Timor-Leste - Labor Force Participation 2008
68.67%
−0.55pp from 2007
Timor-Leste's labor force participation was 68.67% in 2008, decreased +0.55pp from 69.22% in 2007. This was the 40th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tanzania | 87.36% | -0.6% |
| 2nd | Madagascar | 86.55% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Qatar | 86.09% | 0.9% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 84.46% | -0.1% |
| 5th | Mozambique | 83.39% | -0.7% |
| 6th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 82.05% | -0.1% |
| 7th | Nigeria | 81.61% | -0.2% |
| 8th | Burkina Faso | 80.29% | -0.3% |
| 9th | Cameroon | 80.01% | -2.1% |
| 10th | Eritrea | 79.97% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Niger | 79.43% | 0.1% |
| 12th | Cambodia | 78.94% | -2.8% |
| 13th | Peru | 78.22% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Burundi | 77.88% | 0.3% |
| 15th | Malawi | 77.31% | -1.5% |
| 16th | Angola | 77.25% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Liberia | 77.12% | 0.0% |
| 18th | United Arab Emirates | 77.06% | -0.3% |
| 19th | Iceland | 76.42% | -1.0% |
| 20th | Viet Nam | 75.59% | 0.7% |
| 21st | Bahamas, The | 73.99% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | South Sudan | 73.99% | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Uganda | 73.66% | -0.2% |
| 24th | Kenya | 73.47% | 0.2% |
| 25th | Thailand | 72.88% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Central African Republic | 72.60% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Ghana | 71.97% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Benin | 71.84% | 0.0% |
| 29th | China | 71.63% | -0.5% |
| 30th | Kazakhstan | 71.12% | 1.0% |
| 31st | Vanuatu | 71.02% | -4.1% |
| 32nd | Mali | 70.33% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 69.87% | -1.3% |
| 34th | Macao SAR, China | 69.76% | 1.7% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 69.67% | 0.1% |
| 36th | Barbados | 69.42% | -0.3% |
| 37th | Bahrain | 69.31% | 2.0% |
| 38th | Paraguay | 69.30% | 0.7% |
| 39th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.77% | -0.3% |
| 40th | Timor-Leste | 68.67% | -0.8% |
| 41st | Norway | 68.43% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Switzerland | 68.19% | 0.9% |
| 43rd | Lesotho | 68.10% | -0.8% |
| 44th | Georgia | 67.97% | -0.3% |
| 45th | New Zealand | 67.97% | -0.1% |
| 46th | Kuwait | 67.94% | 0.1% |
| 47th | Congo, Republic of | 67.80% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Canada | 67.27% | 0.2% |
| 49th | Brazil | 67.17% | -0.2% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 67.15% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Brunei Darussalam | 66.90% | -0.5% |
| 52nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.68% | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Singapore | 66.62% | 1.7% |
| 54th | Ecuador | 66.55% | -0.3% |
| 55th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.50% | 0.2% |
| 56th | Indonesia | 66.37% | 0.2% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 66.21% | 0.4% |
| 58th | Ireland | 65.94% | -1.0% |
| 59th | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.83% | -0.3% |
| 60th | Zimbabwe | 65.75% | 0.1% |
| 61st | Myanmar | 65.73% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Panama | 65.66% | 2.5% |
| 63rd | Australia | 65.56% | 0.4% |
| 64th | Denmark | 65.21% | -1.0% |
| 65th | Chad | 65.17% | -0.8% |
| 66th | United States | 64.99% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Haiti | 64.91% | 0.6% |
| 68th | New Caledonia | 64.47% | -0.2% |
| 69th | Jamaica | 64.39% | -0.4% |
| 70th | Colombia | 64.16% | 0.4% |
| 71st | Uruguay | 64.01% | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Sweden | 63.87% | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Cyprus | 63.68% | -0.2% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 63.50% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Virgin Islands (US) | 63.01% | -0.5% |
| 76th | Nicaragua | 62.95% | 0.5% |
| 77th | Israel | 62.81% | 0.1% |
| 78th | Russian Federation | 62.55% | 0.8% |
| 79th | Sierra Leone | 62.55% | -1.4% |
| 80th | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.29% | -1.7% |
| 81st | United Kingdom | 62.19% | 0.4% |
| 82nd | Portugal | 62.00% | -0.3% |
| 83rd | Belarus | 61.81% | 0.7% |
| 84th | Botswana | 61.78% | 1.5% |
| 85th | Latvia | 61.51% | 2.2% |
| 86th | Belize | 61.45% | 0.4% |
| 87th | Finland | 61.43% | 0.5% |
| 88th | Guatemala | 61.35% | -0.7% |
| 89th | Estonia | 61.16% | 1.1% |
| 90th | Rwanda | 61.10% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Philippines | 61.07% | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 60.96% | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Lao PDR | 60.95% | -0.2% |
| 94th | El Salvador | 60.92% | -0.8% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | 60.91% | -0.8% |
| 96th | Azerbaijan | 60.82% | -1.6% |
| 97th | Korea | 60.81% | -0.8% |
| 98th | Mexico | 60.64% | -0.5% |
| 99th | Guinea | 60.46% | -1.1% |
| 100th | Armenia | 60.44% | -0.5% |
| 101st | Argentina | 60.43% | -1.1% |
| 102nd | Japan | 60.16% | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 60.08% | -0.8% |
| 104th | Fiji | 59.93% | 1.8% |
| 105th | Slovenia | 59.78% | -0.3% |
| 106th | Guam | 59.77% | 3.4% |
| 107th | Channel Islands | 59.73% | 0.0% |
| 108th | Austria | 59.66% | 0.4% |
| 109th | Moldova | 59.59% | 1.3% |
| 110th | Honduras | 59.58% | 1.0% |
| 111th | Slovak Republic | 59.18% | 0.8% |
| 112th | Zambia | 59.16% | -0.1% |
| 113th | Germany | 59.09% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Spain | 59.08% | 1.3% |
| 115th | Equatorial Guinea | 58.90% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Chile | 58.55% | 2.1% |
| 117th | Mongolia | 58.45% | -1.1% |
| 118th | Czechia | 58.41% | -0.6% |
| 119th | Bangladesh | 58.32% | 0.2% |
| 120th | Mauritius | 58.31% | 0.2% |
| 121st | Togo | 58.17% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Oman | 57.77% | 1.1% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 57.59% | 0.7% |
| 124th | Tonga | 56.97% | -0.3% |
| 125th | European Union | 56.54% | 0.4% |
| 126th | Guyana | 56.52% | 0.0% |
| 127th | India | 56.51% | -1.6% |
| 128th | Namibia | 56.41% | 0.5% |
| 129th | Ukraine | 56.25% | 0.0% |
| 130th | France | 56.13% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 56.11% | -0.5% |
| 132nd | French Polynesia | 56.08% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Lithuania | 55.79% | 0.7% |
| 134th | South Africa | 55.79% | -0.2% |
| 135th | Luxembourg | 55.22% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Samoa | 55.14% | -0.3% |
| 137th | Uzbekistan | 54.90% | -0.1% |
| 138th | Bulgaria | 54.86% | 2.5% |
| 139th | North Macedonia | 54.70% | 0.8% |
| 140th | Poland | 54.58% | 1.1% |
| 141st | Cuba | 54.24% | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Sri Lanka | 53.75% | -0.4% |
| 143rd | Belgium | 53.70% | 0.1% |
| 144th | Albania | 53.19% | -2.0% |
| 145th | Croatia | 53.08% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Serbia | 52.79% | -1.3% |
| 147th | Maldives | 52.40% | -0.6% |
| 148th | Greece | 52.33% | 0.1% |
| 149th | Hungary | 52.18% | -0.3% |
| 150th | Eswatini | 52.15% | -0.3% |
| 151st | Suriname | 51.66% | 1.1% |
| 152nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.37% | -0.1% |
| 153rd | Romania | 50.97% | 0.5% |
| 154th | Morocco | 50.59% | 0.0% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 50.08% | 0.1% |
| 156th | Malta | 49.72% | 0.3% |
| 157th | Saudi Arabia | 49.14% | 1.0% |
| 158th | Senegal | 48.99% | -1.0% |
| 159th | Italy | 48.92% | 0.7% |
| 160th | Gabon | 48.62% | 0.5% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 48.56% | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Sudan | 48.46% | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Montenegro | 48.28% | 0.2% |
| 164th | Gambia, The | 48.13% | 0.0% |
| 165th | Libya | 47.92% | 1.0% |
| 166th | Turkmenistan | 47.64% | -2.7% |
| 167th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 47.55% | -0.8% |
| 168th | Türkiye | 46.89% | 1.4% |
| 169th | Tunisia | 46.83% | 0.4% |
| 170th | Afghanistan | 46.68% | 0.1% |
| 171st | Puerto Rico (US) | 44.80% | -2.9% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | 44.57% | -4.5% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 44.37% | -0.5% |
| 174th | Lebanon | 43.85% | 1.0% |
| 175th | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.59% | -1.5% |
| 176th | Algeria | 43.15% | -0.1% |
| 177th | Comoros | 42.61% | 0.7% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.27% | -4.9% |
| 179th | Iraq | 41.57% | -0.4% |
| 180th | Nepal | 41.01% | -0.2% |
| 181st | Yemen, Republic of | 40.47% | -1.0% |
| 182nd | Jordan | 39.50% | -0.8% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 39.38% | -1.4% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 34.50% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 33.41% | -0.3% |
| 186th | São Tomé and Principe | 24.03% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Timor-Leste's labor force participation in 2008?▾
Timor-Leste's labor force participation in 2008 was 68.67%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Timor-Leste's labor force participation change in 2008?▾
Timor-Leste's labor force participation decreased by 0.8% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2008?▾
Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2008 at 87.36%.
What is the labor force participation of Timor-Leste in 2008?▾
The labor force participation of Timor-Leste in 2008 was 68.67%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Timor-Leste's labor force participation?▾
Timor-Leste's labor force participation went from 69.22% in 2007 to 68.67% in 2008, a 0.8% decrease.
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