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Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, male (% of male population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
0.9%
Ghana
Lowest
0.3%
Djibouti
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, male (% of male population in working age) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Ghana; the lowest is 0.3% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 42.7%).

Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ghana 0.9% 2016 up 33.3% rising
2 Togo 0.9% 2018 up 17.5% rising
3 Niger 0.9% 2018 up 13.4% rising
4 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 up 3.5% rising
5 Guatemala 0.9% 2019 up 2.2% flat
6 Nepal 0.8% 2014 down 0.4% flat
7 Paraguay 0.8% 2021 up 1.0% flat
8 Honduras 0.8% 2019 down 0.8% flat
9 Nicaragua 0.8% 2014 down 0.2% rising
10 Peru 0.8% 2021 down 3.6% flat
11 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2018 up 10.1% rising
12 Indonesia 0.8% 2019 up 5.5% flat
13 Uganda 0.8% 2016 down 2.0% rising
14 Thailand 0.8% 2021 down 5.0% falling
15 Ecuador 0.8% 2021 up 0.7% falling
16 Malawi 0.8% 2019 down 1.8% rising
17 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 down 7.3% falling
18 Pakistan 0.8% 2020 down 1.2% flat
19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8% 2021 down 4.2% flat
20 Senegal 0.8% 2018 up 21.3% rising
21 Ethiopia 0.8% 2021 down 7.3% falling
22 Nigeria 0.8% 2018 up 19.9% falling
23 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 1.0% flat
24 Belarus 0.8% 2010 down 5.0% falling
25 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2013 up 5.5% flat
26 El Salvador 0.8% 2019 up 3.8% flat
27 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 7.2% flat
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 down 0.4% flat
29 Mozambique 0.8% 2014 down 3.4% flat
30 China 0.8% 2013 down 0.7% flat
31 Belize 0.8% 1999 down 2.0% flat
32 Malta 0.8% 2016 up 4.3% flat
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8% 2006 down 0.1% flat
34 Guinea 0.8% 2018 up 7.0% flat
35 Sweden 0.8% 2016 down 1.3% flat
36 Korea 0.8% 2017 up 3.9% flat
37 Armenia 0.8% 2020 up 13.7% rising
38 United States of America 0.8% 2018 up 6.1% falling
39 Cambodia 0.8% 2012 down 8.9% flat
40 Norway 0.8% 2016 down 3.8% flat
41 Austria 0.8% 2003 down 2.7% flat
42 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 down 1.5% flat
43 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 0.3% rising
44 Iceland 0.8% 2015 down 11.5% falling
45 Estonia 0.8% 2016 up 4.0% rising
46 Mauritius 0.7% 2017 down 0.8% falling
47 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2011 up 4.6% flat
48 Romania 0.7% 2018 up 6.9% rising
49 Colombia 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% flat
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2020 down 6.5% falling
51 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 2.7% flat
52 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 up 5.5% rising
53 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 4.3% falling
54 Philippines 0.7% 2019 down 1.5% flat
55 Latvia 0.7% 2016 up 1.7% rising
56 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 9.9% flat
57 Poland 0.7% 2019 up 2.7% rising
58 Morocco 0.7% 2013 up 2.8% flat
59 Chile 0.7% 2017 down 0.3% flat
60 India 0.7% 2019 down 9.6% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 down 6.7% falling
62 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 11.7% rising
63 Denmark 0.7% 2016 down 4.9% falling
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.7% 2018 down 18.6% rising
65 Jamaica 0.7% 2002 down 5.6% falling
66 France 0.7% 2016 up 2.8% flat
67 Hungary 0.7% 2016 up 10.4% rising
68 Kenya 0.7% 2019 up 9.9% rising
69 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 7.7% falling
70 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 2.7% falling
71 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 11.8% falling
72 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 down 10.5% falling
73 Tajikistan 0.7% 2013 up 7.6% rising
74 Italy 0.7% 2016 down 3.1% flat
75 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 5.5% flat
76 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 7.7% rising
77 Belgium 0.7% 2003 down 0.2% flat
78 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 up 1.1% flat
79 Portugal 0.7% 2016 down 9.4% falling
80 Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 4.3% falling
81 Egypt 0.7% 2019 down 7.6% falling
82 Russian Federation 0.7% 2016 down 13.4% falling
83 Serbia 0.7% 2018 up 2.2% flat
84 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 up 22.0% rising
85 Georgia 0.7% 2020 down 0.3% flat
86 Cyprus 0.6% 2016 down 14.2% falling
87 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 5.5% flat
88 Spain 0.6% 2016 down 14.0% flat
89 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 16.1% falling
90 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 8.6% rising
91 North Macedonia 0.6% 2020 up 21.8% rising
92 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 1.4% falling
93 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 up 2.1% falling
94 Tunisia 0.6% 2015 down 0.9% flat
95 Greece 0.6% 2016 down 17.3% falling
96 Ukraine 0.6% 2014 up 10.7% rising
97 Croatia 0.6% 2016 up 14.8% rising
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 up 15.8% rising
99 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 up 12.1% rising
99 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6% 2017 up 12.1% rising
101 Puerto Rico 0.6% 2005 down 11.1% falling
102 Namibia 0.5% 2015 down 9.2% flat
103 Montenegro 0.5% 2010 down 19.7% falling
104 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 28.0% falling
105 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 down 42.7% falling
106 Jordan 0.5% 2016 down 15.6% falling
107 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 10.3% falling
108 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 down 2.5% rising

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Indicator
Employment to population ratio, aged 15-64, male (% of male population in working age)
Unit
% of male population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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