Which Population Works the Most?

Labour Force to Population (Total) (%), 2013
Labour | December 3, 2018
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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%