Eritrea - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Eritrea was 48.59 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 48.67 in 2008, while its lowest value was 46.31 in 1996.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 46.96
1991 47.07
1992 47.14
1993 46.82
1994 46.41
1995 46.45
1996 46.31
1997 46.40
1998 46.50
1999 46.72
2000 47.35
2001 47.44
2002 47.73
2003 48.03
2004 48.25
2005 48.34
2006 48.49
2007 48.46
2008 48.67
2009 48.63
2010 48.59

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Eritrea was 2,595,940 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,595,940 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,362,705 in 1994.

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 1,395,555
1991 1,402,302
1992 1,395,257
1993 1,376,857
1994 1,362,705
1995 1,372,134
1996 1,396,775
1997 1,436,583
1998 1,496,776
1999 1,570,931
2000 1,659,839
2001 1,752,394
2002 1,855,816
2003 1,969,810
2004 2,078,394
2005 2,178,525
2006 2,270,343
2007 2,355,018
2008 2,438,150
2009 2,515,486
2010 2,595,940

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure