Main Labour Force Indicators, (Annual) 1994 to 2024

Labour Force Indicators	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024

Estimated Population	141,700	144,355	147,280	150,415	151,715	153,470	155,460	..	158,644	159,513	160,382	161,250	162,119	162,988	163,857	164,726	165,595	168,115	169,115	172,811	172,572	172,818	173,966	173,149	173,165	170,914	169,145	170,403	181,017	183,744	184,153
Population 15 years and over	93,100	98,055	100,740	103,350	105,840	105,545	110,725	..	113,379	118,809	116,248	116,997	118,956	121,058	126,048	129,705	125,717	130,480	133,205	137,535	136,791	140,680	143,815	143,334	142,799	142,257	139,209	143,968	153,419	158,163	157,541
Labour force	62,780	66,510	67,765	70,255	71,930	73,070	76,005	..	73,047	81,575	78,166	79,924	79,224	79,917	82,603	85,230	85,306	90,114	94,606	97,618	98,286	101,608	104,625	102,364	102,005	100,976	95,790	101,553	109,362	113,246	109,160
of which - Male	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46,417	46,700	49,738	51,089	52,228	55,786	56,685	53,727	54,929	52,672	48,319	51,640	58,823	61,237	58,490
of which - Female	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38,889	43,414	44,868	46,529	46,058	45,821	47,940	48,637	47,076	48,304	47,471	49,913	50,539	52,010	50,670
Employed labour force	52,280	55,940	56,715	55,875	56,420	59,850	63,470	..	58,153	63,481	61,770	64,981	66,036	68,748	69,644	69,789	67,702	71,016	74,339	74,844	74,325	77,131	82,379	81,718	81,416	83,977	75,016	79,272	91,270	97,394	97,354
of which - Male	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	37,370	37,720	40,079	40,189	41,335	43,884	45,694	43,998	44,750	44,824	39,395	41,267	50,126	54,387	52,709
of which - Female	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	30,332	33,297	34,260	34,655	32,990	33,247	36,685	37,720	36,666	39,153	35,621	38,005	41,144	43,007	44,645
Persons who want work
(I) The unemployed	10,715	10,825	11,070	14,395	15,545	13,220	12,535	..	14,895	18,095	16,396	14,943	13,192	11,169	12,958	15,448	17,604	19,098	20,267	22,775	23,961	24,477	22,246	20,646	20,589	16,998	20,774	22,280	18,092	15,852	11,806
of which - Male	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9,047	8,980	9,659	10,900	10,892	11,903	10,993	9,729	10,179	7,848	8,924	10,373	8,696	6,850	5,702
of which - Female	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8,557	10,118	10,608	11,874	13,069	12,574	11,254	10,917	10,410	9,150	11,850	11,908	9,395	9,003	6,104
(ii) Non-seekers	2,970	4,060	3,430	4,030	4,030	3,790	3,785	..	5,932	5,260	4,286	4,752	5,050	5,365	4,183	5,192	..	5,349	5,017	4,701	5,175	5,555	4,660	3,717	2,450	3,302	5,168	4,061	2,675	1,937	1,558
Unemployment rate %	16.5	15.9	22.0	20.4	17.5	22.9	16.2	..	20.4	22.2	21.0	18.7	16.7	14.0	15.7	18.1	20.6	21.2	21.4	23.3	24.4	24.1	21.3	20.2	2018.4%	16.8%	21.7%	21.9%	16.5%	14.0%	10.8%
of which - Male	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19.5	19.2	19.4	21.3	20.9	21.3	19.4	18.1	18.5%	14.9%	18.6%	20.1%	14.8%	11.2%	9.8%
of which - Female	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	22.0	23.3	23.6	25.5	28.4	27.4	23.5	22.4	22.1%	18.9%	24.9%	23.9%	18.6%	17.3%	12.0%
Youth unemployment rate %	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33.6	35.3	33.9	39.6	41.8	41.0	38.4	38.5	36.3%	31.6%	38.2%	37.0%	26.8%	25.0%	17.8%
Relaxed unemployment rate %	21.8	22.4	21.4	26.2	27.2	23.3	21.5	..	28.5	28.6	26.5	24.6	23.0	20.7	20.8	24.2	..	27.1	26.7	28.1	29.6	29.6	25.7	23.8	22.6%	20.1%	27.8%	25.9%	19.0%	15.7%	12.2%
Non-Job Seeking Rate %	4.7	6.1	5.1	5.7	5.6	5.2	5.0	..	8.1	6.4	5.5	5.9	6.4	6.7	5.1	6.1	..	5.9	5.3	4.8	5.3	5.5	4.5	3.6	2.4%	0.0%	6.1%	4.0%	2.4%	1.7%	1.4%
Population under 15 years (%)	32.4	30.7	32.0	31.2	29.2	29.6	30.4	..	28.5	25.5	27.5	27.4	26.6	25.7	23.1	21.3	24.1	22.4	21.2	20.4	20.7	18.6	17.3	17.4	17.5	16.8%	17.7%	15.5%	15.2%	13.9%	14.4%
Labour force as a percentage of total population (%)	44.3	46.1	46.0	46.7	47.4	47.6	48.9	..	46.0	51.1	48.7	49.6	48.9	49.0	50.4	51.7	51.5	53.6	55.9	56.5	57.0	58.8	60.1	59.0	59.9	59.1%	56.6%	59.6%	60.4%	61.6%	59.3%
Labour force as a percentage of population 15 years and over OR Labour force participation rate (%)	65.7	67.9	68.4	68.7	69.8	68.8	71.2	..	71.5	74.5	72.5	72.6	73.4	74.3	76.9	78.7	67.9	69.1	71.0	71.0	71.9	72.2	72.7	71.4	71.4	71.0%	68.8%	70.5%	71.3%	71.6%	69.3%
	.. Not available for a specific reference period
	Labour Force Participation Rate = Labour Force X 100 / Population 15 years and over
	Unemployment Rate = Unemployed X 100 / Labour Force
	Relaxed Unemployment Rate - This includes all person whether seeking or not seeking work who want work and are available for work, whether or not they are discouraged
	Standard Unemployment Rate - This includes only persons seeking work, wanting and available for work
	Note: No Labour Force survey was conducted during the period January 2001 to June 2002 due to the conduct of 2001 Population Census
	Source: Labour Force Survey conducted by Central Statistical Office

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