Samoa - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Samoa was 34.27 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 34.27 in 2010, while its lowest value was 31.89 in 1990.

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 31.89
1991 31.92
1992 32.18
1993 32.39
1994 32.63
1995 32.81
1996 32.82
1997 32.85
1998 32.91
1999 32.90
2000 32.97
2001 33.08
2002 33.20
2003 33.35
2004 33.50
2005 33.70
2006 33.82
2007 33.94
2008 34.11
2009 34.19
2010 34.27

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Samoa was 69,433 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69,433 in 2010 and a minimum value of 56,374 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 56,374
1991 57,196
1992 58,319
1993 59,847
1994 61,238
1995 62,379
1996 63,225
1997 63,812
1998 64,189
1999 64,556
2000 64,867
2001 65,246
2002 65,673
2003 66,146
2004 66,650
2005 67,067
2006 67,505
2007 67,971
2008 68,366
2009 68,813
2010 69,433

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure