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Asia Pacific

Employment Share in

Analytical
Grouping /
Country

Agriculture Industry Services
1995-96 1995-96 1995-96
Total Women Total Women Total Women

High Income

Australia 5 4 23 11 72 85
Japan 6 6 33 25 61 69
New Zealand 10 6 25 14 66 80

High Growth

Hong Kong, China ... ... 26 17 74 83
Indonesia 44 45 18 16 38 39
Korea, Republic of 12 14 33 23 56 64
Malaysia 19 17 32 30 48 53
Philippines 42 30 17 13 42 57
Singapore ... ... 30 26 70 74
Thailand 50 52 21 18 29 31
Transition
Cambodia 74 78 8 8 19 14
China 53 ... 26 ... 21 ...
Lao, PDR 78 81 6 5 16 14
Mongolia 45 ... 13 ... 42 ...
Myanmar 67 ... 12 ... 22 ...
Viet Nam 71 71 10 9 19 20
Low Income
Afghanistan 70 85 11 13 19 3
Bangladesh 73 78 10 8 25 11
India 67 ... 13 ... 20 ...
Iran, Islamic Republic of 23 ... 31 ... 45 ...
Nepal 79 ... 6 ... 21 ...
Pakistan 47 67 19 11 35 22
Sri Lanka 35 40 22 24 39 34
Island
Fiji 2 5 38 ... 60 ...
Kiribati 14 ... 7 ... 79 ...
Papua New Guinea 79 89 7 3 14 8
Solomon Islands 50 ... 4 ... 46 ...

 

Arab States

Employment Share in 1992-97 (%)

Analytical
Grouping /
Country

Agriculture Industry Services

Total

Women Total Women Total Women
Low to Middle Income
Iraq (1990) 16 39 18 9 66 52
Jordan (1993) 6 4 25 10 69 87
Lebanon (1990) 7 10 31 22 62 68
Syrian Arab Republic (1991) 28 54 25 8 47 38
West Bank & Gaza (a) (1990) 20 20 42 30 38 50
Yemen (1990) 61 88 17 6 22 7
High Income
Bahrain (1994) 1 0 54 32 43 67
Kuwait (1990) 1 1 25 2 74 98
Oman(1990) 45 19 24 35 32 46
Qatar (1990) 3 0 32 3 65 97
Saudi Arabia (1990) 19 12 20 6 61 82
United Arab Emirates (1990) 8 0 27 3 65 97

Note: (a): 1997-98

The years indicated are the latest for which data is available.

Source

Updated by CHW. Compiled by MM. Approved by RD. Last update: 17 August 2001.