Statistics and indicators on women and men

Table 5.E - Percentage distribution of the labour force by status in employment
 
% distribution of the labour force, each sex, 1995/2002
 
Wage and salaried
Self-employed
Contributing family
 
workers
workers
workers
Country or area
W
M
W
M
W
 
M
Africa
Benin a
3
7
64
54
..
..
Botswana
68
71
   15 c
   12 c
17
 
17
Cape Verde a
46
58
30
21
..
..
Djibouti a
79
75
16
19
..
..
Egypt
57
61
17
31
26
 
8
Ethiopia
7
10
33
65
..
..
Ghana a
9
26
89
73
..
..
Kenya a
12
32
17
19
..
..
Lesotho
44
32
53
66
..
..
Mauritius
86
79
10
20
..
..
Morocco a d
81
70
5
23
..
 
..
Namibia
54
74
28
19
..
..
Nigeria e
33
49
60
41
..
..
Reunion
54
53
5
13
..
 
..
South Africa
79
82
19
17
1
1
Tunisia a
70
71
14
25
..
..
Uganda a
7
21
39
62
..
..
Zambia
9
31
46
55
..
..
Zimbabwe
22
51
58
29
..
..
Latin America/Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda a
83
78
15
20
..
..
Argentina
74
70
24
29
..
  
..
Aruba a
90
88
5
12
..
..
Bahamas
88
79
11
20
..
..
Barbados
90
82
9
18
..
 
..
Belize
72
62
25
35
..
..
Bolivia
43
55
46
40
11
 
5
Brazil
63
52
17
23
..
..
Chile
78
73
20
27
..
  
..
Colombia
52
47
41
48
7
 
5
Costa Rica
71
68
25
30
4
3
Dominica
71
62
26
37
..
..
Dominican Republic
68
48
30
50
..
..
Ecuador f
55
62
35
33
10
4
El Salvador
51
61
39
28
..
..
Grenada
75
69
21
24
2
1
Guatemala
26
31
40
37
..
..
Guyana
..
..
44
38
..
..
Haiti a
18
15
57
61
..
..
Honduras
48
46
42
41
..
..
Jamaica
65
54
31
44
..
..
Mexico
64
62
24
31
13
7
Netherlands Antilles
92
84
4
13
1
 
0
Nicaragua
59
60
36
37
..
  
..
Panama
77
62
21
36
2
3
Paraguay
45
45
45
42
..
..
Peru f
33
52
44
42
12
5
Puerto Rico
93
81
6
19
1
 
0
Saint Kitts and Nevis a
84
81
13
16
..
..
Saint Lucia
72
61
24
37
..
..
St. Vincent/Grenadines a
79
71
18
27
..
..
Suriname
87
78
9
20
..
..
Trinidad and Tobago
80
74
17
24
1
1
Uruguay f
76
68
22
32
..
..
US Virgin Islands a
88
83
4
11
..
..
Venezuela
57
60
40
38
..
..
Asia
 
Bangladesh
8
15
11
50
73
10
Cambodia
14
19
33
49
53
  
32
China, Hong Kong SAR a
93
84
3
14
2
0
China, Macao SAR
93
86
5
14
3
 
0
Cyprus
84
67
10
27
6
  
1
Indonesia a
24
32
29
52
..
..
Israel h
92
83
8
17
1
 
0
Malaysia a
72
71
14
25
..
..
Maldives
29
21
36
59
3
 
1
Occupied Palestinian Terr. g
64
62
9
32
27
  
6
Pakistan
33
36
17
47
50
17
Philippines a
41
42
28
39
..
..
Republic of Korea
61
64
20
35
20
2
Singapore
92
82
6
18
2
 
0
Sri Lanka i
68
60
16
34
16
6
Syrian Arab Republic a j
46
50
6
37
..
..
Thailand
39
40
21
43
40
16
Turkey
35
54
14
36
51
 
10
Yemen g
14
51
63
49
0
  
0
Oceania
Cook Islands a
78
77
8
10
5
  
8
Tonga a
46
45
31
35
14
18
Developed regions
Australia
90
64
9
16
1
0
Austria
88
87
8
12
4
 
1
Belgium
84
81
10
19
6
1
Canada
89
81
11
19
0
b
 0b
Croatia
79
73
13
25
8
  
2
Czech Republic g
89
80
10
20
1
 
0
Denmark
95
88
5
12
..
 
..
Estonia
95
89
5
10
1
1
Finland
91
82
   8 c
   16 c
0
 
1
France
94
89
6
11
..
  
..
Georgia g
44
43
16
33
40
  
23
Germany
92
87
6
13
2
1
Greece
64
58
21
38
15
 
4
Hungary
90
82
9
17
1
0
Iceland
90
77
10
23
0
 
0
Ireland
92
75
7
24
2
1
Italy g
78
69
16
28
6
 
3
Japan
83
85
7
13
10
k
  2 k
Latvia
87
83
8
13
5
 
4
Lithuania
85
78
12
20
4
3
Netherlands
91
88
8
12
1
 
0
New Zealand
86
75
13
24
1
1
Norway
95
90
4
9
1
 
0
Poland
74
70
19
26
7
4
Portugal
75
72
21
26
3
 
1
Republic of Moldova g
59
61
30
34
11
  
5
Romania g
54
58
17
32
29
10
Russian Federation g
94
92
6
8
0
  
0
San Marino
86
80
11
15
0
 
0
Slovakia
95
89
5
11
0
0
Slovenia
86
80
7
16
7
 
4
Spain
84
78
13
21
3
1
Sweden
94
86
5
14
0
 
0
Switzerland
89
87
9
12
..
..
The FYR of Macedonia a
6
11
69
74
..
 
..
Ukraine
89
90
9
10
2
  
1
United Kingdom
93
85
7
15
1
0
United States
94
92
6
8
0
 
0

 

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Sources:

ILO, Key Indicators of the Labour Market Third Edition, (Geneva, 2003 ) table 3. KILM table 3 was compiled from the following sources: ILO, Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 2002; Caribbean Labor Statistics Dataset, (Port of Spain);
OECDLFS, Labour Force Statistics, 1981-2001, 2002 Edition (Paris, 2002); and ILO Regional Office for Latin America (Panama).

Footnotes:

a Data refer to a year between 1990-1994.
b Contributing family workers include apprentices.
c Employers only.
d Urban areas. "Wage and salaried workers" include unpaid family workers and members of producers' cooperatives.
e Lagos State.
f  Urban areas.
g "Self employed workers" includes members of producers' cooperatives.
h Including the residents of East Jerusalem. "Self employed workers" includes members of producers' cooperatives.
i  Excluding northern and eastern provinces.
j  Syrians only.

k Contributing family workers include paid family workers.

Technical notes:

Table 5.E presents the percentage distribution of the labour force by status in employment.

The indicators on status in employment of the economically active population have been compiled from the KILM database and are based on the classification used in population censuses and surveys in most countries. The statistics presented pertain to the period between 1990 and 2002. In table 5.E, three status groups are presented: "wage and salaried workers" corresponds to employees---persons who work for a public or private employer and receive remuneration in wages, salary, commission, tips, piece-rates or pay in kind; "self-employed" comprises employers and own-account workers---persons who operate their own economic enterprises or engage independently in a profession or trade; and "contributing family workers" refers to persons who work without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person living in the same household. Proportions of these three groups of workers among all workers are presented separately for women and men.