Bhutan - Labor Force Participation 1997
70.16%
−0.03pp from 1996
Bhutan's labor force participation was 70.16% in 1997, decreased +0.03pp from 70.19% in 1996. This was the 40th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 86.48% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.15% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Burundi | 85.14% | -1.1% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 83.94% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Nigeria | 83.80% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Qatar | 82.91% | -1.1% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 82.87% | 0.3% |
| 8th | Burkina Faso | 82.71% | -0.3% |
| 9th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.27% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 82.08% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Malawi | 80.85% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 80.55% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Eritrea | 80.48% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Azerbaijan | 79.95% | -0.7% |
| 15th | Niger | 78.89% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Angola | 77.41% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.15% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 76.84% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Viet Nam | 76.14% | -1.3% |
| 20th | China | 75.76% | -0.7% |
| 21st | Georgia | 75.68% | -2.1% |
| 22nd | Thailand | 75.42% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | United Arab Emirates | 75.36% | -0.9% |
| 24th | South Sudan | 74.49% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Uganda | 74.14% | 0.2% |
| 26th | Bahamas, The | 74.13% | 0.2% |
| 27th | Iceland | 73.53% | -1.2% |
| 28th | Lesotho | 73.21% | -0.2% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 72.68% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Ghana | 72.68% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Kenya | 72.54% | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.46% | 0.3% |
| 33rd | Benin | 71.96% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Kazakhstan | 71.68% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 71.03% | -0.1% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70.66% | 0.5% |
| 37th | Chad | 70.49% | -0.6% |
| 38th | Mali | 70.37% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 70.16% | 0.3% |
| 40th | Bhutan | 70.16% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Guam | 69.32% | -0.7% |
| 42nd | Barbados | 69.03% | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Jamaica | 68.46% | -0.7% |
| 44th | Congo, Republic of | 68.45% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Colombia | 68.30% | 0.3% |
| 46th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.14% | -2.0% |
| 47th | Brunei Darussalam | 67.96% | 0.2% |
| 48th | Myanmar | 67.76% | -0.1% |
| 49th | Switzerland | 67.33% | -0.1% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 67.11% | 0.2% |
| 51st | Kuwait | 66.80% | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Guatemala | 66.71% | 0.1% |
| 53rd | Indonesia | 66.34% | -0.8% |
| 54th | Zimbabwe | 66.18% | -0.4% |
| 55th | United States | 66.09% | 0.5% |
| 56th | Honduras | 65.98% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Denmark | 65.69% | 0.5% |
| 58th | Peru | 65.69% | 2.1% |
| 59th | Macao SAR, China | 65.63% | 1.7% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 65.51% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Norway | 65.35% | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.21% | -0.1% |
| 63rd | Bahrain | 65.14% | -0.1% |
| 64th | New Zealand | 65.01% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Albania | 64.96% | 2.3% |
| 66th | Brazil | 64.79% | 1.3% |
| 67th | Singapore | 64.74% | 0.8% |
| 68th | Sierra Leone | 64.53% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Canada | 64.42% | 0.3% |
| 70th | Ecuador | 64.25% | 1.2% |
| 71st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.17% | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Haiti | 64.16% | -0.7% |
| 73rd | Guinea | 64.03% | 0.2% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.93% | -0.1% |
| 75th | St. Lucia | 63.70% | 0.2% |
| 76th | Japan | 63.67% | 0.3% |
| 77th | Australia | 63.26% | -0.6% |
| 78th | Rwanda | 63.25% | -0.4% |
| 79th | Armenia | 62.88% | -0.8% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.82% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Argentina | 62.78% | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Sweden | 62.71% | -0.5% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 62.39% | -0.9% |
| 84th | Korea | 62.02% | 0.6% |
| 85th | Lao PDR | 61.99% | -0.1% |
| 86th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.82% | 0.2% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 61.78% | -1.2% |
| 88th | Panama | 61.63% | 0.2% |
| 89th | Estonia | 61.49% | 0.5% |
| 90th | Philippines | 61.25% | -0.1% |
| 91st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 61.18% | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Czechia | 61.16% | -0.2% |
| 93rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 61.08% | -1.1% |
| 94th | Israel | 61.03% | -0.7% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | 60.86% | 0.3% |
| 96th | Mexico | 60.78% | 2.2% |
| 97th | Cyprus | 60.74% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Uruguay | 60.66% | 0.6% |
| 99th | El Salvador | 60.51% | -0.5% |
| 100th | Botswana | 60.46% | -0.7% |
| 101st | Finland | 60.11% | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Slovak Republic | 59.68% | -0.8% |
| 103rd | Zambia | 59.61% | 0.0% |
| 104th | Moldova | 59.54% | -0.2% |
| 105th | Latvia | 59.43% | -1.1% |
| 106th | Mauritius | 59.42% | -0.3% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 59.41% | -0.4% |
| 108th | Fiji | 59.29% | -0.3% |
| 109th | Portugal | 59.14% | 1.1% |
| 110th | Tonga | 59.12% | -0.4% |
| 111th | Mongolia | 59.07% | 0.2% |
| 112th | India | 59.07% | 0.6% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 59.05% | -0.4% |
| 114th | Russian Federation | 59.05% | -2.2% |
| 115th | Nicaragua | 58.97% | 0.9% |
| 116th | Belize | 58.90% | 1.6% |
| 117th | Belarus | 58.80% | -0.9% |
| 118th | Togo | 58.71% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Malaysia | 58.53% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Slovenia | 58.51% | 1.6% |
| 121st | Guyana | 58.48% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Channel Islands | 58.42% | 0.4% |
| 123rd | Germany | 58.23% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Costa Rica | 58.13% | 3.9% |
| 125th | Austria | 58.09% | -0.5% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 58.06% | 0.4% |
| 127th | South Africa | 57.95% | -0.1% |
| 128th | Ukraine | 57.90% | -0.4% |
| 129th | Bangladesh | 57.84% | 0.3% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 57.41% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Poland | 57.22% | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Oman | 57.14% | -1.0% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 56.84% | 4.1% |
| 134th | Chile | 56.62% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Samoa | 56.34% | 0.3% |
| 136th | Serbia | 55.98% | -1.5% |
| 137th | Sri Lanka | 55.24% | -0.3% |
| 138th | European Union | 55.03% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 140th | France | 54.96% | -0.7% |
| 141st | Eswatini | 53.98% | -0.4% |
| 142nd | Croatia | 53.96% | -1.0% |
| 143rd | North Macedonia | 53.79% | -0.4% |
| 144th | Namibia | 53.50% | -1.0% |
| 145th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.40% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Cuba | 53.16% | 0.5% |
| 147th | Maldives | 52.71% | 1.3% |
| 148th | Türkiye | 52.55% | -2.2% |
| 149th | Sudan | 51.59% | -0.3% |
| 150th | Morocco | 51.33% | 0.1% |
| 151st | Luxembourg | 51.24% | 0.6% |
| 152nd | Spain | 50.92% | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Hungary | 50.84% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Greece | 50.65% | -0.5% |
| 155th | Romania | 50.58% | 0.6% |
| 156th | Senegal | 50.54% | -0.2% |
| 157th | Belgium | 50.49% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Malta | 50.22% | 0.3% |
| 159th | Pakistan | 50.12% | 1.8% |
| 160th | Bulgaria | 50.01% | 1.2% |
| 161st | Montenegro | 49.62% | -0.5% |
| 162nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 49.54% | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Saudi Arabia | 49.18% | -1.0% |
| 164th | Tunisia | 49.18% | 0.1% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 48.35% | 0.1% |
| 166th | Gabon | 48.18% | -0.2% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 48.18% | 0.3% |
| 168th | Puerto Rico (US) | 47.70% | 1.7% |
| 169th | Italy | 47.30% | 0.0% |
| 170th | Suriname | 47.29% | -0.7% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 46.73% | -0.2% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.64% | -1.4% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 46.14% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Libya | 46.08% | 0.4% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 45.23% | 0.8% |
| 176th | Algeria | 45.06% | -0.9% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.12% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.93% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.26% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.96% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.43% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 40.26% | -0.1% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.46% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 34.51% | -0.5% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.00% | 0.1% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.51% | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Bhutan's labor force participation in 1997?▾
Bhutan's labor force participation in 1997 was 70.16%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Bhutan's labor force participation change in 1997?▾
Bhutan's labor force participation decreased by 0.0% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1997?▾
Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1997 at 86.48%.
What is the labor force participation of Bhutan in 1997?▾
The labor force participation of Bhutan in 1997 was 70.16%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Bhutan's labor force participation?▾
Bhutan's labor force participation went from 70.19% in 1996 to 70.16% in 1997, a 0.0% decrease.
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