Turkmenistan - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Turkmenistan was 39.34 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 40.83 in 1997, while its lowest value was 39.34 in 2010.

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 39.73
1991 39.90
1992 39.98
1993 40.13
1994 40.34
1995 40.48
1996 40.62
1997 40.83
1998 40.77
1999 40.64
2000 40.58
2001 40.42
2002 40.27
2003 40.16
2004 39.99
2005 39.88
2006 39.72
2007 39.55
2008 39.47
2009 39.40
2010 39.34

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Turkmenistan was 2,162,347 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,162,347 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,314,486 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 1,314,486
1991 1,355,425
1992 1,399,240
1993 1,442,550
1994 1,481,247
1995 1,521,439
1996 1,560,469
1997 1,595,910
1998 1,641,329
1999 1,689,354
2000 1,734,672
2001 1,776,812
2002 1,818,556
2003 1,854,548
2004 1,894,808
2005 1,933,785
2006 1,978,264
2007 2,024,634
2008 2,071,432
2009 2,116,621
2010 2,162,347

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure