Afghanistan - Labor Force Participation 1994
46.95%
−0.07pp from 1993
Afghanistan's labor force participation was 46.95% in 1994, decreased +0.07pp from 47.02% in 1993. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1994▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 87.50% | -0.8% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 86.48% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 86.08% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 84.01% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Nigeria | 83.96% | 0.7% |
| 6th | Qatar | 83.77% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Burkina Faso | 83.33% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Solomon Islands | 82.77% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Cameroon | 82.20% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 81.94% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Malawi | 80.82% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 80.67% | -0.2% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 80.51% | 0.7% |
| 14th | Georgia | 79.95% | 1.6% |
| 15th | Niger | 78.86% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Azerbaijan | 78.57% | 4.0% |
| 17th | Viet Nam | 77.53% | -0.2% |
| 18th | Angola | 77.40% | 0.0% |
| 19th | China | 77.27% | -0.6% |
| 20th | Liberia | 77.25% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Vanuatu | 76.87% | -0.2% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 75.81% | 0.4% |
| 23rd | Thailand | 74.96% | -0.1% |
| 24th | South Sudan | 74.44% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Bahamas, The | 73.61% | 0.6% |
| 26th | Uganda | 73.59% | 0.2% |
| 27th | Lesotho | 73.51% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Iceland | 73.18% | 0.4% |
| 29th | Ghana | 72.87% | -0.1% |
| 30th | Kenya | 72.74% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Central African Republic | 72.63% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.12% | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Benin | 72.08% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Chad | 71.85% | -0.6% |
| 35th | Kazakhstan | 71.66% | 0.9% |
| 36th | Timor-Leste | 71.36% | -0.1% |
| 37th | Guam | 70.79% | -0.7% |
| 38th | Virgin Islands (US) | 70.57% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Mali | 70.41% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Bhutan | 70.28% | -0.1% |
| 41st | Jamaica | 69.82% | -0.6% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.80% | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Paraguay | 69.62% | 0.4% |
| 44th | Kyrgyz Republic | 69.31% | 5.7% |
| 45th | Barbados | 68.74% | 0.7% |
| 46th | Congo, Republic of | 68.49% | -0.1% |
| 47th | Myanmar | 67.99% | -0.1% |
| 48th | Colombia | 67.74% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | 67.38% | 0.4% |
| 50th | Zimbabwe | 66.85% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Netherlands | 66.82% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Indonesia | 66.80% | 1.8% |
| 53rd | Albania | 66.60% | -1.9% |
| 54th | Guatemala | 66.54% | 0.1% |
| 55th | Kuwait | 65.87% | 3.2% |
| 56th | Honduras | 65.83% | -0.2% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 65.71% | -0.5% |
| 58th | United States | 65.48% | 0.5% |
| 59th | Brazil | 65.45% | 0.3% |
| 60th | Haiti | 65.42% | -0.5% |
| 61st | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.38% | -0.1% |
| 62nd | New Caledonia | 65.14% | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Canada | 64.75% | -0.3% |
| 64th | Denmark | 64.51% | -2.9% |
| 65th | Armenia | 64.48% | -0.9% |
| 66th | Sierra Leone | 64.45% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Guinea-Bissau | 64.02% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Switzerland | 64.01% | -1.6% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 63.92% | -1.1% |
| 70th | Guinea | 63.87% | 0.1% |
| 71st | New Zealand | 63.68% | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Japan | 63.61% | -0.3% |
| 73rd | Ecuador | 63.46% | 0.4% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.44% | 0.3% |
| 75th | El Salvador | 63.40% | 1.3% |
| 76th | St. Lucia | 63.36% | 0.2% |
| 77th | Norway | 63.36% | 0.9% |
| 78th | Rwanda | 63.14% | 0.7% |
| 79th | Australia | 63.08% | 0.8% |
| 80th | Estonia | 63.06% | -0.2% |
| 81st | Singapore | 62.95% | 0.8% |
| 82nd | Sweden | 62.70% | -1.2% |
| 83rd | Lao PDR | 62.24% | -0.2% |
| 84th | Argentina | 62.01% | 0.8% |
| 85th | Russian Federation | 61.88% | -3.1% |
| 86th | Macao SAR, China | 61.83% | 2.8% |
| 87th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 61.82% | -0.3% |
| 88th | Israel | 61.72% | 1.4% |
| 89th | Czechia | 61.68% | 0.4% |
| 90th | Botswana | 61.65% | -0.5% |
| 91st | Philippines | 61.42% | -0.1% |
| 92nd | Equatorial Guinea | 61.32% | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Ireland | 61.30% | 0.8% |
| 94th | Korea | 61.13% | 1.2% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | 60.83% | -0.3% |
| 96th | Peru | 60.78% | 1.6% |
| 97th | Latvia | 60.72% | -0.9% |
| 98th | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.70% | 1.8% |
| 99th | Cyprus | 60.68% | 0.2% |
| 100th | Finland | 60.51% | -1.2% |
| 101st | Panama | 60.50% | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Tonga | 59.92% | 1.8% |
| 103rd | Slovak Republic | 59.89% | -3.7% |
| 104th | Mauritius | 59.87% | -0.2% |
| 105th | Cabo Verde | 59.84% | -0.4% |
| 106th | Poland | 59.75% | -1.1% |
| 107th | Guyana | 59.66% | -0.7% |
| 108th | Zambia | 59.60% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Fiji | 59.59% | -0.2% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 59.56% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Moldova | 59.41% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Belarus | 59.36% | 0.4% |
| 113th | Mexico | 59.33% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Togo | 58.93% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Oman | 58.85% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Mongolia | 58.82% | 0.2% |
| 117th | Austria | 58.69% | 2.6% |
| 118th | Germany | 58.68% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Ukraine | 58.59% | -0.4% |
| 120th | Portugal | 58.51% | -0.1% |
| 121st | Serbia | 58.20% | -1.0% |
| 122nd | Uruguay | 58.11% | 2.7% |
| 123rd | India | 58.06% | 0.1% |
| 124th | South Africa | 57.94% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Slovenia | 57.90% | -0.3% |
| 126th | Uzbekistan | 57.82% | 0.4% |
| 127th | Nicaragua | 57.78% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Channel Islands | 57.51% | 0.2% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 57.51% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 57.40% | 0.6% |
| 131st | Bangladesh | 57.38% | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Sri Lanka | 57.04% | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Costa Rica | 57.02% | 0.8% |
| 134th | Samoa | 56.52% | 0.5% |
| 135th | Belize | 56.07% | -0.1% |
| 136th | Croatia | 55.64% | -1.0% |
| 137th | European Union | 55.29% | -0.3% |
| 138th | Chile | 55.21% | 0.7% |
| 139th | Namibia | 55.08% | 0.0% |
| 140th | France | 55.07% | -0.2% |
| 141st | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 142nd | North Macedonia | 54.85% | -0.9% |
| 143rd | Türkiye | 54.65% | 4.8% |
| 144th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.31% | -0.7% |
| 145th | Eswatini | 54.23% | 0.3% |
| 146th | Turkmenistan | 53.89% | 6.0% |
| 147th | Cuba | 52.39% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Luxembourg | 52.20% | -0.2% |
| 149th | Morocco | 51.26% | -0.1% |
| 150th | Sudan | 51.06% | 0.6% |
| 151st | Hungary | 51.00% | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Maldives | 50.95% | 0.7% |
| 153rd | Senegal | 50.79% | -0.2% |
| 154th | Romania | 50.65% | -0.2% |
| 155th | Saudi Arabia | 50.56% | -0.8% |
| 156th | Montenegro | 50.55% | -0.7% |
| 157th | Spain | 50.31% | 0.9% |
| 158th | Belgium | 50.23% | 1.2% |
| 159th | Greece | 50.07% | 1.0% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.00% | -1.6% |
| 161st | Malta | 49.88% | -0.1% |
| 162nd | Bulgaria | 49.79% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 49.15% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 49.10% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.88% | 2.1% |
| 166th | Gabon | 48.46% | -0.1% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 48.27% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Suriname | 48.04% | 0.2% |
| 169th | Papua New Guinea | 47.95% | -0.1% |
| 170th | Italy | 47.24% | -1.6% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 46.95% | -0.2% |
| 172nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.61% | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 46.29% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Algeria | 45.76% | -0.1% |
| 175th | Libya | 45.69% | 0.1% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 45.23% | -1.2% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.34% | -0.2% |
| 178th | Yemen, Republic of | 44.12% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.36% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.91% | 0.2% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.53% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 40.31% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.46% | 0.1% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 34.87% | -0.2% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.88% | 0.1% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.68% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's labor force participation in 1994?▾
Afghanistan's labor force participation in 1994 was 46.95%. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Afghanistan's labor force participation change in 1994?▾
Afghanistan's labor force participation decreased by 0.2% in 1994 compared to 1993.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1994?▾
Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1994 at 87.50%.
What is the labor force participation of Afghanistan in 1994?▾
The labor force participation of Afghanistan in 1994 was 46.95%. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Afghanistan's labor force participation?▾
Afghanistan's labor force participation went from 47.02% in 1993 to 46.95% in 1994, a 0.2% decrease.
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