Data for 2017

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2017

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2017 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.375; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.777. The middle country reads 56.738. Against 2016, 187 values changed (104 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2017

HighestQatar

87.375

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.777

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

187countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.375
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.828
3	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.707
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.305
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.294
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.222
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.093
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.982
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	76.820
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.875
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.753
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.784
13	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.551
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	74.479
15	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	74.411
16	Peru`PER`South America	74.154
17	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	73.058
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	72.766
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.487
20	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.751
21	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.534
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.745
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	69.299
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.140
25	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.924
26	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.478
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	68.123
28	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	67.222
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.142
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.965
31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	66.891
32	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.832
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.789
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.679
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.125
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.047
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.539
38	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.295
39	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.250
40	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.627
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.603
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.205
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.171
44	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.958
45	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.177
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.045
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.978
48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	62.928
49	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	62.925
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.780
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.355
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.799
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.787
54	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.769
55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.599
56	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.564
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	61.182
58	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.054
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.882
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	60.838
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.815
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.801
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.612
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	60.463
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.264
66	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.065
67	Colombia`COL`South America	60.015
68	United States`USA`Northern America	59.824
69	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.820
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.810
71	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.603
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	59.571
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.477
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.442
75	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	59.222
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	59.117
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.056
78	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	58.977
79	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	58.738
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.730
81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.577
82	Chile`CHL`South America	58.383
83	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.366
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.335
85	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	58.221
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.150
87	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.829
88	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.764
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.632
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.292
91	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.195
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.881
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	56.766
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.738
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.656
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.497
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.418
98	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	56.325
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.271
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.095
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	55.999
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	55.924
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.900
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.844
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.778
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.515
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.493
108	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.489
109	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55.430
110	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.378
111	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.346
112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.223
113	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.017
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.918
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54.761
116	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.708
117	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.696
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.612
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.361
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.352
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.022
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.899
123	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.654
124	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.598
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.281
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	53.188
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.176
128	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	53.175
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52.676
130	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	52.367
131	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.990
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.936
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.807
134	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.700
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.640
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	50.956
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.581
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.419
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.376
140	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.152
141	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.059
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.693
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.554
144	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.350
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.316
146	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.283
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.117
148	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.655
149	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.112
150	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.049
151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.259
152	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.063
153	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.692
154	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	46.337
155	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.695
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.339
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	44.174
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.126
159	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.952
160	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.052
161	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.014
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.375
163	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.305
164	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.007
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.678
166	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.393
167	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.208
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.096
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.930
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.661
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.266
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.824
173	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.361
174	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.246
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.896
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.854
177	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.436
178	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.142
179	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.660
180	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.107
181	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.937
182	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32.705
183	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.608
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.809
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.427
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.861
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.777

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.375
2Madagascar83.828
3Solomon Islands83.707
4Tanzania82.305
5Cambodia81.294

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.777
186Djibouti23.861
185Yemen26.427
184Somalia27.809
183Syria32.608

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.738. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 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

Bulgaria49.272 → 51.990+2.718
Slovenia52.296 → 54.708+2.412
Maldives53.610 → 55.999+2.389
Bahamas64.630 → 66.891+2.261
Bosnia and Herzegovina37.015 → 39.266+2.251

Fell most

Senegal47.883 → 44.126−3.757
Kenya72.354 → 69.745−2.609
Kyrgyzstan56.673 → 54.352−2.321
Philippines59.930 → 57.632−2.298
Uganda71.562 → 69.299−2.263

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 2017.
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) (2017). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2017

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