Data for 1992
Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992
1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992 covers 187 countries. Burundi is highest, at 86.208; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.083. The middle country reads 56.574. Against 1991, 187 values changed (65 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.
Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 1992
HighestBurundi
86.208LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe
21.083Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BDIEastern Africa | 86.208 |
| 2 | TZAEastern Africa | 83.442 |
| 3 | QATWestern Asia | 82.792 |
| 4 | BFAWestern Africa | 81.635 |
| 5 | MOZEastern Africa | 81.513 |
| 6 | SLBMelanesia | 81.432 |
| 7 | MDGEastern Africa | 80.745 |
| 8 | NGAWestern Africa | 79.872 |
| 9 | PRKEastern Asia | 79.415 |
| 10 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 79.321 |
| 11 | ETHEastern Africa | 79.008 |
| 12 | NERWestern Africa | 77.635 |
| 13 | ERIEastern Africa | 76.674 |
| 14 | MWIEastern Africa | 76.660 |
| 15 | CHNEastern Asia | 76.380 |
| 16 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 76.227 |
| 17 | LBRWestern Africa | 75.202 |
| 18 | CMRMiddle Africa | 74.784 |
| 19 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 74.047 |
| 20 | AREWestern Asia | 73.667 |
| 21 | GEOWestern Asia | 73.435 |
| 22 | TCDMiddle Africa | 71.644 |
| 23 | BENWestern Africa | 71.070 |
| 24 | AZEWestern Asia | 71.001 |
| 25 | VUTMelanesia | 70.858 |
| 26 | UGAEastern Africa | 70.795 |
| 27 | KENEastern Africa | 70.770 |
| 28 | ISLNorthern Europe | 70.098 |
| 29 | KAZCentral Asia | 69.880 |
| 30 | CODMiddle Africa | 69.781 |
| 31 | GHAWestern Africa | 69.561 |
| 32 | BTNSouthern Asia | 69.429 |
| 33 | MLIWestern Africa | 69.353 |
| 34 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 69.161 |
| 35 | GUMMicronesia | 68.997 |
| 36 | CAFMiddle Africa | 68.340 |
| 37 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 67.603 |
| 38 | BOLSouth America | 67.185 |
| 39 | JAMCaribbean | 66.051 |
| 40 | BHRWestern Asia | 65.727 |
| 41 | PRYSouth America | 65.663 |
| 42 | SSDEastern Africa | 65.177 |
| 43 | GTMCentral America | 65.000 |
| 44 | LTUNorthern Europe | 64.624 |
| 45 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 64.503 |
| 46 | ARMWestern Asia | 64.367 |
| 47 | AGOMiddle Africa | 64.226 |
| 48 | HNDCentral America | 63.779 |
| 49 | ZWEEastern Africa | 63.596 |
| 50 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 63.545 |
| 51 | CHEWestern Europe | 63.213 |
| 52 | NLDWestern Europe | 63.029 |
| 53 | KWTWestern Asia | 62.805 |
| 54 | VIRCaribbean | 62.777 |
| 55 | JPNEastern Asia | 62.608 |
| 56 | RUSEastern Europe | 62.451 |
| 57 | ESTNorthern Europe | 62.296 |
| 58 | LSOSouthern Africa | 62.262 |
| 59 | KGZCentral Asia | 62.199 |
| 60 | GNBWestern Africa | 62.057 |
| 61 | BHSCaribbean | 61.971 |
| 62 | SLEWestern Africa | 61.579 |
| 63 | HTICaribbean | 61.205 |
| 64 | HKGEastern Asia | 61.180 |
| 65 | SWENorthern Europe | 61.168 |
| 66 | CIVWestern Africa | 61.109 |
| 67 | DNKNorthern Europe | 61.020 |
| 68 | GINWestern Africa | 60.879 |
| 69 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 60.701 |
| 70 | COLSouth America | 60.643 |
| 71 | ECUSouth America | 60.494 |
| 72 | BRASouth America | 60.377 |
| 73 | USANorthern America | 60.358 |
| 74 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 60.218 |
| 75 | CZEEastern Europe | 59.805 |
| 76 | VENSouth America | 59.776 |
| 77 | CYPWestern Asia | 59.121 |
| 78 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 59.095 |
| 79 | KOREastern Asia | 58.876 |
| 80 | NORNorthern Europe | 58.638 |
| 81 | CANNorthern America | 57.989 |
| 82 | UKREastern Europe | 57.930 |
| 83 | LVANorthern Europe | 57.507 |
| 84 | BLREastern Europe | 57.308 |
| 85 | TONPolynesia | 57.010 |
| 86 | MACEastern Asia | 56.965 |
| 87 | MDAEastern Europe | 56.960 |
| 88 | FJIMelanesia | 56.957 |
| 89 | ARGSouth America | 56.855 |
| 90 | SLVCentral America | 56.851 |
| 91 | MEXCentral America | 56.815 |
| 92 | GNQMiddle Africa | 56.616 |
| 93 | PRTSouthern Europe | 56.606 |
| 94 | TGOWestern Africa | 56.574 |
| 95 | SVKEastern Europe | 56.356 |
| 96 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 56.240 |
| 97 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 56.228 |
| 98 | PERSouth America | 55.915 |
| 99 | BGDSouthern Asia | 55.795 |
| 100 | UZBCentral Asia | 55.615 |
| 101 | OMNWestern Asia | 55.608 |
| 102 | GBRNorthern Europe | 55.525 |
| 103 | DEUWestern Europe | 55.340 |
| 104 | PANCentral America | 55.277 |
| 105 | RWAEastern Africa | 55.153 |
| 106 | WSMPolynesia | 54.991 |
| 107 | MNGEastern Asia | 54.978 |
| 108 | COGMiddle Africa | 54.928 |
| 109 | AUTWestern Europe | 54.896 |
| 110 | FINNorthern Europe | 54.877 |
| 111 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 54.577 |
| 112 | MUSEastern Africa | 54.391 |
| 113 | TJKCentral Asia | 53.991 |
| 114 | Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe | 53.890 |
| 115 | SVNSouthern Europe | 53.661 |
| 116 | INDSouthern Asia | 53.561 |
| 117 | CRICentral America | 53.473 |
| 118 | DOMCaribbean | 53.462 |
| 119 | NICCentral America | 53.314 |
| 120 | NCLMelanesia | 52.818 |
| 121 | GUYSouth America | 52.724 |
| 122 | POLEastern Europe | 52.715 |
| 123 | LCACaribbean | 52.685 |
| 124 | URYSouth America | 52.439 |
| 125 | PYFPolynesia | 52.391 |
| 126 | CPVWestern Africa | 52.261 |
| 127 | BRBCaribbean | 52.166 |
| 128 | BWASouthern Africa | 51.990 |
| 129 | CHLSouth America | 51.887 |
| 130 | LUXWestern Europe | 51.885 |
| 131 | TURWestern Asia | 51.226 |
| 132 | IRLNorthern Europe | 51.142 |
| 133 | ISRWestern Asia | 51.111 |
| 134 | SRBSouthern Europe | 51.104 |
| 135 | VCTCaribbean | 50.671 |
| 136 | BLZCentral America | 50.603 |
| 137 | HRVSouthern Europe | 50.565 |
| 138 | TKMCentral Asia | 50.005 |
| 139 | MDVSouthern Asia | 49.840 |
| 140 | FRAWestern Europe | 49.534 |
| 141 | SENWestern Africa | 49.485 |
| 142 | PAKSouthern Asia | 49.388 |
| 143 | LKASouthern Asia | 48.569 |
| 144 | ALBSouthern Europe | 48.547 |
| 145 | ZMBEastern Africa | 47.948 |
| 146 | TTOCaribbean | 47.840 |
| 147 | CUBCaribbean | 47.670 |
| 148 | SAUWestern Asia | 47.649 |
| 149 | SYRWestern Asia | 47.299 |
| 150 | PNGMelanesia | 47.019 |
| 151 | MLTSouthern Europe | 46.732 |
| 152 | ROUEastern Europe | 46.512 |
| 153 | BELWestern Europe | 46.204 |
| 154 | HUNEastern Europe | 46.037 |
| 155 | GRCSouthern Europe | 45.190 |
| 156 | BIHSouthern Europe | 44.911 |
| 157 | NAMSouthern Africa | 44.682 |
| 158 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 44.427 |
| 159 | MARNorthern Africa | 44.204 |
| 160 | ITASouthern Europe | 43.999 |
| 161 | GMBWestern Africa | 43.475 |
| 162 | AFGSouthern Asia | 43.340 |
| 163 | EGYNorthern Africa | 42.981 |
| 164 | SWZSouthern Africa | 42.777 |
| 165 | SDNNorthern Africa | 42.596 |
| 166 | BGREastern Europe | 42.405 |
| 167 | MRTWestern Africa | 41.721 |
| 168 | TUNNorthern Africa | 41.437 |
| 169 | IRNSouthern Asia | 41.373 |
| 170 | MKDSouthern Europe | 41.129 |
| 171 | ESPSouthern Europe | 40.984 |
| 172 | LBNWestern Asia | 40.933 |
| 173 | YEMWestern Asia | 40.456 |
| 174 | GABMiddle Africa | 39.955 |
| 175 | SURSouth America | 39.887 |
| 176 | COMEastern Africa | 39.855 |
| 177 | IRQWestern Asia | 38.840 |
| 178 | PRICaribbean | 37.855 |
| 179 | NPLSouthern Asia | 37.205 |
| 180 | LBYNorthern Africa | 37.001 |
| 181 | PSEWestern Asia | 36.006 |
| 182 | MNESouthern Europe | 35.631 |
| 183 | DZANorthern Africa | 34.633 |
| 184 | JORWestern Asia | 31.542 |
| 185 | SOMEastern Africa | 27.301 |
| 186 | DJIEastern Africa | 25.742 |
| 187 | STPMiddle Africa | 21.083 |
02In 1992
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Burundi86.208
- 2
Tanzania83.442
- 3
Qatar82.792
- 4
Burkina Faso81.635
- 5
Mozambique81.513
Lowest
- 187
São Tomé and Príncipe21.083
- 186
Djibouti25.742
- 185
Somalia27.301
- 184
Jordan31.542
- 183
Algeria34.633
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.574. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031991 → 1992
Since 1991
What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 187values changed, of 187 in both
- 65 · 122rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Kyrgyzstan59.942 → 62.199+2.257
Turkmenistan47.795 → 50.005+2.210
Azerbaijan69.104 → 71.001+1.897
Chile50.416 → 51.887+1.471
Venezuela58.426 → 59.776+1.350
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.
05The files
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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/1992
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07Questions
Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992: questions and answers
Which country has the highest employment-to-population ratio in Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992?
Burundi, at 86.208, of the 187 countries in the file.
What year does Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992 describe?
1992.
How many countries does Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992 cover?
187.
Where can I download Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1992 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2025.