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Per capita Adult economic activity rate(%)
GDP ($US), Year Male Female
1997
Afghanistan 286 1979 88 a 7 a
Albania 732 ... ... ...
Algeria 1097 1996 77 b 12 b
American Samoa ... 1990 59 c 42 c
Andorra 13670 ... ... ...
Angola 663 ... ... ...
Antigua and Barbuda 8791 1991 74 56
Argentina 9070 1995 76 41
Armenia 458 1989 65 52
Australia 21971 1997 73 a 54 a
Austria 25465 1996 70 d 48 d
Azerbaijan 496 1989 75 54
Bahamas 13047 1994 81 67
Bahrain 9522 1991 88 29
Bangladesh 286 1995-96 89 a 56 a
Barbados 8178 1996 73 a 61 a
Belarus 1331 1989 76 61
Belgium 23948 1997 61 41
Belize 2788 1996 79 e 34 e
Benin 364 1992 90 58
Bermuda 36652 ... ... ...
Bhutan 197 ... ... ...
Bolivia 996 1996 74 d f 56 d f
Bosnia-Herzegovina 938 ... ... ...
Botswana 3209 1996 60 a 46 a
Brazil 4930 1996 82 g 51 g
Brunei Darussalam 17890 1991 82 46
Bulgaria 1212 1992 61 54
Burkina Faso 160 1991 89 79
Burundi 126 1991 90 h 91 h
Cambodia 159 1996 82 76
Cameroon 617 ... ... ...
Canada 20082 1997 73 i 57 i
Cape Verde 833 1990 85 41
Central African Republic 364 1988 87 69
Chad 149 1993 81 64
Chile 5271 1997 75 a 35 a
China j 745 1990 85 73
Hong Kong SAR 26567 1996 76 a 48 a
Colombia 2384 1997 78 k 52 k
Comoros 334 ... ... ...
Congo 702 1984 68 49
Cook Islands 5213 1991 71 44
Costa Rica 2540 1997 81 36
Côte d'Ivoire 731 1988 89 h 42 h
Croatia 4352 1991 64 44
Cuba 2100 1988 73 l 41 l
Cyprus 11106 1995 78 m 48 m
Czech Republic 5052 1997 71 52
Dem. Rep. of the Congo 52 ... ... ...
Denmark 30718 1997 84 n 73 n
Djibouti 979 ... ... ...
Dominica 3427 1989 75 43
Dominican Republic 1841 1996 83 43
Ecuador 1648 1997 81 49
Egypt 1168 1995 73 a o 22 a o
El Salvador 1935 1997 79 p 41 p
Equatorial Guinea 349 1983 89 42
Eritrea 173 ... ... ...
Estonia 3239 1997 69 p 53 p
Ethiopia 104 1995 85 58
Fiji 2733 1986 85 23
Finland 23309 1997 67 p 56 p
France 23843 1998 62 48
French Guiana 9373 1990 75 52
French Polynesia 16646 1988 74 d 49 d
Gabon 4611 ... ... ...
Gambia 323 1993 70 45
Georgia 966 1989 75 58
Germany 25468 1997 68 48
Ghana 398 ... ... ...
Greece 11181 1997 63 a 37 a
Grenada 3353 1988 69 56
Guadeloupe 8008 1990 67 52
Guam ... 1990 84 c 60 c
Guatemala 1691 1994 84 18
Guinea 535 1983 80 45
Guinea-Bissau 96 ... ... ...
Guyana 881 1992-93 81 39
Haiti 398 1990 80 49
Honduras 785 1997 88 a 41 a
Hungary 4502 1996 61 d p 43 d p
Iceland 27181 1997 86 a q 76 a q
India 402 1991 80 r 34 r
Indonesia 1055 1997 83 50
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 2466 1991 80 10
Iraq 7037 1987 74 10
Ireland 20603 1997 68 42
Israel 15800 1997 62 a s 46 a s
Italy 19962 1996 62 d 35 d
Jamaica 2634 1994 74 e 62 e
Japan 33265 1997 78 50
Jordan 1306 1993 73 a 13 a
Kazakhstan 1255 1989 79 63
Kenya 356 1989 81 71
Kiribati 680 1990 84 68
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 232 ... ... ...
Korea, Republic of 9677 1997 76 t 50 t
Kuwait 17533 1988 80 34
Kyrgyztan 380 1989 75 59
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 348 ... ... ...
Latvia 2246 1997 69 d 52 d
Lebanon 4546 ... ... ...
Lesotho 505 ... ... ...
Liberia 1242 ... ... ...
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5621 ... ... ...
Liechtenstein 35170 ... ... ...
Lithuania 2578 1997 70 a e 54 a e
Luxembourg 37785 1997 65 v 38 v
Macau ... 1997 78 a e 55 a e
Madagascar 122 ... ... ...
Malawi 234 1987 81 a 75 a
Malaysia 4665 1990 77 l 42 l
Maldives 1325 1995 74 28
Mali 244 ... ... ...
Malta 8718 1997 74 27
Marshall Islands 1661 1988 77 30
Martinique 11348 1990 66 54
Mauritania 388 ... ... ...
Mauritius 3688 1995 80 w 39 w
Mexico 4265 1997 84 39
Micronesia, Fed. States 1899 1985-89 65 x 33 x
Monaco 23843 ... ... ...
Mongolia 375 ... ... ...
Morocco 1246 1995 75 y z 31 y z
Mozambique 94 1980 88 87
Myanmar 274 1983 74 z aa 39 z aa
Namibia 2046 1991 69 a 49 a
Nepal 217 1991 80 l 49 l
Netherlands 23270 1997 82 bb cc 62 bb cc
Netherlands Antilles 13841 1997 68 ll 52 ll
New Caledonia 17623 1989 81 dd 50 dd
New Zealand 17359 1997 71 w 54 w
Nicaragua 431 1995 85 u 33 u
Niger 191 1988 94 dd 22 dd
Nigeria 1376 1986 78 ff 37 ff
Northern Mariana Islands ... 1990 88 c 76 c
Norway 34890 1996 77 q 66 q
Oman 6751 1993 84 16
Pakistan 466 1994-95 82 a gg 13 a gg
Palau 5811 1990 72 c 53 c
Panama 3159 1997 80 43
Papua New Guinea 1031 ... ... ...
Paraguay 1961 1994 86 a y ee 53 a y ee
Peru 2674 1997 78 y 55 y
Philippines 1151 1997 82 hh 49 hh
Poland 3505 1997 66 a d 50 a d
Portugal 10269 1997 67 d u ii 49 d u ii
Puerto Rico 13362 1998 62 a c 35 a c
Qatar 16166 1986 93 28
Republic of Moldova 428 1989 75 62
Reunion 10767 1993 63 42
Romania 1545 1997 73 58
Russian Federation 3028 1996 68 jj 50 jj
Rwanda 170 1996 87 85
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6405 1991 77 57
Saint Lucia 4031 1991 79 49
St. Vincent/Grenadines 2543 1991 81 44
Samoa 1094 1991 77 a 40 a
San Marino 19962 1997 76 56
Sao Tome and Principe 318 1991 77 37
Saudi Arabia 6921 1986 79 7
Senegal 519 1988 83 24
Seychelles 7304 1989 79 57
Sierra Leone 260 1988-89 80 76
Singapore 28107 1997 78 51
Slovakia 3621 1997 66 a 51 a
Slovenia 9122 1997 65 52
Solomon Islands 845 1986 87 85
Somalia 169 ... ... ...
South Africa 3331 1991 80 dd 50 dd
Spain 13412 1997 63 c 38 c
Sri Lanka 826 1997 76 kk 35 kk
Sudan 59 1996 75 29
Suriname 3733 1995 64 mm 33 mm
Swaziland 1420 1986 64 28
Sweden 25718 1997 79 nn 75 nn
Switzerland 35170 1997 78 a oo 57 a oo
Syrian Arab Republic 4343 ... ... ...
Tajikistan 178 1989 75 60
Thailand 2576 1997 82 a 67 a
The FYR of Macedonia 1671 1996 67 pp 43 pp
Togo 327 1981 78 51
Tonga 1788 1993-94 74 45
Trinidad and Tobago 4397 1996 74 47
Tunisia 2063 1994 74 23
Turkey 3026 1997 75 a 26 a
Turkmenistan 188 1989 78 62
Uganda 313 ... ... ...
Ukraine 973 1995 69 57
United Arab Emirates 20203 1985 93 24
United Kingdom 21921 1997 72 c 54 c
United Rep. Tanzania 245 ... ... ...
United States 28789 1996 75 a c 59 a c
US Virgin Islands ... 1990 72 60
Uruguay 6026 1995 74 e y 47 e y
Uzbekistan 426 1989 75 61
Vanuatu 1420 1989 87 79
Venezuela 3678 1997 82 a 44 a
Viet Nam 330 1989 82 74
Yemen 318 1986 81 qq 2 qq
Yugoslavia 1600 ... ... ...
Zambia 450 ... ... ...
Zimbabwe 802 1992 78 47
Sources:Footnotes:
... Not available.
a Excluding armed forces.
b Excluding
nationals working abroad and their families.
c Age 16+ years.
d Excluding conscripts.
e Age 14+ years.
f
Data relate to urban survey conducted in the main departmental
capitals of the country.
g Excluding the rural population of
Rondonia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Para and Amapa,
which represents about 2.5 per cent of the total population of the
country. Excluding
institutional households and
members of the armed forces in barracks.
h Excluding unemployed
persons not previously employed.
i Excluding full-time members
of the armed forces and indigenous populations
living on reserves.
j For statistical purposes the data
for China do not include Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) and Taiwan province of China.
k
The data relate to Bogota, Barranquilla, Medellin, Cali, Bucaramanga, Manizales
and Pasto.
l Economically active relates only to employed
persons.
m The data relate to the government-controlled areas.
n
Age 15-66 years.
o Egyptian population only.
p Age
15-74 years.
q Age 16-74 years.
r Excluding Jammu
and Kashmir (the final status of which has not yet been determined).
s
Including data relating to Israeli residents in certain territories under
occupation by Israeli
military forces since June
1967.
t Excluding resident foreigners and the armed forces.
u De jure population.
v Excluding border
workers and employees of international organizations.
w Civilians
only.
x Excludes Pohnpei State.
y Urban areas.
z Excluding institutional households.
aa
Excluding Buddhist monks and nuns.
bb Age 15-64 years.
cc
Excluding persons working or seeking work for less than 12 hours per
week.
dd Age 20+ years.
ee Age 15-69 years.
ff
Excluding institutional households, armed forces and persons doing unpaid
community or
social work.
gg
Excluding Jammu and Kashmir (the final status of which has not yet been
determined),
Gilgit and Baltistan, Junagradh and
Manavadar.
hh Including members of the armed forces living in private
households.
ii Including the Azores and Madeira.
jj
Age 15-72 years.
kk Excluding northern and eastern provinces.
ll Curacao only.
mm The data relate to the districts
of Wanica and Paramaribo.
nn Age 16-64 years.
oo Excluding
seasonal/border workers.
pp Age 15-80 years.
qq Data
refer to the former Yemen Arab Republic only.
Technical notes:
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in US dollars is calculated by the
Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat primarily from official
national accounts statistics in national currencies provided by national
statistical services. GDP is the total unduplicated output of economic goods and
services produced within a country as measured in monetary terms according to
the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The series shown here is
based on the statistical concepts and methods recommended in the 1968 System
of National Accounts (United Nations publication, Series F, No. 2, Rev. 3).
GDP as defined in the 1968 SNA includes subsistence production produced by
households for their own use, valued at current local prices for comparable
commodities.
The exchange rates used for the
conversion of national currency data into US dollars are the average market
rates as published by the International Monetary Fund in the International
Financial Statistics. Official exchange rates were used only when a free market
rate was not available. For non-members of the fund, the conversion rates used
are the average of the United Nations operational rates of exchange. For
international comparison, currency exchange rates applied to national accounts
aggregates provide an important but highly approximate measure of national
economic output and may differ substantially from comparisons based on actual
purchasing power.
Adult economic
activity rate refers to the percentage population aged 15 and over which is
economically active. Data are compiled by the International Labour Office from
population census and labour force sample survey data collected by national
statistical services and provided to ILO and the Statistics Division of the
United Nations Secretariat in publications and questionnaires. These data are
published in the Year Book of Labour Statistics (Geneva, ILO) and the
Demographic
Yearbook (United Nations publication).
The statistical concept of economically active population used here is that
recommended by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1982 and
is designed to be consistent with the concept of economic production in the
System of National Accounts. It defines as economically active all employed and
unemployed persons, including those seeking work for the first time. It covers
employers operating unincorporated enterprises, persons working on their own
account, employees, unpaid family workers, members of producers cooperatives and
members of the armed forces. In the internationally recommended definition,
production of primary products such as foodstuffs for own consumption and
certain other non-monetary activites are considered economic activity and
persons engaged in such production are to be considered economically active. In
principle, any such work for as little as one hour a week is taken to define a
person as economically active.
Specific elements
of the standard concepts may differ substantially from country to country, such
as the choice of time-reference period and the determination of minimum hours of
work and unpaid family work, including production for own consumption. These
differences may result in particular in the undercounting of women who are
economically active.
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