Data for 1998

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1998

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1998
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1998, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1998 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 83.626; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 20.902. The middle country reads 56.289. Against 1997, 186 values changed (85 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 1998

HighestTanzania

83.626

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

20.902

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

187countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.626
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.079
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	81.887
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.559
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.221
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.117
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.488
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.388
9	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.970
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.450
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.154
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.835
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.878
14	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	76.212
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.716
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.542
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.602
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73.327
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.808
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.704
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.957
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.701
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.161
24	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	70.999
25	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.540
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.406
27	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.203
28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	69.515
29	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.396
30	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.160
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.996
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	68.688
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.565
34	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.479
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.162
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.855
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	66.780
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.658
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.874
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.441
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.438
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.364
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.787
44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.470
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.438
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.335
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.119
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.489
49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	63.488
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.466
51	Peru`PER`South America	63.441
52	Honduras`HND`Central America	63.358
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.315
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.276
55	United States`USA`Northern America	63.033
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.954
57	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.498
58	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	62.402
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.238
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.024
61	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.818
62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.756
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.731
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.444
65	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.241
66	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.746
67	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.576
68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.531
69	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.592
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.317
71	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.137
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.044
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.828
74	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58.621
75	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	58.450
76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.345
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.332
78	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.281
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.217
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.184
81	Colombia`COL`South America	57.935
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.758
83	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.370
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.264
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	57.119
86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.018
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.999
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.970
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.637
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.526
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.509
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.403
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.332
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.289
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.021
96	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.823
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.788
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	55.297
99	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.202
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.196
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.104
102	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.058
103	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	55.032
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.892
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.837
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.572
107	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.499
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	54.383
109	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.113
110	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.106
111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.070
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	53.948
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	53.878
114	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.766
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.426
116	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	53.301
117	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	52.629
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.612
119	Chile`CHL`South America	52.605
120	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.480
121	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.450
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.446
123	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	52.216
124	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.185
125	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.744
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.279
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	51.182
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.142
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.111
130	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.105
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.942
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.490
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	50.408
134	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50.398
135	Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.300
136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50.029
137	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	50.003
138	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	49.999
139	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.688
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.640
141	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.159
142	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	49.148
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.077
144	France`FRA`Western Europe	48.395
145	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.980
146	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	47.886
147	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47.579
148	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.371
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	47.108
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.954
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.375
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.283
153	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.053
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	46.014
155	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.425
156	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.612
157	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.442
158	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	43.715
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.580
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.477
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.995
162	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.306
163	Suriname`SUR`South America	41.961
164	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.802
165	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.674
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.498
167	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.312
168	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	41.259
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.233
170	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41.150
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.680
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.658
173	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.316
174	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.981
175	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.841
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.398
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.802
178	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.402
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.047
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.976
181	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	34.827
182	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	34.442
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.988
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.712
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.622
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.027
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.902

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania83.626
2Mozambique82.079
3Qatar81.887
4Burundi81.559
5Solomon Islands81.221

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe20.902
186Djibouti25.027
185Somalia27.622
184Algeria32.712
183Jordan33.988

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.289. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
85 · 101rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka49.385 → 53.426+4.041
El Salvador55.681 → 58.184+2.503
Portugal55.258 → 57.758+2.500
Ireland56.034 → 58.450+2.416
Ecuador61.408 → 63.466+2.058

Fell most

South Korea60.404 → 56.021−4.383
Albania53.996 → 50.942−3.054
Georgia66.978 → 64.119−2.859
Thailand74.763 → 71.957−2.806
Colombia60.004 → 57.935−2.069

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.

How values are stored

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 1998.
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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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (1998). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/1998

0635 held

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