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Human resource implications of globalization and restructuring in commerce

Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on
Human Resource Implications of Globalization and
Restructuring in Commerce

Part 3

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Copyright ® 1999 International Labour Organization (ILO)


Appendix 1

Total employment and employment in wholesale and
retail trade by sex
(selected countries and various years)
 


Country or territory

Year

Total employment


Employment in wholesale and retail trade1


Total
(thousands)

Women
(thousands)

Share of
women
in total

Total
(thousands)

Women
(thousands)

Share of
women
in total

As % of total employment


Total

Women


Developed (industrialized) countries

Australia

1990

7 836.6

3 253.4

41.5

1 943.8

921.8

47.4

24.8

28.3

1995

8 217.1

3 612.1

44.0

2 095.1

1 016.6

48.5

25.5

28.1

1997

8 394.1

3 631.7

43.3

2 125.8

1 003.5

47.2

25.3

27.6

Austria

1985

3 234.5

1 277.1

39.5

578.0

333.9

57.8

17.9

26.1

1990

3 421.1

1 396.3

40.8

633.9

370.8

58.5

18.5

26.6

1995

3 758.8

1 596.0

42.5

781.4

441.0

56.4

20.8

27.6

1997

3 719.4

1 590.3

42.8

795.9

445.2

55.9

21.4

28.0

Belgium

1990

3 636.7

1 364.6

37.5

668.0

297.2

44.5

18.4

21.8

Canada

1985

11 221.0

4 794.0

42.7

2 613.0

1 241.0

47.5

23.3

25.9

1990

12 572.0

5 624.0

44.7

3 014.0

1 462.0

48.5

24.0

26.0

1995

13 506.0

6 109.0

45.2

3 167.7

1 527.1

48.2

23.5

25.0

1997

13 941.0

6 291.7

45.1

3 283.9

1 576.6

48.0

23.6

25.1

Cyprus

1985

221.8

82.3

37.1

47.3

19.3

40.8

21.3

23.5

1990

257.2

99.5

38.7

61.1

26.4

43.2

23.8

26.5

1995

285.1

112.1

39.3

74.6

34.3

46.0

26.2

30.6

Denmark

1985

2 553.4

1 143.2

44.8

391.9

184.9

47.2

15.3

16.2

1990

2 670.0

1 221.7

45.8

390.8

185.4

47.4

14.6

15.2

1993

2 609.7

1 161.1

44.5

433.2

190.9

44.1

16.6

16.4

1997

2 682.0

1 217.3

45.4

439.8

195.4

44.4

16.4

16.1

Finland

1985

2 466.0

1 173.0

47.6

355.0

207.0

58.3

14.4

17.6

1990

2 488.0

1 179.0

47.4

392.0

221.0

56.4

15.8

18.7

1995

2 092.0

988.0

47.2

301.0

160.0

53.2

14.4

16.2

1997

2 195.0

1 028.0

46.8

329.0

173.0

52.6

15.0

16.8

France

1990

19 468.0

8 493.5

43.6

3 104.7

1 437.7

46.3

15.9

16.9

1995

19 635.0

8 894.4

45.3

3 089.2

1 445.0

46.8

15.7

16.2

1997

19 847.0

9 063.9

45.7

3 160.0

1 472.3

46.6

15.9

16.2

Germany

1991

37 445.0

15 570.0

41.6

5 307.0

3 146.0

59.3

14.2

20.2

1995

36 048.0

15 109.0

41.9

6 188.0

3 306.0

53.4

17.2

21.9

1997

35 805.0

15 256.0

42.6

6 244.0

3 379.0

54.1

17.4

22.1

Greece

1985

3 588.7

1 217.3

33.9

571.0

206.2

36.1

15.9

16.9

1990

3 719.1

1 309.7

35.2

653.9

248.8

38.0

17.6

19.0

1995

3 823.8

1 371.6

35.9

848.7

313.5

36.9

22.2

22.9

1997

3 854.1

1 415.1

36.7

872.5

333.5

38.2

22.6

23.6

Iceland

1991

136.9

62.4

45.6

25.2

11.4

45.2

18.4

18.3

1995

141.8

66.2

46.7

23.7

10.9

46.0

16.7

16.5

1997

142.0

65.6

46.2

24.3

11.2

46.1

17.1

17.1

Ireland

1986

1 095.1

350.2

32.0

199.6

76.5

38.3

18.2

21.8

1990

1 159.7

400.4

34.5

212.9

88.2

41.4

18.4

22.0

1995

1 281.7

482.9

37.7

247.8

114.4

46.2

19.3

23.7

1997

1 379.9

539.7

39.1

269.7

128.2

47.5

19.5

23.8

Israel

1985

1 349.4

513.4

38.0

167.7

59.1

35.2

12.4

11.5

1990

1 491.5

593.8

39.8

216.4

78.0

36.0

14.5

13.1

1995

1 965.0

834.4

42.5

329.6

128.9

39.1

16.8

15.4

1997

2 040.2

884.8

43.4

338.6

135.9

40.1

16.6

15.4

Italy

1985

20 894.0

6 830.0

32.7

4 365.0

1 544.0

35.4

20.9

22.6

1990

21 454.0

7 427.0

34.6

4 537.0

1 681.0

37.1

21.1

22.6

1995

19 942.0

7 055.0

35.4

4 220.0

1 557.0

36.9

21.2

22.1

Japan

1985

58 070.0

23 040.0

39.7

13 180.0

6 250.0

47.4

22.7

27.1

1990

62 490.0

25 360.0

40.6

14 150.0

6 890.0

48.7

22.6

27.2

1995

64 570.0

26 140.0

40.5

14 490.0

7 260.0

50.1

22.4

27.8

1997

65 570.0

26 650.0

40.6

14 750.0

7 450.0

50.5

22.5

28.0

Luxembourg

1985

160.9

54.2

33.7

34.8

17.3

49.7

21.6

31.9

1990

189.6

64.6

34.1

40.2

19.3

48.0

21.2

29.9

Malta

1985

112.7

27.7

24.6

11.6

3.0

25.9

10.3

10.8

1990

127.2

32.9

25.9

12.9

3.4

26.4

10.1

10.3

Netherlands

1985

5 144.5

1 730.2

33.6

906.5

359.0

39.6

17.6

20.7

1990

6 356.0

2 405.0

37.8

1 104.0

495.0

44.8

17.4

20.6

1995

6 835.0

2 787.0

40.8

1 342.0

600.0

44.7

19.6

21.5

1997

7 194.0

3 000.0

41.7

1 462.0

676.0

46.2

20.3

22.5

New Zealand

1986

1 544.1

640.6

41.5

295.8

155.4

52.5

19.2

24.3

1990

1 481.4

646.4

43.6

312.0

157.6

50.5

21.1

24.4

1995

1 632.6

719.9

44.1

349.0

172.0

49.3

21.4

23.9

1997

1 693.3

754.0

44.5

366.0

184.9

50.5

21.6

24.5

Norway

1985

2 014.0

865.0

42.9

346.0

188.0

54.3

17.2

21.7

1990

2 030.0

915.0

45.1

358.0

193.0

53.9

17.6

21.1

1995

2 079.0

980.0

47.1

374.0

195.0

52.1

18.0

19.9

1997

2 192.0

1 009.0

46.0

399.0

201.0

50.4

18.2

19.9

Portugal

1985

4 279.2

1 724.8

40.3

591.6

240.6

40.7

13.8

13.9

1992

4 586.7

1 994.4

43.5

897.7

373.8

41.6

19.6

18.7

1995

4 441.7

1 968.4

44.3

859.5

372.3

43.3

19.4

18.9

1997

4 546.0

2 034.6

44.8

856.3

370.0

43.2

18.8

18.2

San Marino

1985

10.5

4.0

38.1

1.6

0.8

50.0

15.2

20.0

1990

12.1

4.8

39.7

2.1

1.1

52.4

17.4

22.9

1995

16.3

6.2

38.0

2.7

1.4

51.9

16.6

22.6

1997

17.3

6.7

38.7

2.8

1.4

50.0

16.2

20.9

Spain

1985

10 641.0

3 087.9

29.0

1 952.2

767.2

39.3

18.3

24.8

1990

12 579.0

4 002.8

31.8

2 539.7

1 064.6

41.9

20.2

26.6

1995

12 042.0

4 152.8

34.5

2 772.8

1 144.8

41.3

23.0

27.6

1997

12 765.0

4 497.7

35.2

2 904.2

1 234.8

42.5

22.8

27.5

Sweden

1987

4 316.0

2 072.0

48.0

643.0

316.0

49.1

14.9

15.3

1990

4 485.0

2 152.0

48.0

685.0

327.0

47.7

15.3

15.2

1995

3 986.0

1 925.0

48.3

609.0

284.0

46.6

15.3

14.8

1997

3 922.0

1 880.0

47.9

602.0

278.0

46.2

15.3

14.8

Switzerland

1991

3 891.0

1 541.0

39.6

915.0

457.0

49.9

23.5

29.7

1995

3 800.0

1 542.0

40.6

872.0

441.0

50.6

22.9

28.6

1997

3 803.0

1 584.0

41.7

881.0

448.0

50.9

23.2

28.3

Turkey

1985

16 162.0

4 881.0

30.2

1 855.0

86.0

4.6

11.5

1.8

1990

19 946.0

6 277.0

31.5

2 278.0

164.0

7.2

11.4

2.6

1995

21 378.0

6 486.0

30.3

2 612.0

255.0

9.8

12.2

3.9

1997

20 815.0

5 450.0

26.2

2 916.0

298.0

10.2

14.0

5.5

United Kingdom

1990

26 935.0

11 617.0

43.1

5 383.3

2 850.9

53.0

20.0

24.5

1995

25 973.0

11 599.0

44.7

5 232.5

2 721.1

52.0

20.1

23.5

1997

26 682.0

11 962.0

44.8

5 385.0

2 767.8

51.4

20.2

23.1

United States

1985

107 150.0

47 259.0

44.1

22 296.0

10 554.0

47.3

20.8

22.3

1990

118 793.0

53 689.0

45.2

24 622.0

11 596.0

47.1

20.7

21.6

1995

124 900.0

57 523.0

46.1

26 071.0

12 312.0

47.2

20.9

21.4

1997

129 558.0

59 873.0

46.2

26 777.0

12 659.0

47.3

20.7

21.1

Transition economies

Albania

1985

775.7

313.4

40.4

55.8

28.9

51.8

7.2

9.2

1990

904.6

367.4

40.6

60.2

31.7

52.7

6.7

8.6

Azerbaijan

1985

2 619.2

171.7

6.6

1990

2 907.7

289.4

10.0

1995

2 837.3

396.2

14.0

1997

2 900.0

511.4

17.6

Belarus

1987

5 144.0

341.1

6.6

1990

5 150.8

349.1

6.8

1994

4 700.9

422.3

9.0

Bulgaria

1985

4 459.5

393.8

8.8

1990

4 096.8

393.4

9.6

1995

3 282.2

393.8

12.0

Croatia

1985

1 508.6

620.5

41.1

235.2

132.7

56.4

15.6

21.4

1990

1 513.6

652.8

43.1

237.0

135.7

57.3

15.7

20.8

1995

1 026.8

477.7

46.5

154.1

87.4

56.7

15.0

18.3

1997

1 003.9

472.2

47.0

103.0

21.8

Czech Republic

1995

5 102.0

2 346.0

46.0

807.0

464.0

57.5

15.8

19.8

1997

4 942.0

2 151.0

43.5

825.0

456.0

55.3

16.7

21.2

Estonia

1990

826.4

399.7

48.4

80.6

58.1

72.1

9.8

14.5

1995

656.1

313.8

47.8

100.7

60.1

59.7

15.3

19.2

Hungary

1992

4 082.7

596.0

14.6

1995

3 678.8

1 629.2

44.3

576.5

316.1

54.8

15.7

19.4

1997

3 646.3

1 602.8

44.0

617.7

316.7

51.3

16.9

19.8

Kazakhstan

1985

7 136.0

451.0

6.3

1990

7 563.0

470.0

6.2

1995

5 329.0

280.0

5.3

Kyrgyzstan

1986

1 651.1

82.4

5.0

1990

1 747.9

87.1

5.0

1995

1 641.7

69.3

4.2

1997

1 689.3

781.4

46.3

172.4

87.3

50.6

10.2

11.2

Latvia

1992

1 294.0

618.0

47.8

180.0

120.0

66.7

13.9

19.4

1995

1 046.0

511.0

48.9

170.0

107.0

62.9

16.3

20.9

Lithuania

1985

1 859.7

970.8

52.2

153.6

121.2

78.9

8.3

12.5

1990

873.8

35.4

4.1

1995

1 643.6

825.1

50.2

229.6

171.5

74.7

14.0

20.8

1997

1 669.2

821.2

49.2

273.5

180.9

66.1

16.4

22.0

Macedonia, F.Y.R. of

1985

491.0

168.0

34.2

61.0

26.0

42.6

12.4

15.5

1990

507.0

189.0

37.3

64.0

28.0

43.8

12.6

14.8

1995

357.0

133.0

37.3

30.0

13.0

43.3

8.4

9.8

1997

319.0

123.0

38.6

23.0

10.0

43.5

7.2

8.1

Moldova, Rep. of

1985

2 080.0

115.0

5.5

1990

2 071.0

138.0

6.7

1994

1 681.0

97.0

5.8

Poland

1995

14 791.0

6 696.0

45.3

2 005.0

1 108.0

55.3

13.6

16.5

1997

15 177.0

6 780.0

44.7

2 202.0

1 181.0

53.6

14.5

17.4

Romania

1995

11 152.0

5 125.7

46.0

855.2

468.8

54.8

7.7

9.1

1997

11 050.0

5 045.8

45.7

1 044.0

585.4

56.1

9.4

11.6

Russian Federation

1990

75 325.0

5 085.8

6.8

1995

66 441.0

6 071.4

9.1

Slovakia

1995

2 146.8

953.5

44.4

281.8

165.3

58.7

13.1

17.3

1997

2 194.0

987.0

45.0

314.3

185.2

58.9

14.3

18.8

Slovenia

1995

882.0

409.0

46.4

136.0

74.0

54.4

15.4

18.1

1997

898.0

416.0

46.3

145.0

81.0

55.9

16.1

19.5

Tajikistan

1990

1 400.0

...

...

1995

1 853.0

87.0

4.7

1997

1 143.4

40.2

3.5

Ukraine

1990

25 401.0

1 867.0

7.4

1995

21 962.0

1 585.0

7.2

1997

19 835.0

1 589.0

8.0

Asia and the Pacific

Bangladesh

1985

30 563.0

3 116.0

10.2

3 833.0

137.0

3.6

12.5

4.4

1990

50 159.0

19 716.0

39.3

4 285.0

123.0

2.9

8.5

0.6

1996

54 597.0

20 832.0

38.2

6 060.0

488.0

8.1

11.1

2.3

China

1990

639 090.0

28 390.0

4.4

1995

679 470.0

42 920.0

6.3

1997

696 000.0

47 943.0

6.9

Fiji

1985

81.1

19.9

24.5

14.8

4.4

29.7

18.2

22.1

1990

92.1

27.1

29.4

14.8

4.8

32.4

16.1

17.7

1996

110.1

34.3

31.2

20.7

7.1

34.3

18.8

20.7

1997

111.9

20.9

18.7

Hong Kong, China

1985

2 543.3

930.4

36.6

573.8

195.6

34.1

22.6

21.0

1990

2 711.5

986.9

36.4

703.2

277.0

39.4

25.9

28.1

1995

2 905.1

1 126.9

38.8

824.9

361.5

43.8

28.4

32.1

1997

3 144.7

1 228.6

39.1

952.2

421.4

44.3

30.3

34.3

India

1985

24 578.0

3 162.0

12.9

408.0

25.0

6.1

1.7

0.8

1990

26 353.0

3 646.0

13.8

441.0

32.0

7.3

1.7

0.9

1995

27 987.0

4 304.0

15.4

476.0

40.0

8.4

1.7

0.9

Indonesia

1985

62 457.0

22 507.0

36.0

9 345.2

4 767.8

51.0

15.0

21.2

1990

75 851.0

29 423.0

38.8

11 067.0

5 777.1

52.2

14.6

19.6

1995

82 038.0

31 729.0

38.7

13 967.0

7 273.0

52.1

17.0

22.9

1997

87 050.0

33 079.0

38.0

17 221.0

8 817.0

51.2

19.8

26.7

Korea, Republic of

1985

14 970.0

5 833.0

39.0

3 377.0

1 750.0

51.8

22.6

30.0

1992

18 961.0

7 639.0

40.3

4 419.0

2 265.0

51.3

23.3

29.7

1995

20 377.0

8 224.0

40.4

5 358.0

2 726.0

50.9

26.3

33.1

1997

21 048.0

8 639.0

41.0

5 798.0

3 044.0

52.5

27.5

35.2

Macau

1990

163.3

66.9

41.0

35.2

11.8

33.5

21.6

17.6

1995

180.3

78.5

43.5

46.1

21.3

46.2

25.6

27.1

1997

200.6

89.7

44.7

53.2

25.3

47.6

26.5

28.2

Malaysia

1985

5 653.3

1 952.8

34.5

994.3

373.6

37.6

17.6

19.1

1990

6 685.0

2 374.3

35.5

1 217.8

456.7

37.5

18.2

19.2

1995

7 645.0

2 588.4

33.9

1 370.7

530.9

38.7

17.9

20.5

1997

8 569.2

2 911.5

34.0

1 577.9

632.9

40.1

18.4

21.7

Myanmar

1985

14 792.0

1 444.0

9.8

1990

15 221.0

1 409.0

9.3

1994

16 817.0

...

...

1997

17 964.0

1 746.0

9.7

Pakistan

1985

26 961.0

2 601.0

9.6

3 111.0

37.0

1.2

11.5

1.4

1990

30 822.0

3 592.0

11.7

3 674.0

83.0

2.3

11.9

2.3

1995

33 337.0

4 051.0

12.2

4 835.0

116.0

2.4

14.5

2.9

Philippines

1985

20 327.0

7 569.0

37.2

2 650.0

1 789

67.5

13.0

23.6

1990

22 532.0

8 185.0

36.3

3 145.0

2 003

63.7

14.0

24.5

1995

25 698.0

9 505.0

37.0

3 745.0

2 473

66.0

14.6

26.0

1997

27 888.0

10 451.0

37.5

4 219.0

2 726

64.6

15.1

26.1

Singapore

1985

1 234.6

449.2

36.4

290.0

113

39.0

23.5

25.2

1991

1 524.3

606.5

39.8

345.3

137.4

39.8

22.7

22.7

1995

1 702.1

658.1

38.7

343.7

131.5

38.3

20.2

20.0

1997

1 830.5

749.4

40.9

398.2

171.5

43.1

21.8

22.9

Solomon Islands

1985

24.0

2.6

10.8

1990

26.1

2.6

10.0

1995

33.1

3.9

11.8

Sri Lanka

1985

5 131.7

1 550.4

30.2

513.9

102.8

20.0

10.0

6.6

1990

5 963.7

510.5

8.6

1995

5 316.0

1 655.0

31.1

557.1

87.7

15.7

10.5

5.3

Thailand

1985

25 853.0

10 749.0

41.6

2 591.7

1 409.0

54.4

10.0

13.1

1990

30 842.0

14 386.0

46.6

2 976.0

1 600.2

53.8

9.6

11.1

1995

32 512.0

14 795.0

45.5

4 094.4

2 202.4

53.8

12.6

14.9

1997

33 162.0

15 041.0

45.4

4 601.1

2 407.0

52.3

13.9

16.0

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina

1991

10 310.0

2 141.3

20.8

1995

10 348.0

3 868.1

37.4

2 109.6

780.6

37.0

20.4

20.2

Bahamas

1991

114.3

54.1

47.3

39.2

21.9

55.9

34.3

40.5

1994

120.3

56.6

47.0

38.6

19.9

51.6

32.1

35.2

Barbados

1985

92.1

40.1

43.5

20.1

10.8

53.7

21.8

26.9

1990

105.2

47.5

45.2

16.5

8.6

52.1

15.7

18.1

1995

109.9

52.1

47.4

16.6

8.5

51.2

15.1

16.3

Belize

1994

62.0

19.0

30.6

3.2

1.9

59.4

5.2

10.0

Bermuda

1986

33.4

15.7

47.0

11.8

5.9

50.0

35.3

37.6

1990

35.6

17.2

48.3

11.7

6.0

51.3

32.9

34.9

1995

34.1

17.1

50.1

10.7

5.4

50.5

31.4

31.6

1997

35.3

17.6

49.9

10.9

5.6

51.4

30.9

31.8

Bolivia

1990

921.3

377.8

41.0

235.5

160.5

68.2

25.6

42.5

1995

1 256.6

548.5

43.6

420.4

255.1

60.7

33.5

46.5

Brazil

1985

53 761.0

17 940.0

33.4

5 869.0

1 871.0

31.9

10.9

10.4

1990

62 100.0

22 083.0

35.6

7 976.0

2 916.0

36.6

12.8

13.2

1995

69 629.0

27 765.0

39.9

9 117.0

3 564.0

39.1

13.1

12.8

British Virgin Islands

1990

9.1

3.4

37.1

1994

10.9

5.2

48.2

4.0

2.1

52.4

36.9

40.1

Colombia

1985

3 099.9

1 183.4

38.2

781.1

299.9

38.4

25.2

25.3

1990

4 324.7

1 699.3

39.3

1 087.3

458.6

42.2

25.1

27.0

1995

5 494.1

2 297.4

41.8

1 412.7

659.5

46.7

25.7

28.7

1997

5 702.1

2 493.0

43.7

1 451.3

681.4

47.0

25.5

27.3

Costa Rica

1985

826.8

213.4

25.8

156.4

51.0

32.6

18.9

23.9

1990

1 017.2

286.2

28.1

159.2

60.0

37.7

15.7

21.0

1996

1 145.0

336.9

29.4

224.8

83.7

37.2

19.6

24.8

1997

1 227.3

378.1

30.8

234.2

89.5

38.2

19.1

23.7

Dominican Republic

1991

2 251.7

643.8

28.6

483.6

165.9

34.3

21.5

25.8

1995

2 400.7

745.0

31.0

559.1

106.8

19.1

23.3

14.3

1997

2 652.0

760.6

28.7

647.6

231.9

35.8

24.4

30.5

Ecuador

1990

2 330.5

830.6

35.6

630.9

303.2

48.1

27.1

36.5

1995

2 891.7

1 117.2

38.6

917.7

453.4

49.4

31.7

40.6

1997

3 062.2

1 152.6

37.6

870.9

412.0

47.3

28.4

35.7

El Salvador

1985

1 373.2

472.5

34.4

240.8

161.4

67.0

17.5

34.2

1990

884.9

396.7

44.8

243.2

154.5

63.5

27.5

38.9

1995

1 973.0

746.1

37.8

399.3

226.5

56.7

20.2

30.4

1997

2 076.0

783.9

37.8

445.1

257.7

57.9

21.4

32.9

Guatemala

1985

631.7

58.4

9.2

1990

785.8

84.4

10.7

1995

855.6

120.0

14.0

Honduras

1985

280.7

118.6

42.3

68.7

30.6

44.5

24.5

25.8

1990

1 212.9

309.4

25.5

171.1

102.3

59.8

14.1

33.1

1995

1 806.5

539.9

29.9

294.1

166.2

56.5

16.3

30.8

1997

2 088.5

714.0

34.2

393.8

236.5

60.1

18.9

33.1

Jamaica

1990

154.5

29.8

19.3

Mexico

1991

30 534.0

9 277.2

30.4

6 149.6

2 886.2

46.9

20.1

31.1

1995

33 881.0

10 854.0

32.0

7 799.3

3 918.2

50.2

23.0

36.1

1997

37 291.0

12 528.0

33.6

7 881.3

3 865.4

49.0

21.1

30.9

Netherlands Antilles

1990

47.5

11.5

24.2

1995

14.0

1997

56.2

14.6

26.0

Nicaragua

1985

289.8

24.6

8.5

1990

258.4

22.8

8.8

1995

208.2

21.9

10.5

1997

234.3

25.9

11.1

Panama

1985

627.0

185.2

29.5

87.1

35.7

41.0

13.9

19.3

1991

781.6

152.5

19.5

1995

866.7

279.5

32.2

179.6

69.0

38.4

20.7

24.7

1997

911.7

203.1

22.3

Paraguay

1985

407.0

176.3

43.3

92.7

48.3

52.1

22.8

27.4

1990

486.1

200.0

41.1

116.2

56.3

48.5

23.9

28.2

1996

1 190.4

505.6

42.5

398.5

199.7

50.1

33.5

39.5

Peru

1996

6 130.5

2 508.0

40.9

2 243.2

1 210.3

54.0

36.6

48.3

1997

6 746.9

2 922.9

43.3

2 427.3

1 446.1

59.6

36.0

49.5

Puerto Rico

1985

776.0

290.0

37.4

149.0

43.0

28.9

19.2

14.8

1990

971.0

375.0

38.6

190.0

61.0

32.1

19.6

16.3

1995

1 074.0

439.0

40.9

217.0

82.0

37.8

20.2

18.7

1997

1 132.0

464.0

41.0

233.0

92.0

39.5

20.6

19.8

Suriname

1990

81.7

31.4

38.4

12.8

5.8

45.3

15.7

18.5

1995

82.5

28.1

34.1

12.9

4.8

37.2

15.6

17.1

Trinidad and Tobago

1985

392.2

128.6

32.8

93.6

50.2

53.6

23.9

39.0

1990

374.1

120.7

32.3

62.8

30.0

47.8

16.8

24.9

1995

431.5

154.0

35.7

80.6

43.0

53.3

18.7

27.9

United States Virgin Islands

1985

37.1

11.2

30.2

1990

43.5

13.1

30.1

1995

42.2

13.8

32.7

1997

41.3

12.5

30.3

Uruguay

1986

1 021.2

395.0

38.7

174.0

63.9

36.7

17.0

16.2

1990

1 136.2

449.3

39.5

203.4

78.9

38.8

17.9

17.6

1995

1 206.0

498.8

41.4

236.5

101.2

42.8

19.6

20.3

Venezuela

1985

5 106.1

1 413.9

27.7

1 001.9

313.8

31.3

19.6

22.2

1990

6 402.2

1 951.3

30.5

1 341.2

438.6

32.7

20.9

22.5

1995

7 669.6

2 489.6

32.5

1 738.7

690.4

39.7

22.7

27.7

Sub-Saharan Africa

Botswana

1985

116.8

33.9

29.0

18.3

7.8

42.6

15.7

23.0

1990

208.8

69.4

33.2

38.3

19.7

51.4

18.3

28.4

1995

233.5

89.1

38.2

45.7

24.0

52.5

19.6

26.9

1997

225.9

41.1

18.2

Burundi

1985

44.7

4.2

9.4

1990

47.3

3.7

7.8

Côte d'Ivoire

1985

406.0

28.5

7.0

1990

385.0

25.9

6.7

Central African Republic

1985

19.8

3.6

18.2

1990

15.0

4.3

28.7

Chad

1986

8.9

0.5

5.6

1.3

14.6

1990

9.9

0.4

4.0

0.4

4.0

Eritrea

1996

57.8

18.2

31.5

11.2

0.9

8.0

19.4

4.9

Ethiopia

1987

539.5

124.8

23.1

14.5

6.0

41.4

2.7

4.8

1993

682.9

178.3

26.1

30.3

11.4

37.6

4.4

6.4

Ghana

1985

464.3

23.1

5.0

1990

229.6

10.7

4.7

Kenya

1985

1 174.4

230.9

19.7

89.7

14.1

15.7

7.6

6.1

1990

1 409.0

308.5

21.9

114.0

18.5

16.2

8.1

6.0

1997

1 647.4

504.6

30.6

148.2

57.9

39.1

9.0

11.5

Malawi

1985

415.2

39.3

9.5

1990

473.4

26.7

5.6

1995

563.9

28.0

5.0

Mauritius

1985

203.6

64.4

31.6

9.3

1.9

20.4

4.6

3.0

1990

283.5

99.1

35.0

16.8

3.9

23.2

5.9

3.9

1995

289.6

103.8

35.8

24.5

6.2

25.3

8.5

6.0

1997

286.3

102.9

35.9

26.3

6.6

25.1

9.2

6.4

Niger

1985

22.5

1.6

7.1

2.0

0.3

15.0

8.9

18.8

1990

25.2

2.7

10.7

3.1

0.6

19.4

12.3

22.2

South Africa

1985

755.7

1990

791.1

1993

764.4

Swaziland

1985

72.9

20.2

27.7

7.1

3

42.3

9.7

14.9

1990

92.0

12.9

14.0

1995

87.0

25.1

28.9

9.8

4.3

43.9

11.3

17.1

Togo

1985

61.2

8.2

13.4

1990

57.3

8.2

14.3

1995

53.9

5.7

10.6

Zimbabwe

1985

1 055.0

189.4

18.0

78.3

12.1

15.5

7.4

6.4

1990

1 192.2

214.5

18.0

96.0

14.4

15.0

8.1

6.7

1995

1 239.6

255.9

20.6

100.6

15.8

15.7

8.1

6.2

Middle East and North Africa

Bahrain

1987

86.0

5.7

6.6

13.7

0.8

5.8

15.9

14.0

1990

92.4

7.0

7.6

15.7

0.9

5.7

17.0

12.9

1994

1 15.8

11.8

10.2

20.9

1.6

7.7

18.0

13.6

1997

1 24.1

13.1

10.6

23.8

2.2

9.2

19.2

16.8

Egypt

1984

11 819.0

2 085.7

17.6

1 009.3

160.5

15.9

8.5

7.7

1990

14 361.0

3 410.2

23.7

1 380.8

250.9

18.2

9.6

7.4

1995

15 344.0

2 948.4

19.2

1 587.7

209.1

13.2

10.3

7.1

Jordan

1985

164.0

35.8

21.8

9.8

0.6

6.1

6.0

1.7

1990

227.1

52.5

23.1

11.8

0.9

7.6

5.2

1.7

1993

311.0

70.7

22.7

23.9

1.7

7.1

7.7

2.4

Morocco

1991

3 399.9

809.1

23.8

712.5

63.3

8.9

21.0

7.8

Syrian Arab Republic

1984

2 246.3

300.5

13.4

252.9

9.4

3.7

11.3

3.1

1991

3 249.9

539.6

16.6

378.3

9.3

2.5

11.6

1.7

Tunisia

1989

1 978.8

386.0

19.5

262.9

17.4

6.6

13.3

4.5

1994

2 320.6

534.9

23.1

293.6

30.6

10.4

12.7

5.7

… = not available.
1 Including hotels and restaurants. The exact geographic and institutional coverage of the data for measuring employment follow national practices and may vary from one country to the other. Detailed information may be found in the footnotes of the various editions of the ILO Year Book of Labour Statistics.
Source: ILO database on Labour Statistics (LABORSTA).


Appendix 2

Total unemployment and unemployment in wholesale and
retail trade by sex
(selected countries and various years)
 


Country or territory

Year

Total unemployment


Unemployment in wholesale and retail trade1


Total
(thousands)

Women
(thousands)

Share of
women
in total

Total
(thousands)

Women
(thousands)

Share of
women
in total

As % of total unemployment


Total

Women


Developed (industrialized) countries

Australia

1985

572.0

223.6

39.0

70.6

30.9

43.8

12.3

13.8

1990

584.8

252.5

43.2

97.0

44.3

45.7

16.6

17.5

1995

766.3

311.3

40.6

95.6

38.8

40.6

12.5

12.5

1997

791.1

330.1

41.7

101.8

39.3

38.6

12.9

11.9

Austria

1985

120.7

46.8

38.8

28.1

16.8

59.8

23.3

35.9

1990

114.8

51.8

45.1

27.0

16.7

61.9

23.5

32.2

1995

143.7

72.2

50.2

39.7

24.4

61.5

27.6

33.8

1997

164.8

77.5

47.0

46.1

27.6

59.9

28.0

35.6

Belgium

1985

476.6

267.4

56.1

71.6

51.0

71.2

15.0

19.1

1990

347.9

210.1

60.4

59.1

43.8

74.1

17.0

20.8

1995

500.0

286.3

57.3

85.8

61.2

71.3

17.2

21.4

1997

458.4

260.3

56.8

73.9

51.7

70.0

16.1

19.9

Canada

1985

1 311.0

572.0

43.6

321.0

165.0

51.4

24.5

28.8

1990

1 109.0

496.0

44.7

282.0

153.0

54.3

25.4

30.8

1995

1 442.1

621.0

43.1

244.3

121.7

49.8

16.9

19.6

1997

1 413.5

227.9

16.1

Cyprus

1985

8.3

3.7

44.4

1.7

1.1

61.1

20.8

28.6

1990

5.1

2.6

51.0

1.1

0.6

54.5

21.6

23.1

1995

7.9

4.3

54.4

2.3

1.3

56.5

29.1

30.2

Denmark

1985

199.5

110.9

55.6

26.8

19.3

71.9

13.4

17.4

1990

242.4

119.6

49.3

37.9

23.3

61.5

15.6

19.5

1995

195.5

109.9

56.2

35.6

22.0

61.8

18.2

20.0

1997

174.2

99.5

57.1

32.7

18.4

56.3

18.8

18.5

Finland

1985

129.0

56.0

43.4

14.0

9.0

64.3

10.9

16.1

1990

88.0

34.0

38.6

10.0

5.0

50.0

11.4

14.7

1995

430.0

198.0

46.0

55.0

32.0

58.2

12.8

16.2

1997

367.0

182.0

49.6

31.0

23.0

74.2

8.4

12.6

Germany

1995

4 035.0

728.0

458.0

62.9

18.0

1997

3 893.0

675.0

411.0

17.3

Greece

1985

303.9

162.0

53.3

17.4

9.3

53.4

5.7

5.7

1990

280.8

173.7

61.9

18.2

10.8

59.3

6.5

6.2

1995

424.7

248.6

58.5

57.6

31.0

53.8

13.6

12.5

1997

440.3

267.3

60.7

61.0

34.2

56.1

13.9

12.8

Iceland

1991

3.6

1.9

52.8

0.6

0.5

83.3

16.7

26.3

1995

7.2

3.4

47.2

1.1

0.7

63.6

15.3

20.6

1997

5.7

3.1

54.4

0.9

0.5

55.6

15.8

16.1

Ireland

1986

225.5

79.1

35.1

24.2

9.5

39.3

10.7

12.0

1990

172.4

63.9

37.1

25.0

10.6

42.4

14.5

16.6

1995

177.4

67.1

37.8

29.6

13.9

47.0

16.7

20.7

1997

159.0

62.0

39.0

25.5

12.5

49.0

16.0

20.2

Israel

1985

98.5

40.6

41.2

7.9

2.9

36.7

8.0

7.1

1990

158.0

75.9

48.0

15.9

6.6

41.5

10.1

8.7

1995

145.0

78.4

54.1

18.6

9.0

48.4

12.8

11.5

1997

169.8

85.2

50.2

23.7

12.8

54.0

14.0

15.0

Japan

1985

1 640.0

630.0

38.4

250.0

120.0

48.0

15.2

19.0

1990

1 420.0

590.0

41.5

170.0

90.0

52.9

12.0

15.3

1995

1 990.0

820.0

41.2

300.0

140.0

46.7

15.1

17.1

1997

2 290.0

960.0

41.9

360.0

170.0

47.2

15.7

17.7

New Zealand

1986

63.5

31.1

49.0

11.9

7.7

64.7

18.7

24.8

1990

124.1

50.1

40.4

23.8

12.2

51.3

19.2

24.4

1995

109.5

48.7

44.5

18.9

9.8

51.9

17.3

20.1

1997

120.9

54.4

45.0

22.3

11.7

52.5

18.4

21.5

Norway

1985

53.0

28.0

52.8

8.0

5.0

62.5

15.1

17.9

1990

112.0

46.0

41.1

13.0

7.0

53.8

11.6

15.2

1995

107.0

46.0

43.0

12.0

7.0

58.3

11.2

15.2

Portugal

1992

194.1

103.4

53.3

37.9

21.2

55.9

19.5

20.5

1995

338.4

172.6

51.0

75.4

43.6

57.8

22.3

25.3

1997

324.1

165.6

51.1

76.7

43.7

57.0

23.7

26.4

Spain

1985

2 938.6

1 031.5

35.1

289.5

110.0

38.0

9.9

10.7

1990

2 441.2

1 275.1

52.2

296.5

166.9

56.3

12.1

13.1

1995

3 583.5

1 829.7

51.1

516.5

272.2

52.7

14.4

14.9

1997

3 356.4

1 774.9

52.9

433.1

239.0

55.2

12.9

13.5

Sweden

1985

125.0

60.0

48.0

20.0

12.0

60.0

16.0

20.0

1990

75.0

36.0

48.0

12.0

7.0

58.3

16.0

19.4

1995

333.0

142.0

42.6

60.0

30.0

50.0

18.0

21.1

1997

342.0

154.0

45.0

58.0

33.0

56.9

17.0

21.4

Turkey

1985

2 040.0

609.0

29.9

83.0

8.0

9.6

4.1

1.3

1990

1 615.0

512.0

31.7

133.0

23.0

17.3

8.2

4.5

1995

1 522.0

470.0

30.9

164.0

33.0

20.1

10.8

7.0

1997

1 545.0

550.0

35.6

175.0

39.0

22.3

11.3

7.1

United Kingdom

1990

1 973.8

307.0

154.8

50.4

15.6

1995

2 453.6

846.3

34.5

481.1

202.5

42.1

19.6

23.9

1997

2 034.2

730.6

35.9

397.4

171.3

43.1

19.5

23.4

United States

1985

8 312.0

3 791.0

45.6

1 731.0

944.0

54.5

20.8

24.9

1990

7 047.0

3 140.0

44.6

1 587.0

814.0

51.3

22.5

25.9

1995

7 404.0

3 421.0

46.2

1 733.0

916.0

52.9

23.4

26.8

1997

6 739.0

3 162.0

46.9

1 694.0

899.0

53.1

25.1

28.4

Transition economies

Croatia

1995

240.6

124.2

51.6

19.8

12.9

65.2

8.2

10.4

1997

287.1

145.8

50.8

61.4

40.1

65.3

21.4

27.5

Czech Republic

1995

181.4

96.9

53.4

27.9

19.6

70.3

15.4

20.2

1997

241.8

112.5

46.5

45.7

31.1

68.1

18.9

27.6

Estonia

1995

15.6

10.5

67.3

1.9

1.5

78.9

12.2

14.3

Hungary

1992

444.2

178.3

40.1

60.9

34.5

56.7

13.7

19.3

1995

416.5

155.0

37.2

60.8

34.1

56.1

14.6

22.0

1997

348.8

134.7

38.6

49.7

25.9

52.1

14.2

19.2

Latvia

1995

227.0

100.5

44.3

25.3

15.2

60.1

11.1

15.1

1997

171.2

83.2

48.6

25.3

15.4

60.9

14.8

18.5

Lithuania

1997

255.9

135.3

52.9

39.7

15.4

38.8

15.5

11.4

Poland

1995

2 277.0

1 157.0

50.8

375.0

255.0

68.0

16.5

22.0

1997

1 923.0

1 035.0

53.8

337.0

240.0

71.2

17.5

23.2

Romania

1995

967.9

480.3

49.6

89.6

60.5

67.5

9.3

12.6

1997

706.5

342.2

48.4

65.0

42.8

65.8

9.2

12.5

Slovakia

1995

324.5

152.8

47.1

49.0

33.9

69.2

15.1

22.2

1997

287.1

140.6

49.0

38.1

25.6

67.2

13.3

18.2

Slovenia

1995

70.0

31.0

44.3

9.0

5.0

55.6

12.9

16.1

1997

69.0

32.0

46.4

9.0

6.0

66.7

13.0

18.8

Asia and the Pacific

Hong Kong, China

1985

83.6

25.1

30.0

17.6

5.5

31.3

21.1

21.9

1990

36.6

13.3

36.3

9.8

4.8

49.0

26.8

36.1

1995

95.6

33.3

34.8

26.0

11.4

43.8

27.2

34.2

1997

71.3

25.6

35.9

22.8

10.4

45.6

32.0

40.6

Korea, Republic of

1985

621.0

142.0

22.9

91.0

21.0

23.1

14.7

14.8

1992

465.0

160.0

34.4

70.0

24.0

34.3

15.1

15.0

1995

419.0

139.0

33.2

87.0

30.0

34.5

20.8

21.6

1997

556.0

204.0

36.7

110.0

45.0

40.9

19.8

22.1

Macau

1990

5.3

2.8

52.8

0.8

0.4

50.0

15.1

14.3

1995

6.7

2.4

35.8

1.1

0.6

54.5

16.4

25.0

1997

6.5

2.3

35.4

2.1

0.8

38.1

32.3

34.8

Pakistan

1985

1 042.0

47.0

4.5

1990

996.0

50.0

5.0

1995

1 893.0

18.0

1.0

Singapore

1985

53.2

19.1

35.9

11.9

4.9

41.2

22.4

25.7

1991

25.8

8.2

31.8

7.0

2.8

40.0

27.1

34.1

1996

53.8

22.8

42.4

13.0

6.0

46.2

24.2

26.3

1997

45.5

18.7

41.1

10.2

4.1

40.2

22.4

21.9

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina

1991

696.0

154.3

22.2

1995

1 959.0

835.9

42.7

371.0

184.3

49.7

18.9

22.0

Bahamas

1986

13.5

7.8

57.8

3.6

2.0

56.0

26.9

26.0

1991

16.0

7.7

48.1

4.4

2.7

61.4

27.5

35.1

1994

18.4

9.3

50.5

5.5

3.7

67.3

29.9

39.8

Barbados

1985

21.7

13.0

59.9

4.3

2.8

65.1

19.8

21.5

1990

18.6

12.0

64.5

2.7

1.7

63.0

14.5

14.2

1995

26.9

15.5

57.6

4.3

2.8

65.1

16.0

18.1

Bolivia

1990

79.2

31.0

39.1

7.2

3.3

45.8

9.1

10.6

1995

47.5

23.1

48.6

10.4

6.6

63.5

21.9

28.6

Chile

1985

516.5

169.8

32.9

62.3

27.3

43.8

12.1

16.1

1990

268.9

84.0

31.2

41.5

21.2

51.1

15.4

25.2

1995

248.1

89.8

36.2

42.0

20.5

48.8

16.9

22.8

1997

303.6

122.8

40.4

59.6

31.8

53.4

19.6

25.9

Colombia

1985

499.9

129.7

25.9

1990

491.6

131.6

26.8

1991

299.4

99.5

33.2

1995

524.6

293.2

55.9

146.1

100.9

69.1

27.8

34.4

1997

786.3

431.0

54.8

213.7

143.0

66.9

27.2

33.2

Costa Rica

1985

60.8

18.3

30.1

8.5

2.9

34.8

13.9

16.1

1990

49.5

17.8

36.0

8.1

4.1

50.6

16.4

23.0

1996

75.9

30.6

40.3

14.1

7.3

51.8

18.6

23.9

1997

74.3

30.8

41.5

15.1

6.9

45.7

20.3

22.4

Dominican Republic

1991

547.5

317.8

58.0

16.4

4.8

29.3

3.0

1.5

1996

505.7

287.2

56.8

57.7

26.9

46.6

11.4

9.4

1997

503.7

304.7

60.5

55.9

29.3

52.4

11.1

9.6

Ecuador

1990

150.2

83.2

55.4

19.7

12.5

63.5

13.1

15.0

1995

212.7

108.4

51.0

31.2

16.5

52.9

14.7

15.2

1997

311.6

168.3

54.0

51.3

30.5

59.5

16.5

18.1

El Salvador

1985

280.8

152.2

54.2

22.5

17.4

77.3

8.0

11.4

1990

97.9

43.1

44.0

10.4

5.8

55.8

10.6

13.5

1995

163.4

46.6

28.5

14.5

4.4

30.3

8.9

9.4

1997

180.0

44.0

24.4

16.7

6.1

36.5

9.3

13.9

Honduras

1990

61.7

20.3

32.9

7.7

3.3

42.9

12.5

16.3

1995

59.1

18.8

31.8

5.6

2.2

39.3

9.5

11.7

1997

69.4

23.9

34.4

9.0

3.2

35.6

13.0

13.4

Mexico

1996

1 354.7

494.0

36.5

194.2

73.5

37.8

14.3

14.9

1997

1 054.2

469.7

44.6

140.6

69.8

49.6

13.3

14.9

Panama

1985

88.3

42.0

47.5

10.9

6.5

59.7

12.3

15.4

1991

138.4

65.6

47.4

24.4

12.9

52.9

17.6

19.7

1995

141.2

70.5

49.9

30.4

17.1

56.3

21.5

24.3

1997

140.3

29.6

21.1

Paraguay

1985

22.0

9.6

43.5

3.0

1.5

49.7

13.5

15.4

1990

34.1

13.8

40.5

4.9

3.0

61.2

14.4

21.7

1994

48.1

16.5

34.3

8.4

3.7

44.0

17.5

22.4

Peru

1996

461.6

214.2

46.4

97.5

60.3

61.8

21.1

28.2

1997

565.0

285.1

50.5

139.8

89.0

63.7

24.7

31.2

Puerto Rico

1985

216.0

56.0

25.9

29.0

7.0

24.1

13.4

12.5

1990

160.0

45.0

28.1

27.0

10.0

37.0

16.9

22.2

1995

53.0

32.0

11.0

34.4

20.8

1997

64.0

15.0

23.4

Trinidad and Tobago

1985

72.8

26.4

36.3

11.6

6.8

58.6

15.9

25.8

1990

93.6

38.5

41.1

18.2

12.4

68.1

19.4

32.2

1995

89.4

39.9

44.6

13.0

9.1

70.0

14.5

22.8

Uruguay

1986

122.0

63.9

52.4

18.9

9.8

51.9

15.5

15.3

1990

105.7

55.1

52.1

16.1

7.7

47.8

15.2

14.0

1995

137.5

76.0

55.3

24.5

13.3

54.3

17.8

17.5

Venezuela

1985

767.1

189.6

24.7

113.6

34.6

30.5

14.8

18.3

1990

766.5

199.0

26.0

127.1

47.6

37.5

16.6

23.9

1995

870.4

349.2

40.1

155.5

80.5

51.8

17.9

23.1

Sub-Saharan Africa

Botswana

1995

94.5

49.1

52.0

10.1

7.2

71.3

10.7

14.7

Burundi

1985

1.9

0.3

14.7

1990

14.5

1.3

9.0

Ethiopia

1985

17.7

5.2

29.7

1.1

0.3

29.3

6.4

6.4

1990

11.2

3.2

28.6

0.7

0.2

28.6

6.3

6.3

Mauritius

1995

47.6

22.1

46.4

3.9

1.4

35.9

8.2

6.3

Middle East and North Africa

Egypt

1983

0.5

0.2

40.0

1990

1 346.5

744.2

55.3

19.8

6.6

33.3

1.5

9

1995

1 916.9

919.7

48.0

21.5

8.0

37.2

1.1

9

… = not available.
1 Including hotels and restaurants. The exact geographic and institutional coverage of the data for measuring unemployment follow national practices and may vary from one country to the other. Detailed information may be found in the footnotes of the various editions of the ILO Year Book of Labour Statistics.
Source: ILO database on Labour Statistics (LABORSTA).


 Appendix 3

Wages in wholesale and retail trade 1 by sex (selected countries and various years)
 


Country
(type, coverage)
2

Year

Total


Men


Women


Nominal
wages (in
national
currency)

Difference
in %
compared
with
manufacturing

Nominal
wages (in
national
currency)

Difference
in %
compared
with men in
manufacturing

Nominal
wages (in
national
currency)

Difference
in %
compared
with men in
commerce

Difference
in %
compared
with women in
manufacturing


Developed (industrialized) countries

Australia (A, b)

1990

11.2

-15.2

11.7

-15.4

10.4

-12.5

-6.7

1995

13.7

-13.9

14.2

-13.4

12.8

-10.9

-7.0

Cyprus (D, d)

1990

406.0

-24.1

489.0

-19.8

307.0

-59.3

-2.3

1995

610.0

-16.4

718.0

-14.5

476.0

-50.8

0.0

1997

665.0

-14.6

752.0

-15.8

560.0

-34.3

5.4

Finland (D, d)

1990

7 786.0

...

9 235.0

...

6 902.0

...

...

1994

9 057.0

...

10 823.0

...

7 932.0

...

...

Gibraltar (C, c)

1990

140.3

-70.0

151.7

-63.3

122.4

-23.9

-23.9

1995

186.2

-50.0

205.0

-44.0

153.6

-33.5

-26.2

Isle of Man (C, b)

1992

161.0

-28.6

...

...

...

...

...

1997

267.0

-12.7

287.0

-10.5

233.0

-23.2

-3.0

Israel (D, b)

1990

2 086.0

-27.9

...

...

...

...

...

1994

3 380.0

-29.8

...

...

...

...

...

Malta (C, b)

1995

60.4

...

...

...

...

...

...

Netherlands (A, b)

1990

17.7

-21.5

20.2

-12.9

13.6

-48.5

-25.7

New Zealand (A, b)

1990

11.9

-11.8

13.3

-7.5

10.3

-29.1

-2.9

1995

13.0

-13.1

14.5

-8.3

11.2

-29.5

-8.0

1997

13.9

-13.7

15.5

-7.7

11.9

-30.5

-9.2

Portugal (D, b)

1990

71 000.0

...

77 800.0

...

58 000.0

...

...

1995

110 900.0

9.2

127 900.0

7.0

88 200.0

-45.0

11.5

1997

127 300.0

8.8

148 000.0

7.5

98 700.0

-49.9

9.9

San Marino (B, b)

1990

66 195.0

-28.2

...

...

...

...

...

1995

100 998.0

-26.1

...

...

...

...

...

1997

113 489.0

-25.7

...

...

...

...

...

Spain (D, a)

1990

703.0

-28.3

...

...

...

...

...

1995

950.0

-32.9

...

...

...

...

...

Sweden (A, c)

1990

74.6

-17.0

77.2

-15.9

73.1

-5.6

-8.8

Switzerland (D, d)

1990

...

...

5 073.0

...

3 358.0

...

...

1993

...

...

5 641.0

...

3 752.0

...

...

Turkey (B, b)

1990

23 574.0

-29.7

23 370.0

-33.6

24 805.0

5.8

-2.0

1996

664 489.0

-14.0

660 907.0

-14.8

691 503.0

4.4

-8.1

Transition economies

Azerbaijan (D, b)

1995

37 519.0

-154.7

...

...

...

...

...

1997

48 615.0

-300.4

...

...

...

...

...

Belarus (D, b)

1990

...

-19.9

...

...

...

...

...

1994

86 486.0

-33.6

...

...

...

...

...

Bulgaria (D, b)

1990

313.0

-7.3

...

...

...

...

...

Croatia (D, b)

1990

...

7.2

...

...

...

...

...

1995

1 652.0

-1.2

...

...

...

...

...

Estonia (D, b)

1990

333.6

-7.9

...

...

...

...

...

Kazakhstan (D, b)

1990

...

-28.8

...

...

...

...

...

1995

3 341.0

-95.2

...

...

...

...

...

Lithuania (D, b)

1992

4717

-24.7

...

...

...

...

...

Moldova, Rep. of (D, b)

1990

190.0

-51.4

...

...

...

...

...

Russian Federation (D, b)

1990

252.0

-19.8

...

...

...

...

...

1995

370 691.0

-24.5

...

...

...

...

...

Slovenia (D, b)

1990

10 154.0

14.4

...

...

...

...

...

Tajikistan (D, b)

1995

565.0

-175.9

...

...

...

...

...

1997

4 169.0

-259.2

...

...

...

...

...

Asia and the Pacific

China (D, b)

1990

152.8

-14.0

...

...

...

...

...

1994

294.8

-21.1

...

...

...

...

...

Cook Islands (C, b)

1990

160.0

14.4

187.0

14.4

139.0

-34.5

20.1

1993

186.0

-0.5

219.0

11.4

164.0

-33.5

-7.9

Fiji (A, c)

1990

1.6

...

...

...

...

...

...

1996

2.5

...

...

...

...

...

...

Hong Kong, China (E, d)

1990

5 708.4

0.4

6 404.4

2.2

4 790.0

-33.7

-4.9

1995

10 047.0

5.4

10 764.0

3.2

9 311.4

-15.6

6.7

1997

11 469.0

1.2

12 348.0

1.5

10 661.0

-15.8

1.8

Korea, Republic of (D, b)

1990

655.2

9.8

757.8

4.4

434.2

-74.5

16.1

Macau (D, a)

1990

2 525.0

18.5

...

...

...

...

...

1995

4 520.0

29.0

5 049.0

13.1

3 835.0

-31.7

30.1

1997

4 842.0

31.4

5 625.0

10.8

4 087.0

-37.6

30.5

Philippines (D, b)

1990

4 331.0

1.6

...

...

...

...

...

1994

6 223.0

...

6 797.0

-10.8

5 500.0

...

...

Singapore (D, b)

1990

1 305.1

-6.9

1 496.3

-20.1

1 058.7

-41.3

7.1

1995

1 889.3

-14.2

2 160.3

-22.4

1 560.6

-38.4

1.2

1997

2 088.2

-19.1

2 377.3

-26.2

1 748.3

-36.0

-3.6

Solomon Islands (D, b)

1990

529.0

18.1

...

...

...

...

...

1995

581.0

-8.8

...

...

...

...

...

Sri Lanka (B, c)

1996

152.9

4.9

152.9

...

152.9

...

...

1997

188.3

11.7

188.3

10.9

188.3

0.0

24.3

Thailand (E, b)

1990

3 687.0

9.0

...

...

...

...

...

1995

6 456.0

22.6

7 166.0

13.0

5 815.0

-23.2

26.9

Latin America and the Caribbean

Bolivia (E, b)

1990

550.1

10.4

...

...

...

...

...

1995

1 165.0

17.7

...

...

...

...

...

Chile (D, b)

1990

133 187.0

1.9

...

...

...

...

...

1995

133 867.0

-18.8

...

...

...

...

...

1997

159 999.0

-18.6

...

...

...

...

...

Costa Rica (D, b)

1990

19 999.0

-0.2

22 708.0

3.6

16 051.0

-41.5

-1.3

1995

52 409.0

-3.7

59 828.0

-0.7

41 223.0

-45.1

-3.7

1997

70 507.0

-7.3

78 990.0

0.1

56 580.0

-39.6

-19.4

Dominican Republic (A, a)

1991

13.7

24.1

...

...

...

...

...

1995

23.2

28.4

...

...

...

...

...

1997

25.6

15.6

...

...

...

...

...

Guatemala (D, b)

1990

558.7

15.2

...

...

...

...

...

1995

1 409.1

19.2

...

...

...

...

...

1997

1 665.3

14.1

...

...

...

...

...

Guyana (D, b)

1990

558.7

...

...

...

...

...

...

1994

1 135.5

...

...

...

...

...

...

Jamaica (C, b)

1990

19 327.0

97.7

...

...

...

...

...

Nicaragua (D, b)

1990

...

32.9

...

...

...

...

...

1995

2 037.4

-19.9

...

...

...

...

...

1997

2 604.0

-4.6

...

...

...

...

...

Paraguay (D, b)

1990

236 983.0

6.9

271 663.0

13.8

166 544.0

-63.1

6.5

1994

532 755.0

9.9

585 358.0

13.4

425 115.0

-37.7

8.4

Sub-Saharan Africa

Botswana (D, b)

1990

350.0

-9.4

...

...

...

...

...

1995

580.0

-0.3

...

...

...

...

...

1997

623.0

-1.6

...

...

...

...

...

Ghana (D, b)

1990

25 375.0

-77.5

...

...

...

...

...

Guinea (E, b)

1990

40 250.0

-98.8

...

...

...

...

...

1995

80 000.0

-62.5

...

...

...

...

...

Kenya (D, b)

1990

4 123.3

25.7

4 233.6

25.4

3 553.5

-19.1

34.8

1995

8 545.5

27.1

9 185.1

25.2

6 466.6

-42.0

48.7

1997

7 600.7

27.5

8 596.8

38.4

6 044.6

-42.2

-7.7

Malawi (D, b)

1991

231.8

23.7

...

...

...

...

...

1995

387.1

49.4

...

...

...

...

...

Mauritius (D, d)

1990

3 507.0

11.5

...

...

...

...

...

1995

6 376.0

11.2

...

...

...

...

...

1997

7 042.0

10.8

...

...

...

...

...

South Africa (D, b)

1990

1 417.0

-17.1

...

...

...

...

...

Swaziland (D, e)

1990

...

...

307.0

-5.5

259.0

-18.5

-9.7

1995

...

...

552.0

-1.1

516.0

-7.0

6.4

Zimbabwe (D, b)

1990

690.7

-15.3

...

...

...

...

...

1995

1 671.2

-14.5

...

...

...

...

...

Middle East and North Africa

Bahrain (D, b)

1990

163.0

-37.7

...

...

...

...

...

1994

169.0

-11.2

...

...

...

...

...

1997

169.0

-18.3

...

...

...

...

...

Egypt (C, c)

1990

49.0

-10.2

51.0

-9.8

42.0

-21.4

9.5

1995

85.0

1.2

87.0

0.0

78.0

-11.5

17.9

Jordan (B, b)

1990

5.4

14.8

5.4

11.1

4.9

-10.2

44.9

1995

5.8

8.6

5.7

3.5

6.4

10.9

46.9

… = not available.
1 Including hotels and restaurants. 2 Type: A = earnings per hour; B = earnings per day; C = earnings per week; D = earnings per month; E = wage rates per month; coverage: a = total employment; b = employees; c = wage earners; d = salaried employees; e = unskilled. The exact geographic and institutional coverage of the data for measuring the wages follow national practices and may vary from one country to the other. Detailed information may be found in the footnotes of the various editions of the ILO Year Book of Labour Statistics.
Source: ILO database on Labour Statistics (LABORSTA).


 Appendix 4

Hours of work in wholesale and retail trade 1 by sex
(selected countries and various years)
 


Country
(type, coverage)
2

Year

Total


Men


Women


No. of
hours
by
week

Difference in
% compared
with
manufacturing

No. of
hours
by
week

Difference in
% compared
with men in
manufacturing

No. of
hours
by
week

Difference in
% compared
with men in
commerce

Difference in
% compared
with women in
manufacturing


Developed (industrialized) countries

Australia (A, b)

1990

32.2

-18.3

38.1

25.9

-47.1

1995

32.1

-20.6

37.9

25.8

-46.9

Canada (B, c)

1990

26.9

-42.0

...

Cyprus (B, c)

1990

40.7

-1.5

42.7

-0.2

37.1

-15.1

-8.1

1995

37.0

-8.4

40.4

-2.2

37.3

-8.3

-4.8

1997

38.7

-1.0

38.9

-2.6

38.0

-2.4

-0.8

France (A, b)

1990

39.1

1.0

...

...

Gibraltar (B, c)

1990

40.2

-16.7

41.4

-15.5

38.3

-8.1

-0.5

Isle of Man (B, b)

1992

33.7

-15.1

...

1993

...

39.9

-5.8

28.4

-10.2

1997

42.0

0.0

42.0

-2.4

40.0

-5.0

-2.5

Israel (A, a)

1990

39.1

0.5

43.0

5.8

32.2

-33.5

-5.6

Japan (A, a)

1990

47.6

4.0

54.0

7.2

40.9

-32.0

4.9

1995

44.4

2.0

50.8

7.9

38.0

-33.7

0.5

1997

43.3

1.4

49.9

7.6

36.8

-35.6

0.0

Netherlands (B, b)

1990

39.5

-1.0

39.7

-0.8

39.1

-1.5

-0.3

New Zealand (B, b)

1990

36.8

-11.7

38.1

-10.2

35.2

-8.2

-9.9

1995

37.7

-11.7

39.0

-10.5

36.3

-7.4

-8.5

1997

37.6

-10.1

38.8

-9.3

36.2

-7.2

-7.2

Norway (A, b)

1990

33.8

-9.5

39.9

2.5

28.6

-39.5

-9.4

1995

33.2

-10.5

38.2

-0.5

28.4

-34.5

-12.0

San Marino (A, b)

1991

45.5

...

...

1995

49.0

21.4

...

...

1997

50.7

22.9

...

...

Spain (A, a)

1990

40.0

8.2

41.6

10.6

37.8

-10.1

7.7

Turkey (A, a)

1990

58.1

16.0

59.0

14.2

47.2

-25.0

11.0

1995

57.8

13.1

58.6

12.6

50.3

-16.5

8.3

1997

58.6

13.0

59.5

12.3

50.7

-17.4

9.7

Transition economies

Moldova, Rep. of (A, b)

1990

35.3

2.3

...

...

1995

28.7

22.3

...

Asia and the Pacific

Bangladesh (A, a)

1990

64.0

51.6

65.0

47.7

45.0

-44.4

51.1

1995

49.0

6.1

50.0

-4.0

31.0

-61.3

-19.4

Hong Kong, China (A, a)

1990

48.9

9.6

50.6

9.3

46.3

-9.3

9.7

1995

47.4

7.8

49.3

8.1

45.0

-9.6

8.7

1997

46.9

6.6

48.7

7.2

44.7

-8.9

7.4

India (A, b)

1990

47.3

1.9

47.3

44.6

-6.1

1995

47.9

2.9

48.0

46.4

-3.4

Korea, Republic of (A, b)

1990

...

...

47.8

-3.8

1995

46.3

-6.3

46.1

-7.4

46.8

1.5

-3.8

1997

44.9

-6.5

44.8

-7.1

45.1

0.7

-5.1

Macau (A, a)

1990

57.8

16.8

...

...

1992

...

57.8

14.4

56.2

13.7

1995

53.3

9.8

54.7

11.3

51.9

-5.4

7.7

1997

52.7

7.8

53.5

8.8

51.9

-3.1

6.6

Philippines (A, a)

1990

52.2

14.0

51.2

8.6

52.8

3.0

19.5

1995

50.9

12.4

49.3

4.9

51.8

4.8

19.1

1997

50.8

12.8

48.5

4.1

52.1

6.9

20.2

Singapore (B, b)

1990

42.3

-14.7

...

...

1995

43.1

-14.4

...

...

1997

43.3

-14.3

...

...

Sri Lanka (B, c)

1996

50.2

...

...

1997

66.4

21.1

...

...

Thailand (A, b) 3

1990

208.5

7.3

...

...

1995

201.2

1.9

...

...

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina (A, a)

1990

48.9

9.4

50.5

9.9

45.2

-11.7

10.2

1995

48.8

13.1

50.8

13.2

45.2

-12.4

16.8

Bolivia (B, b)

1990

43.2

-10.0

43.2

-10.0

44.6

3.1

-4.0

1995

44.3

-2.5

44.0

-3.4

44.7

1.6

-0.4

Chile (A, a)

1992

46.8

47.8

45.5

-5.1

1995

46.9

6.0

48.1

5.2

45.3

-6.2

13.0

1997

45.5

2.9

47.3

3.6

43.5

-8.7

7.6

Colombia (A, a)

1991

49.1

3.3

...

...

1995

48.7

3.1

...

...

1997

48.3

1.7

...

...

Dominican Republic (A, a)

1991

44.0

4.5

...

...

1995

45.0

2.2

...

...

1997

45.0

-2.2

...

...

Jamaica (B, c)

1990

40.9

4.6

...

...

Paraguay (A, b) 3

1991

169.0

161.0

183.0

12.0

1994

164.0

-3.7

167.0

-3.6

160.0

-4.4

-0.6

Uruguay (A, a)

1993

44.2

47.1

5.3

39.8

-18.3

-0.5

1995

43.9

4.3

46.3

4.8

40.3

-14.9

7.9

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya (B, b)

1990

37.0

-16.2

...

...

1995

40.0

-7.5

...

...

1997

41.0

-7.3

...

...

Middle East and North Africa

Egypt (B, c)

1990

57.0

1.8

57.0

1.8

55.0

-3.6

0.0

1995

55.0

-3.6

55.0

-5.5

56.0

1.8

0.0

Jordan (B, b) 3

1990

250.1

-0.3

254.5

1.2

249.5

-2.0

1.1

1995

259.0

2.2

259.9

2.3

248.0

-4.8

-0.2

… = not available.
1 Including hotels and restaurants. 2 Type: A = hours actually worked; B = hours paid for; coverage: a = total employment; b = employees; c = wage earners. The exact geographic and institutional coverage of the data for measuring the hours of work follow national practices and may vary from one country to the other. Detailed information may be found in the footnotes of the various editions of the ILO Year Book of Labour Statistics. 3 Per month.
Source: ILO database on Labour Statistics (LABORSTA).


  

 

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