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Jamaica - Labor Force Participation 2008

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

64.39% −0.28pp from 2007 Global rank: 69th

Jamaica's labor force participation was 64.39% in 2008, decreased +0.28pp from 64.67% in 2007. This was the 69th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.36%	-0.6%
2nd	Madagascar	86.55%	0.0%
3rd	Qatar	86.09%	0.9%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.46%	-0.1%
5th	Mozambique	83.39%	-0.7%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.05%	-0.1%
7th	Nigeria	81.61%	-0.2%
8th	Burkina Faso	80.29%	-0.3%
9th	Cameroon	80.01%	-2.1%
10th	Eritrea	79.97%	-0.1%
11th	Niger	79.43%	0.1%
12th	Cambodia	78.94%	-2.8%
13th	Peru	78.22%	0.0%
14th	Burundi	77.88%	0.3%
15th	Malawi	77.31%	-1.5%
16th	Angola	77.25%	0.0%
17th	Liberia	77.12%	0.0%
18th	United Arab Emirates	77.06%	-0.3%
19th	Iceland	76.42%	-1.0%
20th	Viet Nam	75.59%	0.7%
21st	Bahamas, The	73.99%	-0.1%
22nd	South Sudan	73.99%	-0.2%
23rd	Uganda	73.66%	-0.2%
24th	Kenya	73.47%	0.2%
25th	Thailand	72.88%	0.0%
26th	Central African Republic	72.60%	0.0%
27th	Ghana	71.97%	-0.1%
28th	Benin	71.84%	0.0%
29th	China	71.63%	-0.5%
30th	Kazakhstan	71.12%	1.0%
31st	Vanuatu	71.02%	-4.1%
32nd	Mali	70.33%	0.0%
33rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	69.87%	-1.3%
34th	Macao SAR, China	69.76%	1.7%
35th	Bhutan	69.67%	0.1%
36th	Barbados	69.42%	-0.3%
37th	Bahrain	69.31%	2.0%
38th	Paraguay	69.30%	0.7%
39th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.77%	-0.3%
40th	Timor-Leste	68.67%	-0.8%
41st	Norway	68.43%	0.0%
42nd	Switzerland	68.19%	0.9%
43rd	Lesotho	68.10%	-0.8%
44th	Georgia	67.97%	-0.3%
45th	New Zealand	67.97%	-0.1%
46th	Kuwait	67.94%	0.1%
47th	Congo, Republic of	67.80%	0.0%
48th	Canada	67.27%	0.2%
49th	Brazil	67.17%	-0.2%
50th	Netherlands	67.15%	0.0%
51st	Brunei Darussalam	66.90%	-0.5%
52nd	Côte d'Ivoire	66.68%	0.2%
53rd	Singapore	66.62%	1.7%
54th	Ecuador	66.55%	-0.3%
55th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.50%	0.2%
56th	Indonesia	66.37%	0.2%
57th	St. Lucia	66.21%	0.4%
58th	Ireland	65.94%	-1.0%
59th	Trinidad and Tobago	65.83%	-0.3%
60th	Zimbabwe	65.75%	0.1%
61st	Myanmar	65.73%	-0.3%
62nd	Panama	65.66%	2.5%
63rd	Australia	65.56%	0.4%
64th	Denmark	65.21%	-1.0%
65th	Chad	65.17%	-0.8%
66th	United States	64.99%	0.0%
67th	Haiti	64.91%	0.6%
68th	New Caledonia	64.47%	-0.2%
69th	Jamaica	64.39%	-0.4%
70th	Colombia	64.16%	0.4%
71st	Uruguay	64.01%	0.3%
72nd	Sweden	63.87%	0.3%
73rd	Cyprus	63.68%	-0.2%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.50%	-0.1%
75th	Virgin Islands (US)	63.01%	-0.5%
76th	Nicaragua	62.95%	0.5%
77th	Israel	62.81%	0.1%
78th	Russian Federation	62.55%	0.8%
79th	Sierra Leone	62.55%	-1.4%
80th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.29%	-1.7%
81st	United Kingdom	62.19%	0.4%
82nd	Portugal	62.00%	-0.3%
83rd	Belarus	61.81%	0.7%
84th	Botswana	61.78%	1.5%
85th	Latvia	61.51%	2.2%
86th	Belize	61.45%	0.4%
87th	Finland	61.43%	0.5%
88th	Guatemala	61.35%	-0.7%
89th	Estonia	61.16%	1.1%
90th	Rwanda	61.10%	0.0%
91st	Philippines	61.07%	-0.3%
92nd	Malaysia	60.96%	0.4%
93rd	Lao PDR	60.95%	-0.2%
94th	El Salvador	60.92%	-0.8%
95th	Costa Rica	60.91%	-0.8%
96th	Azerbaijan	60.82%	-1.6%
97th	Korea	60.81%	-0.8%
98th	Mexico	60.64%	-0.5%
99th	Guinea	60.46%	-1.1%
100th	Armenia	60.44%	-0.5%
101st	Argentina	60.43%	-1.1%
102nd	Japan	60.16%	-0.4%
103rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.08%	-0.8%
104th	Fiji	59.93%	1.8%
105th	Slovenia	59.78%	-0.3%
106th	Guam	59.77%	3.4%
107th	Channel Islands	59.73%	0.0%
108th	Austria	59.66%	0.4%
109th	Moldova	59.59%	1.3%
110th	Honduras	59.58%	1.0%
111th	Slovak Republic	59.18%	0.8%
112th	Zambia	59.16%	-0.1%
113th	Germany	59.09%	0.0%
114th	Spain	59.08%	1.3%
115th	Equatorial Guinea	58.90%	0.1%
116th	Chile	58.55%	2.1%
117th	Mongolia	58.45%	-1.1%
118th	Czechia	58.41%	-0.6%
119th	Bangladesh	58.32%	0.2%
120th	Mauritius	58.31%	0.2%
121st	Togo	58.17%	0.0%
122nd	Oman	57.77%	1.1%
123rd	Dominican Republic	57.59%	0.7%
124th	Tonga	56.97%	-0.3%
125th	European Union	56.54%	0.4%
126th	Guyana	56.52%	0.0%
127th	India	56.51%	-1.6%
128th	Namibia	56.41%	0.5%
129th	Ukraine	56.25%	0.0%
130th	France	56.13%	0.1%
131st	Cabo Verde	56.11%	-0.5%
132nd	French Polynesia	56.08%	0.0%
133rd	Lithuania	55.79%	0.7%
134th	South Africa	55.79%	-0.2%
135th	Luxembourg	55.22%	0.1%
136th	Samoa	55.14%	-0.3%
137th	Uzbekistan	54.90%	-0.1%
138th	Bulgaria	54.86%	2.5%
139th	North Macedonia	54.70%	0.8%
140th	Poland	54.58%	1.1%
141st	Cuba	54.24%	0.2%
142nd	Sri Lanka	53.75%	-0.4%
143rd	Belgium	53.70%	0.1%
144th	Albania	53.19%	-2.0%
145th	Croatia	53.08%	0.4%
146th	Serbia	52.79%	-1.3%
147th	Maldives	52.40%	-0.6%
148th	Greece	52.33%	0.1%
149th	Hungary	52.18%	-0.3%
150th	Eswatini	52.15%	-0.3%
151st	Suriname	51.66%	1.1%
152nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.37%	-0.1%
153rd	Romania	50.97%	0.5%
154th	Morocco	50.59%	0.0%
155th	Pakistan	50.08%	0.1%
156th	Malta	49.72%	0.3%
157th	Saudi Arabia	49.14%	1.0%
158th	Senegal	48.99%	-1.0%
159th	Italy	48.92%	0.7%
160th	Gabon	48.62%	0.5%
161st	Papua New Guinea	48.56%	0.1%
162nd	Sudan	48.46%	-0.7%
163rd	Montenegro	48.28%	0.2%
164th	Gambia, The	48.13%	0.0%
165th	Libya	47.92%	1.0%
166th	Turkmenistan	47.64%	-2.7%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.55%	-0.8%
168th	Türkiye	46.89%	1.4%
169th	Tunisia	46.83%	0.4%
170th	Afghanistan	46.68%	0.1%
171st	Puerto Rico (US)	44.80%	-2.9%
172nd	Tajikistan	44.57%	-4.5%
173rd	Mauritania	44.37%	-0.5%
174th	Lebanon	43.85%	1.0%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	43.59%	-1.5%
176th	Algeria	43.15%	-0.1%
177th	Comoros	42.61%	0.7%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.27%	-4.9%
179th	Iraq	41.57%	-0.4%
180th	Nepal	41.01%	-0.2%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	40.47%	-1.0%
182nd	Jordan	39.50%	-0.8%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	39.38%	-1.4%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.50%	0.0%
185th	Djibouti	33.41%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.03%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Jamaica's labor force participation in 2008?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation in 2008 was 64.39%. This ranked 69th globally.

How did Jamaica's labor force participation change in 2008?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation decreased by 0.4% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2008?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2008 at 87.36%.

What is the labor force participation of Jamaica in 2008?▾

The labor force participation of Jamaica in 2008 was 64.39%. This ranked 69th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Jamaica's labor force participation?▾

Jamaica's labor force participation went from 64.67% in 2007 to 64.39% in 2008, a 0.4% decrease.

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