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BACKGROUND DATA

Employment by economic activity


6.  Employment by economic activity
 

AGRICULTURE

INDUSTRY

SERVICES

 

Male % of male labour force

Female % of female labour force

Male % of male labour force

Female % of female labour force

Male % of male labour force

Female % of female labour force

 

1980

1990–97

1980

1990–97

1980

1990–97

1980

1990–97

1980

1990–97

1980

1990–97

Albania

54

51

62

60

28

26

17

19

18

24

21

21

Algeria

27

18

69

57

33

38

6

7

40

45

25

36

Angola

67

65

87

86

13

14

1

2

20

21

11

13

Argentina

17

16

3

3

40

39

18

17

44

46

79

81

Armenia

21

24

21

11

48

47

38

39

31

29

41

51

Australia

7

6

4

3

34

32

15

11

44

58

67

80

Austria

9

6

13

8

51

42

25

17

41

48

62

72

Azerbaijan

28

27

42

36

36

35

20

21

36

38

38

43

Bangladesh

67

53

81

76

5

11

14

8

29

33

5

11

Belarus

29

26

23

13

44

45

33

36

28

30

44

51

Belgium

4

3

2

2

41

34

16

11

50

54

68

72

Benin

66

62

69

65

10

12

4

4

24

27

27

30

Bolivia

53

48

53

45

21

22

11

10

26

30

36

45

Bosnia and Herzegovina

26

9

38

16

45

54

24

37

30

37

39

48

Botswana

53

39

74

55

18

30

2

9

28

31

24

36

Brazil

41

28

26

14

28

28

14

13

31

43

60

74

Bulgaria

..

..

22

13

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Burkina Faso

92

91

93

94

3

2

2

2

5

7

5

5

Burundi

88

86

98

98

4

4

1

1

9

10

1

1

Cambodia

70

69

80

78

7

8

7

8

23

24

14

14

Cameroon

65

62

87

83

11

12

2

3

24

26

11

14

Canada

6

5

3

2

34

29

14

11

52

57

74

78

Central African Republic

79

74

90

87

5

6

1

0

16

20

9

13

Chad

82

77

95

91

6

7

0

1

12

16

4

8

Chile

20

18

2

4

25

32

13

13

52

45

79

76

China

71

69

79

76

16

17

12

13

14

14

10

11

Hong Kong, China

1

1

1

1

47

39

56

33

52

60

43

66

Colombia

..

1

..

0

..

29

..

18

..

60

..

66

Congo, Dem. Rep.

62

58

84

81

18

20

4

5

20

23

12

14

Congo, Rep.

42

33

81

69

20

23

2

4

38

44

17

27

Costa Rica

43

27

5

5

23

24

20

17

34

43

75

69

Côte d’Ivoire

60

54

75

72

10

12

5

6

30

34

20

22

Croatia

23

17

28

15

38

38

28

28

39

45

45

57

Cuba

30

24

10

8

32

36

22

21

39

41

68

71

Czech Republic

14

13

12

9

67

54

44

36

19

33

45

55

Denmark

10

7

3

3

41

37

17

16

44

55

76

81

Dominican Republic

40

31

11

9

26

32

16

23

34

38

73

68

Ecuador

44

39

22

16

22

20

16

16

34

41

63

68

Egypt, Arab Rep.

43

29

8

32

20

22

10

7

32

39

56

37

El Salvador

56

50

9

7

20

22

18

19

24

29

73

74

Eritrea

79

77

88

85

7

8

2

2

14

16

11

13

Estonia

19

18

12

11

50

48

36

34

31

34

52

55

Ethiopia

90

86

89

86

2

2

2

2

8

11

10

12

Finland

12

10

9

5

42

38

21

14

38

49

64

66

France

9

6

7

5

43

38

22

17

48

56

71

79

Gabon

59

46

74

59

18

21

5

10

24

33

21

32

Gambia, The

78

74

93

92

10

12

2

3

13

15

5

6

Georgia

31

27

34

24

32

38

21

23

37

34

45

52

Germany

6

4

8

4

54

48

33

24

40

48

59

72

Ghana

66

64

57

55

12

12

14

14

22

25

29

31

Greece

25

19

39

23

34

32

18

17

40

47

39

51

Guatemala

65

64

17

16

17

16

27

23

19

21

56

61

Guinea

86

83

96

92

2

3

1

1

12

15

3

7

Guinea-Bissau

81

78

98

96

3

3

0

0

17

19

2

3

Haiti

79

76

61

57

8

9

8

8

13

15

31

35

Honduras

63

51

40

..

17

19

..

26

20

27

51

64

Hungary

21

19

15

11

48

42

38

32

32

39

47

57

India

63

59

83

74

15

17

9

15

22

24

8

11

Indonesia

59

39

56

40

12

20

12

15

29

37

32

39

Iran, Islamic Rep.

36

30

82

73

28

26

6

9

35

44

12

18

Iraq

22

12

62

39

24

19

11

9

55

69

27

52

Ireland

23

16

6

3

33

28

21

16

35

39

66

69

Israel

7

4

4

2

39

37

15

15

51

55

77

77

Italy

11

7

14

7

40

35

24

18

40

49

48

59

Jamaica

43

34

18

15

23

32

9

13

35

34

73

72

Japan

9

5

13

6

39

38

28

23

50

54

57

67

Jordan

11

10

58

41

27

28

3

4

62

63

39

55

Kazakhstan

28

28

20

15

38

37

25

25

34

35

55

60

Kenya

77

75

88

85

10

11

2

3

13

15

10

12

Korea, Dem. Rep.

39

35

52

42

37

38

20

23

24

27

28

35

Korea, Rep.

29

12

38

16

30

38

23

24

35

47

36

59

Kuwait

2

2

0

0

36

32

3

2

62

67

97

98

Kyrgyz Republic

35

36

33

28

34

30

23

23

32

34

44

50

Lao PDR

77

76

82

81

7

7

4

5

16

17

13

14

Latvia

18

19

14

12

49

47

36

33

32

34

50

55

Lebanon

13

6

20

10

29

34

21

22

58

60

59

68

Lesotho

26

29

64

59

52

41

5

5

22

30

31

36

Libya

16

7

63

28

29

27

3

5

55

66

34

68

Lithuania

26

23

29

13

47

47

30

34

27

30

41

53

Madagascar

73

70

93

88

9

10

2

3

19

20

5

9

Malawi

78

78

96

96

10

9

1

1

12

13

3

3

Malaysia

36

28

49

26

19

23

18

23

44

48

33

52

Mali

86

83

92

89

2

2

1

2

12

15

7

9

Mauritania

65

49

79

63

11

16

2

4

25

35

19

34

Mauritius

27

18

27

14

28

40

27

50

45

42

46

36

Mexico

43

35

19

12

30

25

28

20

28

40

53

69

Moldova

46

38

41

28

30

34

23

26

25

28

36

47

Mongolia

43

34

36

30

21

23

21

22

36

44

43

48

Morocco

48

35

72

63

23

28

14

19

29

37

14

18

Mozambique

72

70

97

96

14

15

1

1

14

15

2

3

Myanmar

72

70

80

78

9

11

7

9

19

19

12

14

Namibia

52

46

64

54

22

21

5

8

27

33

31

39

Nepal

91

91

98

98

1

0

0

0

8

9

2

2

Netherlands

6

5

2

2

36

30

12

9

50

58

74

78

New Zealand

13

10

7

5

39

30

21

12

48

52

72

76

Nicaragua

49

38

16

9

26

28

21

23

26

34

64

69

Niger

86

84

98

97

5

6

1

1

9

10

1

1

Nigeria

52

43

57

44

10

9

5

3

38

49

38

53

Norway

10

7

6

3

40

33

14

10

50

57

80

85

Oman

52

48

25

20

21

22

33

35

27

30

42

45

Pakistan

56

44

73

65

15

18

12

10

29

34

15

15

Panama

35

30

5

3

21

21

11

10

38

46

77

80

Papua New Guinea

76

73

92

89

8

9

2

3

16

18

6

8

Paraguay

58

51

9

8

20

23

22

20

23

26

70

72

Peru

45

41

25

22

20

20

14

12

35

26

61

72

Philippines

61

44

37

26

15

18

16

12

25

31

47

54

Poland

28

27

32

28

46

45

28

25

26

28

40

48

Portugal

21

10

31

12

41

40

24

24

32

49

37

59

Puerto Rico

8

6

1

0

30

29

26

22

24

27

74

75

Romania

26

21

45

28

50

53

30

40

24

26

25

32

Russian Federation

19

17

13

10

50

48

37

35

31

34

50

56

Rwanda

88

86

98

98

5

6

1

1

7

8

1

2

Saudi Arabia

45

20

25

12

17

21

5

6

39

59

70

82

Senegal

74

70

90

86

9

10

2

4

17

20

8

11

Sierra Leone

63

60

82

81

20

22

4

4

17

18

14

16

Singapore

2

0

1

0

32

35

39

30

63

62

57

68

Slovak Republic

15

14

13

9

38

36

34

31

48

50

54

60

Slovenia

14

5

17

6

49

52

37

39

38

43

46

54

South Africa

18

16

16

10

45

42

16

15

37

42

68

76

Spain

19

11

16

7

42

39

21

14

36

46

56

65

Sri Lanka

41

36

44

32

16

18

12

17

26

37

21

21

Sudan

66

64

88

84

9

10

4

5

24

26

8

11

Sweden

8

5

3

2

45

34

16

11

46

52

79

81

Switzerland

..

6

..

4

..

42

..

19

..

49

..

74

Syrian Arab Republic

27

22

78

69

35

30

7

6

39

49

15

25

Tajikistan

36

37

54

46

29

28

16

17

35

35

30

37

Tanzania

80

78

92

91

7

8

2

2

13

14

7

7

Thailand

..

55

..

61

..

20

..

19

..

26

..

29

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

30

21

47

23

38

40

23

41

32

39

30

36

Togo

70

66

67

65

12

12

7

7

19

22

26

29

Trinidad and Tobago

..

11

..

4

..

29

..

10

..

47

..

65

Tunisia

33

23

53

42

30

33

32

32

37

44

16

27

Turkey

45

29

88

59

22

27

5

12

33

38

8

19

Turkmenistan

33

34

46

41

32

30

16

14

36

36

38

44

Uganda

84

81

91

88

6

7

2

2

10

12

8

10

Ukraine

26

24

24

16

46

46

33

34

28

31

44

50

United Arab Emirates

5

9

0

0

40

30

7

3

55

61

93

98

United Kingdom

3

3

1

1

44

32

21

13

44

51

72

80

United States

5

4

2

1

35

32

15

13

50

60

74

81

Uruguay

22

21

4

4

31

31

23

21

47

48

74

70

Uzbekistan

35

35

46

36

34

30

19

19

32

35

36

45

Venezuela

19

19

3

2

32

25

19

13

48

48

76

75

Vietnam

71

70

75

73

16

17

10

11

13

13

15

16

West Bank and Gaza

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Yemen, Rep. 60

50

98

88

19

22

1

6

21

29

1

7

 
Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mont.)

34

28

47

32

35

38

19

26

31

34

33

41

Zambia

69

68

85

83

13

13

3

3

19

19

13

14

Zimbabwe

63

58

85

81

19

13

4

2

18

29

12

17


World


50


46


56


52


22


22


15


15


25


29


24


29

Low income

65

61

81

75

13

15

8

10

22

25

11

14

Middle income

55

50

59

56

23

23

17

17

22

26

24

27

Lower middle income

59

56

63

61

21

21

16

16

20

22

20

22

Upper middle income

34

27

31

22

32

31

20

17

33

42

49

61

Low & middle income

59

54

67

62

19

20

14

15

22

25

19

23

East Asia & Pacific

69

66

75

72

15

16

12

13

16

17

13

14

Europe & Central Asia

26

24

27

22

44

42

31

30

30

34

42

48

Latin America & Carib.

39

29

21

12

28

28

18

16

32

42

61

70

Middle East & N. Africa

37

27

53

55

25

26

10

11

36

46

29

29

South Asia

63

59

82

75

14

17

10

14

23

25

8

10

Sub-Saharan Africa

66

62

79

75

12

12

4

4

22

26

17

21

High income

8

5

8

4

..

34

22

17

..

53

..

73

Europe EMU

10

8

11

6

46

40

26

19

41

50

59

69

Source: World Bank, 1999 World Development Indicators (http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi/pdfs/tab2_4.pdf)

1990–1997 data are for most recent years

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