Argentina - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Argentina was 40.19 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 41.25 in 2009, while its lowest value was 35.89 in 1992.

Definition: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Source: International Labour Organization, using World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1990 36.11
1991 35.99
1992 35.89
1993 36.04
1994 36.28
1995 36.75
1996 36.91
1997 37.25
1998 37.43
1999 37.71
2000 38.07
2001 38.56
2002 39.06
2003 39.55
2004 40.67
2005 40.61
2006 40.52
2007 40.71
2008 41.06
2009 41.25
2010 40.19

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Argentina was 18,369,200 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,369,200 in 2010 and a minimum value of 13,306,520 in 1990.

Definition: Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.

Source: International Labour Organization, using World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1990 13,306,520
1991 13,423,630
1992 13,572,490
1993 13,796,260
1994 14,018,200
1995 14,356,300
1996 14,563,340
1997 14,762,110
1998 14,980,550
1999 15,197,090
2000 15,414,320
2001 15,686,430
2002 15,959,900
2003 16,234,780
2004 17,467,300
2005 17,728,870
2006 17,961,980
2007 18,106,950
2008 18,219,200
2009 18,357,010
2010 18,369,200

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure