Brunei - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Brunei was 41.96 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 41.96 in 2010, while its lowest value was 31.66 in 1990.

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 31.66
1991 32.50
1992 33.17
1993 33.86
1994 34.69
1995 35.57
1996 36.62
1997 37.69
1998 38.84
1999 39.79
2000 40.68
2001 41.38
2002 41.50
2003 41.62
2004 41.59
2005 41.64
2006 41.70
2007 41.77
2008 41.79
2009 41.87
2010 41.96

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Brunei was 195,222 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 195,222 in 2010 and a minimum value of 105,080 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 105,080
1991 109,410
1992 113,566
1993 117,592
1994 121,751
1995 126,494
1996 131,482
1997 137,087
1998 142,638
1999 148,457
2000 153,802
2001 158,834
2002 163,072
2003 166,989
2004 171,140
2005 175,065
2006 179,028
2007 183,002
2008 187,239
2009 191,134
2010 195,222

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure