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Pakistan - Labor Force Participation 1999

Name: Pakistan Labor Force Participation 1999
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

50.18% +0.23pp from 1998 Global rank: 161st

Pakistan's labor force participation was 50.18% in 1999, increased +0.23pp from 49.95% in 1998. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.46%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.26%	0.1%
3rd	Mozambique	84.66%	0.4%
4th	Nigeria	83.60%	-0.1%
5th	Burundi	83.45%	-0.9%
6th	Solomon Islands	83.21%	0.2%
7th	Qatar	82.66%	0.1%
8th	Burkina Faso	82.29%	-0.3%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.21%	-0.1%
10th	Cameroon	81.99%	0.0%
11th	Malawi	80.86%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.72%	0.1%
13th	Cambodia	80.43%	-0.1%
14th	Niger	78.97%	0.1%
15th	Azerbaijan	78.12%	-1.0%
16th	Angola	77.38%	0.0%
17th	Liberia	77.11%	0.0%
18th	Vanuatu	76.90%	0.1%
19th	Iceland	76.27%	1.7%
20th	China	74.72%	-0.7%
21st	United Arab Emirates	74.60%	-0.4%
22nd	Viet Nam	74.51%	-1.1%
23rd	Georgia	74.45%	-0.8%
24th	South Sudan	74.39%	-0.1%
25th	Bahamas, The	74.32%	0.1%
26th	Uganda	74.26%	0.0%
27th	Thailand	73.29%	-1.6%
28th	Lesotho	72.92%	-0.2%
29th	Central African Republic	72.65%	0.0%
30th	Timor-Leste	72.65%	2.1%
31st	Ghana	72.55%	-0.1%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.52%	0.0%
33rd	Kenya	72.39%	-0.1%
34th	Benin	71.87%	-0.1%
35th	Kazakhstan	71.43%	-0.3%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.32%	-0.2%
37th	Mali	70.31%	0.0%
38th	Bhutan	70.05%	-0.1%
39th	Paraguay	69.59%	-0.5%
40th	Chad	69.56%	-0.7%
41st	Barbados	69.23%	0.1%
42nd	Congo, Republic of	68.41%	-0.1%
43rd	Guam	68.31%	-0.7%
44th	Brunei Darussalam	68.27%	0.2%
45th	Peru	68.16%	2.0%
46th	Switzerland	67.74%	-0.2%
47th	Kyrgyz Republic	67.69%	-0.5%
48th	Netherlands	67.54%	0.4%
49th	Myanmar	67.54%	-0.2%
50th	Colombia	67.49%	-1.0%
51st	Jamaica	67.24%	-1.1%
52nd	Indonesia	67.22%	0.4%
53rd	Guatemala	66.85%	0.1%
54th	Norway	66.39%	0.7%
55th	Denmark	66.09%	1.2%
56th	United States	66.06%	0.1%
57th	Kuwait	66.03%	-0.5%
58th	Honduras	65.88%	-0.2%
59th	Zimbabwe	65.75%	-0.3%
60th	Macao SAR, China	65.72%	0.5%
61st	Brazil	65.60%	1.0%
62nd	New Caledonia	65.38%	-0.1%
63rd	Côte d'Ivoire	65.32%	0.2%
64th	Bahrain	65.29%	0.2%
65th	Singapore	65.27%	0.1%
66th	Canada	65.07%	0.6%
67th	Ecuador	64.93%	-2.2%
68th	New Zealand	64.66%	0.1%
69th	Sierra Leone	64.59%	0.1%
70th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.56%	0.3%
71st	Guinea	64.17%	0.1%
72nd	St. Lucia	63.93%	0.2%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	63.86%	-0.1%
74th	Ireland	63.73%	0.6%
75th	Haiti	63.24%	-0.7%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.13%	0.1%
77th	Australia	62.91%	-0.4%
78th	Japan	62.85%	-0.8%
79th	Panama	62.67%	-0.3%
80th	Sweden	62.60%	0.8%
81st	Argentina	62.54%	-0.9%
82nd	Rwanda	62.50%	-0.6%
83rd	Armenia	62.29%	-0.4%
84th	El Salvador	62.13%	-0.8%
85th	Albania	62.06%	-2.6%
86th	Equatorial Guinea	61.93%	0.0%
87th	Lao PDR	61.85%	-0.2%
88th	Philippines	61.30%	0.0%
89th	Russian Federation	61.25%	5.4%
90th	Lithuania	61.19%	0.3%
91st	United Kingdom	61.09%	0.5%
92nd	Finland	61.07%	1.5%
93rd	Czechia	61.05%	0.0%
94th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.93%	-0.4%
95th	Israel	60.77%	0.5%
96th	Portugal	60.65%	0.1%
97th	Cyprus	60.48%	-0.2%
98th	Korea	60.18%	-0.1%
99th	Moldova	60.03%	0.3%
100th	Nicaragua	59.83%	0.6%
101st	Uruguay	59.79%	-2.0%
102nd	India	59.74%	0.6%
103rd	Mexico	59.70%	-1.3%
104th	Costa Rica	59.69%	0.0%
105th	Zambia	59.58%	0.0%
106th	Botswana	59.38%	-1.2%
107th	Mongolia	59.33%	0.2%
108th	Belize	59.30%	1.0%
109th	Slovak Republic	59.26%	0.3%
110th	Malaysia	59.26%	0.6%
111th	Channel Islands	59.13%	0.7%
112th	Mauritius	59.05%	-0.3%
113th	Fiji	58.98%	-0.3%
114th	Estonia	58.98%	-2.1%
115th	Virgin Islands (US)	58.94%	-2.5%
116th	French Polynesia	58.87%	-0.5%
117th	Tonga	58.75%	-0.3%
118th	Belarus	58.70%	0.2%
119th	Austria	58.58%	0.3%
120th	Togo	58.54%	-0.1%
121st	Cabo Verde	58.52%	-0.5%
122nd	Dominican Republic	58.40%	0.3%
123rd	Germany	58.34%	0.3%
124th	Slovenia	58.24%	-2.0%
125th	Bangladesh	58.08%	0.2%
126th	Latvia	57.70%	-2.2%
127th	Guyana	57.64%	-0.7%
128th	South Africa	57.51%	-0.4%
129th	Ukraine	57.44%	-0.4%
130th	Sri Lanka	57.31%	-2.6%
131st	Uzbekistan	57.30%	0.0%
132nd	Chile	56.65%	-0.2%
133rd	Oman	56.61%	-0.4%
134th	Samoa	56.43%	0.1%
135th	Serbia	56.22%	1.3%
136th	Poland	56.13%	-1.1%
137th	France	55.35%	0.6%
138th	European Union	55.30%	0.3%
139th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
140th	Maldives	54.11%	1.3%
141st	Namibia	53.92%	0.4%
142nd	Turkmenistan	53.84%	-3.8%
143rd	Cuba	53.54%	0.4%
144th	Eswatini	53.47%	-0.5%
145th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.04%	-0.2%
146th	Croatia	53.02%	-0.8%
147th	Türkiye	52.70%	-0.2%
148th	North Macedonia	52.59%	-1.1%
149th	Luxembourg	52.25%	1.6%
150th	Belgium	51.87%	2.2%
151st	Spain	51.77%	1.0%
152nd	Greece	51.58%	-0.3%
153rd	Morocco	51.31%	0.0%
154th	Sudan	51.11%	-0.5%
155th	Romania	51.03%	0.4%
156th	Hungary	50.91%	0.2%
157th	Senegal	50.40%	-0.1%
158th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.31%	1.2%
159th	Malta	50.26%	-0.1%
160th	Bulgaria	50.18%	0.8%
161st	Pakistan	50.18%	0.5%
162nd	Montenegro	49.52%	0.3%
163rd	Gambia, The	48.40%	0.1%
164th	Tunisia	48.38%	-0.8%
165th	Papua New Guinea	48.37%	0.1%
166th	Saudi Arabia	48.22%	-1.0%
167th	Gabon	48.15%	0.1%
168th	Italy	47.80%	0.5%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.52%	3.3%
170th	Puerto Rico (US)	47.33%	-0.5%
171st	Suriname	46.61%	-0.7%
172nd	Afghanistan	46.61%	-0.1%
173rd	Libya	46.53%	0.5%
174th	Mauritania	46.05%	-0.1%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	45.99%	0.9%
176th	Algeria	44.49%	-0.5%
177th	Lebanon	44.17%	0.2%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.01%	0.1%
179th	Iraq	42.15%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.82%	-0.2%
181st	Nepal	41.39%	0.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.13%	-0.1%
183rd	Jordan	39.43%	0.0%
184th	Djibouti	34.14%	-0.5%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.06%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.31%	-0.5%

FAQ

What was Pakistan's labor force participation in 1999?▾

Pakistan's labor force participation in 1999 was 50.18%. This ranked 161st globally.

How did Pakistan's labor force participation change in 1999?▾

Pakistan's labor force participation increased by 0.5% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1999?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1999 at 86.46%.

What is the labor force participation of Pakistan in 1999?▾

The labor force participation of Pakistan in 1999 was 50.18%. This ranked 161st globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Pakistan's labor force participation?▾

Pakistan's labor force participation went from 49.95% in 1998 to 50.18% in 1999, a 0.5% increase.

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