The CIA World Factbook Edition 2014 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 2014 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2014 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
55 entriesBurkina Faso
6.668 million
country comparison to the world: 65
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
35.18 million (2013 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 18
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
2.89 million (2011 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 105
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesBangladesh
78.62 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 (2013 est.)
China
797.6 million
country comparison to the world: 1
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0040 billion (2013 est.)
Korea, North now North Korea
12.6 million
country comparison to the world: 42
note: estimates vary widely (2012 est.)
Pakistan
59.21 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
31 entriesAruba
51,610
country comparison to the world: 192
note: of the 51,610 workers aged 15 and over in the labor force, 32,252 were born in Aruba and 19,353 came from abroad; foreign workers are 38% of the employed population (2007 est.)
Belize
120,500
country comparison to the world: 180
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Costa Rica
2.222 million
country comparison to the world: 117
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2013 est.)
Cuba
5.233 million
country comparison to the world: 72
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2013 est.)
Haiti
4.81 million
country comparison to the world: 81
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Panama
1.54 million
country comparison to the world: 128
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2013 est.)
Europe
49 entriesKosovo
800,000
country comparison to the world: 149
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein
35,830 (2012)
- country comparison to the world: 202
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012)
Luxembourg
208,800
country comparison to the world: 168
note: data exclude foreign workers; in addition to the figure for domestic labor force, about 150,000 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2013 est.)
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
716,500
country comparison to the world: 151
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2013 est.)
Kuwait
2.38 million
country comparison to the world: 114
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2013 est.)
Lebanon
1.481 million
country comparison to the world: 130
note: does not include as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Oman
968,800
country comparison to the world: 144
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)
Saudi Arabia
8.412 million
country comparison to the world: 57
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2013 est.)
Turkey now Turkiye
27.91 million
country comparison to the world: 22
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2013 est.)
United Arab Emirates
4.588 million
country comparison to the world: 84
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2013 est.)
North America
5 entriesOceania
24 entriesGuam
69,390
country comparison to the world: 186
note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2010 est.)
Kiribati
7,870
country comparison to the world: 218
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
15,920 (2011)
- country comparison to the world: 213
Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
country comparison to the world: 199
note: includes nearly 29,000 foreign workers (2005 est.)
South America
13 entriesPeru
16.16 million
country comparison to the world: 38
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2012 est.)
Southeast Asia
16 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2014, “Labor force”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force/2014.