Guinea-Bissau - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Guinea-Bissau was 47.27 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 47.27 in 2010, while its lowest value was 43.62 in 1997.

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 44.51
1991 44.49
1992 44.42
1993 44.34
1994 44.12
1995 44.11
1996 43.70
1997 43.62
1998 45.68
1999 45.52
2000 45.51
2001 45.74
2002 46.27
2003 46.57
2004 46.64
2005 46.64
2006 46.78
2007 46.99
2008 47.13
2009 47.20
2010 47.27

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Guinea-Bissau was 648,346 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 648,346 in 2010 and a minimum value of 395,713 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 395,713
1991 403,122
1992 411,440
1993 418,791
1994 427,086
1995 434,977
1996 442,525
1997 452,735
1998 476,307
1999 487,602
2000 498,180
2001 511,532
2002 527,235
2003 541,837
2004 554,726
2005 568,302
2006 583,428
2007 599,274
2008 614,910
2009 631,872
2010 648,346

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure