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Benin - Labor Force Participation 2011

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

71.88% +0.02pp from 2010 Global rank: 27th

Benin's labor force participation was 71.88% in 2011, increased +0.02pp from 71.87% in 2010. This was the 27th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2011▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2011
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	86.46%	-0.1%
2nd	Madagascar	86.43%	-0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	85.75%	-0.6%
4th	Cambodia	85.44%	0.8%
5th	Solomon Islands	84.24%	-0.1%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.09%	0.0%
7th	Mozambique	81.63%	-0.7%
8th	Nigeria	81.12%	-0.2%
9th	Uganda	80.16%	9.3%
10th	Burkina Faso	79.58%	-0.3%
11th	Niger	79.52%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	79.51%	-0.2%
13th	Peru	78.65%	-0.7%
14th	Burundi	78.57%	0.2%
15th	Angola	77.32%	0.1%
16th	Liberia	77.02%	-0.1%
17th	United Arab Emirates	76.87%	0.3%
18th	Viet Nam	76.37%	0.1%
19th	Cameroon	75.24%	-1.3%
20th	Iceland	74.19%	-0.7%
21st	Kenya	73.82%	0.2%
22nd	Bahamas, The	73.81%	-0.1%
23rd	South Sudan	73.62%	-0.2%
24th	Malawi	73.38%	-1.8%
25th	Thailand	73.23%	2.2%
26th	Central African Republic	72.82%	0.1%
27th	Benin	71.88%	0.0%
28th	Ghana	71.78%	-0.1%
29th	Bahrain	71.19%	-0.8%
30th	Macao SAR, China	70.87%	1.3%
31st	China	70.86%	-0.1%
32nd	Kazakhstan	70.83%	-0.1%
33rd	Mali	70.46%	0.1%
34th	Kuwait	69.70%	1.5%
35th	Barbados	68.64%	-0.4%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.25%	-0.3%
37th	Paraguay	67.92%	0.3%
38th	New Zealand	67.90%	0.5%
39th	Congo, Republic of	67.79%	0.1%
40th	Switzerland	67.53%	0.8%
41st	Colombia	67.51%	0.6%
42nd	Bhutan	67.41%	-1.1%
43rd	Timor-Leste	67.41%	-0.4%
44th	Singapore	67.38%	0.0%
45th	Georgia	67.16%	-0.8%
46th	Norway	67.14%	-0.3%
47th	Côte d'Ivoire	67.12%	0.2%
48th	St. Lucia	67.07%	0.4%
49th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	67.01%	-1.4%
50th	Indonesia	66.91%	0.5%
51st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.62%	0.0%
52nd	Canada	66.59%	-0.2%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	66.51%	-0.1%
54th	Lesotho	66.40%	-0.9%
55th	Netherlands	66.39%	-0.2%
56th	Uruguay	66.02%	2.7%
57th	Zimbabwe	66.01%	0.1%
58th	Haiti	65.76%	0.2%
59th	Australia	65.51%	0.1%
60th	Myanmar	65.27%	-0.1%
61st	Brazil	64.87%	-1.9%
62nd	Moldova	64.40%	1.6%
63rd	New Caledonia	64.27%	-0.1%
64th	Nicaragua	63.97%	0.5%
65th	Cyprus	63.83%	-0.6%
66th	Vanuatu	63.76%	-1.0%
67th	Chad	63.64%	-0.8%
68th	Sweden	63.53%	0.5%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	63.37%	-0.1%
70th	Belarus	63.30%	0.8%
71st	Kyrgyz Republic	63.30%	1.5%
72nd	United States	63.23%	-0.8%
73rd	Denmark	63.17%	-0.7%
74th	Fiji	63.06%	1.7%
75th	Israel	63.04%	-0.3%
76th	Panama	63.01%	-2.9%
77th	Russian Federation	62.94%	0.5%
78th	Trinidad and Tobago	62.78%	-1.6%
79th	Oman	62.76%	5.2%
80th	Guam	62.60%	2.0%
81st	Philippines	62.23%	1.3%
82nd	Belize	62.16%	0.4%
83rd	Malaysia	61.94%	0.5%
84th	Ireland	61.93%	-1.1%
85th	Armenia	61.81%	-0.2%
86th	Ecuador	61.78%	-1.4%
87th	United Kingdom	61.78%	0.0%
88th	Chile	61.72%	2.2%
89th	Virgin Islands (US)	61.48%	0.9%
90th	Guatemala	61.40%	1.6%
91st	Estonia	61.26%	1.2%
92nd	Azerbaijan	61.19%	0.5%
93rd	Rwanda	60.93%	-0.1%
94th	Jamaica	60.82%	0.5%
95th	Argentina	60.65%	0.8%
96th	Korea	60.64%	0.5%
97th	Costa Rica	60.62%	2.4%
98th	Botswana	60.57%	1.2%
99th	Lao PDR	60.55%	-0.2%
100th	Mexico	60.53%	0.2%
101st	Portugal	60.47%	-1.2%
102nd	Albania	59.94%	8.6%
103rd	Austria	59.91%	0.1%
104th	Germany	59.85%	0.9%
105th	Finland	59.82%	0.2%
106th	Mongolia	59.81%	1.7%
107th	Sierra Leone	59.78%	-1.5%
108th	Honduras	59.73%	-3.5%
109th	Equatorial Guinea	59.62%	0.6%
110th	El Salvador	59.58%	-0.5%
111th	Spain	59.37%	0.0%
112th	Channel Islands	59.36%	-1.0%
113th	Hong Kong SAR, China	59.33%	0.9%
114th	Japan	59.25%	-0.6%
115th	Cabo Verde	59.13%	0.0%
116th	Zambia	59.02%	-0.1%
117th	Slovak Republic	58.80%	-0.1%
118th	Latvia	58.50%	-0.5%
119th	Guinea	58.43%	-1.2%
120th	Mauritius	58.43%	-1.3%
121st	Czechia	58.27%	-0.1%
122nd	Togo	58.18%	0.0%
123rd	Dominican Republic	58.16%	2.6%
124th	Slovenia	58.16%	-2.0%
125th	Bangladesh	58.11%	-0.8%
126th	Lithuania	57.40%	1.4%
127th	Namibia	57.25%	0.5%
128th	Luxembourg	56.89%	-0.3%
129th	European Union	56.43%	-0.1%
130th	Poland	56.40%	0.4%
131st	Guyana	56.33%	-0.2%
132nd	Ukraine	56.27%	0.0%
133rd	French Polynesia	56.21%	0.1%
134th	Tonga	56.17%	-0.6%
135th	France	56.02%	-0.4%
136th	Uzbekistan	55.55%	0.3%
137th	Cuba	54.94%	0.2%
138th	Samoa	54.77%	-0.3%
139th	North Macedonia	54.53%	2.5%
140th	India	54.13%	-1.2%
141st	Maldives	53.48%	1.3%
142nd	Saudi Arabia	53.37%	3.8%
143rd	Suriname	53.34%	1.1%
144th	Belgium	53.30%	-1.6%
145th	Sri Lanka	52.87%	-0.8%
146th	Bulgaria	52.55%	-1.8%
147th	Hungary	52.23%	0.5%
148th	South Africa	52.17%	-0.2%
149th	Greece	52.16%	-1.4%
150th	Croatia	51.76%	-1.5%
151st	Eswatini	51.71%	-0.3%
152nd	Malta	51.38%	1.5%
153rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.91%	-0.5%
154th	Pakistan	50.78%	-0.4%
155th	Romania	49.91%	-0.7%
156th	Türkiye	49.86%	2.2%
157th	Serbia	49.75%	0.2%
158th	Gabon	49.33%	0.5%
159th	Morocco	49.16%	-0.9%
160th	Libya	49.04%	0.5%
161st	Sudan	48.79%	0.1%
162nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.79%	-1.2%
163rd	Papua New Guinea	48.74%	0.8%
164th	Montenegro	48.27%	0.0%
165th	Gambia, The	47.96%	-0.3%
166th	Italy	47.88%	-0.2%
167th	Tunisia	47.63%	0.4%
168th	Senegal	47.49%	-1.0%
169th	Afghanistan	46.88%	0.1%
170th	Turkmenistan	45.50%	-2.3%
171st	Lebanon	45.22%	1.0%
172nd	Mauritania	43.75%	-0.5%
173rd	Comoros	43.53%	0.7%
174th	Syrian Arab Republic	43.40%	1.6%
175th	Algeria	43.32%	-0.4%
176th	Tajikistan	41.70%	-1.0%
177th	West Bank and Gaza	41.36%	3.4%
178th	Iraq	41.13%	-0.4%
179th	Nepal	40.84%	-0.2%
180th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.62%	-4.0%
181st	Puerto Rico (US)	40.50%	-3.3%
182nd	Jordan	39.00%	-1.3%
183rd	Yemen, Republic of	38.92%	-2.0%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.34%	-0.3%
185th	Djibouti	33.07%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.01%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Benin's labor force participation in 2011?▾

Benin's labor force participation in 2011 was 71.88%. This ranked 27th globally.

How did Benin's labor force participation change in 2011?▾

Benin's labor force participation increased by 0.0% in 2011 compared to 2010.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2011?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2011 at 86.46%.

What is the labor force participation of Benin in 2011?▾

The labor force participation of Benin in 2011 was 71.88%. This ranked 27th globally.

How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Benin's labor force participation?▾

Benin's labor force participation went from 71.87% in 2010 to 71.88% in 2011, a 0.0% increase.

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