Labour Force (Total) rose 3.55% to 14.8 mil in Madagascar in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Madagascar reached an all time high of 14.8 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 5.65 mil in 1990. When compared to Madagascar's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Mozambique amounted to 14.1 mil, 22.4 mil in South Africa, 0.383 mil in Swaziland and 29.9 mil in Tanzania in 2021.
Madagascar has been ranked 41st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | mil | 0.906 | 0.929 | 0.954 | 0.978 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 20.3 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | mil | 0.894 | 0.906 | 0.919 | 0.933 | 0.947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | mil | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | mil | 7.10 | 7.33 | 7.58 | 7.84 | 8.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | mil | 0.881 | 0.895 | 0.899 | 0.903 | 0.919 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | mil | 21.9 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | mil | 0.364 | 0.368 | 0.372 | 0.377 | 0.382 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 24.3 | 25.2 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 28.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 13.5 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 16.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 6.59 | 6.83 | 7.08 | 7.34 | 7.61 |
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