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Jamaica - Labor Force Participation 1995

Name: Jamaica Labor Force Participation 1995
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

69.40% −0.42pp from 1994 Global rank: 44th

Jamaica's labor force participation was 69.40% in 1995, decreased +0.42pp from 69.82% in 1994. This was the 44th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1995▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1995
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	86.88%	-0.7%
2nd	Tanzania	86.44%	-0.1%
3rd	Madagascar	86.08%	0.0%
4th	Nigeria	84.10%	0.2%
5th	Mozambique	83.98%	0.0%
6th	Qatar	83.84%	0.1%
7th	Burkina Faso	83.13%	-0.2%
8th	Solomon Islands	82.54%	-0.3%
9th	Cameroon	82.17%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.05%	0.1%
11th	Malawi	80.84%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	80.50%	0.0%
13th	Azerbaijan	80.50%	2.4%
14th	Eritrea	80.40%	-0.3%
15th	Georgia	79.13%	-1.0%
16th	Niger	78.86%	0.0%
17th	Angola	77.42%	0.0%
18th	Viet Nam	77.32%	-0.3%
19th	Liberia	77.21%	0.0%
20th	Vanuatu	76.90%	0.0%
21st	China	76.77%	-0.6%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	76.16%	0.5%
23rd	Iceland	75.67%	3.4%
24th	Thailand	75.25%	0.4%
25th	South Sudan	74.45%	0.0%
26th	Bahamas, The	73.81%	0.3%
27th	Uganda	73.79%	0.3%
28th	Lesotho	73.42%	-0.1%
29th	Ghana	72.80%	-0.1%
30th	Kenya	72.67%	-0.1%
31st	Central African Republic	72.66%	0.0%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.10%	0.0%
33rd	Kazakhstan	72.06%	0.6%
34th	Benin	72.04%	-0.1%
35th	Chad	71.40%	-0.6%
36th	Timor-Leste	71.29%	-0.1%
37th	Kyrgyz Republic	70.46%	1.7%
38th	Mali	70.40%	0.0%
39th	Guam	70.30%	-0.7%
40th	Bhutan	70.23%	-0.1%
41st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.09%	0.4%
42nd	Paraguay	70.04%	0.6%
43rd	Barbados	69.69%	1.4%
44th	Jamaica	69.40%	-0.6%
45th	Congo, Republic of	68.46%	0.0%
46th	Colombia	68.10%	0.5%
47th	Myanmar	67.90%	-0.1%
48th	Brunei Darussalam	67.61%	0.3%
49th	Kuwait	67.25%	2.1%
50th	Indonesia	66.83%	0.1%
51st	Netherlands	66.82%	0.0%
52nd	Zimbabwe	66.67%	-0.3%
53rd	Guatemala	66.62%	0.1%
54th	Virgin Islands (US)	65.99%	-6.5%
55th	Honduras	65.95%	0.2%
56th	Brazil	65.66%	0.3%
57th	United States	65.60%	0.2%
58th	Bahrain	65.43%	-0.4%
59th	New Caledonia	65.34%	0.3%
60th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.32%	-0.1%
61st	Denmark	65.25%	1.2%
62nd	Haiti	65.08%	-0.5%
63rd	Albania	64.73%	-2.8%
64th	Sierra Leone	64.48%	0.0%
65th	Canada	64.40%	-0.5%
66th	New Zealand	64.31%	1.0%
67th	Switzerland	64.09%	0.1%
68th	Guinea-Bissau	64.00%	0.0%
69th	Norway	63.95%	0.9%
70th	Armenia	63.91%	-0.9%
71st	Guinea	63.90%	0.0%
72nd	Rwanda	63.76%	1.0%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.75%	0.5%
74th	Singapore	63.68%	1.2%
75th	Australia	63.68%	1.0%
76th	Ecuador	63.50%	0.1%
77th	St. Lucia	63.47%	0.2%
78th	Japan	63.42%	-0.3%
79th	Macao SAR, China	63.29%	2.3%
80th	Lithuania	63.25%	-1.0%
81st	Sweden	63.22%	0.8%
82nd	Peru	62.92%	3.5%
83rd	El Salvador	62.37%	-1.6%
84th	Lao PDR	62.16%	-0.1%
85th	Israel	62.12%	0.7%
86th	Estonia	61.84%	-1.9%
87th	Ireland	61.72%	0.7%
88th	Trinidad and Tobago	61.68%	1.6%
89th	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.67%	-0.3%
90th	Czechia	61.55%	-0.2%
91st	Equatorial Guinea	61.53%	0.3%
92nd	Argentina	61.51%	-0.8%
93rd	Korea	61.46%	0.5%
94th	Russian Federation	61.41%	-0.7%
95th	Philippines	61.37%	-0.1%
96th	Panama	61.31%	1.3%
97th	Botswana	61.29%	-0.6%
98th	Cyprus	60.77%	0.1%
99th	United Kingdom	60.63%	-0.3%
100th	Latvia	60.44%	-0.5%
101st	Slovak Republic	59.83%	-0.1%
102nd	Mauritius	59.75%	-0.2%
103rd	Finland	59.72%	-1.3%
104th	Tonga	59.69%	-0.4%
105th	Belarus	59.64%	0.5%
106th	French Polynesia	59.63%	0.1%
107th	Zambia	59.61%	0.0%
108th	Cabo Verde	59.58%	-0.4%
109th	Fiji	59.55%	-0.1%
110th	Mexico	59.40%	0.1%
111th	Moldova	59.38%	0.0%
112th	Guyana	59.27%	-0.7%
113th	Uruguay	59.19%	1.9%
114th	Austria	58.88%	0.3%
115th	Togo	58.86%	-0.1%
116th	Mongolia	58.81%	0.0%
117th	Poland	58.69%	-1.8%
118th	India	58.40%	0.6%
119th	Ukraine	58.36%	-0.4%
120th	Portugal	58.26%	-0.4%
121st	Germany	58.25%	-0.7%
122nd	Oman	58.25%	-1.0%
123rd	Costa Rica	58.03%	1.8%
124th	South Africa	58.02%	0.2%
125th	Nicaragua	57.91%	0.2%
126th	Channel Islands	57.83%	0.6%
127th	Uzbekistan	57.80%	0.0%
128th	Malaysia	57.77%	0.6%
129th	Slovenia	57.74%	-0.3%
130th	Dominican Republic	57.65%	0.2%
131st	Serbia	57.56%	-1.1%
132nd	Bangladesh	57.53%	0.3%
133rd	Belize	57.02%	1.7%
134th	Samoa	56.33%	-0.3%
135th	Chile	56.03%	1.5%
136th	Turkmenistan	55.35%	2.7%
137th	France	55.05%	0.0%
138th	Croatia	55.04%	-1.1%
139th	European Union	55.03%	-0.5%
140th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
141st	Sri Lanka	54.88%	-3.8%
142nd	Namibia	54.55%	-1.0%
143rd	North Macedonia	54.38%	-0.8%
144th	Eswatini	54.35%	0.2%
145th	Türkiye	54.13%	-1.0%
146th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.83%	-0.9%
147th	Cuba	52.60%	0.4%
148th	Sudan	51.40%	0.7%
149th	Morocco	51.35%	0.2%
150th	Maldives	51.31%	0.7%
151st	Hungary	50.93%	-0.1%
152nd	Senegal	50.70%	-0.2%
153rd	Belgium	50.44%	0.4%
154th	Romania	50.38%	-0.5%
155th	Greece	50.34%	0.5%
156th	Luxembourg	50.34%	-3.6%
157th	Montenegro	50.16%	-0.8%
158th	Saudi Arabia	50.13%	-0.9%
159th	Spain	50.12%	-0.4%
160th	Malta	49.87%	0.0%
161st	Bulgaria	49.66%	-0.3%
162nd	Syrian Arab Republic	49.19%	-1.6%
163rd	Tunisia	49.11%	0.0%
164th	Gabon	48.38%	-0.2%
165th	Pakistan	48.36%	-1.6%
166th	Gambia, The	48.29%	0.0%
167th	Papua New Guinea	48.10%	0.3%
168th	Suriname	47.98%	-0.1%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.92%	-2.0%
170th	Afghanistan	46.88%	-0.2%
171st	Italy	46.87%	-0.8%
172nd	Mauritania	46.24%	-0.1%
173rd	Puerto Rico (US)	46.10%	-1.1%
174th	Libya	45.78%	0.2%
175th	Algeria	45.60%	-0.3%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.60%	-1.4%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	44.48%	0.8%
178th	Lebanon	44.26%	-0.2%
179th	Iraq	42.33%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.95%	0.1%
181st	Nepal	41.50%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.29%	0.0%
183rd	Jordan	39.44%	-0.1%
184th	Djibouti	34.80%	-0.2%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.92%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.64%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's labor force participation in 1995?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation in 1995 was 69.40%. This ranked 44th globally.

How did Jamaica's labor force participation change in 1995?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation decreased by 0.6% in 1995 compared to 1994.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1995?▾

Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1995 at 86.88%.

What is the labor force participation of Jamaica in 1995?▾

The labor force participation of Jamaica in 1995 was 69.40%. This ranked 44th globally.

How does 1995 compare to 1994 for Jamaica's labor force participation?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation went from 69.82% in 1994 to 69.40% in 1995, a 0.6% decrease.

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