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Number of people employed by country

Total employment shows the total number employed ages 15 and over.

Countries reporting
50
Highest
48.51 million
Nigeria
Lowest
215,768
Cape Verde
Median
4.21 million
Years covered
21
1991–2011
Data points
1,176

What the numbers show

Number of people employed is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 48.51 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 215,768 in Cape Verde.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.21 million, and the mean is 7.43 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 225.

Number of people employed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 48.51 million 2011 up 29.0% rising
2 Ethiopia 39.73 million 2011 up 43.1% rising
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.52 million 2011 up 37.2% rising
4 Egypt 24.39 million 2011 up 31.8% rising
5 Tanzania 20.11 million 2011 up 35.9% rising
6 Kenya 14.47 million 2011 up 32.0% rising
7 South Africa 13.94 million 2011 up 25.7% rising
8 Uganda 13.32 million 2011 up 32.2% rising
9 Mozambique 10.63 million 2011 up 26.6% rising
10 Morocco 10.56 million 2011 up 20.4% rising
11 Ghana 10.26 million 2011 up 32.8% rising
12 Madagascar 10.19 million 2011 up 41.0% rising
13 Sudan 10.08 million 2011 up 29.3% rising
14 Algeria 9.95 million 2011 up 51.2% rising
15 Cameroon 8.05 million 2011 up 36.3% rising
16 Cote d'Ivoire 7.68 million 2011 up 22.9% rising
17 Burkina Faso 7.54 million 2011 up 36.1% rising
18 Angola 6.90 million 2011 up 37.3% rising
19 Zimbabwe 6.49 million 2011 up 19.4% rising
20 Malawi 6.40 million 2011 up 39.2% rising
21 Rwanda 5.35 million 2011 up 34.7% rising
22 Niger 5.04 million 2011 up 44.1% rising
23 Senegal 5.00 million 2011 up 36.5% rising
24 Zambia 4.84 million 2011 up 24.5% rising
25 Chad 4.26 million 2011 up 36.6% rising
26 Burundi 4.16 million 2011 up 48.9% rising
27 Guinea 4.08 million 2011 up 25.7% rising
28 Mali 4.06 million 2011 up 40.8% rising
29 Benin 3.71 million 2011 up 41.4% rising
30 Tunisia 3.32 million 2011 up 20.3% rising
31 Togo 2.83 million 2011 up 35.9% rising
32 Somalia 2.81 million 2011 up 24.6% rising
33 Eritrea 2.50 million 2011 up 53.5% rising
34 Sierra Leone 2.24 million 2011 up 43.1% rising
35 Libya 2.07 million 2011 up 21.8% rising
36 Central African Republic 1.98 million 2011 up 23.7% rising
37 Congo 1.63 million 2011 up 35.0% rising
38 Liberia 1.37 million 2011 up 44.5% rising
39 Botswana 871,253 2011 up 32.6% rising
40 Mauritania 771,570 2011 up 45.2% rising
41 Gambia 725,042 2011 up 38.3% rising
42 Lesotho 669,348 2011 up 27.4% rising
43 Namibia 638,652 2011 up 17.3% rising
44 Guinea-Bissau 624,152 2011 up 30.3% rising
45 Mauritius 552,959 2011 up 13.1% rising
46 Gabon 507,510 2011 up 34.7% rising
47 Equatorial Guinea 352,378 2011 up 38.9% rising
48 Eswatini 290,470 2011 up 18.2% rising
49 Comoros 233,958 2011 up 34.8% rising
50 Cape Verde 215,768 2011 up 37.4% 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
Number of people employed
Source
International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour Market database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 1,176 data points, 1991–2011
Last refreshed

Total employment shows the total number employed ages 15 and over.