Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per square kilometre by country
Persons outside the 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
5.95 units per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
0.0006 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.0272 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,274
What the numbers show
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 5.95 units per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.0006 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0272 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.1059 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,245.
Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 138.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 26.8%).
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau, China | 5.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 2 | Hong Kong, China | 2.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 2.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Maldives | 0.5175 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 0.5166 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 0.4657 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 0.3697 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 0.297 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 9 | Lebanon | 0.234 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 0.222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 11 | Barbados | 0.1895 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0.1861 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 0.1687 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | India | 0.1642 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 0.1517 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 0.1471 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 0.1466 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 0.128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 19 | Comoros | 0.1275 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 0.1118 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 0.1082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.1061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.1026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0978 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 26 | Pakistan | 0.0963 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 27 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0929 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0895 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 0.0895 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 0.0887 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 31 | El Salvador | 0.0875 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 32 | Guam | 0.0861 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 0.0836 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 34 | Gambia | 0.0829 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 0.0811 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 0.0759 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0654 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 38 | Jamaica | 0.0647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 39 | Viet Nam | 0.0647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 0.0621 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 41 | Burundi | 0.0617 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 0.0614 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 0.0575 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.0531 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 46 | Malawi | 0.0486 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 0.0467 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | France | 0.0464 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 0.0464 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 50 | Tonga | 0.0462 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 51 | Denmark | 0.0453 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 52 | Poland | 0.0438 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 53 | Togo | 0.0433 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 54 | China | 0.0432 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 55 | Egypt | 0.043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 56 | Cuba | 0.042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 57 | Türkiye | 0.0414 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.0411 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 0.0409 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 60 | Cyprus | 0.0392 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.0388 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 0.0384 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 63 | Iraq | 0.0381 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 0.0375 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 65 | Slovakia | 0.0375 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 0.0371 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 67 | Indonesia | 0.0358 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 68 | Hungary | 0.0358 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0353 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 70 | Morocco | 0.0349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 0.0348 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0.0346 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 73 | Romania | 0.0337 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.0336 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 0.0334 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 0.0331 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.0322 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 78 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0317 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 79 | Albania | 0.0307 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 80 | French Polynesia | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 81 | Ukraine | 0.0294 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0.0294 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 83 | Yemen | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 0.0291 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 0.0289 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0286 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 0.0285 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 88 | Malaysia | 0.0281 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 89 | Myanmar | 0.0281 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.0277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 91 | Qatar | 0.0274 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0273 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 93 | Uganda | 0.0272 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0271 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 96 | Nigeria | 0.0255 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 97 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0252 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 98 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0243 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 99 | Djibouti | 0.0239 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 0.0236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 0.0231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 0.0231 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 0.0225 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 0.0218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 106 | Lesotho | 0.0211 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 107 | Ireland | 0.0207 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 108 | Timor-Leste | 0.0205 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 109 | Kenya | 0.0194 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.0193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.0192 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 112 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0189 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 113 | South Africa | 0.0173 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 114 | Benin | 0.0173 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0164 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 116 | Guinea | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.0159 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 119 | Fiji | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 120 | Panama | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.0156 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0.0144 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 123 | Burkina Faso | 0.014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 0.0137 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 125 | Belarus | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 127 | Cambodia | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 129 | United States of America | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 130 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 132 | Somalia | 0.0103 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 133 | Latvia | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 134 | Sudan | 0.0098 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 135 | Estonia | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 136 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 137 | Bahamas | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 138 | Chile | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 139 | Liberia | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 141 | Algeria | 0.0079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 142 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 143 | Sweden | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 144 | Brazil | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 146 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 0.0067 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Finland | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 150 | Zambia | 0.0062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 151 | Bhutan | 0.0057 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 152 | Belize | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 153 | Uruguay | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 154 | Peru | 0.0055 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 157 | Argentina | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 160 | Norway | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 161 | Angola | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 163 | Oman | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 164 | Eritrea | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 165 | Paraguay | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 166 | Congo | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 167 | Mali | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 168 | Chad | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 169 | Gabon | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 170 | South Sudan | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 172 | Russian Federation | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 173 | Niger | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 174 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritania | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 177 | Libya | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 178 | Suriname | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 179 | Canada | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 180 | Guyana | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 182 | Botswana | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 183 | Australia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 185 | Iceland | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 186 | Mongolia | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.3177 units per square kilometre
- World 0.0182 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0089 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Persons outside the 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.
Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Persons outside the 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
Persons outside the 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.