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Labor force (15-64 years), male 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
31.99 million
Nigeria
Lowest
44,424
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
2.87 million
Years covered
22
1990–2011
Data points
1,276

What the numbers show

Labor force (15-64 years), male is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 31.99 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 44,424 in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.87 million, and the mean is 5.06 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 720.

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 31.99 million 2011 up 23.8% rising
2 Ethiopia 24.42 million 2011 up 35.3% rising
3 Egypt 24.21 million 2011 up 34.0% rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.73 million 2011 up 39.4% rising
5 Tanzania 12.73 million 2011 up 33.1% rising
6 South Africa 12.40 million 2011 up 18.9% rising
7 Sudan 11.37 million 2011 up 34.5% rising
8 Algeria 11.12 million 2011 up 23.2% rising
9 Kenya 9.80 million 2011 up 34.6% rising
10 Morocco 9.51 million 2011 up 14.2% rising
11 Uganda 7.90 million 2011 up 34.2% rising
12 Ghana 6.24 million 2011 up 26.7% rising
13 Mozambique 5.88 million 2011 up 33.0% rising
14 Madagascar 5.86 million 2011 up 37.3% rising
15 Cote d'Ivoire 5.43 million 2011 up 18.4% rising
16 Cameroon 5.12 million 2011 up 32.9% rising
17 Burkina Faso 4.62 million 2011 up 39.2% rising
18 Angola 4.51 million 2011 up 44.5% rising
19 Niger 4.00 million 2011 up 46.7% rising
20 Zimbabwe 3.89 million 2011 up 15.0% rising
21 Malawi 3.70 million 2011 up 33.7% rising
22 Senegal 3.52 million 2011 up 35.2% rising
23 Zambia 3.44 million 2011 up 27.7% rising
24 Mali 3.33 million 2011 up 44.9% rising
25 Tunisia 3.18 million 2011 up 18.8% rising
26 Rwanda 2.97 million 2011 up 41.6% rising
27 Chad 2.77 million 2011 up 39.5% rising
28 Guinea 2.58 million 2011 up 24.6% rising
29 Burundi 2.45 million 2011 up 57.2% rising
30 Somalia 2.24 million 2011 up 21.2% rising
31 Benin 2.18 million 2011 up 40.2% rising
32 Libya 1.97 million 2011 up 24.2% rising
33 Togo 1.67 million 2011 up 33.0% rising
34 Eritrea 1.57 million 2011 up 47.7% rising
35 Sierra Leone 1.29 million 2011 up 52.1% rising
36 Central African Republic 1.23 million 2011 up 24.2% rising
37 Congo 999,915 2011 up 33.9% rising
38 Mauritania 953,474 2011 up 38.6% rising
39 Liberia 827,166 2011 up 47.4% rising
40 Botswana 649,864 2011 up 28.6% rising
41 Namibia 587,746 2011 up 38.1% rising
42 Lesotho 571,418 2011 up 20.0% rising
43 Gambia 452,807 2011 up 38.8% rising
44 Mauritius 417,995 2011 up 6.0% rising
45 Guinea-Bissau 393,500 2011 up 24.3% rising
46 Gabon 364,796 2011 up 32.9% rising
47 Eswatini 297,582 2011 up 31.5% rising
48 Equatorial Guinea 229,617 2011 up 41.7% rising
49 Djibouti 226,375 2011 up 33.9% rising
50 Comoros 197,260 2011 up 32.8% rising
51 Cape Verde 160,314 2011 up 40.7% rising
52 Sao Tome and Principe 44,424 2011 up 31.8% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Labor force (15-64 years), male
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.