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Puerto Rico (US) - Labor Force Participation 2006

Name: Puerto Rico (US) Labor Force Participation 2006
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

47.23% −0.47pp from 2005 Global rank: 167th

Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation was 47.23% in 2006, decreased +0.47pp from 47.70% in 2005. This was the 167th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	88.35%	0.4%
2nd	Madagascar	86.53%	0.0%
3rd	Mozambique	84.49%	-0.6%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.47%	0.0%
5th	Qatar	83.75%	1.4%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.07%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	81.96%	-0.3%
8th	Cameroon	81.75%	0.0%
9th	Cambodia	81.03%	0.2%
10th	Burkina Faso	80.75%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	80.04%	0.1%
12th	Malawi	79.69%	-1.4%
13th	Niger	79.34%	0.1%
14th	Burundi	77.45%	-1.3%
15th	Angola	77.26%	0.0%
16th	United Arab Emirates	77.22%	0.7%
17th	Liberia	77.10%	0.0%
18th	Iceland	76.89%	1.5%
19th	Vanuatu	76.87%	-0.2%
20th	Peru	76.14%	4.1%
21st	Viet Nam	74.60%	0.5%
22nd	South Sudan	74.23%	-0.1%
23rd	Bahamas, The	74.15%	-0.1%
24th	Uganda	73.92%	-0.1%
25th	Kenya	73.23%	0.2%
26th	Central African Republic	72.55%	0.0%
27th	Thailand	72.48%	-0.8%
28th	China	72.28%	-0.4%
29th	Ghana	72.10%	-0.1%
30th	Benin	71.81%	0.0%
31st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.69%	-1.2%
32nd	Mali	70.27%	0.0%
33rd	Barbados	69.79%	-0.3%
34th	Timor-Leste	69.69%	0.3%
35th	Kazakhstan	69.68%	0.3%
36th	Bhutan	69.53%	0.1%
37th	Lesotho	69.21%	-0.8%
38th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.12%	-0.2%
39th	Georgia	69.12%	-1.2%
40th	Norway	68.17%	0.4%
41st	Kuwait	68.08%	-0.3%
42nd	Ecuador	67.95%	1.5%
43rd	Congo, Republic of	67.85%	-0.1%
44th	New Zealand	67.74%	0.8%
45th	Brazil	67.71%	-0.5%
46th	Brunei Darussalam	67.57%	-0.3%
47th	Switzerland	67.32%	0.5%
48th	Netherlands	67.17%	-0.1%
49th	Paraguay	67.05%	-4.6%
50th	Canada	66.83%	0.1%
51st	Bahrain	66.72%	1.6%
52nd	Trinidad and Tobago	66.54%	0.1%
53rd	Côte d'Ivoire	66.38%	0.2%
54th	Denmark	66.34%	0.6%
55th	Chad	66.17%	-0.7%
56th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.13%	0.4%
57th	Myanmar	66.12%	-0.3%
58th	Ireland	66.09%	0.6%
59th	Singapore	66.08%	1.4%
60th	Macao SAR, China	65.85%	3.0%
61st	Zimbabwe	65.66%	0.1%
62nd	St. Lucia	65.63%	0.4%
63rd	United States	65.18%	0.2%
64th	Jamaica	64.94%	-0.4%
65th	Australia	64.85%	0.5%
66th	Azerbaijan	64.80%	-2.6%
67th	New Caledonia	64.63%	-0.1%
68th	Colombia	64.62%	-1.1%
69th	Kyrgyz Republic	64.50%	-0.5%
70th	Sierra Leone	64.35%	-1.4%
71st	Indonesia	64.21%	-0.3%
72nd	Haiti	64.19%	0.6%
73rd	Panama	63.71%	-1.3%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.57%	0.0%
75th	Sweden	63.34%	0.2%
76th	Cyprus	63.30%	0.0%
77th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.80%	0.4%
78th	Guam	62.70%	2.6%
79th	Finland	62.28%	0.1%
80th	Nicaragua	62.27%	0.6%
81st	Guatemala	62.24%	-0.7%
82nd	Israel	62.22%	0.7%
83rd	United Kingdom	62.10%	0.7%
84th	Portugal	62.05%	0.3%
85th	Uruguay	61.98%	4.1%
86th	Guinea	61.80%	-1.1%
87th	Argentina	61.80%	0.5%
88th	Korea	61.46%	-0.2%
89th	Philippines	61.42%	-0.3%
90th	Russian Federation	61.23%	0.5%
91st	Lao PDR	61.19%	-0.2%
92nd	Rwanda	61.14%	-0.1%
93rd	Belarus	61.04%	0.5%
94th	Belize	60.98%	0.4%
95th	El Salvador	60.92%	0.5%
96th	Mexico	60.88%	1.3%
97th	Armenia	60.67%	-0.2%
98th	Costa Rica	60.65%	-1.1%
99th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.54%	0.0%
100th	Estonia	60.50%	3.2%
101st	Malaysia	60.46%	0.3%
102nd	Japan	60.42%	0.0%
103rd	Botswana	59.89%	0.4%
104th	Honduras	59.86%	-2.9%
105th	Channel Islands	59.71%	0.0%
106th	Slovenia	59.47%	0.2%
107th	Czechia	59.27%	-0.2%
108th	Zambia	59.26%	-0.1%
109th	Mongolia	59.19%	-0.1%
110th	Slovak Republic	59.06%	-0.7%
111th	Mauritius	59.02%	-0.4%
112th	Germany	59.00%	1.1%
113th	Latvia	58.95%	3.1%
114th	Equatorial Guinea	58.89%	-0.2%
115th	Austria	58.56%	0.9%
116th	India	58.35%	-1.6%
117th	Togo	58.23%	-0.1%
118th	Moldova	58.09%	6.0%
119th	Bangladesh	58.07%	-0.1%
120th	Spain	57.84%	1.7%
121st	Fiji	57.80%	1.9%
122nd	Tonga	57.37%	-0.4%
123rd	Dominican Republic	57.30%	1.2%
124th	Chile	56.88%	2.0%
125th	Cabo Verde	56.65%	-0.5%
126th	Oman	56.65%	0.5%
127th	Guyana	56.54%	0.0%
128th	French Polynesia	56.41%	-0.6%
129th	European Union	56.21%	0.4%
130th	South Africa	55.99%	-0.2%
131st	France	55.92%	-0.1%
132nd	Namibia	55.84%	0.5%
133rd	Ukraine	55.81%	-0.4%
134th	Albania	55.35%	-1.9%
135th	Samoa	55.35%	-0.1%
136th	Uzbekistan	55.21%	-0.7%
137th	Luxembourg	55.15%	0.0%
138th	Lithuania	55.14%	-1.8%
139th	Sri Lanka	54.21%	-0.4%
140th	Poland	54.19%	-1.1%
141st	Cuba	54.06%	0.3%
142nd	Serbia	53.41%	-0.5%
143rd	North Macedonia	53.25%	0.0%
144th	Belgium	53.11%	-0.3%
145th	Maldives	53.00%	-0.6%
146th	Greece	52.43%	0.5%
147th	Eswatini	52.41%	-0.2%
148th	Hungary	52.41%	0.2%
149th	Croatia	52.11%	-1.0%
150th	Bulgaria	52.01%	3.8%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.53%	-0.3%
152nd	Morocco	50.62%	0.0%
153rd	Romania	50.58%	0.1%
154th	Suriname	50.53%	1.1%
155th	Turkmenistan	50.05%	-2.2%
156th	Pakistan	50.03%	-0.7%
157th	Senegal	50.00%	-0.1%
158th	Sudan	49.11%	-0.6%
159th	Italy	48.88%	-0.1%
160th	Malta	48.85%	0.3%
161st	Tajikistan	48.74%	-4.1%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	48.58%	-0.1%
163rd	Saudi Arabia	48.35%	0.6%
164th	Gabon	48.29%	0.3%
165th	Montenegro	48.19%	-0.3%
166th	Gambia, The	48.19%	-0.2%
167th	Puerto Rico (US)	47.23%	-1.0%
168th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.97%	2.1%
169th	Libya	46.97%	0.7%
170th	Afghanistan	46.57%	0.1%
171st	Tunisia	46.49%	0.9%
172nd	Türkiye	46.27%	-0.3%
173rd	Syrian Arab Republic	45.81%	-1.6%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	45.29%	-1.8%
175th	Mauritania	44.77%	-0.5%
176th	Lebanon	43.61%	-0.5%
177th	Algeria	43.25%	-0.2%
178th	Comoros	41.99%	0.7%
179th	Iraq	41.77%	-0.1%
180th	Yemen, Republic of	41.36%	-1.2%
181st	Nepal	41.17%	-0.2%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	38.63%	0.0%
183rd	Jordan	37.70%	-1.6%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.41%	0.3%
185th	Djibouti	33.64%	-0.2%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.02%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2006?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2006 was 47.23%. This ranked 167th globally.

How did Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation change in 2006?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation decreased by 1.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2006?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2006 at 88.35%.

What is the labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2006?▾

The labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2006 was 47.23%. This ranked 167th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation?▾

Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation went from 47.70% in 2005 to 47.23% in 2006, a 1.0% decrease.

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