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Indicators on income and economic activity
Last update: 1 August 2006
Country or area
Year
Total
Men
Women
Source
Afghanistan
184
...
...
...
...
...
Albania
2,554
2002
60
71
49
HS
Algeria
2,497
2000
a
27
47
7
LFS
Andorra
33,335
...
...
...
...
...
Angola
1,309
...
...
...
...
...
Anguilla
10,811
2001
c
74
80
68
PC
Antigua and Barbuda
8,595
...
...
...
...
...
Argentina1
3,988
2003
c
58
72
46
LFS
Armenia
1,195
2000
a,e
38
41
35
OE
Aruba
21,131
...
...
...
...
...
Australia
31,598
2005
c
64
72
57
LFS
Austria
35,777
2004
b,f
59
67
51
LFS
Azerbaijan
991
2004
a
46
49
t
43
u
OE
Bahamas
15,099
1998
e
70
74
66
LFS
Bahrain
15,332
2001
66
86
36
PC
Bangladesh
443
2003
57
87
26
LFS
Barbados
10,538
2004
70
75
64
LFS
Belarus
2,335
1999
59
66
53
PC
Belgium
33,879
2003
48
56
40
LFS
Belize
3,594
1996
v
56
79
34
LFS*
Benin2
500
2001
d
68
67
69
LFS
Bermuda
64,749
2000
73
80
68
PC
Bhutan
368
...
...
...
...
...
Bolivia
935
2000
b,g
70
82
60
LFS
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,017
...
...
...
...
...
Botswana
4,771
2001
55
65
46
PC
Brazil3
3,225
2004
69
81
57
LFS
British Virgin Islands
43,366
...
...
...
...
...
Brunei Darussalam
14,454
2001
b
68
79
56
PC
Bulgaria
3,137
2004
c,g
50
55
45
LFS
Burkina Faso
348
...
...
...
...
...
Burundi
93
...
...
...
...
...
Cambodia
316
1998
77
81
74
PC
Cameroon
1,007
2000
a
39
...
...
OE
Canada
31,031
2005
k
67
73
62
LFS
Cape Verde
1,947
...
...
...
...
...
Cayman Islands
38,594
1999
86
89
82
PC
Central African Republic
330
...
...
...
...
...
Chad
426
...
...
...
...
...
Chile
5,838
2005
53
70
37
LFS
China
1,283
2003
f,h
59
...
...
OE
China, Hong Kong SAR
23,641
2005
b,e  
61
71
52
HS
China, Macao SAR
22,476
2004
c,e,g,v
62
70
55
LFS*
Colombia
2,130
2005
a,e,g
46
55
37
LFS
Comoros
427
...
...
...
...
...
Congo
1,129
...
...
...
...
...
Cook Islands
8,945
2001
o
73
80
65
PC*
Costa Rica
4,325
2004
c
59
79
40
LFS
Cote d'Ivoire
908
...
...
...
...
...
Croatia
7,557
2001
c,g
53
62
45
PC
Cuba
3,059
2004
52
67
38
OE
Cyprus
18,562
2005
g
63
74
53
LFS
Czech Republic
10,462
2005
c
59
69
51
LFS
Democratic Republic of the Congo
115
2000
a
32
...
...
OE
Denmark
44,593
2005
c,w
78
83
74
LFS
Djibouti
852
...
...
...
...
...
Dominica
3,466
1997
67
75
60
LFS
Dominican Republic
2,706
2002
64
75
53
PC
Ecuador
2,302
2005
c
67
81
54
LFS
Egypt
1,222
2002
e,i
43
69
18
LFS
El Salvador
2,301
2004
60
78
44
LFS
Equatorial Guinea
7,845
...
...
...
...
...
Eritrea
187
...
...
...
...
...
Estonia
8,227
2003
d,g,p
63
69
58
LFS*
Ethiopia4
106
2004
c,e
64
71
57
LFS
Fiji
3,229
1996
59
79
39
PC
Finland
35,515
2004
c,p
66
69
63
LFS*
France
32,984
2004
d
55
62
49
LFS
French Guiana
...
1999
61
68
53
PC
French Polynesia
19,605
...
...
...
...
...
Gabon
4,710
...
...
...
...
...
Gambia
281
...
...
...
...
...
Georgia
1,132
2004
d,e
65
74
57
LFS
Germany
33,162
2004
57
65
49
LFS
Ghana
403
2000
75
77
73
PC
Greece
18,492
2003
d,g
49
61
38
LFS
Grenada
3,872
...
...
...
...
...
Guadeloupe
...
1999
59
64
55
PC
Guatemala
2,157
1999
j,q
49
74
23
LFS*
Guinea
421
...
...
...
...
...
Guinea-Bissau
176
...
...
...
...
...
Guyana
1,037
...
...
...
...
...
Haiti
471
...
...
...
...
...
Honduras5
1,046
2005
e  
58
82
36
LFS
Hungary
9,908
2005
g,p
55
62
48
LFS
Iceland
41,913
2002
e,x
83
87
78
LFS*
India
626
2001
59
78
38
PC
Indonesia
1,022
1999
68
85
52
LFS
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2,401
1996
43
75
11
PC
Iraq
952
...
...
...
...
...
Ireland
44,521
2004
60
71
49
LFS
Isle of Man
...
2001
c
63
71
56
PC
Israel
18,651
2005
g
55
61
50
LFS
Italy
28,913
2003
49
62
37
LFS
Jamaica
3,225
2004
64
74
55
LFS*
Japan
36,501
2004
d
60
73
48
LFS
Jordan
1,945
...
...
...
...
...
Kazakhstan
2,746
2004
70
76
65
LFS
Kenya
443
...
...
...
...
...
Kiribati
815
...
...
...
...
...
Korea, Demeocratic People's Republic
612
...
...
...
...
...
Korea, Republic of
14,266
2004
c,e
62
75
50
LFS
Kuwait
19,876
1997
a
55
69
33
OE
Kyrgyzstan
416
2002
64
74
55
LFS
Lao People's Democratic Republic
419
...
...
...
...
...
Latvia
5,876
2005
c,g,p
63
69
58
LFS*
Lebanon
5,634
1997
47
...
...
OE
Lesotho
764
...
...
...
...
...
Liberia
146
...
...
...
...
...
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
3,403
...
...
...
...
...
Liechtenstein
101,654
...
...
...
...
...
Lithuania
6,391
2004
d,g
57
64
52
LFS
Luxembourg
69,423
2005
56
65
46
LFS
Madagascar
222
2003
e,g
83
86
79
LFS
Malawi
165
1998
77
79
76
PC
Malaysia
4,731
2000
a,r
41
53
29
LFS
Maldives
2,345
2000
g
55
72
37
PC
Mali
377
...
...
...
...
...
Malta
14,074
2003
c
50
70
31
LFS
Marshall Islands
1,797
...
...
...
...
...
Mauritania
416
...
...
...
...
...
Mauritius
5,123
2004
58
77
40
LFS
Mexico
6,397
2005
c
59
80
41
LFS
Micronesia (Federated States of)
2,072
...
...
...
...
...
Monaco
32,984
...
...
...
...
...
Mongolia
486
2004
c,e,z
59
60
58
OE*
Montenegro6
2,178
2000
f
57
...
...
LFS
Montserrat
12,067
...
...
...
...
...
Morocco
1,589
2003
l
52
77
27
LFS
Mozambique
328
...
...
...
...
...
Myanmar
219
...
...
...
...
...
Namibia
2,661
...
...
...
...
...
Nauru
4,322
...
...
...
...
...
Nepal
245
...
...
...
...
...
Netherlands
35,683
2003
64
73
56
LFS
Netherlands Antilles7
17,164
2000
59
67
53
LFS
New Caledonia
17,538
1996
a,v
41
48
33
...
New Zealand
24,499
2005
e  
67
74
60
LFS
Nicaragua
820
2000
62
91
36
OE
Niger
199
...
...
...
...
...
Nigeria
594
...
...
...
...
...
Norway
54,383
2005
y
72
76
69
LFS*
Occupied Palestinian Territory
955
...
...
...
...
...
Oman
9,656
2003
56
78
25
PC
Pakistan
605
2004
c,e
51
83
18
LFS
Palau
6,717
...
...
...
...
...
Panama
4,269
2004
63
80
47
LFS
Papua New Guinea
824
2000
d
73
74
71
PC
Paraguay
1,168
...
...
...
...
...
Peru10
2,439
2004
a
47
56
38
LFS
Philippines
1,059
2004
m,n
67
83
50
HS
Poland
6,265
2004
d,g
55
62
48
LFS
Portugal
16,063
2003
c,g
62
70
55
LFS
Puerto Rico
21,481
2004
z
47
59
37
PC*
Qatar
36,620
1997
73
89
33
PC
Republic of Moldova
615
2004
d
50
52
48
LFS
Romania
3,358
2005
c
54
62
47
LFS
Russian Federation
4,047
2004
c,s
65
70
60
LFS*
Rwanda
205
1996
86
87
85
LFS
Saint Helena
...
1998
64
75
54
PC
Saint Kitts and Nevis
9,269
...
...
...
...
...
Saint Lucia
4,506
...
...
...
...
...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3,357
...
...
...
...
...
Samoa
1,968
...
...
...
...
...
San Marino
44,607
1999
67
76
57
PC
Sao Tome and Principe
447
...
...
...
...
...
Saudi Arabia
10,202
...
...
...
...
...
Senegal
672
...
...
...
...
...
Serbia8
2,178
2000
f
57
...
...
LFS
Seychelles
8,874
...
...
...
...
...
Sierra Leone
196
...
...
...
...
...
Singapore
25,002
2000
69
81
56
LFS
Slovakia
7,607
2004
c
60
68
53
LFS
Slovenia
16,359
2004
c,g
59
65
53
LFS
Solomon Islands
585
...
...
...
...
...
Somalia
262
...
...
...
...
...
South Africa
4,507
2003
54
61
48
LFS
Spain
24,386
2005
z
57
69
46
LFS
Sri Lanka9
935
2005
54
76
35
LFS
Sudan
562
1996
51
75
29
OE
Suriname
2,475
1999
47
61
33
LFS
Swaziland
2,231
...
...
...
...
...
Sweden
38,457
2005
aa,f,h
79
81
76
LFS*
Switzerland
49,367
2004
67
76
59
LFS
Syrian Arab Republic
1,261
2003
e
48
75
19
LFS
Tajikistan
297
1996
a
30
33
28
OE
Thailand
2,519
2005
74
82
66
LFS
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
2,593
2004
51
63
40
LFS
Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of)
370
...
...
...
...
...
Togo
348
1998
a
30
...
...
OE
Tonga
1,930
1996
58
75
42
PC
Trinidad and Tobago
8,772
2002
61
75
48
LFS
Tunisia
2,815
2005
46
69
24
LFS
Turkey
4,182
2004
49
72
25
LFS
Turkmenistan
2,596
...
...
...
...
...
Turks and Caicos Islands
9,924
...
...
...
...
...
Tuvalu
2,141
...
...
...
...
...
Uganda
280
...
...
...
...
...
Ukraine
1,384
bb
2003
62
67
58
LFS
United Arab Emirates
19,659
1995
75
92
31
PC
United Kingdom
35,718
2004
z
63
70
56
LFS*
United Republic of Tanzania
297
2001
c
88
90
87
LFS
United States
39,650
2005
z,e
66
73
59
LFS*
Uruguay4
3,842
2003
v
58
69
49
LFS*
Uzbekistan
450
...
...
...
...
...
Vanuatu
1,405
...
...
...
...
...
Venezuela
4,260
2002
69
84
55
HS
Vietnam
551
...
...
...
...
...
West Bank and Gaza strip
...
2004
c
40
67
14
LFS
Yemen
643
...
...
...
...
...
Zambia
463
...
...
...
...
...
Zanzibar
303
...
...
...
...
...
Zimbabwe
351
1999
71
79
65
LFS

Sources:

Per capita GDP
United Nations Statistics Division, National Accounts Section, available from the National Accounts Main Aggregates Database website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp(accessed 3 July 2006).

Adult economic activity rate
International Labour Office, Table 1A Total and economically active population, by age group, available from ILO LABORSTA website, http://laborsta.ilo.org/ (accessed 1 August 2006).

LFS
 Labour force survey.
HS
 Household survey.
PC
 Population census.
OE
 Official estimate.

Footnotes:

...
 Not available.
*
 Calculated by United Nations Statistics Division from national data provided to the International Labour Office (ILO).
a
 Data refers to crude economic activity rate.
b
 Provisional data.
c
 De jure population.
d
 De facto population.
e
 Excludes armed forces.
f
 Includes armed forces.
g
 Excludes conscripts.
h
 Includes conscripts.
i
 Egyptian population only.
j
 Revised data.
k
 Excludes indigenous populations living on reserves and full-time members of the armed forces.
l
 Relates to employed 7 years and over and to unemployed 15 years and over.
m
 Includes members of the armed forces living in private households.
n
 Excludes regular military living in barracks.
o
 Age group 15-69.
p
 Age group 15-74.
q
 Age group 15-79.
r
 Age group 15-64.
s
 Age group 15-72.
t
 Age group 15-61.
u
 Age group 15-56.
v
 Age group 14+.
w
 Age group 15-66.
x
 Age group 16-69.
y
 Age group 16-74.
z
 Age group 16+.
aa
 Age group 16-64.
bb
 Age group 15-70.
1
 31 urban agglomerations.
2
 Cotonou City.
3
 Excludes the rural populations of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.
4
 Urban areas.
5
 Excludes Bahia Islands and the departments of Gracias.
6
 Includes Serbia, excludes Kosovo and Metohia.
7
 Curaçao.
8
 Includes Montenegro, excludes Kosovo and Metohia.
9
 Excludes the Northern province.
10
 Metropolitan Lima.

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Technical notes:

Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) 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 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 of the population aged 15 and over, unless otherwise specified, which is economically active. Data are compiled by the International Labour Office from a variety of national sources including labour force sample surveys, household surveys, population censuses and official estimates provided by national statistical services to ILO in publications and questionnaires.

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 contributing 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 activities 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 concept of economically active population 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. Also, in most countries the statistics of the economically active population relate only to employed and unemployed persons above a specified age while in some there is no such age provision in the definition of economic activity.

Crude economic activity rates ( i.e. the ratios of the total economically active population to the total population of all ages) are presented in cases where the data on the economically active population is not available broken down by age. In interpreting the crude activity rates, it should be noted that the inclusion of the population under 15 years of age will affect the activity rate downward.