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Labor force (15-64 years), male (% of total labor force 15-64 years) by country

The labor force comprising people ages 15 to 64 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...

Countries reporting
52
Highest
82.3%
Algeria
Lowest
47.2%
Mozambique
Median
54.3%
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor force (15-64 years), male (% of total labor force 15-64 years) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 82.3% in Algeria; the lowest is 47.2% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 54.3%, and the mean is 57.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 6.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 4.8%).

Labor force (15-64 years), male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Algeria 82.3% 2011 down 3.7% falling
2 Egypt 75.6% 2011 down 2.4% flat
3 Mauritania 73.5% 2011 down 3.8% falling
4 Morocco 73.3% 2011 down 1.4% flat
5 Tunisia 71.9% 2011 down 2.4% falling
6 Libya 71.1% 2011 down 2.0% falling
7 Sudan 70.3% 2011 down 1.1% falling
8 Comoros 69.7% 2011 down 3.1% falling
9 Niger 68.9% 2011 up 1.7% falling
10 Somalia 66.2% 2011 down 1.2% flat
11 Djibouti 65.2% 2011 down 3.9% falling
12 Mali 65.0% 2011 up 2.3% rising
13 Sao Tome and Principe 62.2% 2011 down 3.0% falling
14 Côte d'Ivoire 62.0% 2011 down 3.8% falling
15 Mauritius 61.8% 2011 down 4.8% falling
16 Cape Verde 61.2% 2011 down 0.2% flat
17 Eswatini 60.8% 2011 up 1.5% flat
18 Nigeria 57.5% 2011 down 3.8% falling
19 South Africa 57.2% 2011 up 1.4% falling
20 Senegal 56.3% 2011 down 1.4% flat
21 Chad 55.2% 2011 up 0.5% flat
22 Equatorial Guinea 55.1% 2011 down 1.1% flat
23 Guinea 54.9% 2011 down 1.2% flat
24 Lesotho 54.7% 2011 up 6.0% rising
25 Zambia 54.5% 2011 up 1.8% flat
26 Gabon 54.3% 2011 down 1.7% flat
27 Cameroon 54.2% 2011 down 0.8% falling
28 Angola 54.2% 2011 up 4.6% rising
29 Kenya 53.9% 2011 up 0.5% flat
30 Namibia 53.5% 2011 down 3.3% flat
31 Central African Republic 53.5% 2011 down 1.3% flat
32 Botswana 53.5% 2011 up 0.6% flat
33 Guinea-Bissau 52.8% 2011 down 3.0% falling
34 Benin 52.6% 2011 down 1.2% falling
35 Burkina Faso 52.5% 2011 up 1.0% flat
36 Ethiopia 52.3% 2011 down 3.2% falling
37 Ghana 52.3% 2011 up 0.9% flat
38 Liberia 52.0% 2011 up 2.6% flat
39 Gambia 51.9% 2011 down 1.2% falling
40 Congo 51.7% 2011 down 1.1% falling
41 Eritrea 51.3% 2011 down 2.4% flat
42 Zimbabwe 51.0% 2011 down 4.6% falling
43 Madagascar 51.0% 2011 down 0.3% flat
44 Uganda 50.9% 2011 up 1.3% flat
45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 50.5% 2011 up 0.6% flat
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 50.3% 2011 up 0.0% flat
47 Togo 49.6% 2011 down 2.2% falling
48 Sierra Leone 48.9% 2011 up 5.1% flat
49 Malawi 48.9% 2011 down 4.0% flat
50 Burundi 48.5% 2011 up 2.3% flat
51 Rwanda 48.3% 2011 up 2.1% flat
52 Mozambique 47.2% 2011 up 4.9% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labor force (15-64 years), male (% of total labor force 15-64 years)
Unit
% of total labor force 15-64 years
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 1,276 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed

The labor force comprising people ages 15 to 64 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.