National Statistics
for Equal Employment Opportunities

A number of different indicators, represented for each country in the list to the left, are taken from the International Labour Office's, Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) Third Edition (2003) depending on the available statistics.

For more background on KILM and the indicators used see the KILM Third Edition Overview.

See also Chapter 9 of KILM 2001 - 2002 "Sex-specific labour market indicators" and KILM Third Edition, Chapter 1, Section B "Key issues in the labour market - Female labour force participation and fertility". Where statistics were available for each country, the following KILM indicators were used due to their relevance as gender indicators:

• KILM 1. Labour Force Participation Rate. More Information
• KILM 2. Employment-to-Population ratio. More Information
• KILM 5. Part-time workers. More Information
• KILM 7. Informal Economy Employment. More Information
• KILM 8a. Unemployment Rate. More Information
• KILM 14c. Adult Illiteracy Rate. More Information
• KILM 16a. Wages in National Currency for Selected Occupations. More Information

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