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Human Development Report 2009

CEducation and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Labour force participation rate of international migrants in OECD countries (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 45.1
2 Australia 73.4
3 Iceland 65.2
4 Canada 58.3
5 Ireland 55.2
6 Netherlands 55.7
7 Sweden 62.4
8 France 60.2
9 Switzerland 60.3
10 Japan 57.7
11 Luxembourg 50.4
12 Finland 53.6
13 United States 60.3
14 Austria 55.3
15 Spain 52.7
16 Denmark 54.2
17 Belgium 54.7
18 Italy 48.4
19 Liechtenstein 59.6
20 New Zealand 76.4
21 United Kingdom 59.7
22 Germany 57.2
23 Singapore 63.9
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 61.7
25 Greece 49.6
26 Korea (Republic of) 58.8
27 Israel 65.6
28 Andorra 47.7
29 Slovenia 39.1
30 Brunei Darussalam 63.3
31 Kuwait 53.8
32 Cyprus 54.4
33 Qatar 45.7
34 Portugal 71.0
35 United Arab Emirates 40.8
36 Czech Republic 55.9
37 Barbados 66.0
38 Malta 54.0
39 Bahrain 61.7
40 Estonia 37.2
41 Poland 59.5
42 Slovakia 48.8
43 Hungary 46.6
44 Chile 65.8
45 Croatia 56.7
46 Lithuania 28.9
47 Antigua and Barbuda 68.0
48 Latvia 39.7
49 Argentina 62.8
50 Uruguay 67.3
51 Cuba 52.5
52 Bahamas 63.8
53 Mexico 60.1
54 Costa Rica 64.8
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 51.2
56 Oman 34.4
57 Seychelles 60.3
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64.3
59 Saudi Arabia 43.5
60 Panama 65.5
61 Bulgaria 59.2
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 66.8
63 Romania 59.8
64 Trinidad and Tobago 70.2
65 Montenegro 55.9 2
66 Malaysia 65.7
67 Serbia 55.9 2
68 Belarus 29.1
69 Saint Lucia 65.6
70 Albania 68.8
71 Russian Federation 58.0
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 59.6
73 Dominica 64.3
74 Grenada 69.0
75 Brazil 70.9
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.3
77 Colombia 63.9
78 Peru 67.7
79 Turkey 58.1
80 Ecuador 69.8
81 Mauritius 69.3
82 Kazakhstan 60.0
83 Lebanon 56.9
84 Armenia 56.6
85 Ukraine 36.1
86 Azerbaijan 57.1
87 Thailand 58.7
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 62.5
89 Georgia 58.6
90 Dominican Republic 56.7
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.1
92 China 58.5
93 Belize 66.0
94 Samoa 62.0
95 Maldives 30.0
96 Jordan 61.9
97 Suriname 61.0
98 Tunisia 57.0
99 Tonga 62.0
100 Jamaica 68.9
101 Paraguay 69.3
102 Sri Lanka 67.8
103 Gabon 49.7
104 Algeria 53.0
105 Philippines 68.7
106 El Salvador 64.7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 55.3
108 Fiji 69.9
109 Turkmenistan 45.8
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 46.7
111 Indonesia 48.8
112 Honduras 63.7
113 Bolivia 66.6
114 Guyana 68.6
115 Mongolia 58.6
116 Viet Nam 64.6
117 Moldova 63.7
118 Equatorial Guinea 63.3
119 Uzbekistan 59.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 58.8
121 Cape Verde 70.5
122 Guatemala 63.5
123 Egypt 59.9
124 Nicaragua 61.6
125 Botswana 45.3
126 Vanuatu 63.4
127 Tajikistan 57.5
128 Namibia 70.3
129 South Africa 74.2
130 Morocco 60.9
131 Sao Tome and Principe 73.7
132 Bhutan 57.4
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 63.0
134 India 66.6
135 Solomon Islands 63.5
136 Congo 72.4
137 Cambodia 62.2
138 Myanmar 61.7
139 Comoros 66.8
140 Yemen 56.3
141 Pakistan 55.2
142 Swaziland 69.6
143 Angola 77.0
144 Nepal 72.0
145 Madagascar 67.2
146 Bangladesh 54.8
147 Kenya 73.6
148 Papua New Guinea 70.3
149 Haiti 66.2
150 Sudan 59.4
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 69.9
152 Ghana 75.7
153 Cameroon 68.9
154 Mauritania 72.0
155 Djibouti 56.5
156 Lesotho 62.5
157 Uganda 72.9
158 Nigeria 75.4
159 Togo 71.9
160 Malawi 70.4
161 Benin 70.9
162 Timor-Leste 62.6
163 Côte d'Ivoire 70.7
164 Zambia 77.1
165 Eritrea 65.2
166 Senegal 74.8
167 Rwanda 59.0
168 Gambia 67.9
169 Liberia 73.7
170 Guinea 68.2
171 Ethiopia 68.4
172 Mozambique 77.9
173 Guinea-Bissau 76.5
174 Burundi 60.5
175 Chad 73.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 66.5
177 Burkina Faso 72.3
178 Mali 74.9
179 Central African Republic 69.1
180 Sierra Leone 71.8
181 Afghanistan 47.3
182 Niger 68.1
Other UN member states
Iraq 49.5
Kiribati 57.5
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 58.3
Marshall Islands 58.1
Micronesia (Federated States of) 68.9
Monaco 50.8
Nauru 62.4
Palau 71.5
San Marino 44.3
Somalia 42.0
Tuvalu 57.2
Zimbabwe 73.4

Notes :
1 - Persons whose economic activity status is unknown are excluded.
2 - Data refer to Serbia and Montenegro prior to its separation into two independent states in June 2006.

Sources :
calculated based on data from OECD (2009a). "OECD Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries." http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?lang=en. Accessed March 2009.
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