Cambodia - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Cambodia was 49.86 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 52.64 in 1990, while its lowest value was 49.09 in 2004.

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 52.64
1991 52.37
1992 52.18
1993 51.86
1994 51.70
1995 51.48
1996 51.41
1997 50.99
1998 50.56
1999 50.86
2000 51.20
2001 50.64
2002 50.10
2003 49.59
2004 49.09
2005 49.28
2006 49.47
2007 49.73
2008 50.06
2009 49.93
2010 49.86

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Cambodia was 7,972,361 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,972,361 in 2010 and a minimum value of 4,320,138 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 4,320,138
1991 4,415,482
1992 4,492,157
1993 4,580,020
1994 4,666,072
1995 4,784,247
1996 4,928,450
1997 5,131,621
1998 5,366,429
1999 5,575,197
2000 5,773,506
2001 6,002,653
2002 6,217,999
2003 6,439,210
2004 6,658,141
2005 6,905,311
2006 7,148,078
2007 7,382,954
2008 7,608,143
2009 7,793,045
2010 7,972,361

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure