Middle Eastern and North Africa Compared by Labor > Labor force, total per 1000
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DEFINITION:
Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Qatar | 751.84 | 2012 | ||
2 | United Arab Emirates | 678.71 | 2012 | ||
3 | Bahrain | 562.84 | 2012 | ||
4 | Kuwait | 511.4 | 2012 | ||
5 | Oman | 481.36 | 2012 | ||
6 | Israel | 461.65 | 2012 | ||
7 | Libya | 374.59 | 2012 | ||
8 | Lebanon | 369.87 | 2012 | ||
9 | Saudi Arabia | 367.04 | 2012 | ||
10 | Tunisia | 364.69 | 2012 | ||
11 | Morocco | 360.77 | 2012 | ||
12 | Iran | 341.9 | 2012 | ||
13 | Egypt | 336.88 | 2012 | ||
14 | Algeria | 317.18 | 2012 | ||
15 | Yemen | 287.52 | 2012 | ||
16 | Syria | 281.85 | 2012 | ||
17 | Jordan | 272.06 | 2012 | ||
18 | Iraq | 251.05 | 2012 |