Data for 2014

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2014

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2014 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.57; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.28. The middle country reads 56.77. Against 2013, 187 values changed (104 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2014

HighestQatar

86.57

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.28

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

187countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.57
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.97
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.75
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.18
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.74
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.17
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	77.73
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.70
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	77.62
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.03
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.34
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.12
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	75.51
14	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.39
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.38
16	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.65
17	Peru`PER`South America	74.59
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.18
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.25
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.12
21	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.69
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.36
23	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.21
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.76
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.57
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.55
27	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.39
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.17
29	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.26
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.36
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.96
32	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	66.43
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.35
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	66.28
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.99
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	65.23
37	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.86
38	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.71
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.60
40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.56
41	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.53
42	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.43
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.35
44	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.24
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.95
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.93
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.67
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.09
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.00
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.81
51	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.63
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.32
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.03
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.82
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.56
56	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.47
57	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.42
58	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.39
59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.25
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.14
61	Colombia`COL`South America	61.10
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.96
63	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.85
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.44
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.36
66	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	60.35
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.93
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.71
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.68
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.61
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.56
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	59.10
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.08
74	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.82
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	58.73
76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.68
77	United States`USA`Northern America	58.60
78	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.34
79	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	58.27
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.26
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	58.16
82	Chile`CHL`South America	57.92
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.91
84	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	57.69
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.56
86	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.37
87	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	57.31
88	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	57.09
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.93
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.92
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.89
92	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.80
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.78
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.77
95	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.76
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.59
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.34
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.08
99	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.65
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.53
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.50
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.41
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.12
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	54.98
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.97
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.74
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.64
108	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	54.58
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.39
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54.33
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.31
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	54.30
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.28
114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54.11
115	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.01
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.97
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.90
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.73
119	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.65
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.53
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.52
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.21
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.89
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52.81
125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	52.63
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52.26
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.24
128	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.01
129	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	51.95
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	51.39
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.19
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.07
=133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.76
=133	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.76
135	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.62
136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.47
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.07
138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.06
139	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.04
140	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	49.59
141	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.56
142	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.45
143	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.38
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.13
145	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.01
146	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.83
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.27
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.80
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	47.08
150	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.51
151	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.38
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.93
153	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.78
154	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.40
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.37
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.30
157	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	43.20
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.70
159	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.55
160	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.48
161	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.32
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	42.02
163	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	41.81
164	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	41.68
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.82
166	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.22
167	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.04
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.87
169	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.20
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.08
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.67
172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.38
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.30
174	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.26
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	37.66
176	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.55
177	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.52
178	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.29
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.06
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.47
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.97
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.15
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.07
184	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.99
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.82
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.16
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.28

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.57
2Madagascar84.97
3Solomon Islands83.75
4Tanzania82.18
5Cambodia79.74

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.28
186Djibouti24.16
185Somalia27.82
184Yemen31.99
183Jordan32.07

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
104 · 83rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Moldova64.01 → 68.26+4.25
Hungary48.08 → 50.76+2.69
Montenegro39.74 → 42.32+2.57
Guam55.31 → 57.69+2.39
Slovakia50.82 → 52.89+2.07

Fell most

Uganda82.91 → 75.39−7.52
Ghana70.09 → 67.36−2.73
Bhutan63.43 → 60.96−2.46
Paraguay66.80 → 64.53−2.27
Barbados60.40 → 58.27−2.14

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 2014.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 50.76. 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) (2014). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2014

0635 held

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