The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 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 2017 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2017 edition
- 237
- 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
8.501 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo
30.31 million (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 21
Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo
2.055 million (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 124
Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486 (1998 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 227
Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe
67,870 (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 187
Arctic Region
3 entriesAsia
22 entriesBangladesh
72.05 million
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
China
807.1 million
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
Korea, North now North Korea
14 million
note: estimates vary widely (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
Pakistan
62.54 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesAruba
51,610
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.)
country comparison to the world: 192
Belize
120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
Cayman Islands
39,000
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
Costa Rica
2.206 million
note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
Cuba
4.686 million
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
Haiti
4.594 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
Panama
1.61 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170 (June 1995 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 213
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520 (2007 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 189
Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848 (1990 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 221
Europe
49 entriesBosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.401 million (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 133
Bulgaria
2.556 million
note: number of employed persons (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
Kosovo
483,200
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
Liechtenstein
38,520 (2012)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
Luxembourg
266,900
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 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 167
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
808,900
note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
Gaza Strip
1.202 million
note: excludes the West Bank (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
Kuwait
2.612 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
Lebanon
2.166 million
note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
Oman
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 145
Saudi Arabia
12.02 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
Turkey now Turkiye
30.55 million
note: this number is for the domestic labor force only; number does not include about 1.2 million Turks working abroad, nor refugees (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
United Arab Emirates
5.344 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
North America
5 entriesSaint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,194 (2006)
- country comparison to the world: 225
Oceania
25 entriesGuam
70,490
note: includes only the civilian labor force (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
Kiribati
39,000
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia
37,920 (2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 201
Northern Mariana Islands
27,970
note: includes foreign workers (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
South America
13 entriesPeru
16.8 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
Southeast Asia
16 entriesCite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Labor force”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force/2017.