The Gambia - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in The Gambia was 47.94 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 47.94 in 2010, while its lowest value was 44.75 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 44.75
1991 44.83
1992 44.92
1993 45.05
1994 45.32
1995 45.66
1996 45.93
1997 46.25
1998 46.57
1999 46.80
2000 47.03
2001 47.17
2002 47.43
2003 47.48
2004 47.45
2005 47.55
2006 47.52
2007 47.61
2008 47.70
2009 47.79
2010 47.94

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in The Gambia was 751,345 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 751,345 in 2010 and a minimum value of 399,369 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 399,369
1991 412,983
1992 425,729
1993 437,201
1994 449,559
1995 463,005
1996 477,749
1997 492,924
1998 509,599
1999 526,131
2000 543,623
2001 561,414
2002 581,139
2003 599,876
2004 619,940
2005 639,817
2006 661,129
2007 682,221
2008 704,037
2009 727,659
2010 751,345

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure