Data for 1991

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1991, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 86.734; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.111. The middle country reads 56.707.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 1991

HighestBurundi

86.734

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.111

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.734
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.537
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.115
4	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.859
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.696
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.683
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.887
8	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.322
9	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.280
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	79.235
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.115
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.630
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.840
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	76.822
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.748
16	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.391
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.215
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.843
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.564
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73.432
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	73.146
22	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	71.684
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	70.979
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.910
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.890
26	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.835
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.807
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.506
29	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	69.840
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	69.723
31	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69.688
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.512
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.386
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	69.253
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	69.104
36	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.374
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.697
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.294
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.473
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65.795
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.708
42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.670
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.418
44	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.189
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	64.896
46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.672
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.307
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.220
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.137
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.645
51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.643
52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	63.537
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.468
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	63.442
55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.238
56	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.665
57	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.480
58	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.301
59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	62.252
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	62.125
61	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.934
62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.709
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.704
64	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.552
65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.273
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.231
67	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.094
68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.881
69	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.860
70	United States`USA`Northern America	60.580
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.471
72	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	60.316
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.263
74	Colombia`COL`South America	59.986
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	59.980
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.942
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.395
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	59.289
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.131
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.970
81	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.904
82	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.736
83	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.660
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.589
85	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	58.552
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.426
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	58.155
88	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.097
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	57.733
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.218
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.084
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.947
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.724
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.707
95	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	56.693
96	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.678
97	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	56.525
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.450
99	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.430
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.376
101	Peru`PER`South America	56.210
102	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.945
103	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.837
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.666
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.135
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.070
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.969
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	54.897
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.556
110	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.424
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54.233
112	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.222
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.168
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.096
115	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.042
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.005
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.731
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.537
119	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.466
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.317
121	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	53.053
122	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.041
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.986
124	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	52.875
125	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	52.609
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.428
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.426
128	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.380
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.372
130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.318
131	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.310
132	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.208
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51.190
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.118
135	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.964
136	Chile`CHL`South America	50.416
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.399
138	Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.302
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	50.270
140	France`FRA`Western Europe	49.996
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.606
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	49.485
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.384
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.361
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.247
146	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	47.910
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.795
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.518
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.511
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.124
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.886
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.675
153	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.162
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	45.757
155	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.283
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.252
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.244
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.606
159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	44.578
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.551
161	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.297
162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.520
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.382
164	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.123
165	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.483
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.426
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.338
168	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.814
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.802
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.588
171	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.300
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.980
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.465
174	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.141
175	Suriname`SUR`South America	39.938
176	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.698
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.784
178	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	38.255
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.197
180	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.086
181	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.384
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.044
183	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	35.681
184	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.037
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.526
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.902
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.111

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Burundi86.734
2Tanzania83.537
3Qatar83.115
4Burkina Faso81.859
5Solomon Islands81.696

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.111
186Djibouti25.902
185Somalia27.526
184Jordan31.037
183Montenegro35.681

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.707. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1991). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/1991

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