ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

The World's Women reports

 
Table 5e - Distribution of labour force by status in employment

Country

Year

Employees

Employers

Own-account workers

Contributing family workers

Notes

 

 

W

M

W

M

W

M

W

M

 

Africa

Botswana

2001

82

83

3

4

14

11

1

1

(1) (2)

Egypt

2002

68

58

6

20

7

13

20

8

(2)

Ghana

2000

11

21

5

5

71

61

10

8

 

Madagascar

2002

12

18

2

2

34

49

52

30

 

Malawi

1998

5

21

0

0

93

76

2

3

 

Mauritius

2000

91

79

2

5

5

15

2

0

 

Morocco

2003

34

40

0

3

12

31

52

22

 

Nigeria

1995

33

49

1

4

..

..

..

..

 

Seychelles

1997

86

73

1

2

4

20

..

1

 

South Africa

2002

79

82

15

15

4

3

1

1

 

America, North

Bahamas

1995

88

83

..

..

..

..

..

..

 

Barbados

2003

91

80

0

1

8

18

..

..

(2)

Belize

1999

71

62

..

..

25

34

4

3

(2) (19)

Canada

2003

89

81

..

..

11

19

0

0

(19)

Costa Rica

2003

71

69

5

11

20

19

4

2

(2)

Dominica

1997

71

61

6

15

19

22

3

1

 

Dominican Republic

2001

68

48

2

4

28

46

..

..

 

El Salvador

2003

42

62

3

6

36

22

9

8

 

Guatemala

2002

26

31

2

7

37

30

..

..

 

Honduras

2002

48

46

..

..

42

41

..

..

(2) (19)

Jamaica

2003

69

58

1

3

27

38

2

1

(2)

Mexico

2003

62

62

2

5

24

26

12

7

 

Netherlands Antilles

2000

92

84

1

5

3

8

1

0

(4)

Nicaragua

2001

59

60

1

2

35

35

..

..

 

Panama

2003

75

60

2

4

19

34

4

3

 

Puerto Rico

2003

92

80

..

..

7

19

1

0

(2) (19)

Saint Lucia

2000

71

59

3

7

24

31

1

1

(5)

Trinidad and Tobago

2002

82

74

3

6

12

18

2

0

 

United States of America

2003

94

91

..

..

6

9

0

0

(2) (19)

America, South

Argentina

2003

79

66

2

5

18

27

2

1

(6)

Bolivia

2000

43

55

2

4

44

36

11

5

(7)

Brazil

2000

59

55

2

3

13

24

4

3

 

Chile

2003

73

66

2

4

22

29

3

1

(2)

Colombia

2003

52

49

3

6

37

41

9

4

 

Ecuador

2002

55

60

4

8

32

28

9

3

(7)

Paraguay

2001

45

45

3

8

42

34

..

..

 

Peru

2003

43

57

2

7

35

33

6

2

(8)

Suriname

1998

87

78

0

1

9

19

2

1

 

Uruguay

2003

76

66

2

5

20

29

2

1

(7) (9)

Venezuela

2001

57

60

3

9

37

29

..

..

 

Asia

Armenia

2001

87

76

0

3

12

19

1

1

 

Bangladesh

2000

8

15

0

0

..

..

73

10

 

Cambodia

2001

14

19

0

0

33

49

53

32

 

China

 

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

 

   Hong Kong SAR

2003

93

83

2

7

3

10

1

0

(2)

   Macao SAR

2003

93

86

1

5

3

9

3

0

(2)

Cyprus

2003

84

70

1

9

8

20

7

1

(10)

Georgia

2003

34

34

1

2

26

44

39

20

 

Indonesia

2000

28

39

1

2

24

30

40

8

 

Iran(Islamic Republic of)

1996

47

48

1

4

17

35

18

3

 

Israel

2003

91

82

2

7

5

9

1

0

(2)

Japan

2003

84

85

1

4

5

10

9

2

(11)

Kazakhstan

2003

58

63

0

1

40

33

1

1

 

Kyrgyzstan

2002

44

42

1

2

35

46

16

7

 

Maldives

2000

29

21

1

5

35

55

3

1

 

Mongolia

2000

44

39

1

2

16

44

39

14

 

Nepal

2001

13

34

4

4

71

57

13

6

 

Occupied Palestinian Territory

2003

55

58

1

4

12

31

33

7

 

Oman

2000

88

88

1

2

9

10

..

..

(2) (12)

Pakistan

2002

37

40

0

1

16

42

47

16

(2)

Qatar

1997

100

99

0

1

..

1

..

0

 

Republic of Korea

2003

66

65

..

..

..

..

17

1

(2)

Singapore

2003

92

82

2

7

5

11

1

0

 

Sri Lanka

2003

60

59

1

4

19

35

21

4

 

Thailand

2003

40

41

1

5

23

38

35

16

(2)

Turkey

2003

38

55

1

7

12

30

49

8

(2)

Europe

Austria

2003

89

86

4

7

5

5

3

1

 

Belarus

1999

99

97

0

1

1

2

0

0

 

Belgium

1999

84

81

..

..

..

..

6

1

(13) (14)

Bulgaria

2003

88

82

2

5

7

12

3

1

 

Croatia

2003

77

75

3

7

14

17

6

2

 

Czech Republic

2002

89

79

2

6

7

14

1

0

 

Denmark

2003

95

88

..

..

4

11

1

0

(19)

Estonia

2003

94

88

2

4

4

8

0

0

 

Finland

2003

91

82

8

16

..

..

0

0

(15)

France

2001

94

89

..

..

6

11

..

..

(19)

Germany

2003

92

86

3

7

4

7

2

0

 

Greece

2002

64

58

3

10

19

28

14

4

(13) (14)

Hungary

2003

91

83

3

7

5

9

1

0

(9)

Iceland

2002

91

76

3

9

6

14

0

0

(2)

Ireland

2003

92

75

2

8

4

16

1

1

 

Italy

2003

79

69

8

15

7

12

6

3

(15)

Latvia

2003

89

85

2

4

5

7

4

4

(13)

Lithuania

2003

83

76

..

..

13

21

4

3

(19)

Luxembourg

2001

82

84

7

10

..

..

3

1

 

Malta

2003

92

83

..

6

6

11

..

..

 

Netherlands

2003

91

87

..

..

8

13

1

0

(19)

Norway

2003

95

90

..

..

4

10

0

0

(19)

Poland

2003

76

70

2

5

..

..

7

4

(16)

Portugal

2003

75

72

4

9

19

18

2

1

 

Republic of Moldova

2003

65

63

0

1

31

35

3

1

 

Romania

2003

62

63

1

2

14

27

23

8

 

Russian Federation

2003

93

92

1

2

5

6

0

0

 

San Marino

2003

91

87

9

13

..

..

..

..

 

Slovakia

2003

94

87

2

4

4

9

0

0

(9) (17)

Slovenia

2003

89

83

2

4

3

9

6

3

 

Spain

2003

85

79

3

7

9

12

3

1

(13)

Sweden

2003

95

86

5

14

..

..

0

0

 

Switzerland

2003

85

80

4

9

8

9

3

2

(2) (18)

The FYR of Macedonia

2003

74

72

4

10

4

11

18

7

 

Ukraine

2003

87

88

..

..

11

11

2

1

(19)

United Kingdom

2003

92

83

..

..

7

17

0

0

(19)

Oceania

Australia

2003

90

84

2

4

7

12

1

0

(2)

Marshall Islands

1999

68

73

1

1

28

25

1

1

 

New Caledonia

1996

89

80

..

..

10

19

0

0

(19)

New Zealand

2003

87

76

4

9

8

15

1

0

(2)

Tonga

1996

40

43

0

1

25

26

34

30

 

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Sources
 

International Labour Organization (ILO), Laborsta Labour Statistics Database http://laborsta.ilo.org accessed on 30 November 2004; United Nations Demographic Yearbook System database (as of November 2004) and ILO, Key Indicators of the Labour Market, Third Edition, (Geneva, 2003 ) table 3.

 
Footnotes
 

(1)

Based on population census.

(2)

Civilian labour force employed.

(3)

Excluding full-time members of the armed forces.

(4)

Curaçao only.

(5)

Refers to status in employment on the main job.

(6)

31 urban agglomerations.

(7)

Urban areas.

(8)

Metropolitan Lima.

(9)

Excluding conscripts.

(10)

Geographic coverage limited to government-controlled areas.

(11)

Including self-defence forces.

(12)

Omanis.

(13)

Excluding compulsory military service.

(14)

Including professional army.

(15)

Including conscripts.

(16)

Excluding regular military living in barracks and conscripts.

(17)

Excluding persons on child-care leave.

(18)

Excluding seasonal/border workers.

(19)

Data on own-account workers refers to both employers and own-account workers.

 
Technical notes
 

The distribution of workers by status in employment is shown for employees, employers, own-account workers and contributing family workers only. These groups may not sum to 100 per cent, because members of producers' cooperatives and workers not classifiable by status are not shown.

The four groups are as defined in the International Classification by Status in Employment (ICSE-1993):

- Employees are all those workers who hold the type of job defined as "paid employment jobs".
-
Employers are those workers who, working on their own-account or with one or few partners, hold the type of job defined as a "self-employment job" and, in this capacity, on a continuous basis (including the reference period) have engaged one or more persons to work for them in their business as "employee(s)".
-
Own-account workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or more partners, hold the type of job defined as a "self-employment job" and have not engaged on a continuous basis any "employees" to work for them during the reference period.
-

Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a "self-employment" job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household, who cannot be regarded as a partner, because their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors to be determined by national circumstances, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. (Where it is customary for young persons, in particular, to work without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person who does not live in the same household, the requirement of "living in the same household" may be eliminated.)

 

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