Samoa - Labor Force Participation 1991
56.32%
+0.12pp from 1990
Samoa's labor force participation was 56.32% in 1991, increased +0.12pp from 56.20% in 1990. This was the 134th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 89.55% | -0.6% |
| 2nd | Tanzania | 86.66% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Madagascar | 86.21% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 84.07% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Burkina Faso | 83.93% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Qatar | 83.84% | 0.1% |
| 7th | Solomon Islands | 83.34% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Nigeria | 82.39% | 0.7% |
| 9th | Cameroon | 82.23% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 81.60% | 0.1% |
| 11th | Eritrea | 80.98% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Malawi | 80.70% | 0.1% |
| 13th | Cambodia | 79.94% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Niger | 78.88% | 0.0% |
| 15th | China | 78.71% | -0.6% |
| 16th | Viet Nam | 78.06% | -0.1% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.33% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Angola | 77.31% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Vanuatu | 76.98% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Georgia | 76.63% | 1.2% |
| 21st | Thailand | 75.12% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 74.65% | 0.4% |
| 23rd | South Sudan | 74.36% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Lesotho | 73.67% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Uganda | 73.34% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Ghana | 73.06% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Kenya | 72.94% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Iceland | 72.74% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Central African Republic | 72.50% | 0.1% |
| 30th | Bahamas, The | 72.26% | 0.7% |
| 31st | Guam | 72.22% | -0.6% |
| 32nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 72.20% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Chad | 72.17% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Benin | 72.16% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Timor-Leste | 71.73% | -0.2% |
| 36th | Jamaica | 70.89% | -0.5% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 70.49% | -0.1% |
| 38th | Mali | 70.37% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Kazakhstan | 70.36% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Azerbaijan | 69.73% | 0.3% |
| 41st | Virgin Islands (US) | 69.52% | 6.0% |
| 42nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.33% | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Paraguay | 69.20% | 0.1% |
| 44th | Congo, Republic of | 68.63% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Albania | 68.31% | 7.3% |
| 46th | Myanmar | 68.26% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Barbados | 68.15% | -0.5% |
| 48th | Denmark | 67.21% | -0.1% |
| 49th | Russian Federation | 66.86% | -0.8% |
| 50th | Zimbabwe | 66.85% | -0.2% |
| 51st | Estonia | 66.78% | -1.8% |
| 52nd | Colombia | 66.74% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Netherlands | 66.55% | 0.3% |
| 54th | Haiti | 66.42% | -0.5% |
| 55th | Bahrain | 66.40% | -0.5% |
| 56th | Brunei Darussalam | 66.36% | -0.1% |
| 57th | Guatemala | 66.35% | 0.1% |
| 58th | Sweden | 66.29% | -1.1% |
| 59th | Canada | 66.23% | -0.8% |
| 60th | Lithuania | 66.15% | -1.0% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | 66.09% | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Indonesia | 65.95% | -0.6% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 65.84% | -0.1% |
| 64th | Honduras | 65.67% | -0.4% |
| 65th | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.55% | -0.1% |
| 66th | United States | 65.00% | -0.4% |
| 67th | Switzerland | 64.82% | 0.3% |
| 68th | New Caledonia | 64.80% | 0.2% |
| 69th | Brazil | 64.72% | 0.1% |
| 70th | Sierra Leone | 64.37% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Kuwait | 64.10% | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Guinea-Bissau | 64.05% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Japan | 63.79% | 0.6% |
| 74th | Guinea | 63.77% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 63.44% | 0.4% |
| 76th | New Zealand | 63.43% | -0.1% |
| 77th | Finland | 63.41% | -2.1% |
| 78th | Australia | 63.29% | -1.0% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 63.24% | 0.3% |
| 80th | St. Lucia | 63.02% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Rwanda | 62.82% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.66% | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Lao PDR | 62.44% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Botswana | 62.35% | -0.4% |
| 85th | United Kingdom | 61.98% | -0.6% |
| 86th | Norway | 61.90% | 0.6% |
| 87th | Singapore | 61.66% | 1.0% |
| 88th | El Salvador | 61.58% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Philippines | 61.42% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | 61.37% | -0.3% |
| 91st | Poland | 61.34% | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Portugal | 60.98% | 2.1% |
| 93rd | Ireland | 60.92% | 0.7% |
| 94th | Cyprus | 60.73% | 0.7% |
| 95th | Cabo Verde | 60.63% | -0.4% |
| 96th | Latvia | 60.61% | -0.1% |
| 97th | Kyrgyz Republic | 60.55% | 2.3% |
| 98th | Equatorial Guinea | 60.49% | 0.6% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 60.13% | -0.1% |
| 100th | Korea | 60.11% | 1.2% |
| 101st | Argentina | 59.97% | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Fiji | 59.85% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 59.64% | 0.3% |
| 104th | Zambia | 59.63% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Germany | 59.60% | 2.5% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 59.28% | -0.4% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 59.25% | 0.3% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.21% | 0.3% |
| 109th | Peru | 59.12% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Togo | 59.12% | -0.1% |
| 111th | Serbia | 59.09% | 0.3% |
| 112th | Belarus | 59.09% | -0.3% |
| 113th | Sri Lanka | 59.06% | -3.9% |
| 114th | Israel | 59.02% | 0.3% |
| 115th | Moldova | 58.85% | 0.7% |
| 116th | Slovenia | 58.35% | -0.3% |
| 117th | Macao SAR, China | 58.28% | 0.7% |
| 118th | Mexico | 58.21% | 0.1% |
| 119th | South Africa | 58.03% | -0.1% |
| 120th | India | 57.97% | 0.1% |
| 121st | Nicaragua | 57.90% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Mongolia | 57.83% | 1.1% |
| 123rd | Panama | 57.82% | 6.2% |
| 124th | Uruguay | 57.52% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Croatia | 57.35% | -0.7% |
| 126th | Channel Islands | 57.30% | 0.3% |
| 127th | Oman | 57.22% | 1.7% |
| 128th | Türkiye | 57.00% | 0.7% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 56.95% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 56.92% | 1.4% |
| 131st | Bangladesh | 56.92% | 0.2% |
| 132nd | Tonga | 56.71% | 1.9% |
| 133rd | Costa Rica | 56.50% | -1.5% |
| 134th | Samoa | 56.32% | 0.2% |
| 135th | Malaysia | 56.32% | 0.1% |
| 136th | North Macedonia | 56.27% | 0.4% |
| 137th | European Union | 56.19% | 0.4% |
| 138th | Austria | 56.09% | 0.8% |
| 139th | Belize | 55.67% | 0.6% |
| 140th | Namibia | 55.10% | 0.0% |
| 141st | France | 55.02% | -1.0% |
| 142nd | Tajikistan | 55.01% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.88% | 0.9% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 54.26% | -0.3% |
| 145th | Chile | 53.20% | 1.3% |
| 146th | Cuba | 52.25% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Luxembourg | 51.98% | 2.4% |
| 148th | Saudi Arabia | 51.26% | -0.2% |
| 149th | Hungary | 51.24% | -0.6% |
| 150th | Morocco | 51.21% | -0.1% |
| 151st | Senegal | 51.07% | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Montenegro | 51.06% | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.96% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Italy | 50.33% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Romania | 50.30% | 0.5% |
| 156th | Sudan | 50.28% | 0.4% |
| 157th | Bulgaria | 50.14% | -0.2% |
| 158th | Maldives | 49.88% | 0.7% |
| 159th | Malta | 49.83% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Spain | 49.74% | -0.2% |
| 161st | Pakistan | 49.68% | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Belgium | 49.19% | 1.9% |
| 163rd | Tunisia | 49.13% | 0.1% |
| 164th | Greece | 48.99% | -3.1% |
| 165th | Gabon | 48.49% | -0.1% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 48.48% | -0.3% |
| 167th | Turkmenistan | 48.47% | 1.7% |
| 168th | Gambia, The | 48.24% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Suriname | 48.23% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 47.14% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 46.78% | -0.8% |
| 172nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.72% | 0.1% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 46.43% | -0.1% |
| 174th | Algeria | 45.82% | 0.4% |
| 175th | Puerto Rico (US) | 45.64% | 2.4% |
| 176th | Libya | 45.56% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Lebanon | 44.83% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Yemen, Republic of | 44.19% | -0.1% |
| 179th | Iraq | 42.45% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Comoros | 41.70% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Nepal | 41.54% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 40.35% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Jordan | 39.51% | 0.4% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 35.06% | -0.2% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.98% | 0.0% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.69% | 0.1% |
FAQ
What was Samoa's labor force participation in 1991?▾
Samoa's labor force participation in 1991 was 56.32%. This ranked 134th globally.
How did Samoa's labor force participation change in 1991?▾
Samoa's labor force participation increased by 0.2% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1991?▾
Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1991 at 89.55%.
What is the labor force participation of Samoa in 1991?▾
The labor force participation of Samoa in 1991 was 56.32%. This ranked 134th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Samoa's labor force participation?▾
Samoa's labor force participation went from 56.20% in 1990 to 56.32% in 1991, a 0.2% increase.
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