Labor > Force > Total > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United Arab Emirates	0.601 per capita	2005
2	Iceland	0.596 per capita	2005
3	China	0.595 per capita	2005
4	Qatar	0.581 per capita	2005
5	Barbados	0.577 per capita	2005
6	Switzerland	0.564 per capita	2005
7	Macau	0.562 per capita	2005
8	Moldova	0.557 per capita	2005
9	Thailand	0.556 per capita	2005
=10	Canada	0.546 per capita	2005
=10	Norway	0.546 per capita	2005
12	Burma	0.543 per capita	2005
13	Kuwait	0.542 per capita	2005
14	Kazakhstan	0.536 per capita	2005
=15	Vietnam	0.53 per capita	2005
=15	Uruguay	0.53 per capita	2005
=17	Netherlands	0.528 per capita	2005
=17	Hong Kong	0.528 per capita	2005
19	Portugal	0.527 per capita	2005
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.526 per capita	2005
21	New Zealand	0.525 per capita	2005
=22	Denmark	0.524 per capita	2005
=22	United States	0.524 per capita	2005
24	Japan	0.521 per capita	2005
25	Sweden	0.519 per capita	2005
26	Slovenia	0.516 per capita	2005
27	Russia	0.512 per capita	2005
28	Singapore	0.51 per capita	2005
=29	Australia	0.509 per capita	2005
=29	United Kingdom	0.509 per capita	2005
=31	Czech Republic	0.508 per capita	2005
=31	Burundi	0.508 per capita	2005
33	Finland	0.506 per capita	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.506 per capita	2005
34	South Korea	0.505 per capita	2005
=35	Vanuatu	0.504 per capita	2005
=35	Georgia	0.504 per capita	2005
37	Tanzania	0.503 per capita	2005
38	Ireland	0.501 per capita	2005
=39	Slovakia	0.497 per capita	2005
=39	Colombia	0.497 per capita	2005
=39	Germany	0.497 per capita	2005
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.496 per capita	2005
42	Cyprus	0.495 per capita	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.494 per capita	2005
43	Estonia	0.493 per capita	2005
44	Azerbaijan	0.492 per capita	2005
45	Guinea	0.491 per capita	2005
46	Brazil	0.49 per capita	2005
47	Belarus	0.489 per capita	2005
48	Serbia and Montenegro	0.488 per capita	2005
49	Indonesia	0.486 per capita	2005
	Cold countries average (profile)	0.485 per capita	2005
50	Cambodia	0.485 per capita	2005
51	Venezuela	0.484 per capita	2005
	Europe average (profile)	0.484 per capita	2005
=52	The Bahamas	0.483 per capita	2005
=52	Austria	0.483 per capita	2005
=54	Ecuador	0.481 per capita	2005
=54	Trinidad and Tobago	0.481 per capita	2005
=54	Spain	0.481 per capita	2005
	Eurozone average (profile)	0.479 per capita	2005
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.478 per capita	2005
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	0.478 per capita	2005
=57	Peru	0.477 per capita	2005
=57	Cuba	0.477 per capita	2005
	European Union average (profile)	0.476 per capita	2005
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.476 per capita	2005
=60	Lithuania	0.475 per capita	2005
=60	Latvia	0.475 per capita	2005
=60	North Korea	0.475 per capita	2005
=63	Argentina	0.474 per capita	2005
=63	Saint Lucia	0.474 per capita	2005
=63	Ukraine	0.474 per capita	2005
=63	Romania	0.474 per capita	2005
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.472 per capita	2005
67	Mongolia	0.47 per capita	2005
68	Mozambique	0.469 per capita	2005
=69	Virgin Islands	0.467 per capita	2005
=69	Paraguay	0.467 per capita	2005
=71	Bahrain	0.464 per capita	2005
=71	Greece	0.464 per capita	2005
=73	Rwanda	0.463 per capita	2005
=73	Guam	0.463 per capita	2005
75	Madagascar	0.461 per capita	2005
76	Malawi	0.46 per capita	2005
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.459 per capita	2005
77	Mauritius	0.457 per capita	2005
78	Fiji	0.456 per capita	2005
=79	Turkmenistan	0.454 per capita	2005
=79	Panama	0.454 per capita	2005
=79	Poland	0.454 per capita	2005
82	Bolivia	0.453 per capita	2005
	OPEC countries average (profile)	0.452 per capita	2005
=83	Central African Republic	0.452 per capita	2005
=83	Costa Rica	0.452 per capita	2005
=83	Netherlands Antilles	0.452 per capita	2005
=83	Kenya	0.452 per capita	2005
87	Bangladesh	0.45 per capita	2005
88	Philippines	0.447 per capita	2005
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	0.445 per capita	2005
89	France	0.445 per capita	2005
=90	Ethiopia	0.443 per capita	2005
=90	Zimbabwe	0.443 per capita	2005
=90	Ghana	0.443 per capita	2005
93	Luxembourg	0.442 per capita	2005
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	0.442 per capita	2005
=94	Burkina Faso	0.441 per capita	2005
=94	Angola	0.441 per capita	2005
=94	Kyrgyzstan	0.441 per capita	2005
=97	Jamaica	0.44 per capita	2005
=97	Croatia	0.44 per capita	2005
99	Guyana	0.439 per capita	2005
100	Brunei	0.438 per capita	2005
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	0.437 per capita	2005
101	Papua New Guinea	0.437 per capita	2005
	Former British colonies average (profile)	0.436 per capita	2005
=102	Malaysia	0.435 per capita	2005
=102	Albania	0.435 per capita	2005
=102	Honduras	0.435 per capita	2005
=105	French Polynesia	0.434 per capita	2005
=105	The Gambia	0.434 per capita	2005
=107	Gabon	0.431 per capita	2005
=107	Uzbekistan	0.431 per capita	2005
109	Haiti	0.43 per capita	2005
	Hot countries average (profile)	0.43 per capita	2005
110	Belgium	0.429 per capita	2005
=111	Sri Lanka	0.428 per capita	2005
=111	Somalia	0.428 per capita	2005
113	Sierra Leone	0.427 per capita	2005
=114	Niger	0.425 per capita	2005
=114	Armenia	0.425 per capita	2005
116	Zambia	0.424 per capita	2005
=117	Comoros	0.42 per capita	2005
=117	Malta	0.42 per capita	2005
	Former French colonies average (profile)	0.418 per capita	2005
=119	South Africa	0.417 per capita	2005
=119	Hungary	0.417 per capita	2005
=119	Italy	0.417 per capita	2005
=122	New Caledonia	0.416 per capita	2005
=122	Laos	0.416 per capita	2005
	Muslim countries average (profile)	0.414 per capita	2005
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	0.413 per capita	2005
	Religious countries average (profile)	0.413 per capita	1999
124	Uganda	0.412 per capita	2005
125	Mexico	0.41 per capita	2005
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	0.409 per capita	2005
126	Algeria	0.408 per capita	2005
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	0.407 per capita	2005
127	Solomon Islands	0.407 per capita	2005
=128	Eritrea	0.406 per capita	2005
=128	Dominican Republic	0.406 per capita	2005
130	East Timor	0.405 per capita	2005
=131	Iran	0.404 per capita	2005
=131	Mali	0.404 per capita	2005
133	El Salvador	0.403 per capita	2005
134	Bulgaria	0.402 per capita	2005
135	Guinea-Bissau	0.401 per capita	2005
136	Chile	0.4 per capita	2005
	South Asia average (profile)	0.4 per capita	2005
=137	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.399 per capita	2005
=137	Libya	0.399 per capita	2005
=139	Syria	0.398 per capita	2005
=139	Belize	0.398 per capita	2005
=141	Djibouti	0.397 per capita	2005
=141	India	0.397 per capita	2005
=143	Senegal	0.394 per capita	2005
=143	Israel	0.394 per capita	2005
145	Togo	0.393 per capita	2005
146	Mauritania	0.392 per capita	2005
=147	Benin	0.391 per capita	2005
=147	Equatorial Guinea	0.391 per capita	2005
=149	Bhutan	0.39 per capita	2005
=149	Tonga	0.39 per capita	2005
	failed states average (profile)	0.39 per capita	2005
151	Nepal	0.388 per capita	2005
152	Cameroon	0.386 per capita	2005
153	Tunisia	0.384 per capita	2005
154	Congo, Republic of the	0.377 per capita	2005
155	Chad	0.376 per capita	2005
=156	Puerto Rico	0.374 per capita	2005
=156	Cote d'Ivoire	0.374 per capita	2005
158	Oman	0.373 per capita	2005
159	Nicaragua	0.371 per capita	2005
160	Turkey	0.37 per capita	2005
161	Morocco	0.369 per capita	2005
162	Liberia	0.364 per capita	2005
163	Pakistan	0.363 per capita	2005
164	Maldives	0.356 per capita	2005
165	Lesotho	0.353 per capita	2005
=166	Samoa	0.351 per capita	2005
=166	Lebanon	0.351 per capita	2005
168	Botswana	0.349 per capita	2005
169	Afghanistan	0.344 per capita	1989
170	Jordan	0.341 per capita	2005
=171	Suriname	0.339 per capita	2005
=171	Nigeria	0.339 per capita	2005
173	Tajikistan	0.328 per capita	2005
174	Cape Verde	0.325 per capita	2005
175	Guatemala	0.324 per capita	2005
176	Saudi Arabia	0.322 per capita	2005
177	Namibia	0.319 per capita	2005
178	Sao Tome and Principe	0.314 per capita	2005
179	Egypt	0.309 per capita	2005
180	Swaziland	0.298 per capita	2005
181	Sudan	0.29 per capita	2005
182	Yemen	0.283 per capita	2005
183	Iraq	0.275 per capita	1999

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