most belizean workers underemployed
DESCRIPTION
Roughly 50% of Belizeans work less than 20 hours a week. Statistical Institute of Belize data indicate that 46.4% of working males and 53.6% of working females in Belize are underemployed.TRANSCRIPT
APRIL, 2014LABOUR FORCE
STATISTICS
June 25, 2014
Statistical Institute of Belize
I: Introduction
II: The Labour Force
III: The Unemployed
IV: The Employed
V: The Underemployed
CONTENTS
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
Conducted twice each year (April and September)
Data collected from about 2,753 randomly selected households
Survey included about 6,500 persons of working age (14 years +)
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BELIZE’S LABOUR FORCE, APRIL 2014
Labour force: 151,317 persons
PERSONS 14 YEARS OR OLDER:EITHER WORKING OR AVAILABLE FOR WORK
Males: 93,411 (61.7%) Females: 57,906 (38.3%)
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BELIZE’S LABOUR FORCE, APRIL 2014
Labour force:
Belize District : 35.0 percent
Cayo District : 22.5 percent
Orange Walk :12.7 percent
Corozal : 12.6 percent
Stann Creek : 10.1 percent
Toledo : 7.0 percent
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BELIZE’S LABOUR FORCE, APRIL 2014
Labour force participation rate:
Total: 63.8 percent
PERCENT OF PERSONS 14 YEARS OR OLDER WHO ARE IN THE LABOUR FORCE
Males: 79.1 percent
Females: 48.6 Percent
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LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION 5
THE UNEMPLOYED, APRIL, 2014
Unemployed: 16,730 persons
PERSONS 14 YEARS OR OLDER:WITHOUT A JOBLOOKING FOR WORKAVAILABLE FOR WORK
Males: 5,485 (32.8%) Females: 11,244 (67.2%)
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Unemployment rate 11.1%
Highest unemployment rate in Belize14.3%
Lowest in Toledo 4.1%
Urban 11.7%
Rural 10.5%
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY SEX
Unemployment rate for women: 19.4%
Unemployment rate for men: 5.9%
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, WORKING GROUPS
Youth 14 to 24 Years : 20.4%
Creoles : 16.3%
Garifuna : 18.0%
Mestizo : 9.1%
Maya : 4.5%
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LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED
Long-term unemployed: UNEMPLOYED PERSONS JOBLESS FOR 27 WEEKS OR MORE
Total: 10,605 persons
Down 10.5% from April 2013
63.4 % of unemployed labour
force
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BELIZE’S EMPLOYED, APRIL 2014
Employed: 134,587 persons
PERSONS 14 YEARS OR OLDER: FULL TIME OR PART TIME WORKERS KETCH AND KILL
Males: 87,926 (65.3%) Females: 46,662 (34.7%)
median monthly income: BZ$895
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EMPLOYED PERSONS
Up by about 3,059 in April 2014
Most gains in Belize and Cayo Districts
Most gains in the private sector
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EMPLOYED PERSONS - ECONOMIC SECTOR
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Private Sector61.0%
Self-Employed27.1%
Government2.4%
Unpaid Family Workers3.5%
Employed Persons by Category of Employer; April 2014
EMPLOYED PERSONS - JOBS 14
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery : + 3,183 Construction : + 3,115Manufacture : + 1,363 Admin and Support: + 829Water Supply : + 668 Education : + 480GAIN : 10,377 JOBS
Accommodation and Food : - 1,318 Wholesale and Retail : -1,074Other Services : - 764 Human Health and Social Work: - 653Transport and Storage : - 602 Public Administration, Defence: - 544 LOSS : 7,318 JOBS
NET GAIN : 3,059 JOBS
EMPLOYED PERSONS - EDUCATION15
Employed persons by highest level of education and sex
Education Level Males Females Total F/M RatioNone 18,656 7,164 25,820 0.095Primary 36,872 15,428 52,300 0.418Secondary 18,349 10,238 28,587 0.558Tertiary 12,134 13,158 25,292 1.084__
UNDEREMPLOYED, APRIL 2014
Underemployed: 20,219 persons
(15% of employed persons)
EMPLOYED PERSONS WORKING LESS THAN 35 HOURS PER WEEK
Males: 9,373 (46.4%) Females: 10,847 (53.6%)
median hourly work week: 20 Hours/Week
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THE END
Thank you
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II: LABOUR FORCE DEFINITIONS
Working Age Population: 14 + years
Employed Population Unemployed Population Not in Labour Force
Labour Force
Unemployed PopulationUnemployment Rate = 100 x ---------------------------------- Labour Force
Labour Force PopulationLabour Force Participation Rate = 100 x ----------------------------------- Working Age Population
Sector Q1-2014 Growth Comments
20.6%• Except for Q3-2013, Fishing has performed well since mid 2012.
• Shrimp farming responsible for growth
49.8%• Sharp decline in electricity generation in first half of last year
• Recovery in Q1-2014
13.1% • Double-digit growth in both cruise and overnight visitors
6.7%
• Boosted by public sector construction
•Most consecutive quarterly increases (11)
Sector Q1-2014 Growth Comments
-9.8%
• Declines in sugarcane, citrus and bananas
• Fifth consecutive decline
• Fall in Q1-2013 was almost twice as large
-23.1%
• Oil production has been declining steadily
• Production at lowest level ever
• Export earnings down $18 million at end of April 2014
17.0%
• Consistent with crop production, sugar and citrus processing were weaker in quarter.
•Beer production up almost 7% while soft drink and flour production remained fixed
-2.7%
• First quarterly decline since Q1-2012
• Very strong increase in Q1-2013
Agriculture
Oil
Manufacturing
Wholesale & Retail Trade