Employment

Global Ranking

million peopleSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	United States	161.57	9-2023	1	160.99
2	Brazil	98.91	6-2023	2	97.83
3	Russia	73.59	6-2023	3	72.2
4 ↑	Japan	67.85	6-2023	5	66.99
5 ↑	Mexico	58.52	6-2023	6	58.49
6 ↓	Nigeria	57.52	12-2020	4	70.92
7	Vietnam	51.32	9-2023	7	51.23
8	Philippines	44.63	6-2023	8	48.06
9	Germany	42.84	6-2023	9	42.86
10	Thailand	39.68	6-2023	10	39.63
11	United Kingdom	32.88	6-2023	11	33.09
12	Turkey	31.67	6-2023	12	31.11
13 ↑	Egypt	28.8	6-2023	14	28.4
14 ↓	South Korea	28.7	9-2023	13	28.81
15 ↓	France	28.62	6-2023	14	28.4
16	Iran	24.07	12-2022	16	23.17
17 ↓	Italy	23.57	6-2023	16	23.17
18	Colombia	23.05	6-2023	18	22.79
19 ↑	Spain	21.04	6-2023	20	20.43
20 ↓	Canada	20.28	9-2023	19	20.52
21	Kenya	18.44	12-2022	21	17.84
22	Poland	16.8	6-2023	22	16.81
23 ↑	South Africa	16.35	6-2023	24	16.19
24 ↓	Malaysia	16.31	6-2023	23	16.22
25 ↑	Saudi Arabia	15.46	6-2023	26	15.36
26 ↓	Ukraine	15.38	12-2021	25	16.06
27	Venezuela	15.01	12-2018	27	14.72
28	Australia	14.07	9-2023	28	14.08
29 ↑	Uzbekistan	13.71	3-2023	98
30 ↓	Argentina	13.32	7-2023	29	13.16
31	Angola	11.68	12-2022	31	11.46
32 ↓	Taiwan	11.54	9-2023	30	11.52
33 ↓	Morocco	10.94	6-2023	32	10.42
34 ↓	Netherlands	9.73	6-2023	33	9.67
35 ↓	Kazakhstan	9.12	6-2023	34	9.03
36 ↓	Chile	9.04	6-2023	35	9.01
37 ↓	Ecuador	8.45	9-2023	36	8.12
38 ↑	Sri Lanka	8.02	12-2022	98
39 ↓	Romania	7.68	6-2023	37	7.77
40 ↓	Bolivia	6.45	6-2023	38	6.64
41 ↓	Sweden	5.31	6-2023	39	5.19
42 ↑	Senegal	5.19	6-2023	43	4.98
43 ↓	Czech Republic	5.05	6-2023	40	5.18
44 ↓	Belgium	4.96	6-2023	42	5.02
45 ↓	Portugal	4.95	6-2023	44	4.89
46 ↓	Azerbaijan	4.93	6-2023	41	5.06
47 ↓	Belarus	4.83	9-2023	45	4.82
48 ↓	Switzerland	4.8	6-2023	47	4.73
49 ↓	Dominican Republic	4.77	3-2023	46	4.77
50 ↓	Hungary	4.72	6-2023	48	4.7
51 ↓	Austria	4.47	6-2023	49	4.41
52 ↓	Israel	4.34	9-2023	50	4.35
53 ↓	Greece	4.23	6-2023	51	4.09
54 ↓	Singapore	3.99	9-2023	52	3.96
55 ↓	Rwanda	3.98	6-2023	53	3.8
56 ↓	Hong Kong	3.72	9-2023	54	3.69
57 ↓	Paraguay	3.61	6-2023	55	3.51
58 ↓	Tunisia	3.46	6-2023	56	3.42
59 ↓	Zimbabwe	3.24	6-2023	58	3.12
60 ↓	Denmark	2.99	6-2023	59	3
61 ↓	Zambia	2.96	6-2018	57	3.15
62 ↓	New Zealand	2.93	6-2023	61	2.89
63 ↓	Bulgaria	2.91	6-2023	60	2.92
64 ↓	Norway	2.89	6-2023	63	2.83
65 ↓	Serbia	2.82	3-2023	62	2.87
66 ↓	Finland	2.68	6-2023	64	2.59
67 ↓	Ireland	2.63	6-2023	64	2.59
68 ↓	Slovakia	2.61	6-2023	66	2.58
69 ↓	Tajikistan	2.31	3-2019	67	2.29
70 ↓	Qatar	2.19	3-2023	68	2.16
71 ↓	Costa Rica	2.12	6-2023	69	2.1
72 ↓	Croatia	1.61	6-2023	70	1.58
73 ↓	Lithuania	1.44	6-2023	71	1.39
74	Georgia	1.33	6-2023	74	1.27
75 ↓	Jamaica	1.32	6-2023	73	1.31
75 ↓	Albania	1.32	6-2023	72	1.32
77 ↓	Armenia	1.22	6-2023	75	1.13
78 ↓	Mongolia	1.16	6-2023	76	1.11
79 ↓	Puerto Rico	1.12	8-2023	77	1.1
80 ↓	Slovenia	0.99	6-2023	78	0.97
81 ↓	Moldova	0.9	6-2023	80	0.87
82 ↓	Latvia	0.89	6-2023	79	0.88
83 ↓	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.85	6-2023	81	0.85
84 ↓	Bahrain	0.77	6-2023	82	0.75
85 ↓	Estonia	0.69	6-2023	83	0.7
85 ↓	Macedonia	0.69	6-2023	84	0.68
87 ↓	Trinidad and Tobago	0.56	3-2023	85	0.56
88 ↓	Mauritius	0.55	6-2023	86	0.55
89 ↓	Cyprus	0.46	6-2023	87	0.46
90 ↓	Botswana	0.42	12-2018	88	0.42
91 ↓	Macao	0.36	6-2023	89	0.36
92 ↓	Luxembourg	0.32	6-2023	90	0.32
93 ↓	Malta	0.29	6-2023	91	0.29
94 ↓	Montenegro	0.28	6-2023	92	0.26
95 ↓	Iceland	0.22	6-2023	93	0.21
96 ↓	Barbados	0.12	12-2022	94	0.13
97 ↓	New Caledonia	0.07	3-2023	95	0.07
98 ↓	Monaco	0.06	6-2023	96	0.06
99 ↓	Seychelles	0.05	6-2023	97	0.05

Definition of Employment

The number of people, in millions, engaged in the economy as paid employees or as self-employed.