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Total employment, male (ages 15+) by country

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

Countries reporting
50
Highest
27.71 million ages 15+
Nigeria
Lowest
132,313 ages 15+
Cape Verde
Median
2.50 million ages 15+
Years covered
21
1991–2011
Data points
1,176

What the numbers show

Total employment, male (ages 15+) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 27.71 million ages 15+ in Nigeria; the lowest is 132,313 ages 15+ in Cape Verde.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.50 million ages 15+, and the mean is 4.30 million ages 15+.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 209.

Total employment, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 27.71 million ages 15+ 2011 up 24.7% rising
2 Ethiopia 21.58 million ages 15+ 2011 up 37.3% rising
3 Egypt 19.46 million ages 15+ 2011 up 29.2% rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.31 million ages 15+ 2011 up 38.6% rising
5 Tanzania 10.19 million ages 15+ 2011 up 35.2% rising
6 Algeria 8.41 million ages 15+ 2011 up 42.5% rising
7 South Africa 8.23 million ages 15+ 2011 up 26.1% rising
8 Kenya 7.79 million ages 15+ 2011 up 32.7% rising
9 Morocco 7.66 million ages 15+ 2011 up 17.2% rising
10 Sudan 7.39 million ages 15+ 2011 up 28.2% rising
11 Uganda 6.83 million ages 15+ 2011 up 34.3% rising
12 Ghana 5.38 million ages 15+ 2011 up 33.3% rising
13 Madagascar 5.25 million ages 15+ 2011 up 40.1% rising
14 Mozambique 4.94 million ages 15+ 2011 up 30.7% rising
15 Cote d'Ivoire 4.76 million ages 15+ 2011 up 18.2% rising
16 Cameroon 4.35 million ages 15+ 2011 up 35.2% rising
17 Burkina Faso 3.92 million ages 15+ 2011 up 37.5% rising
18 Angola 3.72 million ages 15+ 2011 up 43.7% rising
19 Niger 3.45 million ages 15+ 2011 up 45.4% rising
20 Zimbabwe 3.25 million ages 15+ 2011 up 14.7% rising
21 Malawi 3.18 million ages 15+ 2011 up 33.9% rising
22 Senegal 2.88 million ages 15+ 2011 up 34.7% rising
23 Mali 2.60 million ages 15+ 2011 up 44.4% rising
24 Rwanda 2.58 million ages 15+ 2011 up 36.8% rising
25 Zambia 2.56 million ages 15+ 2011 up 27.1% rising
26 Tunisia 2.44 million ages 15+ 2011 up 17.3% rising
27 Chad 2.33 million ages 15+ 2011 up 37.3% rising
28 Guinea 2.22 million ages 15+ 2011 up 24.1% rising
29 Burundi 2.00 million ages 15+ 2011 up 52.7% rising
30 Benin 1.94 million ages 15+ 2011 up 40.1% rising
31 Somalia 1.86 million ages 15+ 2011 up 23.0% rising
32 Libya 1.53 million ages 15+ 2011 up 19.9% rising
33 Togo 1.40 million ages 15+ 2011 up 32.7% rising
34 Eritrea 1.28 million ages 15+ 2011 up 50.0% rising
35 Sierra Leone 1.09 million ages 15+ 2011 up 49.1% rising
36 Central African Republic 1.05 million ages 15+ 2011 up 22.2% rising
37 Congo 838,184 ages 15+ 2011 up 34.2% rising
38 Liberia 721,573 ages 15+ 2011 up 49.4% rising
39 Mauritania 561,644 ages 15+ 2011 up 39.5% rising
40 Botswana 480,482 ages 15+ 2011 up 34.2% rising
41 Lesotho 379,145 ages 15+ 2011 up 24.7% rising
42 Gambia 377,151 ages 15+ 2011 up 36.3% rising
43 Namibia 363,910 ages 15+ 2011 up 19.2% rising
44 Mauritius 355,266 ages 15+ 2011 up 7.8% rising
45 Guinea-Bissau 328,513 ages 15+ 2011 up 26.5% rising
46 Gabon 266,267 ages 15+ 2011 up 32.8% rising
47 Equatorial Guinea 193,542 ages 15+ 2011 up 37.3% rising
48 Eswatini 179,825 ages 15+ 2011 up 19.2% rising
49 Comoros 162,696 ages 15+ 2011 up 30.8% rising
50 Cape Verde 132,313 ages 15+ 2011 up 36.5% 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
Total employment, male (ages 15+)
Unit
ages 15+
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.