Data for 2019

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2019

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2019 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 87.345; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 21.600. The middle country reads 57.871. Against 2018, 187 values changed (95 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

87.345

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

21.600

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	87.345
2	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.684
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.250
4	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	82.357
5	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.324
6	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.354
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	78.909
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77.614
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.785
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	75.396
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.327
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.881
13	Peru`PER`South America	74.748
14	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	74.464
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.183
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	74.130
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.832
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.044
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.053
20	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.706
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.428
22	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.545
23	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	69.478
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.080
25	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.582
26	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	68.351
27	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.290
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.617
29	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.455
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	67.291
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.847
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.716
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	66.460
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.789
35	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.321
36	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	65.177
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.003
38	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.580
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.559
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.453
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	64.416
42	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.404
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.307
44	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.224
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.678
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.656
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.628
48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	63.505
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.413
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.131
51	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.689
52	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.644
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	62.571
54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	62.065
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.966
56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.758
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	61.575
58	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	61.449
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.382
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.335
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.045
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.944
63	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	60.729
64	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.667
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.635
66	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.633
67	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	60.550
68	United States`USA`Northern America	60.543
69	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.517
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60.335
71	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	60.310
72	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.255
73	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	60.170
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.130
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.679
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.578
77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	59.465
78	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	59.368
79	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	59.311
80	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.299
81	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.227
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.995
83	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	58.917
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.913
85	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58.906
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	58.547
87	Chile`CHL`South America	58.346
88	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.245
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	58.187
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.121
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.115
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	58.057
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.883
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	57.871
95	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.823
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.753
97	Colombia`COL`South America	57.709
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.390
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.318
100	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.231
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.142
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.806
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.791
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.684
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.547
106	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56.477
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	56.353
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.247
109	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56.125
110	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.964
111	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.787
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.661
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.650
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.593
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.406
116	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.221
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.189
118	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	54.767
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.696
120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	54.453
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	54.355
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.332
123	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.309
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.159
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	53.831
126	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.392
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	52.310
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	52.086
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.941
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.914
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.883
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.703
133	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	51.375
134	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.005
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50.724
136	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	50.468
137	France`FRA`Western Europe	50.316
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	50.274
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.225
140	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.985
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.809
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.783
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.499
144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.260
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	49.105
146	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.981
147	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.880
148	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48.443
149	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.002
150	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.925
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.536
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.180
153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	46.304
154	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.206
155	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	46.145
156	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.681
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.613
158	Guyana`GUY`South America	45.209
159	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.688
160	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.789
161	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.368
162	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	42.187
163	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.918
164	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.158
165	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.139
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	41.030
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.945
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.810
169	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39.534
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.299
171	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	38.913
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	38.885
173	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.011
174	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.770
175	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.051
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	35.650
177	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.599
178	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.388
179	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.810
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.530
181	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.052
182	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.777
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	32.649
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.623
185	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.095
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.565
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.600

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar87.345
2Solomon Islands83.684
3Madagascar83.250
4Tanzania82.357
5Cambodia82.324

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe21.600
186Djibouti23.565
185Yemen27.095
184Somalia27.623
183Jordan32.649

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 57.871. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
95 · 92rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan60.506 → 64.559+4.053
Mongolia56.534 → 59.679+3.145
Senegal46.683 → 49.260+2.577
Uganda72.364 → 74.881+2.517
Belize61.005 → 63.413+2.408

Fell most

Honduras62.737 → 59.578−3.159
Venezuela55.011 → 51.914−3.097
Guyana48.188 → 45.209−2.979
Kenya67.099 → 64.404−2.695
United States Virgin Islands48.621 → 46.145−2.476

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 2019.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2019). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2019

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