National Labour Force Survey Report (2016/17) Released

The National Labour Force Survey 2016/17 revealed that the working age population (14-64
years) was estimated at nearly 19 million with more females than males (52 and 48 percent
respectively). Among the working age population, 81 percent were engaged in at least some
form of work while 19 percent were not engaged in any form of work. About 27 percent were in
purely subsistence agriculture work. The mean age of the working age population was 30 years
and about the same for males and females.
Employed population was about 9.0 million, indicating that total Employment-to-Population
Ratio (EPR) was about 48 percent with about 16 percentage point difference between the
proportion of males and females who were employed. Read more…