EMPLOYMENT IN THE MARKET ECONOMY IN ... - Eurostat - Europa

Employment in the market economy in the European Union — an analysis based on the Structural Business Statistics
1 Employment in the market economy, 2001
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
SBS employed as % of Total LFS employed
Working-age population
RO LT BG LV FI IT DE BE FR IE EE EU15 CY PT AT ES SE NL UK DK CZ
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
EL, HU, MT, PL, SI, SK: n.a.; LU: not included; DE: NACE G to K: 2000; DK: NACE G: 1999, H to K: 2000; IE: 2000; CY: excl. NACE K
Source: Eurostat, SBS and LFS
ultimately need to finance from the value-added remaining
after labour costs have been met).
The fourth chapter presents data showing, first, the location
of employment in selected industries across regions
in the EU and, secondly, the way that average wages vary
between regions within countries.
Scale of employment in the market economy
It should be noted at the outset that, because of a lack of
data for two of the new Member States (Malta and
Slovenia) and incomplete data for another two (Hungary
and Slovakia), average figures in this report are calculated
for the most part for EU15 instead of EU25. This also
provides a convenient basis for comparing the position in
the countries joining the Union with those which have
been members for longer. The latter generally have much
higher levels of GDP per head, which is conventionally
used as an indicator of economic development.
In the EU15, the number employed in the market economy,
or those activities covered by the SBS — NACE C to
K excluding J — represented 60% of the total employed in
the economy as a whole in 2001 (on the basis of EU
2 Employment and valued-added in the market economy, 2001
Left bar: employment; right bar: value-added
% of total
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
Other services (H, I, K)
30
Distribution (G)
20
Other industry (C, E, F)
10
Manufacturing (D)
0
EU15 BE CZ DK DE EE ES FR IT LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT SI SK FI SE UK BG RO
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
EL, IE, CY: n.a. ; DK: G 1999, H to K 1999; DE: G to K 2000 ; MT: NACE E 2000; PL, SI: employees only
Source: Eurostat, SBS
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