Lao PDR - Labor Force Participation 2001
61.70%
−0.08pp from 2000
Lao PDR's labor force participation was 61.70% in 2001, decreased +0.08pp from 61.77% in 2000. This was the 86th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2001▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 86.44% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.36% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 85.36% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.47% | 0.6% |
| 5th | Nigeria | 83.18% | -0.2% |
| 6th | Qatar | 82.84% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.16% | -0.1% |
| 8th | Cameroon | 81.91% | -0.1% |
| 9th | Burundi | 81.86% | -1.0% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 81.86% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Malawi | 80.83% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 80.62% | -0.2% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 80.43% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Niger | 79.06% | 0.1% |
| 15th | Iceland | 77.78% | -0.1% |
| 16th | Angola | 77.34% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.08% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 76.96% | 0.2% |
| 19th | Viet Nam | 74.91% | 2.1% |
| 20th | United Arab Emirates | 74.65% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Azerbaijan | 74.60% | -2.9% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 74.38% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | South Sudan | 74.37% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Uganda | 74.30% | 0.0% |
| 25th | China | 73.88% | -0.4% |
| 26th | Thailand | 73.55% | 0.1% |
| 27th | Georgia | 73.31% | -1.0% |
| 28th | Kenya | 72.63% | 0.2% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 72.62% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.54% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Ghana | 72.42% | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Lesotho | 71.89% | -0.7% |
| 33rd | Benin | 71.79% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Kazakhstan | 70.43% | -0.8% |
| 35th | Mali | 70.26% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.98% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 69.73% | -0.2% |
| 38th | Barbados | 69.47% | 0.2% |
| 39th | Timor-Leste | 69.22% | -0.7% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 68.90% | -0.4% |
| 41st | Peru | 68.79% | 4.6% |
| 42nd | Chad | 68.61% | -0.7% |
| 43rd | Brunei Darussalam | 68.51% | 0.2% |
| 44th | Congo, Republic of | 68.11% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 67.95% | 0.2% |
| 46th | Switzerland | 67.77% | 0.7% |
| 47th | Colombia | 67.64% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Myanmar | 67.17% | -0.2% |
| 49th | Indonesia | 67.13% | -0.9% |
| 50th | Norway | 67.10% | 0.5% |
| 51st | Guatemala | 66.89% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 66.29% | -1.1% |
| 53rd | Jamaica | 66.11% | -0.8% |
| 54th | Kuwait | 66.09% | 0.2% |
| 55th | Brazil | 66.03% | 0.3% |
| 56th | United States | 65.86% | -0.4% |
| 57th | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.63% | 0.2% |
| 58th | Guam | 65.60% | -3.2% |
| 59th | Zimbabwe | 65.52% | -0.1% |
| 60th | Bahrain | 65.52% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Singapore | 65.46% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Denmark | 65.42% | -0.5% |
| 63rd | Canada | 65.41% | 0.2% |
| 64th | New Zealand | 65.34% | 0.9% |
| 65th | New Caledonia | 65.25% | -0.2% |
| 66th | Macao SAR, China | 64.91% | -0.9% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.83% | 0.2% |
| 68th | Sierra Leone | 64.63% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Ireland | 64.46% | 0.2% |
| 70th | Guinea | 64.35% | 0.2% |
| 71st | St. Lucia | 64.15% | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Ecuador | 64.08% | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Honduras | 63.84% | -0.8% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.77% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Australia | 63.44% | 0.3% |
| 76th | Panama | 63.32% | 0.5% |
| 77th | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.07% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Haiti | 62.98% | 0.3% |
| 79th | Sweden | 62.69% | 1.1% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 62.27% | 4.0% |
| 81st | Japan | 61.99% | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Finland | 61.92% | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Cyprus | 61.91% | 2.6% |
| 84th | Armenia | 61.90% | -0.4% |
| 85th | Rwanda | 61.78% | -0.5% |
| 86th | Lao PDR | 61.70% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Argentina | 61.65% | -1.1% |
| 88th | Uruguay | 61.56% | 2.3% |
| 89th | Portugal | 61.45% | 1.1% |
| 90th | Israel | 61.33% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Philippines | 61.24% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Equatorial Guinea | 61.22% | -0.8% |
| 93rd | Korea | 61.11% | 0.6% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.97% | 0.4% |
| 95th | United Kingdom | 60.97% | -0.6% |
| 96th | El Salvador | 60.95% | -1.0% |
| 97th | Nicaragua | 60.53% | 0.6% |
| 98th | Costa Rica | 60.23% | 2.3% |
| 99th | Slovak Republic | 60.20% | 0.9% |
| 100th | Albania | 60.13% | -1.7% |
| 101st | Czechia | 60.01% | -0.7% |
| 102nd | Russian Federation | 59.95% | -2.2% |
| 103rd | India | 59.92% | -0.3% |
| 104th | Belarus | 59.79% | 0.8% |
| 105th | Belize | 59.78% | 0.4% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 59.72% | 0.3% |
| 107th | Mongolia | 59.59% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Zambia | 59.50% | -0.1% |
| 109th | Channel Islands | 59.38% | 0.1% |
| 110th | Mexico | 58.94% | -1.1% |
| 111th | Botswana | 58.82% | 0.4% |
| 112th | Lithuania | 58.78% | -2.3% |
| 113th | Fiji | 58.67% | -0.3% |
| 114th | Togo | 58.42% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Tonga | 58.37% | -0.3% |
| 116th | French Polynesia | 58.23% | -0.6% |
| 117th | Bangladesh | 58.21% | 0.1% |
| 118th | Estonia | 57.99% | -1.6% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 57.99% | -0.5% |
| 120th | Moldova | 57.95% | -3.3% |
| 121st | Germany | 57.90% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Austria | 57.89% | -0.9% |
| 123rd | Slovenia | 57.79% | 0.4% |
| 124th | Mauritius | 57.57% | -2.2% |
| 125th | Dominican Republic | 57.28% | -2.1% |
| 126th | South Africa | 57.01% | -0.4% |
| 127th | Ukraine | 56.98% | -0.4% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 56.76% | -0.4% |
| 129th | Guyana | 56.74% | -0.8% |
| 130th | Latvia | 56.41% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Poland | 56.24% | 1.4% |
| 132nd | Samoa | 56.05% | -0.5% |
| 133rd | Oman | 55.89% | -0.5% |
| 134th | Sri Lanka | 55.34% | -0.4% |
| 135th | Serbia | 55.28% | -0.8% |
| 136th | European Union | 55.22% | -0.1% |
| 137th | France | 55.12% | -0.3% |
| 138th | Chile | 55.01% | -1.6% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 140th | Maldives | 54.50% | -0.5% |
| 141st | Namibia | 54.42% | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Cuba | 53.79% | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Luxembourg | 53.17% | -0.5% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 53.03% | -0.4% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 53.00% | -0.6% |
| 146th | North Macedonia | 52.91% | 0.3% |
| 147th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.62% | -0.4% |
| 148th | Croatia | 52.23% | -0.8% |
| 149th | Spain | 52.09% | -1.5% |
| 150th | Hungary | 51.48% | 0.6% |
| 151st | Bulgaria | 51.47% | 3.0% |
| 152nd | Morocco | 51.27% | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Romania | 50.89% | -0.3% |
| 154th | Belgium | 50.79% | -2.8% |
| 155th | Greece | 50.72% | -1.4% |
| 156th | Sudan | 50.56% | -0.6% |
| 157th | Pakistan | 50.43% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Senegal | 50.28% | -0.1% |
| 159th | Malta | 50.22% | 1.1% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 49.96% | -1.8% |
| 161st | Türkiye | 49.82% | -0.3% |
| 162nd | Montenegro | 49.20% | -0.2% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 48.57% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | 48.42% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Saudi Arabia | 48.37% | -1.3% |
| 166th | Gabon | 48.08% | -0.1% |
| 167th | Italy | 47.88% | 0.1% |
| 168th | Suriname | 47.73% | 1.2% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 47.56% | -0.8% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 46.53% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Libya | 46.45% | -0.3% |
| 172nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 46.07% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 45.80% | -0.4% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 44.93% | -2.8% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 44.44% | -1.7% |
| 176th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.33% | 0.4% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.17% | -0.1% |
| 178th | Algeria | 44.08% | -0.4% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.04% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.65% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.35% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 38.80% | -1.5% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 36.63% | -9.0% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.11% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.90% | -0.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.11% | -0.3% |
FAQ
What was Lao PDR's labor force participation in 2001?▾
Lao PDR's labor force participation in 2001 was 61.70%. This ranked 86th globally.
How did Lao PDR's labor force participation change in 2001?▾
Lao PDR's labor force participation decreased by 0.1% in 2001 compared to 2000.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2001?▾
Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2001 at 86.44%.
What is the labor force participation of Lao PDR in 2001?▾
The labor force participation of Lao PDR in 2001 was 61.70%. This ranked 86th globally.
How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Lao PDR's labor force participation?▾
Lao PDR's labor force participation went from 61.77% in 2000 to 61.70% in 2001, a 0.1% decrease.
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