Data for 2009

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2009

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2009 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.224; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 20.396. The middle country reads 56.255. Against 2008, 187 values changed (61 up, 126 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

86.224

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

20.396

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.224
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.671
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.167
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.802
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.541
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.165
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.733
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.221
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.511
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.450
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.075
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.891
13	Peru`PER`South America	75.466
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.384
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.254
16	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	75.219
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.718
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.350
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	72.448
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.750
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.515
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.169
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.861
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	69.948
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.427
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.377
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.611
28	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.053
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	67.929
30	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.463
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.099
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.940
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.558
34	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.370
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.255
36	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	65.914
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.889
38	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.821
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.470
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.076
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.707
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64.699
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.600
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	64.051
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.910
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.600
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.384
48	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	62.669
49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.433
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.360
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	62.232
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.225
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	62.014
54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.856
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.516
56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.451
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.288
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.063
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.052
60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.372
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.317
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.138
=62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.138
64	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.985
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.800
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.732
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.065
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.049
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.002
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.944
71	Colombia`COL`South America	58.875
72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.850
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.805
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.528
75	United States`USA`Northern America	58.412
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.357
77	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.199
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.125
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.068
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.627
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.482
82	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57.458
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.313
84	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.231
85	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	56.880
86	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.849
87	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	56.830
88	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.822
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.703
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.656
91	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.556
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.507
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.275
94	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	56.255
95	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.149
96	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	56.048
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.003
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.992
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.969
100	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	55.962
101	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.753
102	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	55.689
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.528
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.526
105	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.522
106	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.403
107	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	55.353
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.240
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.216
110	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.653
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.550
112	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	54.545
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.497
114	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.472
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.314
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.192
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.054
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.959
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.693
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.855
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	52.612
122	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.547
123	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52.528
124	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.438
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	52.019
126	Chile`CHL`South America	51.744
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.644
128	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.379
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.280
130	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.173
131	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.760
132	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	50.412
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.392
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.265
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	50.090
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.952
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.552
138	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.394
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.282
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	48.743
141	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.670
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.293
143	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	48.169
144	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.700
145	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.662
146	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.473
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.471
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.130
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.916
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.557
151	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.391
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46.005
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.611
154	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	45.338
155	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.542
156	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.063
157	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	43.969
158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.549
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.415
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.097
161	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	42.748
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.363
163	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41.492
164	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.264
165	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.164
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.068
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.892
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.651
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.522
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.445
171	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.212
=172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.037
=172	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	39.037
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.962
175	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.779
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.937
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.819
178	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.698
179	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.004
180	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.720
181	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.619
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.962
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.927
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.445
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.018
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.527
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.396

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.224
2Tanzania84.671
3Madagascar83.167
4Solomon Islands82.802
5Cambodia81.541

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe20.396
186Djibouti24.527
185Somalia28.018
184Palestine31.445
183Jordan34.927

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.255. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
61 · 126rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia78.288 → 81.541+3.253
Luxembourg52.429 → 54.472+2.043
Colombia56.925 → 58.875+1.950
Guam54.451 → 55.962+1.511
Sudan40.919 → 42.363+1.444

Fell most

Latvia56.753 → 49.552−7.201
Ireland61.473 → 56.003−5.470
Estonia57.821 → 52.528−5.293
Iceland74.165 → 69.427−4.738
Bahamas67.941 → 63.384−4.557

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

Read before you use

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 2009.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 60.138. 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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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2009

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