Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2013, Qatar ranked the highest in Labour Force to Population (Total) with 75.2% followed by United Arab Emirates and Macao. On the other end of the scale was East Timor with 21.5%, Palestine with 23.9% and Jordan with 24.5%.
Average Labour Force to Population (Total) reached 46.5% in 2013 in the World. This is 0.475 % more than in the previous year and 1.64 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average Labour Force to Population (Total) reached an all time high of 46.5% in 2013 and an all time low of 43.9% in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 0.254 % since 1990.
Data for more countries are available at Labour Force to Population (Total) indicator page.
Labour Force to Population (Total) | Unit |
Bahamas | % |
Bahrain | % |
Cambodia | % |
China | % |
Dem. People's Republic of Korea | % |
Iceland | % |
Kazakhstan | % |
Macao | % |
Myanmar | % |
Qatar | % |
Singapore | % |
Switzerland | % |
Thailand | % |
United Arab Emirates | % |
Vietnam | % |
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
55.6% | 56.3% | 57.0% | 57.4% | 57.8% | ||||||||||||||||
52.4% | 54.3% | 55.7% | 56.5% | 56.7% | ||||||||||||||||
53.9% | 55.0% | 55.7% | 56.2% | 56.7% | ||||||||||||||||
57.6% | 57.4% | 57.3% | 56.9% | 57.2% | ||||||||||||||||
59.9% | 60.1% | 60.4% | 60.5% | 60.7% | ||||||||||||||||
61.3% | 61.2% | 59.4% | 58.9% | 58.0% | ||||||||||||||||
53.5% | 53.8% | 54.8% | 55.0% | 55.4% | ||||||||||||||||
59.6% | 61.1% | 61.7% | 62.1% | 62.6% | ||||||||||||||||
56.8% | 57.2% | 57.7% | 58.0% | 58.4% | ||||||||||||||||
68.9% | 71.6% | 73.5% | 74.5% | 75.1% | ||||||||||||||||
52.5% | 54.5% | 55.1% | 55.5% | 56.1% | ||||||||||||||||
56.9% | 57.6% | 57.9% | 57.6% | 58.0% | ||||||||||||||||
57.9% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.4% | 58.8% | ||||||||||||||||
64.4% | 65.6% | 66.5% | 67.4% | 67.8% | ||||||||||||||||
55.6% | 56.2% | 56.8% | 57.3% | 57.8% |