Middle Eastern and North Africa Compared by Labor > Force > Total > Per capita
DEFINITION:
Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 0.601 per capita | 2005 | ||
2 | Qatar | 0.581 per capita | 2005 | ||
3 | Kuwait | 0.542 per capita | 2005 | ||
4 | Bahrain | 0.464 per capita | 2005 | ||
5 | Algeria | 0.408 per capita | 2005 | ||
6 | Iran | 0.404 per capita | 2005 | ||
7 | Libya | 0.399 per capita | 2005 | ||
8 | Syria | 0.398 per capita | 2005 | ||
9 | Israel | 0.394 per capita | 2005 | ||
10 | Tunisia | 0.384 per capita | 2005 | ||
11 | Oman | 0.373 per capita | 2005 | ||
12 | Morocco | 0.369 per capita | 2005 | ||
13 | Lebanon | 0.351 per capita | 2005 | ||
14 | Jordan | 0.341 per capita | 2005 | ||
15 | Saudi Arabia | 0.322 per capita | 2005 | ||
16 | Egypt | 0.309 per capita | 2005 | ||
17 | Yemen | 0.283 per capita | 2005 | ||
18 | Iraq | 0.275 per capita | 1999 |