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Papua New Guinea - Labor Force Participation 2010

Name: Papua New Guinea Labor Force Participation 2010
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

48.34% −0.14pp from 2009 Global rank: 163rd

Papua New Guinea's labor force participation was 48.34% in 2010, decreased +0.14pp from 48.48% in 2009. This was the 163rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2010▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2010
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	86.56%	0.1%
2nd	Madagascar	86.49%	0.0%
3rd	Tanzania	86.31%	-0.6%
4th	Cambodia	84.75%	3.3%
5th	Solomon Islands	84.34%	-0.2%
6th	Mozambique	82.23%	-0.7%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.09%	0.0%
8th	Nigeria	81.28%	-0.3%
9th	Burkina Faso	79.82%	-0.3%
10th	Eritrea	79.70%	-0.1%
11th	Niger	79.50%	0.0%
12th	Peru	79.24%	0.8%
13th	Burundi	78.42%	0.3%
14th	Angola	77.26%	0.0%
15th	Liberia	77.11%	0.0%
16th	United Arab Emirates	76.64%	0.1%
17th	Viet Nam	76.27%	0.3%
18th	Cameroon	76.23%	-2.5%
19th	Malawi	74.74%	-1.7%
20th	Iceland	74.69%	-0.2%
21st	Bahamas, The	73.85%	-0.1%
22nd	South Sudan	73.76%	-0.2%
23rd	Kenya	73.71%	0.2%
24th	Uganda	73.35%	-0.2%
25th	Central African Republic	72.74%	0.1%
26th	Benin	71.87%	0.0%
27th	Ghana	71.85%	-0.1%
28th	Bahrain	71.75%	1.5%
29th	Thailand	71.66%	-1.6%
30th	China	70.96%	-0.5%
31st	Kazakhstan	70.92%	-0.1%
32nd	Mali	70.41%	0.1%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	69.99%	0.0%
34th	Barbados	68.90%	-0.4%
35th	Kuwait	68.70%	0.7%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.42%	-0.3%
37th	Bhutan	68.15%	-2.2%
38th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	67.98%	-1.4%
39th	Paraguay	67.74%	-2.7%
40th	Congo, Republic of	67.74%	0.0%
41st	Georgia	67.70%	-0.7%
42nd	Timor-Leste	67.65%	-0.7%
43rd	New Zealand	67.54%	-0.3%
44th	Singapore	67.37%	1.2%
45th	Norway	67.33%	-1.0%
46th	Colombia	67.08%	0.2%
47th	Switzerland	67.01%	-1.8%
48th	Côte d'Ivoire	66.97%	0.2%
49th	Lesotho	66.97%	-0.8%
50th	St. Lucia	66.78%	0.4%
51st	Canada	66.73%	-0.3%
52nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.59%	0.0%
53rd	Indonesia	66.58%	0.8%
54th	Brunei Darussalam	66.56%	-0.2%
55th	Netherlands	66.50%	-0.5%
56th	Brazil	66.15%	-1.9%
57th	Zimbabwe	65.93%	0.1%
58th	Haiti	65.62%	0.5%
59th	Australia	65.48%	0.0%
60th	Myanmar	65.37%	-0.3%
61st	Panama	64.88%	2.1%
62nd	Vanuatu	64.39%	-5.0%
63rd	New Caledonia	64.33%	0.0%
64th	Uruguay	64.29%	-0.7%
65th	Cyprus	64.19%	0.8%
66th	Chad	64.15%	-0.8%
67th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.82%	-1.7%
68th	United States	63.73%	-1.0%
69th	Nicaragua	63.63%	0.5%
70th	Denmark	63.60%	-1.4%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	63.41%	-0.1%
72nd	Moldova	63.37%	4.4%
73rd	Israel	63.26%	0.6%
74th	Sweden	63.20%	-0.3%
75th	Belarus	62.83%	0.8%
76th	Ecuador	62.68%	-2.1%
77th	Russian Federation	62.65%	0.0%
78th	Ireland	62.60%	-2.3%
79th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.34%	0.5%
80th	Fiji	62.03%	1.7%
81st	Armenia	61.96%	0.1%
82nd	Belize	61.93%	0.4%
83rd	Honduras	61.92%	1.8%
84th	United Kingdom	61.80%	-0.3%
85th	Malaysia	61.60%	0.5%
86th	Philippines	61.43%	0.0%
87th	Guam	61.40%	-0.5%
88th	Portugal	61.20%	-0.2%
89th	Rwanda	61.00%	-0.1%
90th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.90%	-3.2%
91st	Azerbaijan	60.86%	-0.2%
92nd	Sierra Leone	60.71%	-1.5%
93rd	Lao PDR	60.68%	-0.2%
94th	Estonia	60.51%	-0.4%
95th	Jamaica	60.49%	-2.7%
96th	Guatemala	60.46%	-0.7%
97th	Mexico	60.39%	-0.3%
98th	Chile	60.37%	3.5%
99th	Korea	60.33%	0.2%
100th	Argentina	60.19%	-1.0%
101st	Channel Islands	59.96%	0.5%
102nd	El Salvador	59.89%	-0.9%
103rd	Austria	59.88%	-0.1%
104th	Botswana	59.86%	-4.5%
105th	Finland	59.71%	-1.1%
106th	Oman	59.64%	1.8%
107th	Japan	59.58%	-0.5%
108th	Slovenia	59.36%	-0.5%
109th	Spain	59.36%	0.2%
110th	Germany	59.31%	0.2%
111th	Equatorial Guinea	59.28%	0.4%
112th	Costa Rica	59.21%	-2.1%
113th	Mauritius	59.20%	1.3%
114th	Cabo Verde	59.12%	5.9%
115th	Guinea	59.11%	-1.1%
116th	Zambia	59.06%	-0.1%
117th	Slovak Republic	58.84%	0.2%
118th	Hong Kong SAR, China	58.82%	-1.9%
119th	Latvia	58.82%	-2.1%
120th	Mongolia	58.81%	0.2%
121st	Bangladesh	58.58%	0.2%
122nd	Czechia	58.34%	-0.4%
123rd	Togo	58.17%	0.0%
124th	Luxembourg	57.05%	-0.7%
125th	Namibia	56.97%	0.5%
126th	Dominican Republic	56.71%	2.2%
127th	Lithuania	56.63%	0.2%
128th	Tonga	56.50%	-0.5%
129th	European Union	56.46%	0.3%
130th	Guyana	56.41%	-0.1%
131st	Ukraine	56.26%	0.0%
132nd	France	56.22%	-0.2%
133rd	Poland	56.16%	1.6%
134th	French Polynesia	56.16%	0.1%
135th	Uzbekistan	55.37%	-0.1%
136th	Albania	55.20%	0.4%
137th	Samoa	54.92%	-0.4%
138th	Cuba	54.82%	-1.2%
139th	India	54.77%	-1.5%
140th	Belgium	54.16%	1.2%
141st	Bulgaria	53.50%	-1.1%
142nd	Sri Lanka	53.30%	-0.4%
143rd	North Macedonia	53.19%	-2.8%
144th	Greece	52.89%	0.3%
145th	Maldives	52.79%	1.3%
146th	Suriname	52.78%	1.1%
147th	Croatia	52.54%	-1.0%
148th	South Africa	52.27%	-3.1%
149th	Hungary	51.99%	0.8%
150th	Eswatini	51.84%	-0.3%
151st	Saudi Arabia	51.43%	3.7%
152nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.15%	-0.3%
153rd	Pakistan	51.00%	0.9%
154th	Malta	50.63%	1.2%
155th	Romania	50.26%	6.5%
156th	Serbia	49.65%	-2.6%
157th	Morocco	49.61%	-1.0%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.37%	3.1%
159th	Gabon	49.08%	0.4%
160th	Libya	48.80%	0.9%
161st	Türkiye	48.80%	1.9%
162nd	Sudan	48.74%	0.1%
163rd	Papua New Guinea	48.34%	-0.3%
164th	Montenegro	48.26%	0.0%
165th	Gambia, The	48.11%	0.0%
166th	Italy	47.99%	-0.6%
167th	Senegal	47.99%	-1.0%
168th	Tunisia	47.43%	0.6%
169th	Afghanistan	46.82%	0.1%
170th	Turkmenistan	46.55%	-1.4%
171st	Lebanon	44.76%	1.0%
172nd	Mauritania	43.96%	-0.5%
173rd	Algeria	43.51%	0.8%
174th	Comoros	43.22%	0.7%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	42.70%	-0.6%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.30%	-1.7%
177th	Tajikistan	42.11%	-1.0%
178th	Puerto Rico (US)	41.90%	-3.0%
179th	Iraq	41.28%	-0.4%
180th	Nepal	40.91%	-0.1%
181st	West Bank and Gaza	40.00%	1.2%
182nd	Yemen, Republic of	39.72%	-0.9%
183rd	Jordan	39.50%	-1.5%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.44%	-0.1%
185th	Djibouti	33.18%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.03%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's labor force participation in 2010?▾

Papua New Guinea's labor force participation in 2010 was 48.34%. This ranked 163rd globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's labor force participation change in 2010?▾

Papua New Guinea's labor force participation decreased by 0.3% in 2010 compared to 2009.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2010?▾

Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2010 at 86.56%.

What is the labor force participation of Papua New Guinea in 2010?▾

The labor force participation of Papua New Guinea in 2010 was 48.34%. This ranked 163rd globally.

How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Papua New Guinea's labor force participation?▾

Papua New Guinea's labor force participation went from 48.48% in 2009 to 48.34% in 2010, a 0.3% decrease.

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