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United Arab Emirates - Labor Force Participation 2009

Name: United Arab Emirates Labor Force Participation 2009
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

76.60% −0.46pp from 2008 Global rank: 17th

United Arab Emirates's labor force participation was 76.60% in 2009, decreased +0.46pp from 77.06% in 2008. This was the 17th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.84%	-0.6%
2nd	Madagascar	86.53%	0.0%
3rd	Qatar	86.49%	0.5%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.51%	0.1%
5th	Mozambique	82.82%	-0.7%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.08%	0.0%
7th	Cambodia	82.02%	3.9%
8th	Nigeria	81.52%	-0.1%
9th	Burkina Faso	80.06%	-0.3%
10th	Eritrea	79.81%	-0.2%
11th	Niger	79.47%	0.0%
12th	Peru	78.58%	0.5%
13th	Cameroon	78.18%	-2.3%
14th	Burundi	78.16%	0.4%
15th	Angola	77.26%	0.0%
16th	Liberia	77.11%	0.0%
17th	United Arab Emirates	76.60%	-0.6%
18th	Malawi	76.05%	-1.6%
19th	Viet Nam	76.04%	0.6%
20th	Iceland	74.83%	-2.1%
21st	Bahamas, The	73.92%	-0.1%
22nd	South Sudan	73.90%	-0.1%
23rd	Kenya	73.59%	0.2%
24th	Uganda	73.51%	-0.2%
25th	Thailand	72.84%	-0.1%
26th	Central African Republic	72.66%	0.1%
27th	Ghana	71.91%	-0.1%
28th	Benin	71.85%	0.0%
29th	China	71.29%	-0.5%
30th	Kazakhstan	71.02%	-0.1%
31st	Bahrain	70.71%	2.0%
32nd	Mali	70.37%	0.1%
33rd	Macao SAR, China	69.97%	0.3%
34th	Bhutan	69.70%	0.0%
35th	Paraguay	69.62%	0.5%
36th	Barbados	69.16%	-0.4%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	68.93%	-1.3%
38th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.60%	-0.3%
39th	Switzerland	68.28%	0.1%
40th	Kuwait	68.22%	0.4%
41st	Georgia	68.17%	0.3%
42nd	Timor-Leste	68.13%	-0.8%
43rd	Norway	68.02%	-0.6%
44th	Vanuatu	67.79%	-4.5%
45th	Congo, Republic of	67.76%	-0.1%
46th	New Zealand	67.75%	-0.3%
47th	Lesotho	67.54%	-0.8%
48th	Brazil	67.40%	0.3%
49th	Colombia	66.95%	4.4%
50th	Canada	66.95%	-0.5%
51st	Côte d'Ivoire	66.83%	0.2%
52nd	Netherlands	66.82%	-0.5%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	66.67%	-0.4%
54th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.59%	0.1%
55th	Singapore	66.57%	-0.1%
56th	St. Lucia	66.50%	0.4%
57th	Indonesia	66.05%	-0.5%
58th	Zimbabwe	65.83%	0.1%
59th	Myanmar	65.54%	-0.3%
60th	Australia	65.50%	-0.1%
61st	Haiti	65.27%	0.5%
62nd	Trinidad and Tobago	64.95%	-1.4%
63rd	Uruguay	64.74%	1.2%
64th	Chad	64.66%	-0.8%
65th	Denmark	64.51%	-1.1%
66th	United States	64.37%	-0.9%
67th	New Caledonia	64.34%	-0.2%
68th	Ireland	64.08%	-2.8%
69th	Ecuador	64.01%	-3.8%
70th	Cyprus	63.70%	0.0%
71st	Panama	63.52%	-3.3%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	63.46%	-0.1%
73rd	Sweden	63.36%	-0.8%
74th	Nicaragua	63.29%	0.5%
75th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.88%	-0.2%
76th	Israel	62.87%	0.1%
77th	Botswana	62.68%	1.5%
78th	Russian Federation	62.66%	0.2%
79th	Belarus	62.33%	0.8%
80th	Jamaica	62.18%	-3.4%
81st	Kyrgyz Republic	62.06%	-0.4%
82nd	United Kingdom	61.99%	-0.3%
83rd	Armenia	61.90%	2.4%
84th	Guam	61.70%	3.2%
85th	Belize	61.69%	0.4%
86th	Sierra Leone	61.63%	-1.5%
87th	Philippines	61.44%	0.6%
88th	Portugal	61.30%	-1.1%
89th	Malaysia	61.27%	0.5%
90th	Rwanda	61.06%	-0.1%
91st	Fiji	60.99%	1.8%
92nd	Azerbaijan	60.98%	0.3%
93rd	Guatemala	60.91%	-0.7%
94th	Lao PDR	60.83%	-0.2%
95th	Honduras	60.81%	2.1%
96th	Argentina	60.78%	0.6%
97th	Estonia	60.76%	-0.7%
98th	Moldova	60.69%	1.8%
99th	Mexico	60.56%	-0.1%
100th	Costa Rica	60.49%	-0.7%
101st	El Salvador	60.42%	-0.8%
102nd	Finland	60.38%	-1.7%
103rd	Korea	60.22%	-1.0%
104th	Latvia	60.07%	-2.3%
105th	Hong Kong SAR, China	59.98%	-0.2%
106th	Austria	59.92%	0.4%
107th	Japan	59.86%	-0.5%
108th	Guinea	59.79%	-1.1%
109th	Channel Islands	59.67%	-0.1%
110th	Slovenia	59.64%	-0.2%
111th	Spain	59.25%	0.3%
112th	Germany	59.21%	0.2%
113th	Zambia	59.11%	-0.1%
114th	Equatorial Guinea	59.05%	0.2%
115th	Slovak Republic	58.70%	-0.8%
116th	Mongolia	58.68%	0.4%
117th	Oman	58.58%	1.4%
118th	Czechia	58.55%	0.2%
119th	Bangladesh	58.45%	0.2%
120th	Mauritius	58.43%	0.2%
121st	Chile	58.35%	-0.3%
122nd	Togo	58.16%	0.0%
123rd	Luxembourg	57.46%	4.0%
124th	Tonga	56.78%	-0.3%
125th	Namibia	56.69%	0.5%
126th	Lithuania	56.54%	1.3%
127th	Guyana	56.48%	-0.1%
128th	France	56.31%	0.3%
129th	European Union	56.31%	-0.4%
130th	Ukraine	56.25%	0.0%
131st	French Polynesia	56.11%	0.1%
132nd	Cabo Verde	55.84%	-0.5%
133rd	India	55.63%	-1.6%
134th	Cuba	55.48%	2.3%
135th	Dominican Republic	55.47%	-3.7%
136th	Uzbekistan	55.41%	0.9%
137th	Poland	55.25%	1.2%
138th	Samoa	55.13%	0.0%
139th	Albania	54.99%	3.4%
140th	North Macedonia	54.70%	0.0%
141st	Bulgaria	54.10%	-1.4%
142nd	South Africa	53.96%	-3.3%
143rd	Sri Lanka	53.52%	-0.4%
144th	Belgium	53.51%	-0.3%
145th	Croatia	53.05%	-0.1%
146th	Greece	52.73%	0.8%
147th	Suriname	52.22%	1.1%
148th	Maldives	52.10%	-0.6%
149th	Eswatini	51.99%	-0.3%
150th	Hungary	51.56%	-1.2%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.31%	-0.1%
152nd	Serbia	50.96%	-3.5%
153rd	Pakistan	50.54%	0.9%
154th	Morocco	50.10%	-1.0%
155th	Malta	50.01%	0.6%
156th	Saudi Arabia	49.58%	0.9%
157th	Gabon	48.87%	0.5%
158th	Sudan	48.69%	0.5%
159th	Senegal	48.49%	-1.0%
160th	Papua New Guinea	48.48%	-0.2%
161st	Libya	48.37%	0.9%
162nd	Italy	48.28%	-1.3%
163rd	Montenegro	48.25%	-0.1%
164th	Gambia, The	48.12%	0.0%
165th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.90%	0.7%
166th	Türkiye	47.88%	2.1%
167th	Turkmenistan	47.23%	-0.9%
168th	Romania	47.21%	-7.4%
169th	Tunisia	47.16%	0.7%
170th	Afghanistan	46.75%	0.1%
171st	Lebanon	44.31%	1.0%
172nd	Mauritania	44.16%	-0.5%
173rd	Puerto Rico (US)	43.20%	-3.6%
174th	Algeria	43.16%	0.0%
175th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.03%	1.8%
176th	Syrian Arab Republic	42.94%	-1.5%
177th	Comoros	42.92%	0.7%
178th	Tajikistan	42.51%	-4.6%
179th	Iraq	41.42%	-0.3%
180th	Nepal	40.95%	-0.1%
181st	Jordan	40.10%	1.5%
182nd	Yemen, Republic of	40.08%	-1.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	39.53%	0.4%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.47%	-0.1%
185th	Djibouti	33.29%	-0.4%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.03%	0.0%

FAQ

What was United Arab Emirates's labor force participation in 2009?▾

United Arab Emirates's labor force participation in 2009 was 76.60%. This ranked 17th globally.

How did United Arab Emirates's labor force participation change in 2009?▾

United Arab Emirates's labor force participation decreased by 0.6% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2009?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2009 at 86.84%.

What is the labor force participation of United Arab Emirates in 2009?▾

The labor force participation of United Arab Emirates in 2009 was 76.60%. This ranked 17th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for United Arab Emirates's labor force participation?▾

United Arab Emirates's labor force participation went from 77.06% in 2008 to 76.60% in 2009, a 0.6% decrease.

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