TABLE 6: Labour (continued) Employment female
Eastern Asia China, Hong Kong SAR China, Macao SAR China Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Japan Mongolia Republic of Korea South-Eastern Asia Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Indonesia Lao People’s Democratic Republic Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Viet Nam Southern Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Western Asia Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Occupied Palestinian Territory Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen Europe Eastern Europe Belarus Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Poland Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Ukraine Northern Europe Åland Islands Channel Islands Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Guernsey Iceland
44
Employment in agriculture
male
million people 2010
million people 2010
391 2 0 345 7
482 2 0 422 7
27 1 10 121 0 4 41 2 4 13 14 1 18 0 24 169 1 28 0 114 4 0 8 11 3 18 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 1 152 66 2 1 2 2 7 1 4 34 1 11 22
share of total
% 2005-10*
female
share of female employment % 2005-10*
Labor force
male
share of male employment % 2005-10*
participation rate
female
male
%
%
% 2000-10*
2010
2010
65.7 51.0 66.3 67.9 71.8
79.2 68.3 76.9 80.2 83.9
49.5 53.9 49.2 58.1 55.7 79.3 51.0 76.6 43.7 75.0 49.5 56.7 63.8 38.4 73.1 30.9 15.5 56.9 65.5 29.0 16.1 55.1 80.3 22.4 34.6 26.5 49.0 61.1 39.2 57.1 55.6 14.3 52.5 15.3 43.3 22.5 14.7 28.0 52.1 17.4 12.9 28.1 43.7 24.8 51.6 52.6 50.0 48.5 49.3 43.8 48.2 37.9 48.2 56.1 50.9 53.0 56.3
72.0 65.0 71.6 81.9 76.8 86.6 84.2 79.4 77.1 82.0 79.4 77.0 80.2 74.4 81.1 81.0 80.4 84.4 76.0 80.7 71.8 76.4 87.7 83.3 76.2 72.0 69.6 67.8 87.2 71.3 73.8 69.3 62.4 65.4 82.2 70.8 66.3 79.9 95.2 74.2 71.6 71.4 92.0 71.7 66.2 67.3 62.2 60.0 68.2 58.4 64.3 44.5 64.5 70.7 68.0 66.2 68.2
0.2 0.0 39.6
0.1 0.2
0.2 0.2
36 1 14 166 0 4 68 2 7 14 22 2 21 0 26 468 7 42 0 341 19 0 8 45 6 55 1 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 17 4 4 176 71 2 2 3 2 9 1 5 36 1 11 25
3.7 40.0 6.6
3.7 38.7 6.9
3.8 41.2 6.4
72.2 38.3
75.0 38.0
69.3 39.0
13.5
9.0
16.7
35.2 1.1 41.5
24.0 0.6 39.0
42.3 1.5 43.7
51.7
53.8
49.6
48.1 65.4 51.1 21.2 11.5
68.1 72.1 65.3 30.6 7.1
41.8 59.1 46.2 19.3 14.0
44.7 32.6
75.0 36.6
36.9 30.4
44.2 38.6
49.1 40.2
39.4 37.1
3.8 53.4 23.4 1.7 2.0 2.7
2.6 56.6 50.7 0.7 1.0 0.0
4.8 50.5 17.1 2.5 2.2 3.6
13.4
27.5
10.1
2.3 4.1 14.9 23.7 4.2
0.0 0.2 23.8 39.3 0.2
2.7 4.7 13.6 17.5 5.2
1 0
1 0
0.8 2.8
3.9 5.8
60.0 56.5
69.4 67.7
1
1
2.4 4.2 11.1 4.4
2.8
6.0
56.1
64.5
0
0
5.5
2.3
8.7
70.8
78.2
6.8 3.1 4.5 12.8 31.1 30.1 9.7 3.2 15.8
8.6 5.2 1.9 2.3 12.5 28.4 31.4 6.7 1.8
15.3 8.2 4.0 6.4 13.1 33.7 29.1 10.5 4.4
Children in employment % of children ages 7-14 total
10.1
48.9 6.6 18.6
13.3 15.1 19.9 21.3
16.2 15.3
15.9
5.2
31.8 14.7 1.0
6.6 2.6 18.3
11.7
33.5 1.4
17.3