Puerto Rico (US) - Labor Force Participation 2012
39.90%
−0.60pp from 2011
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation was 39.90% in 2012, decreased +0.60pp from 40.50% in 2011. This was the 180th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Madagascar | 86.36% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Qatar | 86.27% | -0.2% |
| 3rd | Tanzania | 85.17% | -0.7% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.31% | 0.1% |
| 5th | Cambodia | 82.99% | -2.9% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.07% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.06% | -0.1% |
| 8th | Mozambique | 81.01% | -0.8% |
| 9th | Eritrea | 79.36% | -0.2% |
| 10th | Burkina Faso | 79.35% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Burundi | 78.70% | 0.2% |
| 12th | Peru | 78.46% | -0.2% |
| 13th | Niger | 77.65% | -2.3% |
| 14th | United Arab Emirates | 77.05% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Angola | 77.04% | -0.4% |
| 16th | Liberia | 76.96% | -0.1% |
| 17th | Viet Nam | 76.32% | -0.1% |
| 18th | Iceland | 74.28% | 0.1% |
| 19th | Cameroon | 74.22% | -1.4% |
| 20th | Kenya | 73.94% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 73.80% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | South Sudan | 73.57% | -0.1% |
| 23rd | Central African Republic | 72.96% | 0.2% |
| 24th | Thailand | 72.83% | -0.5% |
| 25th | Benin | 72.30% | 0.6% |
| 26th | Malawi | 71.85% | -2.1% |
| 27th | Ghana | 71.72% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Bahrain | 71.59% | 0.6% |
| 29th | Paraguay | 71.28% | 4.9% |
| 30th | Macao SAR, China | 70.74% | -0.2% |
| 31st | Kazakhstan | 70.73% | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Kuwait | 70.72% | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Mali | 70.54% | 0.1% |
| 34th | China | 70.41% | -0.6% |
| 35th | Uganda | 69.92% | -12.8% |
| 36th | St. Lucia | 69.03% | 2.9% |
| 37th | Colombia | 68.07% | 0.8% |
| 38th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.07% | -0.3% |
| 39th | Singapore | 67.94% | 0.8% |
| 40th | Congo, Republic of | 67.87% | 0.1% |
| 41st | New Zealand | 67.64% | -0.4% |
| 42nd | Switzerland | 67.59% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Barbados | 67.57% | -1.6% |
| 44th | Indonesia | 67.42% | 0.8% |
| 45th | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.27% | 0.2% |
| 46th | Timor-Leste | 67.26% | -0.2% |
| 47th | Norway | 67.08% | -0.1% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 66.78% | 0.6% |
| 49th | Georgia | 66.76% | -0.6% |
| 50th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.67% | 0.1% |
| 51st | Canada | 66.56% | -0.1% |
| 52nd | Brunei Darussalam | 66.38% | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Oman | 66.11% | 5.3% |
| 54th | Zimbabwe | 66.09% | 0.1% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 66.03% | -1.5% |
| 56th | Lesotho | 65.82% | -0.9% |
| 57th | Haiti | 65.72% | -0.1% |
| 58th | Israel | 65.26% | 3.5% |
| 59th | Australia | 65.25% | -0.4% |
| 60th | Uruguay | 65.22% | -1.2% |
| 61st | Myanmar | 65.14% | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Guatemala | 65.12% | 6.1% |
| 63rd | Panama | 64.96% | 3.1% |
| 64th | Moldova | 64.79% | 0.6% |
| 65th | Brazil | 64.41% | -0.7% |
| 66th | Bhutan | 64.40% | -4.5% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | 64.33% | 6.1% |
| 68th | Nicaragua | 64.30% | 0.5% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 64.17% | -0.2% |
| 70th | Cyprus | 64.04% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Belarus | 63.67% | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.62% | 1.3% |
| 73rd | Sweden | 63.53% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.32% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Vanuatu | 63.13% | -1.0% |
| 76th | Chad | 63.13% | -0.8% |
| 77th | United States | 63.11% | -0.2% |
| 78th | Russian Federation | 62.96% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Malaysia | 62.95% | 1.6% |
| 80th | Guam | 62.54% | -0.1% |
| 81st | Ecuador | 62.45% | 1.1% |
| 82nd | Denmark | 62.42% | -1.2% |
| 83rd | Belize | 62.40% | 0.4% |
| 84th | United Kingdom | 61.99% | 0.3% |
| 85th | Philippines | 61.73% | -0.8% |
| 86th | Chile | 61.69% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Fiji | 61.69% | -2.2% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 61.59% | 0.7% |
| 89th | Ireland | 61.59% | -0.5% |
| 90th | Armenia | 61.55% | -0.4% |
| 91st | Kyrgyz Republic | 61.51% | -2.8% |
| 92nd | Estonia | 61.26% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Mexico | 61.22% | 1.1% |
| 94th | Botswana | 61.17% | 1.0% |
| 95th | Korea | 60.93% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Rwanda | 60.85% | -0.1% |
| 97th | Jamaica | 60.73% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Lao PDR | 60.41% | -0.2% |
| 99th | Argentina | 60.36% | -0.5% |
| 100th | Virgin Islands (US) | 60.34% | -1.9% |
| 101st | Austria | 60.21% | 0.5% |
| 102nd | El Salvador | 60.20% | 1.0% |
| 103rd | Portugal | 60.13% | -0.6% |
| 104th | Equatorial Guinea | 60.01% | 0.7% |
| 105th | Germany | 59.96% | 0.2% |
| 106th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 59.74% | 0.7% |
| 107th | Latvia | 59.68% | 2.0% |
| 108th | Mongolia | 59.65% | -0.3% |
| 109th | Finland | 59.59% | -0.4% |
| 110th | Channel Islands | 59.50% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 59.43% | 2.2% |
| 112th | Spain | 59.40% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 59.18% | 0.6% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 59.14% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Japan | 59.01% | -0.4% |
| 116th | Zambia | 58.97% | -0.1% |
| 117th | Sierra Leone | 58.84% | -1.6% |
| 118th | Mauritius | 58.69% | 0.5% |
| 119th | Czechia | 58.64% | 0.6% |
| 120th | Honduras | 58.40% | -2.2% |
| 121st | Luxembourg | 58.20% | 2.3% |
| 122nd | Togo | 58.19% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Slovenia | 57.83% | -0.6% |
| 124th | Lithuania | 57.75% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Guinea | 57.74% | -1.2% |
| 126th | Bangladesh | 57.65% | -0.8% |
| 127th | Namibia | 57.53% | 0.5% |
| 128th | Albania | 57.00% | -4.9% |
| 129th | Poland | 56.77% | 0.7% |
| 130th | European Union | 56.69% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Ukraine | 56.27% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | French Polynesia | 56.26% | 0.1% |
| 133rd | France | 56.23% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Guyana | 56.20% | -0.2% |
| 135th | Tonga | 55.89% | -0.5% |
| 136th | Uzbekistan | 55.80% | 0.4% |
| 137th | Saudi Arabia | 55.40% | 3.8% |
| 138th | Cuba | 55.09% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Samoa | 54.87% | 0.2% |
| 140th | North Macedonia | 54.27% | -0.5% |
| 141st | Maldives | 54.16% | 1.3% |
| 142nd | Suriname | 53.89% | 1.0% |
| 143rd | India | 53.51% | -1.1% |
| 144th | Belgium | 53.33% | 0.1% |
| 145th | Bulgaria | 53.17% | 1.2% |
| 146th | Hungary | 52.87% | 1.2% |
| 147th | Malta | 52.66% | 2.5% |
| 148th | Sri Lanka | 52.57% | -0.6% |
| 149th | South Africa | 52.51% | 0.6% |
| 150th | Greece | 51.89% | -0.5% |
| 151st | Eswatini | 51.60% | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Croatia | 51.33% | -0.8% |
| 153rd | Pakistan | 51.11% | 0.7% |
| 154th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.68% | -0.5% |
| 155th | Serbia | 50.15% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Romania | 50.04% | 0.3% |
| 157th | Türkiye | 49.96% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Gabon | 49.62% | 0.6% |
| 159th | Montenegro | 49.44% | 2.4% |
| 160th | Libya | 49.15% | 0.2% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 49.06% | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Italy | 48.81% | 1.9% |
| 163rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 48.49% | -0.6% |
| 164th | Morocco | 48.41% | -1.5% |
| 165th | Tunisia | 48.25% | 1.3% |
| 166th | Gambia, The | 47.95% | 0.0% |
| 167th | Sudan | 47.84% | -1.9% |
| 168th | Senegal | 46.99% | -1.1% |
| 169th | Afghanistan | 46.96% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Lebanon | 45.68% | 1.0% |
| 171st | Turkmenistan | 44.82% | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 43.85% | 0.7% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 43.55% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Algeria | 43.11% | -0.5% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.77% | 2.8% |
| 176th | West Bank and Gaza | 41.68% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Tajikistan | 41.30% | -1.0% |
| 178th | Iraq | 40.99% | -0.4% |
| 179th | Nepal | 40.70% | -0.3% |
| 180th | Puerto Rico (US) | 39.90% | -1.5% |
| 181st | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.20% | -9.7% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | 38.21% | -1.8% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 38.00% | -2.6% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.23% | -0.3% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 32.96% | -0.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.01% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2012?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation in 2012 was 39.90%. This ranked 180th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation change in 2012?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation decreased by 1.5% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2012?▾
Madagascar had the highest labor force participation in 2012 at 86.36%.
What is the labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2012?▾
The labor force participation of Puerto Rico (US) in 2012 was 39.90%. This ranked 180th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s labor force participation went from 40.50% in 2011 to 39.90% in 2012, a 1.5% decrease.
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