Pakistan - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Pakistan was 20.75 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 20.75 in 2010, while its lowest value was 12.33 in 1995.

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 12.78
1991 13.18
1992 13.22
1993 13.76
1994 14.08
1995 12.33
1996 13.30
1997 14.28
1998 14.71
1999 14.90
2000 15.31
2001 15.29
2002 15.54
2003 16.31
2004 17.03
2005 18.04
2006 19.20
2007 19.56
2008 19.99
2009 20.31
2010 20.75

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Pakistan was 59,687,680 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59,687,680 in 2010 and a minimum value of 31,715,010 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 31,715,010
1991 32,597,500
1992 33,411,380
1993 33,972,820
1994 35,135,250
1995 35,381,760
1996 36,863,040
1997 38,604,110
1998 39,808,470
1999 41,452,530
2000 43,045,190
2001 44,224,050
2002 45,493,630
2003 47,230,610
2004 49,093,050
2005 51,482,200
2006 53,927,650
2007 54,975,720
2008 56,333,080
2009 58,041,390
2010 59,687,680

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure