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Employment Status in the Region

 

Asia Pacific

Analytical
Grouping/  
Country
Waged Self-
Employed  
Own Account Contributing
Family Workers
  1990 1997 1980 1987 1990 1997 1990 1997
High Income
Australia 83 85 16 14 ... 10 1 1
Japan 77 82 14 12 11 9 8 6
New Zealand 80 80 19 19 ... 12 1 1
High Growth
Hong Kong, China 87 87 5 10 ... ... 1 1
Indonesia 28.4 35.5 43 0.6 44.5 44.3 26 18.5
Korea, Republic of 61 63 28 28 ... ... 11 9
Malaysia 66 71 24 21 ... ... 10 8
Philippines 42 42 35 36 38 37 15 14
Singapore 87 87 12 12 7 7 1 1
Thailand 28 38 30 33 28 31 39 29
Transition
Cambodia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
China ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lao, PDR ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mongolia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Myanmar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Viet Nam ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low Income
Afghanistan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bangladesh 12 12 26 30 ... 29 46 40
India ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Iran, Islamic Republic of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Nepal ... 21 ('96) ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pakistan 32 34 41 43 ... 42 20 23
Sri Lanka 50 60 24 30 29.2 27 11 9.4
Island
Fiji ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kiribati ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Papua New Guinea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Solomon Islands ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

 

Arab States

Analytical
Grouping/
Country

Waged

Self-
Employed  

Own Account

Contributing
Family Workers

Low to Middle Income
Iraq (1990) ... ... ... ...
Jordan (1993) ... ... ... ...
Lebanon (1997) 83 * * *
Syrian Arab Republic (1991) 49 31 ... 13
West Bank & Gaza ... ... ... ...
Yemen (1990) ... ... ... ...
High Income
Bahrain ... ... ... ...
Kuwait ... ... ... ...
Oman ... ... ... ...
Qatar ... ... ... ...
Saudi Arabia ... ... ... ...
United Arab Emirates ... ... ... ...

* Self-employed, Own account and Contributing family workers are to be 17% in total.

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.