Employment Indices (%)
Employment Indices (%)
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of active earners in the population
|
46.2
|
44.8
|
43.7
|
40.3
|
37.5
|
36.0
|
35.5
|
35.4
|
35.5
|
35.9
|
36.6
|
Proportion of active earners in the male population
|
-
|
50.8
|
49.2
|
45.2
|
42.1
|
40.8
|
40.9
|
41.5
|
41.7
|
42.1
|
42.7
|
Proportion of active earners in the female population
|
-
|
39.4
|
38.7
|
35.8
|
33.3
|
31.6
|
30.5
|
29.8
|
29.8
|
30.2
|
30.9
|
Unemployment index
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
2.0
|
8.4
|
13.9
|
14.0
|
12.0
|
11.7
|
11.4
|
11.0
|
9.6
|
15-59: active earner
|
-
|
81.4
|
78.2
|
71.3
|
66.0
|
63.6
|
63.5
|
64.0
|
64.0
|
64.4
|
65.2
|
unemployeda)
|
-
|
0.5
|
2.0
|
7.6
|
12.4
|
11.9
|
9.6
|
9.0
|
8.7
|
8.3
|
7.1
|
retired
|
-
|
5.7
|
6.4
|
7.5
|
8.5
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
9.4
|
9.6
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
maternity leave
|
-
|
0.04
|
0.04
|
0.05
|
0.05
|
0.07
|
0.2
|
0.15
|
0.06
|
0.03
|
0.03
|
dependent student
|
-
|
8.9
|
9.3
|
9.6
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
9.9
|
10.1
|
10.7
|
10.7
|
10.8
|
dependent non-student
|
-
|
3.5
|
4.1
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
6.0
|
7.8
|
7.4
|
6.9
|
7.0
|
7,2
|
Of women aged 15-54:
| |||||||||||
active earner
|
-
|
74.5
|
72.6
|
66.5
|
61.5
|
58.1
|
55.8
|
54.5
|
53.2
|
53.7
|
55.2
|
unemployed a)
|
-
|
0.4
|
1.4
|
5.8
|
9.4
|
8.8
|
7.4
|
7.2
|
6.8
|
6.8
|
6.1
|
retired
|
-
|
3.0
|
3.6
|
4.5
|
5.2
|
5.6
|
6.1
|
6.3
|
6.7
|
7.0
|
7.7
|
on maternity leave
|
-
|
8.5
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
8.7
|
8.5
|
7.8
|
8.2
|
8.0
|
8.2
|
on maternity allowance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
1.5
|
1.6
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
dependent student
|
-
|
9.0
|
9.6
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
10.6
|
10.6
|
10.9
|
11.3
|
11.4
|
11.7
|
dependent non-student
|
-
|
4.6
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
4.9
|
7.4
|
10.5
|
11.8
|
12.2
|
11.3
|
9.2
|
a) Figure for registered unemployed (OMMK).
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (KSH).
