Papua New Guinea Statistics Office - LABOUR STATUS

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LABOUR STATUS - 2000 and 1990

Citizen population aged 10 years and over by labour force status and sex

	2000			1990
Labour Force Status	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females

Total	3,691,933	1,903,119	1,788,814	2,514,924	1,320,417	1,194,507

In the Labour Force	2,413,357	1,256,887	1,156,470	1,715,330	1,002,891	712,439
Employed	2,344,734	1,203,233	1,141,501	1,582,518	912,124	670,394
Unemployed	68,623	53,654	14,969	132,812	90,767	42,045
Not in the Labour Force	1,160,229	581,704	578,525	777,241	305,131	472,110
Not stated	118,347	64,528	53,819	22,353	12,395	9,958

Citizen labour force participation rate by sector and sex

	2000			1990
Sector	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females

Total	67.5	68.4	66.7	68.8	76.7	60.1

Urban	48.4	58.7	36.2	56.2	72.4	34.8
Rural	70.4	69.9	70.9	71.1	77.5	64.3

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