Jamaica Labour Exchange

Population and Labor Force Click here for Chart
	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Male population 14+	972,250	965,400	961,300	945,850	929,950	904,967	912,941	897,487	935,123	925,014
Female population 14+	1,027,400	1,020,050	1,006,700	990,525	975,875	952,900	957,642	944,923	936,680	928,929
Working age Population 14+	1,999,650	1,985,450	1,968,000	1,936,375	1,905,825	1,857,867	1,870,583	1,842,410	1,871,803	1,853,943
Adult population	1,488,200	1,472,350	1,433,600	1,388,875	1,364,400	1,328,767	1,337,771	1,318,430	1,344,881	1,326,210
Male Adult population	715,800	708,200	696,100	674,550	661,575	642,267	648,517	637,249	678,842	666,913
Female Adult population	772,400	764,150	737,500	714,325	702,825	686,500	689,254	681,181	666,039	659,297
Youth Population	511,450	513,100	534,400	547,500	541,425	529,100	532,812	523,980	526,922	527,733
Male Youth Population	256,450	257,200	265,200	271,300	268,375	262,700	264,424	260,238	256,886	258,101
Female Youth Population	255,000	255,900	269,200	276,200	273,050	266,400	268,388	263,742	270,036	269,632
Non seeking	56,600	54,850	48,950	63,375	75,150	71,200	80,433	108,250	103,600	93,950
Male Non seeking	19,900	18,000	14,075	21,325	26,500	24,633	27,800	38,450	39,700	31,575
Female Non seeking	36,700	36,850	34,875	42,050	48,650	46,567	52,633	69,800	63,900	62,375
Total Labour Force	1,270,450	1,299,600	1,276,600	1,253,075	1,223,100	1,194,800	1,189,700	1,208,200	1,104,800	1,105,300
Male Labour Force	698,500	713,200	706,800	695,550	681,525	663,467	663,300	668,000	618,100	615,000
Female labour Force	571,950	586,400	569,800	557,525	541,575	531,333	526,400	540,200	486,700	490,300
Adult labour force	1,098,050	1,107,200	1,068,700	1,041,675	1,010,325	987,733	981,600	978,850	850,100	842,100
Male Adult labour Force	601,100	605,900	591,500	576,650	560,700	545,667	543,400	539,850	473,100	466,800
Female Adult Labour Force	496,950	501,300	477,200	465,025	449,625	442,066	438,200	439,000	377,000	375,300
Youth Labour Force	172,400	192,400	208,000	211,400	212,775	207,067	208,100	229,350	254,700	263,200
Male Youth labour Force	97,400	107,300	115,300	118,900	120,825	117,800	119,900	128,150	145,000	148,200
Female Youth Labour Force	75,000	85,100	92,600	92,500	91,950	89,267	88,200	101,200	109,700	115,000
Labour Force participation rate	63.50	65.50	64.90	64.70	64.20	64.30	63.60	65.60	59	59.60
Male participation rate	71.80	73.90	73.50	73.50	73.30	73.30	72.70	74.40	66.10	66.50
Female participation rate	55.70	57.50	56.60	56.30	55.50	55.80	55	57.20	52	52.80
Adult participation rate	73.80	75.20	74.50	75	74	74.30	73.40	74.20	63.20	63.50
Male Adult participation rate	84	85.60	85	85.50	84.80	85	83.80	84.70	69.70	70
Female Adult participation rate	64.30	65.60	64.70	65.10	64	64.40	63.60	64.50	56.60	56.90
Youth participation rate	33.70	37.50	38.90	38.60	39.30	39.10	39.10	43.80	48.30	49.90
Male Youth participation rate	38	41.70	43.50	43.80	45	44.80	45.30	49.20	56.40	57.40
Female Youth participation rate	29.40	33.30	34.40	33.50	33.70	33.50	32.90	38.40	40.60	42.70
Job seeking rate	6.90	6.40	5.90	5.30	5.10	6.10	5	5.70	6.20	7.70
Male job seeking rate	5.70	4.80	4	3.90	3.70	4.37	3.73	4.35	4.10	5.30
Female job seeking rate	8.40	8.30	8.20	6.90	6.80	8.30	6.60	7.60	9.10	10.90
Non seeking rate	4.50	4.20	3.80	5.10	6.10	6	6.80	9	9.40	9.10
Male Non seeking rate	2.80	2.50	2	3.10	3.90	3.70	4.20	5.80	6.40	5.40
Female Non seeking rate	6.40	6.30	6.10	7.50	9	8.80	10	12.90	13.10	14.10
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Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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