Popullation, Labouur Force and Employmen nt Table-12.8: Employmentt Shares by Sectors S (%) Major Sectoors. 2009-10 2010-11 Total Maale Femaale Total Male Female F Total 100.0 1000.0 100.00 100.0 100.0 100.0 Agriculture/ forestry/ 45.0 3 36.6 744.9 45.1 36.2 75.4 hunting & fisshing Manufacturinng 13.2 1 13.9 11.0 13.7 14.5 10.9 Constructionn 6.7 8.5 0 0.3 7.0 8.9 0.2 Wholesale & retail 16.3 2 20.2 2 2.1 16.2 20.4 1.6 trade Transport/ sttorage & 5.2 6.6 0 0.3 5.1 6.6 0.1 communicatiion Community/social & 11.2 1 11.2 11.2 10.8 10.8 11.5 personal servvice *Others 2.4 3.0 0 0.2 2.1 2.6 0.3 Source: Pakistan Bureau of o Statistics(Laabou Force Suurvey 2012-13 3) Note: Labourr Force Survey was not pubblished in 2011-12
Total 1000.0 43.7
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2012--13 Malee Female 100.0 0 100.0 34.5 75.77
14.1 7.4 14.4
15.0 9.5 18.1
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Fig-12.5 (A A): Sector-wise Employmen nt Share (201 12-13) 1 13%
% 2%
Agriculturee / forestry / huntiing & fishing 44% Manufacturring
6%
Constructio on Wholesale & retail trade 14%
Transport / storage & comm munication Community y / social & perso onal service Others
7% 14% %
Fig 12.5 (B)-Sector-w wise Employm ment Share (22009-10) 11%
% 3%
Agriculturee / forestry / huntting & fishing 45%
5%
Manufactu uring Constructio on Wholesale & retail trade
16%
Transport / storage & comm munication Community y / social & perso onal service Others 7% 13%
Formal and d Informal Sector S The inform mal sector plays p a mom mentous rolle in developing countries’ ecconomies inccluding Pakiistan. The role of o the inforrmal sector in solvingg the unemploym ment problem m of less devveloped counntries has becomee the focus of o a conceptuual and empiirical debate in reecent years. The T importannce of this sector necessitatess that it shhould be ussed as a policy instrument for the sollution of the most presssing
prob blems such as unemployyment, poveerty, incomee ineq qualities, etcc. The impoortance of the t informall secto or can be measured by its con ntribution too natio onal incom me and employmentt and itss conttribution to financial f creedit as comp pared to thatt of th he formal secctor. The informal seector generaates the high her level off emp ployment, 73..6 percent in 2012-13 as compared too form mal sectors, annd 26.4 perceent in the sam me period.