Data for 2013

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2013

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2013
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2013, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2013 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.054; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.028. The middle country reads 56.229. Against 2012, 187 values changed (88 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2013

HighestQatar

86.054

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.028

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

187countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.054
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.409
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.688
4	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	82.910
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.102
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.867
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.409
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.135
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	77.844
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.684
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.590
12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.217
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.898
14	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.691
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.380
16	Peru`PER`South America	75.079
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.856
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	74.606
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.011
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.109
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.870
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.702
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	70.475
24	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.094
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.796
26	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.570
27	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	69.569
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.526
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.036
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.955
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.803
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	66.770
33	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	66.751
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.239
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.391
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.152
37	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.765
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.652
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.487
40	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.393
41	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.302
42	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.237
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.119
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	64.013
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.863
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.470
47	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.426
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.328
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.875
50	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.839
51	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	62.009
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.961
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.955
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.903
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61.872
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.788
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.744
58	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.343
59	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.267
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.224
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.115
62	Colombia`COL`South America	61.053
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.665
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.404
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.342
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	60.146
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.766
68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.517
69	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.400
70	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	59.387
71	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.344
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.297
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.123
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.820
75	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.712
76	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.437
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.430
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.403
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.289
80	United States`USA`Northern America	58.108
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.029
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.913
83	Chile`CHL`South America	57.880
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.670
85	Belize`BLZ`Central America	57.402
86	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	57.202
87	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.122
88	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.074
89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.980
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.967
91	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.950
92	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	56.853
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.800
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.229
95	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.984
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.845
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.754
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.705
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.364
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.336
101	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	55.305
102	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.135
103	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.991
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.912
105	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.850
106	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	54.845
107	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	54.666
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.649
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.630
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.477
111	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.269
112	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.251
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54.234
114	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.951
115	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.870
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.839
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	53.707
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.631
119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.577
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.442
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.402
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.161
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.404
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.273
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.244
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.806
127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.339
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.165
129	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.890
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.856
131	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.820
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.773
133	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.692
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.399
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.299
136	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	50.228
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.056
138	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.961
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.931
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.874
141	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	49.638
142	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.406
143	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.267
144	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.151
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.100
146	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	48.076
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.061
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.957
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.527
150	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.902
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.155
152	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.101
153	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.851
154	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.701
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.392
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.301
157	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.603
158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.504
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.398
160	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.224
161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.065
162	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	42.012
163	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.163
164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.052
165	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.041
166	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.821
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.789
168	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	39.741
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.189
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.851
171	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.803
172	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.785
173	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.663
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.087
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	38.030
176	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.288
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.790
178	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.517
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.191
180	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.678
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.485
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.428
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.425
184	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.302
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.820
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.258
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.028

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.054
2Madagascar85.409
3Solomon Islands83.688
4Uganda82.910
5Tanzania82.102

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.028
186Djibouti24.258
185Somalia27.820
184Syria32.302
183Jordan32.425

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.229. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
88 · 99rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uganda67.436 → 82.910+15.474
Honduras56.207 → 59.123+2.916
Namibia47.884 → 49.961+2.077
Côte d’Ivoire62.411 → 64.302+1.891
Oman63.629 → 65.391+1.762

Fell most

Albania49.371 → 44.101−5.270
Guatemala63.318 → 58.403−4.915
United States Virgin Islands53.467 → 50.228−3.239
Kyrgyzstan59.176 → 56.229−2.947
Cambodia82.568 → 79.867−2.701

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 2013.
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) (2013). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2013

0635 held

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