WorkIndicators: Data sources and definition
  •  Global Labour Monitor: The GLM database provides the latest available statistical information on labour markets across the globe. So far, there are 9 indicators covering nearly 80 countries. The data are collected from many different sources, most often from websites of national statistical offices, government ministries and international agencies. This project is carried out in collaboration with Global Labour Monitor (GLM) in Geneva, Switzerland. The statistics presented here were adjusted and standardized using a methodology developed by Global Labour Monitor.

Up to date?

  • Update: WorkIndicators was  launched April 16, 2008, in Amsterdam at the Global WageIndicator Conference. “Soft”  launch  took  place in Capetown, April 9,  2008.  WorkIndicators will be updated each year and new indicators will be added.
Unemployment rate


Definition: The percentage of persons in the labour force who do not have a job, but who are willing to work and are seeking work
Year: Latest year for which official data or estimate is available, usually 2007
Sources: Key Labour Market Indicators (KILM), ILO, Geneva, Switzerland;    United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva, Switzerland;     United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand, and national statistical offices

Youth Unemployment Rate

 

 

Employment / Population ratio

  • Definition: The ratio of the number of people (15-64 years old) with a job to the total population aged 15 to 64 years
  • Year: Latest year for which official data or estimate is available, usually 2006 or 2007.
  • Source: Key Labour Market Indicators (KILM) - 2007, ILO Geneva.

Percentage workers living in households with less than $2 per day per person

  • Definition: Percentage of all employed persons who live in households where the daily income is less than $2 per day per person.
  • Year:  Latest year for which official data or estimate is available, often 2003.
  • Source: Key Labour Market  Indicators (KILM) -  2007,  ILO Geneva.
Ratio of female to male earned income

 

  • Definition: The ratio of estimated average income of female workers to that of male workers
  • Year: The most recent year available during 1996-2005
  • Source: Database of the UNDP Human Development Report.

Minimum wage in local currency


  • Definition:  Many countries have several minimum wage rates. These rates usually depend on age, region, sector and level of skills. Certain groups of workers are sometimes excluded from minimum wage legislation. The minimum wage level reported here matches, as much as possible, that of a worker with the following profile:  adult non-skilled or semi-skilled worker, working in the largest urban area, employed full-time in the largest non-agricultural sector. The reference period of minimum wage is  H : per hour; D: per day; W: per week; M: per month; Y: per year.
  • Year: 2007
  • Source: Legislative updates of Hewitt & Associates; ILO website on country labour legislation; US State Department 2007;  country reports on human rights practices; data provided by ILO field offices and websites of government ministries of labour and employment.
  • WageIndicator: Detailed salary information by country? Please check WageIndicator.
  • Detailed Minimum Wages: For India, China and The Netherlands
Technical and professional workers - percentage female
  • Definition: Female technical and professional workers as a percentage of the total number of such workers.
  • Year: The most recent year available during 1995-2006
  • Source: UNDP - 2007 : Human Development Report 2007/08 - New York.
Employer contribution to social security as a percentage of total salary

 

  • Definition: Average contribution (per  worker) by employer to social security (covering risks such as sickness and unemployment), as a percentage of average salary.
  • Year: 2007
  • Source: World Bank - 2008: Doing Business 2008. World Bank, Washington DC.

Trade union members as a percentage of the total labour force

Human Development Index ranking

  • Definition: Position of country’s Human Development Index in global ranking (177 countries in total), 1 is the highest ranking
  • Year: 2007
  • Source: Database of the Human Development Reports

 
WorkIndicators team
  • Huub Bouma,
  • Jacques Egger,
  • Nienke Dirkse,
  • Mannes Giesbers,
  • Marcel Klomp,
  • Paulien Osse,
  • Peter Peek,
  • Kea Tijdens,
  • Sanne van Zijl.
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