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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
(1) % of total labour-force that are females

1970

 

42.5

1980

 

43.4

1995

 

44.4

(2) Industrial Structure of labour force in

Agriculture

   

1975-84

F

...

  M

...

1990-93

F

...

  M

...

Industry

   

1975-84

F

...

  M

...

1990-93

F

...

  M

...

Services

   

1975-84

F

...

  M

...

1990-93

F

...

  M

...

(3) Earned Income Share (% to women)

1970

   

1985

   

1995

 

...

(4) Child Labour: % of children 10-14

1970

 

41.9

1990

 

40

1995

 

38.3

(5) Female Administration and Managers %

1970

   

1985

   

1992-96

 

...

(6) Female Professional and Technical Workers

1970

   

1985

   

1992-96

 

...

(7) Female Sales Services Workers

1992-96

 

...

(8) Female Clerical workers %

1992-96

 

...

(9) GNP Per Capita (US$)

1994

 

180

1976

 

120

1987

 

150

(10) GDP

1970

 

198

1980

 

128

1995

 

178

(11) Percentage of Central Government Expenditure on:

Education

   

1980

 

...

1992-95

 

...

Health

   

1980

 

...

1992-95

 

...

Housing

   

1980

 

...

1992-95

 

...

Social Security & Welfare

   

1980

 

...

1992-95

 

...

(12) Female unpaid family workers (% of total)

1990

 

...

(13) Debt Burden as % of GNP

1970

   

1980

 

39.5

1995

 

81.4

(14) Aid (% of GNP)

1970

   

1980

 

4.9

1994

 

23.9


Data Sources

(1) African Development Indicators: The World Bank 1997 - Pages 287

(2) African Development Indicators: The World Bank 1996 - Pages 296 -297

(3) Human Development Report 1997 - Pages 152-154

(4) African Development Indicators : The World Bank 1997 - Pages 288

(5) 1992-1996 - Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 154-155

(6) 1992-1996 - Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 154-155

(7) 1992-1996 - Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 154-155

(8) 1992-1996 - Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 154-155

(9) 1994 - Human Development Report 1997 - Pages 164-165

(10) Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 140-142 AND Human Development Report 1997 - Pages 159 - 160

(11) Human Development Report 1997 - Pages 186-187

(12) Human Development Report 1998 - Pages 154 - 155

(13) World Development Report 1997- Pages 246-247

(14) World Development Report 1997 - Pages 218-219


Note

Figures may not add up to 100, because the following categories are included in the total labor force, but not shown in this table : Military , unemployed , and not adequately classified.


Key

a - World Bank 1997b

b - Carried Over from UNDP 1997a

c - Excludes Sales Workers

d - includes Sales Workers

e - Refers to the International Standard classification of occupations (ISCO) 1998 which is not strictly comparable with the ISCO-1968 classification.

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