 | Venezuela | 75.6 | 2008 | ||
55 | Malawi | 75.1 | 2008 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 75.02 | 2008 | |||
56 | Costa Rica | 74.9 | 2008 | ||
57 | Belize | 74.8 | 2008 | ||
58 | Panama | 74.7 | 2008 | ||
59 | China | 74.6 | 2008 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 74.6 | 2008 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 74.58 | 2008 | |||
60 | Ecuador | 74.5 | 2008 | ||
61 | Philippines | 74.2 | 2008 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 73.88 | 2008 | |||
62 | Vietnam | 73.8 | 2008 | ||
63 | Guyana | 73.4 | 2008 | ||
64 | Zimbabwe | 73.3 | 2008 | ||
65 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.1 | 2008 | ||
66 | Barbados | 72.6 | 2008 | ||
67 | Syria | 72.5 | 2008 | ||
68 | Singapore | 72.4 | 2008 | ||
=69 | Mozambique | 72.3 | 2008 | ||
=69 | Chad | 72.3 | 2008 | ||
71 | Mauritius | 72.2 | 2008 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 72.19 | 2008 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 72.17 | 2008 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 72.12 | 2008 | |||
72 | Papua New Guinea | 72 | 2008 | ||
=73 | The Bahamas | 71.9 | 2008 | ||
=73 | Morocco | 71.9 | 2008 | ||
=73 | Libya | 71.9 | 2008 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 71.9 | 2008 | |||
=76 | Oman | 71.4 | 2008 | ||
=76 | Maldives | 71.4 | 2008 | ||
=78 | Sri Lanka | 71.2 | 2008 | ||
=78 | Colombia | 71.2 | 2008 | ||
80 | Lebanon | 70.9 | 2008 | ||
81 | Brunei | 70.7 | 2008 | ||
=82 | Kazakhstan | 70.3 | 2008 | ||
=82 | Argentina | 70.3 | 2008 | ||
84 | New Zealand | 69.9 | 2008 | ||
=85 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.4 | 2008 | ||
=85 | Switzerland | 69.4 | 2008 | ||
=85 | Cape Verde | 69.4 | 2008 | ||
88 | Uruguay | 69.3 | 2008 | ||
89 | Cameroon | 69 | 2008 | ||
=90 | Zambia | 68.7 | 2008 | ||
=90 | Nepal | 68.7 | 2008 | ||
=92 | Jamaica | 68.4 | 2008 | ||
=92 | El Salvador | 68.4 | 2008 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 67.85 | 2008 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 67.4 | 2008 | |||
94 | Norway | 67.1 | 2008 | ||
95 | Netherlands | 66.9 | 2008 | ||
96 | Algeria | 66.6 | 2008 | ||
=97 | Australia | 66.5 | 2008 | ||
=97 | Nigeria | 66.5 | 2008 | ||
=97 | Sudan | 66.5 | 2008 | ||
=100 | Japan | 66.4 | 2008 | ||
=100 | Canada | 66.4 | 2008 | ||
=102 | Cuba | 66.2 | 2008 | ||
=102 | Ireland | 66.2 | 2008 | ||
=104 | Cyprus | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
=104 | Ghana | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
=104 | Denmark | 66.1 | 2008 | ||
107 | United States | 66 | 2008 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 65.44 | 2008 | |||
108 | Chile | 65.2 | 2008 | ||
109 | Dominican Republic | 64.8 | 2008 | ||
110 | Azerbaijan | 64.5 | 2008 | ||
111 | Gabon | 64.4 | 2008 | ||
112 | Sierra Leone | 64.2 | 2008 | ||
113 | Czech Republic | 63.7 | 2008 | ||
=114 | Russia | 63.5 | 2008 | ||
=114 | Portugal | 63.5 | 2008 | ||
=116 | Latvia | 63.2 | 2008 | ||
=116 | Turkmenistan | 63.2 | 2008 | ||
118 | United Kingdom | 63.1 | 2008 | ||
119 | Turkey | 63 | 2008 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 62.8 | 2008 | |||
=120 | Uzbekistan | 62.7 | 2008 | ||
=120 | Georgia | 62.7 | 2008 | ||
122 | Sweden | 62.6 | 2008 | ||
123 | Austria | 62.5 | 2008 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 62.3 | 2008 | |||
=124 | Iraq | 61.9 | 2008 | ||
=124 | Slovakia | 61.9 | 2008 | ||
126 | Malta | 61.7 | 2008 | ||
=127 | Lesotho | 61.6 | 2008 | ||
=127 | Slovenia | 61.6 | 2008 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 61.5 | 2008 | |||
129 | Jordan | 61.2 | 2008 | ||
130 | Tunisia | 60.9 | 2008 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 60.83 | 2008 | |||
131 | Suriname | 60.8 | 2008 | ||
132 | Estonia | 60.6 | 2008 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 60.45 | 2008 | |||
133 | Tajikistan | 60.4 | 2008 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 60.35 | 2008 | |||
134 | Ukraine | 60 | 2008 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 60 | 2008 | |||
=135 | Mali | 59.9 | 2008 | ||
=135 | Greece | 59.9 | 2008 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 59.89 | 2008 | |||
137 | Luxembourg | 59.8 | 2008 | ||
138 | Finland | 59.5 | 2008 | ||
=139 | Germany | 59.3 | 2008 | ||
=139 | Netherlands Antilles | 59.3 | 2008 | ||
=141 | Albania | 59 | 2008 | ||
=141 | Spain | 59 | 2008 | ||
143 | Belarus | 58.8 | 2008 | ||
144 | European Union | 58.54 | 2008 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 56.79 | 2008 | |||
145 | Poland | 56.1 | 2008 | ||
146 | Lithuania | 56 | 2008 | ||
147 | Israel | 55.8 | 2008 | ||
148 | Italy | 54.9 | 2008 | ||
=149 | Swaziland | 54.8 | 2008 | ||
=149 | Croatia | 54.8 | 2008 | ||
151 | France | 54.4 | 2008 | ||
152 | Romania | 54.3 | 2008 | ||
153 | Belgium | 53.9 | 2008 | ||
154 | Botswana | 53.6 | 2008 | ||
155 | Hungary | 53 | 2008 | ||
156 | Mongolia | 52.7 | 2008 | ||
157 | Bulgaria | 52.2 | 2008 | ||
158 | Mauritania | 51.9 | 2008 | ||
159 | Puerto Rico | 49 | 2008 | ||
160 | Namibia | 48.5 | 2008 | ||
161 | South Africa | 48.1 | 2008 | ||
162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48 | 2008 | ||
163 | Moldova | 45.8 | 2008 | ||
164 | Armenia | 45.6 | 2008 |