Paraguay - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Paraguay was 39.68 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 39.68 in 2010, while its lowest value was 35.20 in 1998.

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 36.70
1991 36.96
1992 37.12
1993 37.36
1994 37.53
1995 37.68
1996 36.88
1997 36.03
1998 35.20
1999 35.84
2000 36.64
2001 37.43
2002 37.75
2003 38.01
2004 38.27
2005 38.62
2006 38.89
2007 39.23
2008 39.04
2009 39.57
2010 39.68

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Paraguay was 3,088,803 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,088,803 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,801,889 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 1,801,889
1991 1,860,154
1992 1,917,514
1993 1,976,817
1994 2,041,273
1995 2,102,828
1996 2,111,115
1997 2,115,640
1998 2,118,724
1999 2,203,209
2000 2,280,013
2001 2,358,356
2002 2,431,291
2003 2,505,407
2004 2,580,737
2005 2,661,062
2006 2,742,735
2007 2,821,645
2008 2,893,270
2009 3,011,277
2010 3,088,803

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure