Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per square kilometre by country
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
12.63 units per square kilometre
Macau (China)
Lowest
0.0009 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0348 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,274
What the numbers show
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 12.63 units per square kilometre in Macau (China); the lowest is 0.0009 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0348 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1898 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,999.
Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 63.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (down 19.4%).
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau (China) | 12.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 4.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong (China) | 3.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bahrain | 1.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 0.9298 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 0.8937 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 0.5754 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 0.3523 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 9 | Mauritius | 0.3193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0.3087 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 11 | Korea | 0.3034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 0.2429 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 0.2295 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 0.2242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 15 | Israel | 0.2014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 16 | India | 0.1983 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 17 | Qatar | 0.1926 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Japan | 0.1896 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 19 | Haiti | 0.1863 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 0.1799 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 21 | Lebanon | 0.1796 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 0.1749 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.169 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 0.1655 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kuwait | 0.1635 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 26 | Comoros | 0.1585 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 27 | Jamaica | 0.1473 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 28 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0.146 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 0.1449 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1423 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 31 | Guam | 0.142 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 32 | El Salvador | 0.1402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1381 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 0.1367 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 0.1355 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 0.1338 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 0.1287 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 38 | Germany | 0.1272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 0.1209 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 40 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 0.1105 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 0.1088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 43 | Pakistan | 0.1059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0982 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Italy | 0.088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 46 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.0832 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Cyprus | 0.083 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 48 | Malawi | 0.0828 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.0808 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 50 | Denmark | 0.0798 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 51 | Indonesia | 0.0757 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 52 | Gambia | 0.0751 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 0.0714 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 54 | Guatemala | 0.0684 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 0.0636 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.0624 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 0.0596 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 58 | Slovak Republic | 0.059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 59 | France | 0.0589 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 0.0582 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.0581 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Austria | 0.0577 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 0.0568 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 0.056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 0.0555 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 66 | Hungary | 0.055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 0.055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 68 | Cape Verde | 0.0545 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 0.0544 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 70 | Moldova | 0.0527 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 71 | Slovenia | 0.052 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 72 | Armenia | 0.0504 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Spain | 0.0479 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 0.0477 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 0.0473 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 76 | Tonga | 0.0473 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 77 | Türkiye | 0.0473 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0.0458 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0445 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 80 | Timor-Leste | 0.0408 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 0.0404 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 82 | Kenya | 0.0402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 0.0401 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 0.0386 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 85 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0386 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0371 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 0.0362 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 88 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0361 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 0.0356 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 90 | Jordan | 0.0355 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.0354 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 92 | Ecuador | 0.035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0348 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 94 | Egypt | 0.0347 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 0.0347 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 96 | Myanmar | 0.0346 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 0.0345 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 98 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0332 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 100 | Croatia | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 102 | Mexico | 0.0309 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 0.0304 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0301 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 105 | Senegal | 0.0299 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 107 | Lesotho | 0.0285 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.0277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 109 | Madagascar | 0.0277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 0.0276 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Iraq | 0.0272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.0272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0267 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.0265 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 115 | Liberia | 0.0262 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0252 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 117 | Lithuania | 0.0244 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 118 | Eswatini | 0.0243 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.0242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 120 | Colombia | 0.0239 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 0.0238 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 122 | Cameroon | 0.0229 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 123 | Montenegro | 0.0225 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 124 | South Africa | 0.0212 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 0.021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Samoa | 0.0207 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 127 | United States of America | 0.0192 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 128 | Mozambique | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea | 0.0182 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 0.0181 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 131 | Iran | 0.0179 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.0176 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 0.0168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0162 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 135 | Latvia | 0.0156 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 136 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0152 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0.0151 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 138 | Peru | 0.0145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 139 | Yemen | 0.0145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0141 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 141 | Sweden | 0.0139 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 142 | Eritrea | 0.0138 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 144 | Chile | 0.0135 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 145 | Brazil | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 146 | Angola | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 147 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 148 | New Zealand | 0.0115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 150 | Bhutan | 0.0105 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0.0102 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 152 | Zambia | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 153 | Finland | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 155 | Niger | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 156 | Paraguay | 0.0087 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 157 | Norway | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 158 | Oman | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Argentina | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 160 | South Sudan | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Belize | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 164 | Congo | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 166 | Mali | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 167 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 171 | Chad | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 172 | Russia | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 174 | Kazakhstan | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 176 | Central African Republic | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 177 | Canada | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 179 | Botswana | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 180 | Australia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 181 | Suriname | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 182 | Guyana | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 183 | Libya | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.021 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.