Data for 2002

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2002

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2002
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2002, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2002 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 84.215; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 19.841. The middle country reads 55.843. Against 2001, 187 values changed (78 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2002

HighestTanzania

84.215

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

19.841

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

187countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.215
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.211
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.452
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.222
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.706
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	79.898
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.730
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.575
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.303
10	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.150
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.474
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.687
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.582
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.367
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	75.775
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.362
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.428
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	72.996
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.838
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.937
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.642
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.255
23	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.632
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.499
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.444
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.242
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.278
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.379
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68.322
30	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.993
31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.636
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	67.603
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.310
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.535
35	Peru`PER`South America	66.523
36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.138
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.055
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.769
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.768
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.444
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.314
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	65.205
43	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	64.842
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.617
45	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.594
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	64.497
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.496
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.569
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.484
50	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63.164
51	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	62.556
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.326
53	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.291
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.215
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.154
56	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.113
57	United States`USA`Northern America	61.793
58	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.717
59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.712
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.620
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.589
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.486
63	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	61.410
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.298
65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	60.971
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.760
67	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.520
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	60.107
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.891
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.848
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.770
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.740
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.631
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.541
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.459
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.227
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.993
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.168
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	57.936
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	57.768
81	Colombia`COL`South America	56.952
82	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.793
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.701
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.608
85	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.497
86	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	56.309
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.305
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.239
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.012
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.993
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.938
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.904
93	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.899
94	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.843
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	55.721
96	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.664
97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	55.546
98	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.465
99	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.458
100	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	55.293
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.175
102	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.979
103	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.919
104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.849
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.725
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.494
107	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	54.026
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	53.996
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.665
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	53.584
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.497
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.477
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	53.308
=114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.076
=114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.076
116	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.888
117	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.835
118	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.815
119	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.757
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.012
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.983
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	51.662
123	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51.306
124	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.247
125	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.104
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.042
127	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.991
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.669
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.578
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.475
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.288
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.140
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.999
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.987
135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.773
136	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.617
137	Chile`CHL`South America	48.969
138	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.945
139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	48.862
140	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	48.815
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.780
142	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.366
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.857
144	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.680
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	47.570
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.304
147	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	47.287
148	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.602
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.583
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46.451
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.736
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.450
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.815
154	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.442
155	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44.185
156	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	43.971
157	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.935
158	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.800
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.660
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.487
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.919
162	Suriname`SUR`South America	42.887
163	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.846
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.473
165	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41.731
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.939
167	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	40.684
168	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.499
169	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.298
170	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.776
171	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.722
172	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.235
=173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.867
=173	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.867
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.547
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.368
177	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.034
178	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.460
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.950
180	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.089
181	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	34.119
182	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.525
183	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.504
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.773
185	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.045
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.809
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.841

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania84.215
2Mozambique83.211
3Solomon Islands82.452
4Qatar82.222
5Madagascar81.706

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe19.841
186Djibouti24.809
185Palestine26.045
184Somalia27.773
183Algeria32.504

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.843. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
78 · 109rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania48.885 → 50.475+1.590
Peru65.303 → 66.523+1.220
Mauritius52.305 → 53.477+1.172
Latvia48.617 → 49.773+1.156
Russia54.567 → 55.546+0.979

Fell most

Palestine28.754 → 26.045−2.709
Venezuela55.757 → 53.076−2.681
Argentina50.973 → 48.366−2.607
Paraguay64.621 → 62.291−2.330
Uruguay52.289 → 49.987−2.302

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 2002.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 53.076. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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) (2002). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2002

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