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Mauritania - Labor Force Participation 2001

Name: Mauritania Labor Force Participation 2001
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

45.80% −0.20pp from 2000 Global rank: 173rd

Mauritania's labor force participation was 45.80% in 2001, decreased +0.20pp from 46.00% in 2000. This was the 173rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 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 Mauritania's labor force participation in 2001?▾

Mauritania's labor force participation in 2001 was 45.80%. This ranked 173rd globally.

How did Mauritania's labor force participation change in 2001?▾

Mauritania's labor force participation decreased by 0.4% 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 Mauritania in 2001?▾

The labor force participation of Mauritania in 2001 was 45.80%. This ranked 173rd globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Mauritania's labor force participation?▾

Mauritania's labor force participation went from 46.00% in 2000 to 45.80% in 2001, a 0.4% decrease.

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