Bangladesh - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Bangladesh was 39.87 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 39.87 in 2010, while its lowest value was 37.46 in 2000.

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 39.42
1991 39.57
1992 39.36
1993 39.13
1994 38.84
1995 38.66
1996 38.36
1997 38.17
1998 37.92
1999 37.72
2000 37.46
2001 37.62
2002 37.85
2003 38.03
2004 38.23
2005 38.45
2006 38.76
2007 39.10
2008 39.38
2009 39.63
2010 39.87

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Bangladesh was 72,321,090 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72,321,090 in 2010 and a minimum value of 45,669,710 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 45,669,710
1991 47,006,740
1992 48,105,980
1993 49,151,700
1994 50,286,180
1995 51,381,760
1996 52,575,840
1997 53,717,200
1998 54,941,770
1999 56,084,020
2000 57,287,340
2001 58,894,780
2002 60,508,330
2003 62,105,110
2004 63,746,440
2005 65,236,010
2006 66,646,700
2007 67,990,980
2008 69,410,990
2009 70,773,860
2010 72,321,090

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure