Data for 2005

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2005

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2005 covers 187 countries. Tanzania is highest, at 85.177; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 20.067. The middle country reads 56.129. Against 2004, 187 values changed (110 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2005

HighestTanzania

85.177

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

20.067

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.177
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.237
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.866
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.439
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	81.844
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.971
7	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.969
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	79.109
9	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.106
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.167
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.734
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	76.829
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.822
14	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.950
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	75.416
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.225
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.315
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.801
19	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.704
20	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.623
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.052
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.176
23	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.110
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.745
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	70.442
26	Peru`PER`South America	69.553
27	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.323
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.281
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.406
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.969
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.494
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	67.318
33	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.309
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.941
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.888
36	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	66.647
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.221
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.897
39	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	65.218
40	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.024
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.932
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.679
43	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.636
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.446
45	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.989
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.804
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.743
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	63.615
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.258
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.988
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.883
52	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.798
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62.748
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.585
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.239
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	62.221
57	United States`USA`Northern America	61.742
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.711
59	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.574
60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.553
61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.260
62	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	61.254
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.180
64	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.890
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.870
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	60.757
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.689
68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.498
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	60.282
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.827
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.452
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.414
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.283
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.252
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.654
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.640
77	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.595
78	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.577
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.297
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.139
81	Colombia`COL`South America	58.111
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.981
83	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	57.731
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.422
85	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.187
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.171
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.154
88	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.823
89	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	56.574
90	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	56.253
91	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.236
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.224
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.159
94	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.129
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.850
96	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.650
97	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.481
98	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	55.439
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.104
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.812
101	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.790
102	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.764
103	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.710
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	54.537
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.523
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.509
107	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	54.495
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.473
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	54.434
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.336
111	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.113
112	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.938
113	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.900
114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	53.775
115	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.622
116	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.115
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.020
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.893
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	52.875
120	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.658
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	52.535
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	52.367
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.020
124	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	51.803
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.727
126	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.679
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	51.652
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.482
129	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.460
130	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.016
131	Chile`CHL`South America	50.529
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.260
133	Guyana`GUY`South America	50.246
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.087
135	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	50.077
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	49.872
137	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49.785
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	49.404
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	49.268
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.080
141	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.796
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.693
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	48.561
144	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47.820
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.461
146	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.419
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	47.338
148	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.906
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.904
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.024
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.345
152	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.324
153	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	45.156
154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.151
155	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.135
156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.075
157	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.065
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.516
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.475
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.272
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.866
162	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.504
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.466
164	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	42.286
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.724
166	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.493
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.935
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.671
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.663
170	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.199
171	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.150
172	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.001
173	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.796
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.238
175	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.206
176	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	37.943
177	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.877
178	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.752
179	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	36.729
180	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.067
181	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	33.679
182	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.392
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.632
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30.907
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.898
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.798
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.067

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tanzania85.177
2Madagascar84.237
3Solomon Islands82.866
4Mozambique82.439
5Qatar81.844

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe20.067
186Djibouti24.798
185Somalia27.898
184Palestine30.907
183Jordan32.632

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.129. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
110 · 77rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela54.102 → 57.422+3.320
Spain49.550 → 51.679+2.129
Costa Rica55.073 → 57.171+2.098
Saint Lucia51.400 → 53.115+1.715
Macau59.629 → 61.254+1.625

Fell most

Tajikistan51.100 → 49.080−2.020
Georgia61.909 → 60.282−1.627
Indonesia60.879 → 59.283−1.596
Serbia44.075 → 42.504−1.571
Sierra Leone63.849 → 62.798−1.051

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 2005.
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) (2005). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2005

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