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Lao PDR - Labor Force Participation 1994

Name: Lao PDR Labor Force Participation 1994
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

62.24% −0.10pp from 1993 Global rank: 83rd

Lao PDR's labor force participation was 62.24% in 1994, decreased +0.10pp from 62.34% in 1993. This was the 83rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	87.50%	-0.8%
2nd	Tanzania	86.48%	-0.1%
3rd	Madagascar	86.08%	0.0%
4th	Mozambique	84.01%	0.0%
5th	Nigeria	83.96%	0.7%
6th	Qatar	83.77%	0.1%
7th	Burkina Faso	83.33%	-0.2%
8th	Solomon Islands	82.77%	-0.2%
9th	Cameroon	82.20%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	81.94%	0.1%
11th	Malawi	80.82%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.67%	-0.2%
13th	Cambodia	80.51%	0.7%
14th	Georgia	79.95%	1.6%
15th	Niger	78.86%	0.0%
16th	Azerbaijan	78.57%	4.0%
17th	Viet Nam	77.53%	-0.2%
18th	Angola	77.40%	0.0%
19th	China	77.27%	-0.6%
20th	Liberia	77.25%	0.0%
21st	Vanuatu	76.87%	-0.2%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	75.81%	0.4%
23rd	Thailand	74.96%	-0.1%
24th	South Sudan	74.44%	0.0%
25th	Bahamas, The	73.61%	0.6%
26th	Uganda	73.59%	0.2%
27th	Lesotho	73.51%	-0.1%
28th	Iceland	73.18%	0.4%
29th	Ghana	72.87%	-0.1%
30th	Kenya	72.74%	-0.1%
31st	Central African Republic	72.63%	0.0%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.12%	-0.1%
33rd	Benin	72.08%	-0.1%
34th	Chad	71.85%	-0.6%
35th	Kazakhstan	71.66%	0.9%
36th	Timor-Leste	71.36%	-0.1%
37th	Guam	70.79%	-0.7%
38th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.57%	0.0%
39th	Mali	70.41%	0.0%
40th	Bhutan	70.28%	-0.1%
41st	Jamaica	69.82%	-0.6%
42nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.80%	0.4%
43rd	Paraguay	69.62%	0.4%
44th	Kyrgyz Republic	69.31%	5.7%
45th	Barbados	68.74%	0.7%
46th	Congo, Republic of	68.49%	-0.1%
47th	Myanmar	67.99%	-0.1%
48th	Colombia	67.74%	0.6%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	67.38%	0.4%
50th	Zimbabwe	66.85%	-0.2%
51st	Netherlands	66.82%	0.0%
52nd	Indonesia	66.80%	1.8%
53rd	Albania	66.60%	-1.9%
54th	Guatemala	66.54%	0.1%
55th	Kuwait	65.87%	3.2%
56th	Honduras	65.83%	-0.2%
57th	Bahrain	65.71%	-0.5%
58th	United States	65.48%	0.5%
59th	Brazil	65.45%	0.3%
60th	Haiti	65.42%	-0.5%
61st	Côte d'Ivoire	65.38%	-0.1%
62nd	New Caledonia	65.14%	0.2%
63rd	Canada	64.75%	-0.3%
64th	Denmark	64.51%	-2.9%
65th	Armenia	64.48%	-0.9%
66th	Sierra Leone	64.45%	0.0%
67th	Guinea-Bissau	64.02%	0.0%
68th	Switzerland	64.01%	-1.6%
69th	Lithuania	63.92%	-1.1%
70th	Guinea	63.87%	0.1%
71st	New Zealand	63.68%	1.3%
72nd	Japan	63.61%	-0.3%
73rd	Ecuador	63.46%	0.4%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.44%	0.3%
75th	El Salvador	63.40%	1.3%
76th	St. Lucia	63.36%	0.2%
77th	Norway	63.36%	0.9%
78th	Rwanda	63.14%	0.7%
79th	Australia	63.08%	0.8%
80th	Estonia	63.06%	-0.2%
81st	Singapore	62.95%	0.8%
82nd	Sweden	62.70%	-1.2%
83rd	Lao PDR	62.24%	-0.2%
84th	Argentina	62.01%	0.8%
85th	Russian Federation	61.88%	-3.1%
86th	Macao SAR, China	61.83%	2.8%
87th	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.82%	-0.3%
88th	Israel	61.72%	1.4%
89th	Czechia	61.68%	0.4%
90th	Botswana	61.65%	-0.5%
91st	Philippines	61.42%	-0.1%
92nd	Equatorial Guinea	61.32%	0.4%
93rd	Ireland	61.30%	0.8%
94th	Korea	61.13%	1.2%
95th	United Kingdom	60.83%	-0.3%
96th	Peru	60.78%	1.6%
97th	Latvia	60.72%	-0.9%
98th	Trinidad and Tobago	60.70%	1.8%
99th	Cyprus	60.68%	0.2%
100th	Finland	60.51%	-1.2%
101st	Panama	60.50%	0.6%
102nd	Tonga	59.92%	1.8%
103rd	Slovak Republic	59.89%	-3.7%
104th	Mauritius	59.87%	-0.2%
105th	Cabo Verde	59.84%	-0.4%
106th	Poland	59.75%	-1.1%
107th	Guyana	59.66%	-0.7%
108th	Zambia	59.60%	0.0%
109th	Fiji	59.59%	-0.2%
110th	French Polynesia	59.56%	0.2%
111th	Moldova	59.41%	0.2%
112th	Belarus	59.36%	0.4%
113th	Mexico	59.33%	0.1%
114th	Togo	58.93%	-0.1%
115th	Oman	58.85%	0.1%
116th	Mongolia	58.82%	0.2%
117th	Austria	58.69%	2.6%
118th	Germany	58.68%	0.2%
119th	Ukraine	58.59%	-0.4%
120th	Portugal	58.51%	-0.1%
121st	Serbia	58.20%	-1.0%
122nd	Uruguay	58.11%	2.7%
123rd	India	58.06%	0.1%
124th	South Africa	57.94%	0.0%
125th	Slovenia	57.90%	-0.3%
126th	Uzbekistan	57.82%	0.4%
127th	Nicaragua	57.78%	0.1%
128th	Channel Islands	57.51%	0.2%
129th	Dominican Republic	57.51%	0.0%
130th	Malaysia	57.40%	0.6%
131st	Bangladesh	57.38%	0.3%
132nd	Sri Lanka	57.04%	0.6%
133rd	Costa Rica	57.02%	0.8%
134th	Samoa	56.52%	0.5%
135th	Belize	56.07%	-0.1%
136th	Croatia	55.64%	-1.0%
137th	European Union	55.29%	-0.3%
138th	Chile	55.21%	0.7%
139th	Namibia	55.08%	0.0%
140th	France	55.07%	-0.2%
141st	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
142nd	North Macedonia	54.85%	-0.9%
143rd	Türkiye	54.65%	4.8%
144th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.31%	-0.7%
145th	Eswatini	54.23%	0.3%
146th	Turkmenistan	53.89%	6.0%
147th	Cuba	52.39%	0.4%
148th	Luxembourg	52.20%	-0.2%
149th	Morocco	51.26%	-0.1%
150th	Sudan	51.06%	0.6%
151st	Hungary	51.00%	-0.1%
152nd	Maldives	50.95%	0.7%
153rd	Senegal	50.79%	-0.2%
154th	Romania	50.65%	-0.2%
155th	Saudi Arabia	50.56%	-0.8%
156th	Montenegro	50.55%	-0.7%
157th	Spain	50.31%	0.9%
158th	Belgium	50.23%	1.2%
159th	Greece	50.07%	1.0%
160th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.00%	-1.6%
161st	Malta	49.88%	-0.1%
162nd	Bulgaria	49.79%	-0.2%
163rd	Pakistan	49.15%	-0.1%
164th	Tunisia	49.10%	0.0%
165th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.88%	2.1%
166th	Gabon	48.46%	-0.1%
167th	Gambia, The	48.27%	0.0%
168th	Suriname	48.04%	0.2%
169th	Papua New Guinea	47.95%	-0.1%
170th	Italy	47.24%	-1.6%
171st	Afghanistan	46.95%	-0.2%
172nd	Puerto Rico (US)	46.61%	-1.1%
173rd	Mauritania	46.29%	-0.1%
174th	Algeria	45.76%	-0.1%
175th	Libya	45.69%	0.1%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.23%	-1.2%
177th	Lebanon	44.34%	-0.2%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	44.12%	0.0%
179th	Iraq	42.36%	0.0%
180th	Comoros	41.91%	0.2%
181st	Nepal	41.53%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.31%	0.0%
183rd	Jordan	39.46%	0.1%
184th	Djibouti	34.87%	-0.2%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.88%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.68%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's labor force participation in 1994?▾

Lao PDR's labor force participation in 1994 was 62.24%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How did Lao PDR's labor force participation change in 1994?▾

Lao PDR's labor force participation decreased by 0.2% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1994?▾

Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1994 at 87.50%.

What is the labor force participation of Lao PDR in 1994?▾

The labor force participation of Lao PDR in 1994 was 62.24%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Lao PDR's labor force participation?▾

Lao PDR's labor force participation went from 62.34% in 1993 to 62.24% in 1994, a 0.2% decrease.

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