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Hong Kong SAR, China - Labor Force Participation 2012

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

59.74% +0.42pp from 2011 Global rank: 106th

Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation was 59.74% in 2012, increased +0.42pp from 59.33% in 2011. This was the 106th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	86.36%	-0.1%
2nd	Qatar	86.27%	-0.2%
3rd	Tanzania	85.17%	-0.7%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.31%	0.1%
5th	Cambodia	82.99%	-2.9%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.07%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	81.06%	-0.1%
8th	Mozambique	81.01%	-0.8%
9th	Eritrea	79.36%	-0.2%
10th	Burkina Faso	79.35%	-0.3%
11th	Burundi	78.70%	0.2%
12th	Peru	78.46%	-0.2%
13th	Niger	77.65%	-2.3%
14th	United Arab Emirates	77.05%	0.2%
15th	Angola	77.04%	-0.4%
16th	Liberia	76.96%	-0.1%
17th	Viet Nam	76.32%	-0.1%
18th	Iceland	74.28%	0.1%
19th	Cameroon	74.22%	-1.4%
20th	Kenya	73.94%	0.2%
21st	Bahamas, The	73.80%	0.0%
22nd	South Sudan	73.57%	-0.1%
23rd	Central African Republic	72.96%	0.2%
24th	Thailand	72.83%	-0.5%
25th	Benin	72.30%	0.6%
26th	Malawi	71.85%	-2.1%
27th	Ghana	71.72%	-0.1%
28th	Bahrain	71.59%	0.6%
29th	Paraguay	71.28%	4.9%
30th	Macao SAR, China	70.74%	-0.2%
31st	Kazakhstan	70.73%	-0.1%
32nd	Kuwait	70.72%	1.5%
33rd	Mali	70.54%	0.1%
34th	China	70.41%	-0.6%
35th	Uganda	69.92%	-12.8%
36th	St. Lucia	69.03%	2.9%
37th	Colombia	68.07%	0.8%
38th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.07%	-0.3%
39th	Singapore	67.94%	0.8%
40th	Congo, Republic of	67.87%	0.1%
41st	New Zealand	67.64%	-0.4%
42nd	Switzerland	67.59%	0.1%
43rd	Barbados	67.57%	-1.6%
44th	Indonesia	67.42%	0.8%
45th	Côte d'Ivoire	67.27%	0.2%
46th	Timor-Leste	67.26%	-0.2%
47th	Norway	67.08%	-0.1%
48th	Netherlands	66.78%	0.6%
49th	Georgia	66.76%	-0.6%
50th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.67%	0.1%
51st	Canada	66.56%	-0.1%
52nd	Brunei Darussalam	66.38%	-0.2%
53rd	Oman	66.11%	5.3%
54th	Zimbabwe	66.09%	0.1%
55th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	66.03%	-1.5%
56th	Lesotho	65.82%	-0.9%
57th	Haiti	65.72%	-0.1%
58th	Israel	65.26%	3.5%
59th	Australia	65.25%	-0.4%
60th	Uruguay	65.22%	-1.2%
61st	Myanmar	65.14%	-0.2%
62nd	Guatemala	65.12%	6.1%
63rd	Panama	64.96%	3.1%
64th	Moldova	64.79%	0.6%
65th	Brazil	64.41%	-0.7%
66th	Bhutan	64.40%	-4.5%
67th	Costa Rica	64.33%	6.1%
68th	Nicaragua	64.30%	0.5%
69th	New Caledonia	64.17%	-0.2%
70th	Cyprus	64.04%	0.3%
71st	Belarus	63.67%	0.6%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.62%	1.3%
73rd	Sweden	63.53%	0.0%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.32%	-0.1%
75th	Vanuatu	63.13%	-1.0%
76th	Chad	63.13%	-0.8%
77th	United States	63.11%	-0.2%
78th	Russian Federation	62.96%	0.0%
79th	Malaysia	62.95%	1.6%
80th	Guam	62.54%	-0.1%
81st	Ecuador	62.45%	1.1%
82nd	Denmark	62.42%	-1.2%
83rd	Belize	62.40%	0.4%
84th	United Kingdom	61.99%	0.3%
85th	Philippines	61.73%	-0.8%
86th	Chile	61.69%	0.0%
87th	Fiji	61.69%	-2.2%
88th	Azerbaijan	61.59%	0.7%
89th	Ireland	61.59%	-0.5%
90th	Armenia	61.55%	-0.4%
91st	Kyrgyz Republic	61.51%	-2.8%
92nd	Estonia	61.26%	0.0%
93rd	Mexico	61.22%	1.1%
94th	Botswana	61.17%	1.0%
95th	Korea	60.93%	0.5%
96th	Rwanda	60.85%	-0.1%
97th	Jamaica	60.73%	-0.1%
98th	Lao PDR	60.41%	-0.2%
99th	Argentina	60.36%	-0.5%
100th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.34%	-1.9%
101st	Austria	60.21%	0.5%
102nd	El Salvador	60.20%	1.0%
103rd	Portugal	60.13%	-0.6%
104th	Equatorial Guinea	60.01%	0.7%
105th	Germany	59.96%	0.2%
106th	Hong Kong SAR, China	59.74%	0.7%
107th	Latvia	59.68%	2.0%
108th	Mongolia	59.65%	-0.3%
109th	Finland	59.59%	-0.4%
110th	Channel Islands	59.50%	0.2%
111th	Dominican Republic	59.43%	2.2%
112th	Spain	59.40%	0.1%
113th	Slovak Republic	59.18%	0.6%
114th	Cabo Verde	59.14%	0.0%
115th	Japan	59.01%	-0.4%
116th	Zambia	58.97%	-0.1%
117th	Sierra Leone	58.84%	-1.6%
118th	Mauritius	58.69%	0.5%
119th	Czechia	58.64%	0.6%
120th	Honduras	58.40%	-2.2%
121st	Luxembourg	58.20%	2.3%
122nd	Togo	58.19%	0.0%
123rd	Slovenia	57.83%	-0.6%
124th	Lithuania	57.75%	0.6%
125th	Guinea	57.74%	-1.2%
126th	Bangladesh	57.65%	-0.8%
127th	Namibia	57.53%	0.5%
128th	Albania	57.00%	-4.9%
129th	Poland	56.77%	0.7%
130th	European Union	56.69%	0.5%
131st	Ukraine	56.27%	0.0%
132nd	French Polynesia	56.26%	0.1%
133rd	France	56.23%	0.4%
134th	Guyana	56.20%	-0.2%
135th	Tonga	55.89%	-0.5%
136th	Uzbekistan	55.80%	0.4%
137th	Saudi Arabia	55.40%	3.8%
138th	Cuba	55.09%	0.3%
139th	Samoa	54.87%	0.2%
140th	North Macedonia	54.27%	-0.5%
141st	Maldives	54.16%	1.3%
142nd	Suriname	53.89%	1.0%
143rd	India	53.51%	-1.1%
144th	Belgium	53.33%	0.1%
145th	Bulgaria	53.17%	1.2%
146th	Hungary	52.87%	1.2%
147th	Malta	52.66%	2.5%
148th	Sri Lanka	52.57%	-0.6%
149th	South Africa	52.51%	0.6%
150th	Greece	51.89%	-0.5%
151st	Eswatini	51.60%	-0.2%
152nd	Croatia	51.33%	-0.8%
153rd	Pakistan	51.11%	0.7%
154th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.68%	-0.5%
155th	Serbia	50.15%	0.8%
156th	Romania	50.04%	0.3%
157th	Türkiye	49.96%	0.2%
158th	Gabon	49.62%	0.6%
159th	Montenegro	49.44%	2.4%
160th	Libya	49.15%	0.2%
161st	Papua New Guinea	49.06%	0.7%
162nd	Italy	48.81%	1.9%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.49%	-0.6%
164th	Morocco	48.41%	-1.5%
165th	Tunisia	48.25%	1.3%
166th	Gambia, The	47.95%	0.0%
167th	Sudan	47.84%	-1.9%
168th	Senegal	46.99%	-1.1%
169th	Afghanistan	46.96%	0.2%
170th	Lebanon	45.68%	1.0%
171st	Turkmenistan	44.82%	-1.5%
172nd	Comoros	43.85%	0.7%
173rd	Mauritania	43.55%	-0.5%
174th	Algeria	43.11%	-0.5%
175th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.77%	2.8%
176th	West Bank and Gaza	41.68%	0.8%
177th	Tajikistan	41.30%	-1.0%
178th	Iraq	40.99%	-0.4%
179th	Nepal	40.70%	-0.3%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	39.90%	-1.5%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	39.20%	-9.7%
182nd	Yemen, Republic of	38.21%	-1.8%
183rd	Jordan	38.00%	-2.6%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.23%	-0.3%
185th	Djibouti	32.96%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.01%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation in 2012?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation in 2012 was 59.74%. This ranked 106th globally.

How did Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation change in 2012?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation increased by 0.7% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2012?▾

Madagascar had the highest labor force participation in 2012 at 86.36%.

What is the labor force participation of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2012?▾

The labor force participation of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2012 was 59.74%. This ranked 106th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China's labor force participation went from 59.33% in 2011 to 59.74% in 2012, a 0.7% increase.

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