Data for 2000

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2000

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2000 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 83.736; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 20.703. The middle country reads 55.861. Against 1999, 186 values changed (87 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2000

HighestTanzania

83.736

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

20.703

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

187countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.736
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.607
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.928
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	81.916
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.308
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.075
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.062
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.869
9	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.830
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.208
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.202
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.885
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.764
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.355
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	76.192
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.776
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.542
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	72.831
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.772
20	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.734
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.727
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.674
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.212
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.470
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.421
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.174
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.289
28	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.067
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68.723
30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	68.532
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.469
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.441
33	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.753
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.225
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.860
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.004
37	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	65.956
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	65.561
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.507
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.460
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.404
42	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.212
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.906
44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.799
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.623
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.484
47	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.475
48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.893
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.638
50	United States`USA`Northern America	63.506
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.947
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.866
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.814
54	Peru`PER`South America	62.518
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.308
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.168
57	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.945
58	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.911
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.884
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.880
61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.671
62	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.579
63	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.287
64	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	61.016
65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.832
66	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.795
67	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	60.701
68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.509
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.403
70	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	59.478
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.303
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.100
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.947
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.641
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.605
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.484
77	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.285
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.994
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.928
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.757
81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.719
82	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.484
83	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.471
84	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	57.413
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.255
86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.110
87	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.261
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.232
89	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	56.168
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.063
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.036
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.941
93	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.879
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.861
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.690
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.520
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	55.443
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	55.238
99	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.120
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.057
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.854
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	54.796
103	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.789
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.751
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.686
106	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.570
107	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.542
108	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.011
109	Colombia`COL`South America	53.748
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	53.720
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.685
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	53.649
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.639
114	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53.576
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.478
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.473
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.398
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.086
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.968
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.725
121	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.567
122	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.164
123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52.069
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.852
125	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.782
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.269
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	51.231
128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.036
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	50.781
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.668
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.596
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.510
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	50.386
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.101
135	Chile`CHL`South America	50.044
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.968
137	France`FRA`Western Europe	49.652
138	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.528
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.294
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.009
141	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.802
142	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.722
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.597
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	48.171
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	47.800
146	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.508
147	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.203
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.082
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.079
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.756
151	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.704
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.548
153	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.011
154	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.605
155	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	45.599
156	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.353
157	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.214
158	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.177
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.707
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.142
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.910
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.885
163	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.638
164	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.072
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.851
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.386
167	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41.309
168	Suriname`SUR`South America	41.097
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.803
170	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.378
171	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.168
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.974
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.883
174	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.542
175	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.373
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.971
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.712
178	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.594
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.008
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.977
181	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.759
182	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	34.301
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.002
184	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.094
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.720
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.944
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.703

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania83.736
2Mozambique82.607
3Solomon Islands81.928
4Qatar81.916
5Madagascar81.308

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe20.703
186Djibouti24.944
185Somalia27.720
184Algeria31.094
183Jordan34.002

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.861. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
87 · 99rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

South Korea56.362 → 58.285+1.923
Spain43.760 → 45.599+1.839
Georgia64.173 → 66.004+1.831
Iceland74.607 → 76.355+1.748
Ireland60.027 → 61.579+1.552

Fell most

Timor-Leste70.011 → 67.225−2.786
Lithuania52.994 → 50.596−2.398
Peru64.744 → 62.518−2.226
Poland49.229 → 47.203−2.026
Paraguay65.875 → 63.893−1.982

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 2000.
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) (2000). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2000

0635 held

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