Panama - Labor Force Participation 1998
62.85%
+1.22pp from 1997
Panama's labor force participation was 62.85% in 1998, increased +1.22pp from 61.63% in 1997. This was the 82nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 86.47% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.20% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Mozambique | 84.31% | 0.4% |
| 4th | Burundi | 84.22% | -1.1% |
| 5th | Nigeria | 83.67% | -0.2% |
| 6th | Solomon Islands | 83.01% | 0.2% |
| 7th | Qatar | 82.61% | -0.4% |
| 8th | Burkina Faso | 82.50% | -0.3% |
| 9th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.30% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Cameroon | 82.03% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Malawi | 80.86% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 80.65% | 0.2% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 80.54% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Niger | 78.92% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Azerbaijan | 78.89% | -1.3% |
| 16th | Angola | 77.39% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.13% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 76.86% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Viet Nam | 75.33% | -1.1% |
| 20th | China | 75.25% | -0.7% |
| 21st | Georgia | 75.02% | -0.9% |
| 22nd | Iceland | 75.01% | 2.0% |
| 23rd | United Arab Emirates | 74.88% | -0.6% |
| 24th | Thailand | 74.49% | -1.2% |
| 25th | South Sudan | 74.44% | -0.1% |
| 26th | Bahamas, The | 74.25% | 0.2% |
| 27th | Uganda | 74.24% | 0.1% |
| 28th | Lesotho | 73.07% | -0.2% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 72.67% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Ghana | 72.61% | -0.1% |
| 31st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.52% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Kenya | 72.47% | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Benin | 71.91% | -0.1% |
| 34th | Kazakhstan | 71.65% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 71.18% | 0.2% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70.49% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Mali | 70.34% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 70.14% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Chad | 70.02% | -0.7% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 69.95% | -0.3% |
| 41st | Barbados | 69.15% | 0.2% |
| 42nd | Guam | 68.82% | -0.7% |
| 43rd | Congo, Republic of | 68.46% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Colombia | 68.16% | -0.2% |
| 45th | Brunei Darussalam | 68.12% | 0.2% |
| 46th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.05% | -0.1% |
| 47th | Jamaica | 67.97% | -0.7% |
| 48th | Switzerland | 67.86% | 0.8% |
| 49th | Myanmar | 67.69% | -0.1% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 67.29% | 0.3% |
| 51st | Indonesia | 66.93% | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Peru | 66.85% | 1.8% |
| 53rd | Guatemala | 66.80% | 0.1% |
| 54th | Ecuador | 66.38% | 3.3% |
| 55th | Kuwait | 66.34% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Honduras | 66.01% | 0.1% |
| 57th | United States | 66.01% | -0.1% |
| 58th | Norway | 65.95% | 0.9% |
| 59th | Zimbabwe | 65.94% | -0.4% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 65.42% | -0.1% |
| 61st | Macao SAR, China | 65.42% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Denmark | 65.32% | -0.6% |
| 63rd | Singapore | 65.18% | 0.7% |
| 64th | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.17% | -0.1% |
| 65th | Bahrain | 65.16% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Brazil | 64.92% | 0.2% |
| 67th | Canada | 64.67% | 0.4% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 64.58% | -0.7% |
| 69th | Sierra Leone | 64.56% | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.40% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Guinea | 64.13% | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Guinea-Bissau | 63.90% | -0.1% |
| 73rd | St. Lucia | 63.81% | 0.2% |
| 74th | Albania | 63.71% | -1.9% |
| 75th | Haiti | 63.70% | -0.7% |
| 76th | Japan | 63.33% | -0.5% |
| 77th | Ireland | 63.33% | 1.5% |
| 78th | Australia | 63.13% | -0.2% |
| 79th | Argentina | 63.08% | 0.5% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.07% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Rwanda | 62.90% | -0.5% |
| 82nd | Panama | 62.85% | 2.0% |
| 83rd | El Salvador | 62.63% | 3.5% |
| 84th | Armenia | 62.51% | -0.6% |
| 85th | Sweden | 62.08% | -1.0% |
| 86th | Lao PDR | 61.95% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Equatorial Guinea | 61.91% | 0.2% |
| 88th | Philippines | 61.31% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 61.15% | -0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | 61.06% | -0.2% |
| 91st | Uruguay | 61.01% | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Lithuania | 60.99% | -1.3% |
| 93rd | United Kingdom | 60.77% | -0.2% |
| 94th | Cyprus | 60.62% | -0.2% |
| 95th | Portugal | 60.57% | 2.4% |
| 96th | Mexico | 60.48% | -0.5% |
| 97th | Israel | 60.45% | -1.0% |
| 98th | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.43% | -1.1% |
| 99th | Estonia | 60.23% | -2.1% |
| 100th | Korea | 60.21% | -2.9% |
| 101st | Finland | 60.17% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Botswana | 60.12% | -0.6% |
| 103rd | Moldova | 59.86% | 0.5% |
| 104th | Costa Rica | 59.69% | 2.7% |
| 105th | Zambia | 59.60% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Nicaragua | 59.48% | 0.9% |
| 107th | Slovenia | 59.45% | 1.6% |
| 108th | India | 59.40% | 0.6% |
| 109th | Mauritius | 59.25% | -0.3% |
| 110th | Mongolia | 59.19% | 0.2% |
| 111th | French Polynesia | 59.16% | -0.4% |
| 112th | Fiji | 59.14% | -0.3% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 59.08% | -1.0% |
| 114th | Latvia | 59.02% | -0.7% |
| 115th | Tonga | 58.94% | -0.3% |
| 116th | Malaysia | 58.90% | 0.6% |
| 117th | Sri Lanka | 58.82% | 6.5% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 58.79% | -0.4% |
| 119th | Channel Islands | 58.72% | 0.5% |
| 120th | Belize | 58.70% | -0.3% |
| 121st | Togo | 58.62% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 58.60% | -0.3% |
| 123rd | Austria | 58.40% | 0.5% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 58.24% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Germany | 58.17% | -0.1% |
| 126th | Russian Federation | 58.12% | -1.6% |
| 127th | Guyana | 58.07% | -0.7% |
| 128th | Bangladesh | 57.97% | 0.2% |
| 129th | South Africa | 57.74% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Ukraine | 57.67% | -0.4% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 57.31% | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Oman | 56.85% | -0.5% |
| 133rd | Chile | 56.75% | 0.2% |
| 134th | Poland | 56.74% | -0.8% |
| 135th | Samoa | 56.40% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Turkmenistan | 55.98% | -1.5% |
| 137th | Serbia | 55.49% | -0.9% |
| 138th | European Union | 55.12% | 0.2% |
| 139th | France | 55.04% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Eswatini | 53.73% | -0.5% |
| 142nd | Namibia | 53.71% | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Croatia | 53.46% | -0.9% |
| 144th | Maldives | 53.41% | 1.3% |
| 145th | Cuba | 53.33% | 0.3% |
| 146th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.17% | -0.4% |
| 147th | North Macedonia | 53.17% | -1.1% |
| 148th | Türkiye | 52.80% | 0.5% |
| 149th | Greece | 51.75% | 2.2% |
| 150th | Luxembourg | 51.42% | 0.3% |
| 151st | Sudan | 51.36% | -0.4% |
| 152nd | Morocco | 51.30% | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Spain | 51.24% | 0.6% |
| 154th | Romania | 50.84% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Hungary | 50.82% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Belgium | 50.74% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Senegal | 50.47% | -0.1% |
| 158th | Malta | 50.29% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Pakistan | 49.95% | -0.3% |
| 160th | Bulgaria | 49.79% | -0.4% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 49.72% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Montenegro | 49.35% | -0.5% |
| 163rd | Tunisia | 48.78% | -0.8% |
| 164th | Saudi Arabia | 48.69% | -1.0% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 48.37% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 48.34% | 0.3% |
| 167th | Gabon | 48.09% | -0.2% |
| 168th | Italy | 47.57% | 0.6% |
| 169th | Puerto Rico (US) | 47.55% | -0.3% |
| 170th | Suriname | 46.95% | -0.7% |
| 171st | Afghanistan | 46.67% | -0.1% |
| 172nd | Libya | 46.29% | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 46.10% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.00% | -1.4% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 45.60% | 0.8% |
| 176th | Algeria | 44.72% | -0.8% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.10% | -0.1% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.95% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.21% | -0.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.92% | -0.1% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.41% | -0.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 40.18% | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.45% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 34.30% | -0.6% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.03% | 0.1% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.42% | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Panama's labor force participation in 1998?▾
Panama's labor force participation in 1998 was 62.85%. This ranked 82nd globally.
How did Panama's labor force participation change in 1998?▾
Panama's labor force participation increased by 2.0% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1998?▾
Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1998 at 86.47%.
What is the labor force participation of Panama in 1998?▾
The labor force participation of Panama in 1998 was 62.85%. This ranked 82nd globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Panama's labor force participation?▾
Panama's labor force participation went from 61.63% in 1997 to 62.85% in 1998, a 2.0% increase.
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