Puerto Rico (US) - Labor Force Participation 2011
40.50%
−1.40pp from 2010
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation was 40.50% in 2011, decreased +1.40pp from 41.90% in 2010. This was the 181st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2011▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 86.46% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.43% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 85.75% | -0.6% |
| 4th | Cambodia | 85.44% | 0.8% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 84.24% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.09% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Mozambique | 81.63% | -0.7% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 81.12% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Uganda | 80.16% | 9.3% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 79.58% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Niger | 79.52% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Eritrea | 79.51% | -0.2% |
| 13th | Peru | 78.65% | -0.7% |
| 14th | Burundi | 78.57% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Angola | 77.32% | 0.1% |
| 16th | Liberia | 77.02% | -0.1% |
| 17th | United Arab Emirates | 76.87% | 0.3% |
| 18th | Viet Nam | 76.37% | 0.1% |
| 19th | Cameroon | 75.24% | -1.3% |
| 20th | Iceland | 74.19% | -0.7% |
| 21st | Kenya | 73.82% | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Bahamas, The | 73.81% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | South Sudan | 73.62% | -0.2% |
| 24th | Malawi | 73.38% | -1.8% |
| 25th | Thailand | 73.23% | 2.2% |
| 26th | Central African Republic | 72.82% | 0.1% |
| 27th | Benin | 71.88% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Ghana | 71.78% | -0.1% |
| 29th | Bahrain | 71.19% | -0.8% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 70.87% | 1.3% |
| 31st | China | 70.86% | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Kazakhstan | 70.83% | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Mali | 70.46% | 0.1% |
| 34th | Kuwait | 69.70% | 1.5% |
| 35th | Barbados | 68.64% | -0.4% |
| 36th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.25% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Paraguay | 67.92% | 0.3% |
| 38th | New Zealand | 67.90% | 0.5% |
| 39th | Congo, Republic of | 67.79% | 0.1% |
| 40th | Switzerland | 67.53% | 0.8% |
| 41st | Colombia | 67.51% | 0.6% |
| 42nd | Bhutan | 67.41% | -1.1% |
| 43rd | Timor-Leste | 67.41% | -0.4% |
| 44th | Singapore | 67.38% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Georgia | 67.16% | -0.8% |
| 46th | Norway | 67.14% | -0.3% |
| 47th | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.12% | 0.2% |
| 48th | St. Lucia | 67.07% | 0.4% |
| 49th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 67.01% | -1.4% |
| 50th | Indonesia | 66.91% | 0.5% |
| 51st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.62% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Canada | 66.59% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 66.51% | -0.1% |
| 54th | Lesotho | 66.40% | -0.9% |
| 55th | Netherlands | 66.39% | -0.2% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 66.02% | 2.7% |
| 57th | Zimbabwe | 66.01% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Haiti | 65.76% | 0.2% |
| 59th | Australia | 65.51% | 0.1% |
| 60th | Myanmar | 65.27% | -0.1% |
| 61st | Brazil | 64.87% | -1.9% |
| 62nd | Moldova | 64.40% | 1.6% |
| 63rd | New Caledonia | 64.27% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Nicaragua | 63.97% | 0.5% |
| 65th | Cyprus | 63.83% | -0.6% |
| 66th | Vanuatu | 63.76% | -1.0% |
| 67th | Chad | 63.64% | -0.8% |
| 68th | Sweden | 63.53% | 0.5% |
| 69th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.37% | -0.1% |
| 70th | Belarus | 63.30% | 0.8% |
| 71st | Kyrgyz Republic | 63.30% | 1.5% |
| 72nd | United States | 63.23% | -0.8% |
| 73rd | Denmark | 63.17% | -0.7% |
| 74th | Fiji | 63.06% | 1.7% |
| 75th | Israel | 63.04% | -0.3% |
| 76th | Panama | 63.01% | -2.9% |
| 77th | Russian Federation | 62.94% | 0.5% |
| 78th | Trinidad and Tobago | 62.78% | -1.6% |
| 79th | Oman | 62.76% | 5.2% |
| 80th | Guam | 62.60% | 2.0% |
| 81st | Philippines | 62.23% | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Belize | 62.16% | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Malaysia | 61.94% | 0.5% |
| 84th | Ireland | 61.93% | -1.1% |
| 85th | Armenia | 61.81% | -0.2% |
| 86th | Ecuador | 61.78% | -1.4% |
| 87th | United Kingdom | 61.78% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Chile | 61.72% | 2.2% |
| 89th | Virgin Islands (US) | 61.48% | 0.9% |
| 90th | Guatemala | 61.40% | 1.6% |
| 91st | Estonia | 61.26% | 1.2% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 61.19% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Rwanda | 60.93% | -0.1% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 60.82% | 0.5% |
| 95th | Argentina | 60.65% | 0.8% |
| 96th | Korea | 60.64% | 0.5% |
| 97th | Costa Rica | 60.62% | 2.4% |
| 98th | Botswana | 60.57% | 1.2% |
| 99th | Lao PDR | 60.55% | -0.2% |
| 100th | Mexico | 60.53% | 0.2% |
| 101st | Portugal | 60.47% | -1.2% |
| 102nd | Albania | 59.94% | 8.6% |
| 103rd | Austria | 59.91% | 0.1% |
| 104th | Germany | 59.85% | 0.9% |
| 105th | Finland | 59.82% | 0.2% |
| 106th | Mongolia | 59.81% | 1.7% |
| 107th | Sierra Leone | 59.78% | -1.5% |
| 108th | Honduras | 59.73% | -3.5% |
| 109th | Equatorial Guinea | 59.62% | 0.6% |
| 110th | El Salvador | 59.58% | -0.5% |
| 111th | Spain | 59.37% | 0.0% |
| 112th | Channel Islands | 59.36% | -1.0% |
| 113th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 59.33% | 0.9% |
| 114th | Japan | 59.25% | -0.6% |
| 115th | Cabo Verde | 59.13% | 0.0% |
| 116th | Zambia | 59.02% | -0.1% |
| 117th | Slovak Republic | 58.80% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Latvia | 58.50% | -0.5% |
| 119th | Guinea | 58.43% | -1.2% |
| 120th | Mauritius | 58.43% | -1.3% |
| 121st | Czechia | 58.27% | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Togo | 58.18% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 58.16% | 2.6% |
| 124th | Slovenia | 58.16% | -2.0% |
| 125th | Bangladesh | 58.11% | -0.8% |
| 126th | Lithuania | 57.40% | 1.4% |
| 127th | Namibia | 57.25% | 0.5% |
| 128th | Luxembourg | 56.89% | -0.3% |
| 129th | European Union | 56.43% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Poland | 56.40% | 0.4% |
| 131st | Guyana | 56.33% | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Ukraine | 56.27% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | French Polynesia | 56.21% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Tonga | 56.17% | -0.6% |
| 135th | France | 56.02% | -0.4% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 55.55% | 0.3% |
| 137th | Cuba | 54.94% | 0.2% |
| 138th | Samoa | 54.77% | -0.3% |
| 139th | North Macedonia | 54.53% | 2.5% |
| 140th | India | 54.13% | -1.2% |
| 141st | Maldives | 53.48% | 1.3% |
| 142nd | Saudi Arabia | 53.37% | 3.8% |
| 143rd | Suriname | 53.34% | 1.1% |
| 144th | Belgium | 53.30% | -1.6% |
| 145th | Sri Lanka | 52.87% | -0.8% |
| 146th | Bulgaria | 52.55% | -1.8% |
| 147th | Hungary | 52.23% | 0.5% |
| 148th | South Africa | 52.17% | -0.2% |
| 149th | Greece | 52.16% | -1.4% |
| 150th | Croatia | 51.76% | -1.5% |
| 151st | Eswatini | 51.71% | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Malta | 51.38% | 1.5% |
| 153rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.91% | -0.5% |
| 154th | Pakistan | 50.78% | -0.4% |
| 155th | Romania | 49.91% | -0.7% |
| 156th | Türkiye | 49.86% | 2.2% |
| 157th | Serbia | 49.75% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Gabon | 49.33% | 0.5% |
| 159th | Morocco | 49.16% | -0.9% |
| 160th | Libya | 49.04% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Sudan | 48.79% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.79% | -1.2% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 48.74% | 0.8% |
| 164th | Montenegro | 48.27% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Gambia, The | 47.96% | -0.3% |
| 166th | Italy | 47.88% | -0.2% |
| 167th | Tunisia | 47.63% | 0.4% |
| 168th | Senegal | 47.49% | -1.0% |
| 169th | Afghanistan | 46.88% | 0.1% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 45.50% | -2.3% |
| 171st | Lebanon | 45.22% | 1.0% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 43.75% | -0.5% |
| 173rd | Comoros | 43.53% | 0.7% |
| 174th | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.40% | 1.6% |
| 175th | Algeria | 43.32% | -0.4% |
| 176th | Tajikistan | 41.70% | -1.0% |
| 177th | West Bank and Gaza | 41.36% | 3.4% |
| 178th | Iraq | 41.13% | -0.4% |
| 179th | Nepal | 40.84% | -0.2% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 40.62% | -4.0% |
| 181st | Puerto Rico (US) | 40.50% | -3.3% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 39.00% | -1.3% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 38.92% | -2.0% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.34% | -0.3% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.07% | -0.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.01% | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2011?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2011 was 40.50%. This ranked 181st globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation change in 2011?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation decreased by 3.3% in 2011 compared to 2010.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2011?▾
Qatar had the highest labor force participation in 2011 at 86.46%.
What is the labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2011?▾
The labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2011 was 40.50%. This ranked 181st globally.
How does 2011 compare to 2010 for Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation went from 41.90% in 2010 to 40.50% in 2011, a 3.3% decrease.
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