Fiji - Labor Force Participation 2017
57.46%
−0.13pp from 2016
Fiji's labor force participation was 57.46% in 2017, decreased +0.13pp from 57.58% in 2016. This was the 130th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 87.50% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 85.65% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Solomon Islands | 84.32% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Tanzania | 83.86% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.09% | 0.1% |
| 6th | Cambodia | 81.41% | -0.4% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 80.89% | 0.1% |
| 8th | Burundi | 80.09% | 0.2% |
| 9th | Eritrea | 79.00% | -0.1% |
| 10th | Mozambique | 78.98% | 0.0% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 78.76% | 0.4% |
| 12th | Burkina Faso | 78.12% | -0.3% |
| 13th | Viet Nam | 77.20% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Peru | 77.00% | 2.1% |
| 15th | Liberia | 76.91% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Iceland | 76.89% | -0.7% |
| 17th | Angola | 75.61% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Benin | 74.32% | 0.5% |
| 19th | South Sudan | 74.27% | 0.4% |
| 20th | Bahamas, The | 74.16% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Central African Republic | 73.43% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Kuwait | 73.39% | 0.9% |
| 23rd | Niger | 72.89% | -0.3% |
| 24th | Bahrain | 72.39% | 0.6% |
| 25th | Kenya | 72.31% | -2.8% |
| 26th | Uganda | 71.76% | -2.7% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 71.04% | 1.5% |
| 28th | Oman | 70.71% | 0.6% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 70.48% | 1.3% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 70.23% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Macao SAR, China | 69.86% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | St. Lucia | 69.37% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Cameroon | 69.31% | -1.3% |
| 34th | Mali | 69.16% | -1.0% |
| 35th | Singapore | 68.94% | -0.4% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.63% | 1.9% |
| 37th | Switzerland | 68.54% | -0.2% |
| 38th | China | 68.35% | -0.8% |
| 39th | Moldova | 68.33% | -2.3% |
| 40th | Congo, Republic of | 68.16% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Ecuador | 68.15% | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Thailand | 67.53% | -1.2% |
| 43rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.13% | 0.2% |
| 44th | Timor-Leste | 67.06% | 0.4% |
| 45th | Ghana | 66.86% | -1.8% |
| 46th | Indonesia | 66.69% | 0.6% |
| 47th | Barbados | 66.17% | 0.2% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 66.13% | -0.2% |
| 49th | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.12% | -1.1% |
| 50th | Colombia | 66.01% | -0.6% |
| 51st | Zimbabwe | 65.99% | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Haiti | 65.92% | 0.1% |
| 53rd | Panama | 65.87% | -0.5% |
| 54th | Georgia | 65.83% | -0.3% |
| 55th | Canada | 65.79% | 0.2% |
| 56th | Jamaica | 65.67% | 1.2% |
| 57th | Norway | 65.66% | -0.8% |
| 58th | Israel | 65.49% | -0.2% |
| 59th | Nicaragua | 65.33% | 0.2% |
| 60th | Australia | 65.25% | 0.5% |
| 61st | Malaysia | 65.20% | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 65.19% | -0.4% |
| 63rd | Azerbaijan | 65.04% | 0.6% |
| 64th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 64.76% | -0.4% |
| 65th | Brazil | 64.53% | 0.4% |
| 66th | Belarus | 64.48% | 0.1% |
| 67th | Sweden | 64.39% | 0.5% |
| 68th | Cyprus | 64.38% | 1.0% |
| 69th | Honduras | 64.36% | 1.6% |
| 70th | Uruguay | 64.11% | -0.8% |
| 71st | Belize | 64.03% | -0.3% |
| 72nd | Malawi | 63.47% | -2.7% |
| 73rd | Estonia | 63.24% | 1.0% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.00% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Chile | 62.95% | 1.0% |
| 76th | Korea | 62.91% | 0.5% |
| 77th | Bhutan | 62.78% | -0.3% |
| 78th | Botswana | 62.77% | 0.5% |
| 79th | United States | 62.55% | 0.2% |
| 80th | Russian Federation | 62.50% | -0.6% |
| 81st | United Kingdom | 62.41% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Dominican Republic | 62.37% | -0.1% |
| 83rd | Guam | 62.36% | -0.1% |
| 84th | Myanmar | 62.02% | -2.1% |
| 85th | Ireland | 61.92% | -0.3% |
| 86th | Denmark | 61.83% | 0.1% |
| 87th | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.56% | -0.8% |
| 88th | Armenia | 61.46% | -0.3% |
| 89th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.31% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Guatemala | 60.94% | 0.4% |
| 91st | Latvia | 60.79% | 0.7% |
| 92nd | Austria | 60.67% | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Germany | 60.66% | 0.4% |
| 94th | Lithuania | 60.61% | 0.5% |
| 95th | Chad | 60.51% | -0.9% |
| 96th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.47% | 0.1% |
| 97th | Rwanda | 60.46% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Japan | 60.44% | 0.8% |
| 99th | Lesotho | 60.24% | -2.1% |
| 100th | Mexico | 60.21% | -0.4% |
| 101st | New Caledonia | 60.21% | -2.0% |
| 102nd | Czechia | 60.07% | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | 59.91% | -1.1% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 59.89% | -0.2% |
| 105th | Mauritius | 59.89% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Costa Rica | 59.85% | 0.3% |
| 107th | Lao PDR | 59.78% | -0.2% |
| 108th | Namibia | 59.67% | -1.3% |
| 109th | Maldives | 59.18% | 4.0% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 59.18% | 0.0% |
| 111th | Philippines | 59.14% | -4.0% |
| 112th | Mongolia | 59.14% | 1.3% |
| 113th | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.14% | 1.4% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 59.01% | -0.4% |
| 115th | Saudi Arabia | 58.99% | -2.8% |
| 116th | Portugal | 58.88% | 0.8% |
| 117th | Argentina | 58.81% | -0.4% |
| 118th | Channel Islands | 58.74% | -0.3% |
| 119th | Luxembourg | 58.74% | -0.6% |
| 120th | Finland | 58.67% | 0.2% |
| 121st | Zambia | 58.58% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Slovenia | 58.55% | 3.0% |
| 123rd | Bangladesh | 58.33% | 4.0% |
| 124th | Togo | 58.07% | -0.1% |
| 125th | Albania | 58.06% | 1.3% |
| 126th | Spain | 58.05% | -0.5% |
| 127th | Hungary | 57.83% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Malta | 57.66% | 1.9% |
| 129th | Poland | 57.56% | 0.4% |
| 130th | Fiji | 57.46% | -0.2% |
| 131st | European Union | 57.00% | 0.3% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 56.87% | -4.0% |
| 133rd | Uzbekistan | 56.47% | 0.0% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 56.31% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Suriname | 56.14% | 0.0% |
| 136th | French Polynesia | 55.82% | -0.1% |
| 137th | Guyana | 55.60% | -0.1% |
| 138th | Cuba | 55.56% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Bulgaria | 55.41% | 3.9% |
| 140th | South Africa | 55.36% | 1.2% |
| 141st | France | 55.26% | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Sierra Leone | 54.68% | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Samoa | 54.43% | -0.1% |
| 144th | Tonga | 54.35% | -0.6% |
| 145th | Guinea | 54.28% | -1.3% |
| 146th | Sri Lanka | 53.99% | 0.5% |
| 147th | Serbia | 53.55% | 1.1% |
| 148th | Belgium | 53.34% | 0.3% |
| 149th | North Macedonia | 53.16% | -0.5% |
| 150th | Türkiye | 52.83% | 1.6% |
| 151st | India | 52.67% | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Montenegro | 52.64% | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Romania | 51.84% | 1.8% |
| 154th | Croatia | 51.39% | 0.4% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 51.34% | -0.7% |
| 156th | Gabon | 51.04% | 0.6% |
| 157th | Greece | 51.02% | -0.2% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 50.84% | -0.6% |
| 159th | Papua New Guinea | 50.42% | 0.7% |
| 160th | Italy | 49.50% | 0.7% |
| 161st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.41% | -0.4% |
| 162nd | Libya | 49.33% | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Comoros | 49.25% | 3.3% |
| 164th | Lebanon | 47.97% | 1.0% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 47.77% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Tunisia | 47.49% | -0.5% |
| 167th | Afghanistan | 47.31% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Senegal | 46.00% | -8.2% |
| 169th | Morocco | 45.50% | -2.3% |
| 170th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 44.95% | -3.6% |
| 171st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.24% | 2.5% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 44.00% | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Turkmenistan | 43.12% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Sudan | 42.41% | -2.5% |
| 175th | Algeria | 42.33% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Iraq | 41.89% | -2.9% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 41.10% | -1.2% |
| 178th | Jordan | 40.23% | 3.3% |
| 179th | Nepal | 39.92% | -0.5% |
| 180th | Tajikistan | 38.88% | -2.1% |
| 181st | Puerto Rico (US) | 38.24% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 37.74% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.10% | -0.1% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 32.47% | 0.6% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 32.27% | -0.5% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.88% | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Fiji's labor force participation in 2017?▾
Fiji's labor force participation in 2017 was 57.46%. This ranked 130th globally.
How did Fiji's labor force participation change in 2017?▾
Fiji's labor force participation decreased by 0.2% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2017?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2017 at 87.50%.
What is the labor force participation of Fiji in 2017?▾
The labor force participation of Fiji in 2017 was 57.46%. This ranked 130th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Fiji's labor force participation?▾
Fiji's labor force participation went from 57.58% in 2016 to 57.46% in 2017, a 0.2% decrease.
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