United Arab Emirates - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in United Arab Emirates was 14.84 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 14.84 in 2010, while its lowest value was 9.66 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 9.66
1991 10.02
1992 10.43
1993 10.88
1994 11.32
1995 11.70
1996 11.75
1997 11.76
1998 11.79
1999 11.86
2000 12.04
2001 12.29
2002 12.63
2003 12.97
2004 13.24
2005 13.44
2006 13.78
2007 14.15
2008 14.49
2009 14.61
2010 14.84

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in United Arab Emirates was 4,929,832 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,929,832 in 2010 and a minimum value of 905,077 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 905,077
1991 972,417
1992 1,047,147
1993 1,126,097
1994 1,208,158
1995 1,288,630
1996 1,367,556
1997 1,448,937
1998 1,534,527
1999 1,624,183
2000 1,717,538
2001 1,810,703
2002 1,906,032
2003 2,033,024
2004 2,234,336
2005 2,532,440
2006 2,952,919
2007 3,467,487
2008 4,011,913
2009 4,524,066
2010 4,929,832

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure