The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 Economy
Labor force In 36 editions of 36.
Labor force was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2012 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2012 edition
- 236
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Labor force” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryAfrica
56 entriesBurkina Faso
6.668 million
country comparison to the world: 64
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
35.92 million (2012 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 18
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
1.514 million (2007)
- country comparison to the world: 128
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesBangladesh
77 million
country comparison to the world: 7
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2012 est.)
China
795.4 million
country comparison to the world: 1
note: by the end of 2011, population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0024 billion (2012 est.)
Korea, North now North Korea
12.2 million
country comparison to the world: 44
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)
Pakistan
60.36 million
country comparison to the world: 10
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2012 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean
30 entriesBelize
120,500
country comparison to the world: 179
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Costa Rica
2.196 million
country comparison to the world: 118
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2012 est.)
Cuba
5.18 million
country comparison to the world: 73
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2012 est.)
Haiti
4.81 million
country comparison to the world: 79
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Panama
1.509 million
country comparison to the world: 129
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2012 est.)
Europe
49 entriesKosovo
800,000
country comparison to the world: 148
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein
34,330 (2010)
- country comparison to the world: 203
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2010)
Luxembourg
208,200
country comparison to the world: 168
note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2012 est.)
Monaco
49,300
country comparison to the world: 192
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2010 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
705,900
country comparison to the world: 152
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2012 est.)
Kuwait
2.304 million
country comparison to the world: 115
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2012 est.)
Lebanon
1.481 million
country comparison to the world: 130
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Oman
968,800
country comparison to the world: 143
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Saudi Arabia
8.012 million
country comparison to the world: 61
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2012 est.)
Turkey now Turkiye
27.11 million
country comparison to the world: 23
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates
4.337 million
country comparison to the world: 86
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2012 est.)
North America
5 entriesOceania
24 entriesKiribati
7,870
country comparison to the world: 217
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
16,360 (2008)
- country comparison to the world: 212
Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
country comparison to the world: 199
note: nearly 29,000 of these were foreign workers (2005 est.)
South America
13 entriesPeru
15.9 million
country comparison to the world: 39
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2011 est.)
Southeast Asia
16 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Labor force”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force/2012.